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Honestly Ryobi is probably good enough.

I am mostly dewalt but I have been expanding my Ryobi collection. It started with a brad nailer and now includes 3/8 and 1/2 impacts, a rotary tool, shop vac and even a track saw. The Dewalt tools are better... but most of the tools that I picked up in Ryobi are 2X-3X more expensive in yellow.

For a drill specifically good bits makes all the difference. Look into getting some Fisch bits, they are affordable and cut amazingly well.

I think this is the determining factor.

I'd say Milwaukee is the best quality, followed by Makita and Dewalt in a tossup, slightly ahead of Rigid, with Ryobi next.

Ryobi gives you about 75-80% of the quality, at 50% or less the cost. And they make every fricking tool known to man in that format. I just picked up a Ryobi battery-operated wet-dry shopvac at Home Depot... because it was on sale for $20. Lights, fans, saws, tin shears, 1/2 inch impact wrench, handheld vacuums, every yard tool or gadget you'd never even consider cordless, you can get a Ryobi for probably under $50 most of the time.

Which reminds me, I want a new orbital buffer, surely they have one of those too.

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Posted by Clames

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Posted on 10/4/22 at 3:53 pm to Scoob

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I'd say Milwaukee is the best quality, followed by Makita and Dewalt in a tossup, slightly ahead of Rigid, with Ryobi next.

Milwaukee has their fair share of bad tools, the new 2767's are getting trashed right now with them failing right out of the box. For a DIYer, you can basically get anything from Harbor Freight on up and be just fine. For pro-sumers and contractors it's more about which brand has more of the tools they'll need. Milwaukee has the best selection for HVAC and mechanical, DeWalt if you are more into general construction. Quality is completely even whether it's red, green, yellow, or blue. I have mostly DeWalt, some Milwaukee, Makita, and Hitachi and they all do what they should. Makita corded circular saws have always been then best to me, their cordless drills and impacts not so much. All my corded angle grinders are Hitachi and DeWalt. I have Milwaukee M18 nailers, jobsite vacuum, and M12 ratchet. I've got DeWalt 12V/20V/60V drills, impacts, miter saw, trim router, circular saw, lights, rotary hammer, angle grinder, sawzall, right angle drill, and lots of other tools and accessories to more than fill up a set of jobsite tool totes. Never had a problem with any battery or tool. How you store and take care of the tools matters, I keep my stuff clean and organized.

This post was edited on 10/4/22 at 3:54 pm

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