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The four houses dads belong to. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (6 children)

You need to know that most power tools are ultimately owned by only a few brands

Milwaukee and Ryobi for example are both owned by TTI but the Marketing is strong.

https://www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-manufacturers-who-owns-them/

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    Well, yes, but they serve drastically different markets, and the ownership structure is different. Ryobi is for the home owner that occasionally uses tools, and is licensed by a Japanese company to allow TTI to produce the brand. Milwaukee is for heavy daily use, and is wholly owned by TTI.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Its also worth mentioning that adapters are available to convert between battery systems. If you're on Milwaukee and want to buy a DeWalt palm router (which is superior IMO) then you can just get a converter to use it with a Milwaukee battery. You can keep the converter in the tool itself, and most tools don't mind this.

    The exception is Ryobi. Converters only exist one-way, since Ryobi still uses "stick" type batteries for low voltage stuff. The opposite converter could theoretically exist (say, to use a Ryobi battery with a DeWalt router) but it would be very large and bulky and so nobody really makes them.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ryobi batteries in general are very bulky. That 12 AH is like strapping a boot to your tools. It's also seemingly their weak spot, as all I read is people complaining about their batteries.

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