I have DeWalt

Dewalt.

Mostly dewalt though i do have a milwakee sawzall and 90 degree drill.

Dewalt in this house. I have a bunch of Dewalt tools and batteries from 20v to 80v so this Christmas when we bought tools for our son we stuck with Dewalt.

Plumbers and electricians use Milwaukee around here and if I was starting from scratch I’d look hard at Milwaukee tools, they make good stuff.

DeWalt

This is a Milwaukee house.

DeWalt, but I'm negotiable. 🤣

Dewalt 20V and some Milwaukee 110V

Dewalt 20V with several 4, 5, and 6 AH Batteries.

Bob R

DeWalt

I hate to this, but Ridged.

I use 3 of the 4. No ryobi

Makita here.

And I have a Hitachi miter saw that I can't kill.

DeWalt.

DeWalt.

Battery tools DeWalt, corded tools Milwaukee!

Dewalt and Ridged both are good tools.
Have a great day.
Jim

Started a long time ago with DeWalt and have been edging over to the red stuff the last couple years. I like ‘em for cordless.

I do have an electric skill saw and angle grinder that are Makita. I’ve had the angle grinder for probably 10 and it’s served me well. The saw is about a year and a half old and has done a good job.

I’ve heard good things about Ridgid.

Dewalt , but damn those batteries are expensive!

When I retired I gave away my old collect of odds and ends and bought a complete DeWalt 20V set, whats pictured plus a drawer of saws, etc..

Battery powered tools, Milwaukee.

Ryobi because it was a Christmas gift that was 5 years ago and they are still going.

I have all three impact drivers and the assortment of saws, drills, lights and vacuum.

Around the house and auto DIY - all works on the same batteries no complaints.

They are not go build a house quality but they all work.

I recently found a New-In-Box Porter Cable 3/8" 2620 Variable Speed Drill amongst my 'stuff' in the garage.
I have no idea when I bought it or how many years (or decades ago) - I did?

I just noticed, there is the original wide transparent factory strapping tape still sealing the box...

Also, ONE YEAR WARRANTY

Milwaukee , batteries are the best , although expensive

My two sons both have Dewalt cordless tools so when it came time for me to buy my first cordless Dewalt was the default due to the three of us to be able to interchange batteries. We do some projects together, though not as many as I had anticipated, and it has been handy to have plenty of power supplies available.

Depends...went from Milwaukee to Ridged to Dewalt.
I switched to Dewalt cause I can get them at cost...no brainer.

just a whore here, I've got them all. Recently more milwaukee because they've been innovative with little things that others skip for profit.

I got into Ryobi cheap a few years ago at an estate sale, and can't see any reason to switch. I got several tools and batteries, and they do everything I need them to do. I have abused a couple of them and they still keep going. For the price they do a good job.

I have some of each ,but prefer Hitachi .

I have Bosch for the majority of my cordless stuff with the exception of a Milwaukee cordless port-a-band.

Ryobi at home

Milwaukie at work

What I have learned from this thread is Ridgid tool owners can’t even spell their favorite brand.

Porter-Cable, but son is moving me to Milwaukee.

They are really good, but expensive.

I have all four, but prefer Dewalt and Milwaukee.

Milwaukee here but I’m sure they aren’t all far off from each other.

My son got a deal on a Ryobi set and gifted it to me for my birthday. 6 different tools in one bag; all battery powered. It suits me and my piddling projects. I had a mishmash of Makita and others before. I’m bad about buying from my favorite pawn shops where I can haggle on the price. We have a Milwaukee factory locally and a lot of their products wind up pawned, many in the original packaging. The company is good with their employee discounts especially on overrun items when fulfilling a contract. Of course some walk out of the plant and get liquidated into cash with no questions asked also. They are building yet another plant at Grenada Mississippi.

Ryobi. Like others, I’m not building houses, just piddling projects. Leaves more money for guns and ammo.

I have both DeWalt and Milwaukee. Even have a few old 18V DeWalt tools that are adapted to 20V batteries.

Bosch, but there are some Milwaukee tools that I could see trying next. I pick up Bosch batteries on clearance when I see them and am up to like 19 or something so pretty invested in sticking with them unless I need something they don’t make.

I have a little of everything.

I am gonna catch so much hell on here for this, but whatever, GFY.

For cordless stuff it is Bauer or Hercules. I'm a younger guy who does home improvement projects and works on my own vehicles, as well as friends and relatives. I don't need the top of the line stuff. My dad told me when I was young that as I grow and mature, so will my tools.

Ridgid and Milwaukee

I have mostly DeWalt and SnapOn. Bought 6 AH batteries yesterday for $100

DeWalt and Milwaukee . Do have a couple old Makita drill motors that won't die.

Porter Cable for the most part. I’ve been very satisfied with their tools. DeWalt didn’t work out so well

I started buying bosch at the local Menards and i still buy an occasional Bosch. It does everything I need. My son has gone Makita. If I need to go big I go to his house.

kwg

All Milwaukee for me except for a corded 7.25" circular saw by Makita

As much Milwaukee as I can afford.

Ryobi for cordless. Corded is a mix of everything from harbor freight to Bosch depending on usage and need.

Lots and lots of Dewalt and they've mostly been good; but would probably go Milwaukee if starting over. I have the impression their tools are equally good (some better some worse) but their customer service is much better.

Dewalt at the house. Milwaukee 18v Mid Torque 3/8 drive for the vehicles.

i don't care... as long as it has a cord!...

Milwaukee owns the cordless market.
It’s not even close.

Mostly Makita, Bosch, Milwaukee; some Ryobi and one Dewalt.

I've got a 25 y/o magnesium Makita hypoid saw. I will pass it on when I die.

only battery power stuff I've got is the 18/20 volt Kobalt
and then 18 volt Milwaukee grease gun

All my power equipment is now Ryobi, early on like 35 yrs. ago I was a Makita guy.

Milwaukee routinely tests better in reviews. With that said, I can find DeWalt in more places, they’re less expensive, it’s owned by an American company (not a Hong Kong one, like Milwaukee), and many of the DeWalt tools are built/assembled in the USA.

Since the DeWalt have more than enough power for me, and are plenty durable for my every few weeks/monthly use, it’s a “compromise” I’m willing to make.

DeWalt.

Started years ago with Makita 9.8v cordless drill. For the price of batteries, I got into DeWalt cordless. For batteries/chargers, stayed there.

My daughter has a couple Ryobi that she bought for the color - lime green is her fave.

I have never had the motor on a Makita tool fail.

the Milwaukee battery that came with my grease gun would not run it would not charge would not do freaking nothing.

I read up and checked out how to jump start this thing and I encourage you to do the same but it did actually work and got to charge and away we go

so I do not buy that Milwaukee test all this [bleep] that's [bleep] bullshit

DeWalt

Still using ancient DeWalt 12volt drill/drivers. Hate using the Makita cordless. Love the Milwaukee tools.

All my cordless models are Milwaukee, all M18 except for a M12 "dremel" tool.

Corded tools vary, Fein, Bosch, Festool, Makita and a Miwaukee heat gun. Probably another one (or two) I'm forgetting.

DeWalt

Dewalt

I have something from all of them. I do have a cordless power tool set from Ryobe and have had good luck with them.

Nowadays...I just watch Project Farm and buy what I need based upon his reviews.

Any thing but Dewalt....they need to be repaired the most.

Have lots of cordless tools , Milwaukee rules . They make more cordless than any other.

I love mine!!

I have moved to Milwaukee tools and have been generally pleased with the purchases.


Okay, except for the minor point that I actually have to use them.

This

DeWalt

Only bought one Dewalt and that was a corded 3/8 drill. The gears stripped before the price sticker wore off. That turned me away from Dewalt. Now I have only Ridgid battery tools and a corded Hitachi drill. I’ve put the Ridgid drill through hel# building pasture fences.

I have the exact pictured Dewalt kit.

My battery arsenal is makita.

Dewalt for battery-powered because it was a Christmas present and I don't want to have 3 or 4 different sets of batteries in the way and whatever works best for the job on everything else

I have a bag of Ryobi tools I’ve had for 25 years or more. They all still work fine. I am going to replace the NiCad batteries with the newer Lithium Ion batteries and charger though.

I wouldn’t try to make a living with them, but they do what I need.

DeWalt stuff around here, 3 different spotlight/ area lights, a blower, an older string trimmer that still works good, and a newer string trimmer that's what they call "attachment capable". Which means it can use the brush cutter attachment I got for it, and so far that's all I do with it, as the older string trimmer is still going strong. Then there's the reciprocating saw that I use the heck out of, usually with a 12" wood blade for all kinds of brush and limb cutting. Knew a plumber years ago who swore by DeWalt stuff, so when I began buying that sort of equipment I did so on his recommendation. Although there's a friend of mine that's a Milwaukee guy and he has good luck with them. Whenever I get anything DeWalt, it's when they have specials on it, like a free battery or battery plus charger. The batteries are expensive and so far I haven't had to buy one outright.

This is one of the very few areas where I have no brand loyalty. They all seem to work very well. Guys at work and at church argue back and forth all the time about which brand is better.

Brand loyalty does ensure you can swap batteries among tools.

dewalt

Milwaukee cordless and corded.

Corded only...

Phil

Dewalt here.

Ryobi for me. Some stuff is ok. Hammer drill not so much.

My buddy owns a cabinet shop. Years ago they used Mikita (only game in town). He tried Dewalt and liked them but found they didn’t last any longer than the Ryobi for their use.

I had a Ryobi drill that did good until it got drenched doing a transmission service on my pickup. Then went to ridged which were great for a decade, a four tool combo. My dad now has those tools now. I went Red dove in the deep end. Close to 20 different tools, added on to the house, doing most of the work myself so could justify new tools. Had one hammerdrill go bad in a month. Got it repaired locally for free. Batteries been great even got a sting trimmer leaf blower combo because it had an 8.0 battery. It’s been great not fighting the snake nest of extension cords during the building project. Skillsaws nailers vacuum stapler grinder vibrating cutter hacksaw drills M 18 and M12 to name a few. They’ve been good to me. Knock on wood.

I also like Hitachi tools

Dewalt. Drill, work light, sawsall, and impact.

I might have the Skill angle grinder I bought in 1960.

I have used every type of worm gear saw made.
NONE compare to the Skillsaw 77. Makita is my least favorite. The local repair shop still repairs a lot of 77s for the framers. The others are throw-aways