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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I’m in that fifth house that no-one ever seems to talk about: BOSCH.

J/K, I’m mostly Bosch, but I look towards whichever manufacturer makes the best version of a tool I currently need. For example, my chainsaws and yard/orchard power tools are Stihl, my lawnmower is Husqvarna, my circular saw, worm drive saw and abrasion/steel cutoff saw are all Skilsaw (not Skil!), and my oscillating multi tool is Fein.

Plus, many of the domestics are vintage, from before production was outsourced out of America, which makes them much more reliable and robust than modern tools. Even some of the other tools are vintage -- my Stihl 076 Super can cut through a 60cm log like a hot knife through butter. And I have both 36″ and 72″ bars to go with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But when it comes to battery power tools, you have to pick a brand and stick with it, unless you're John D Rockefeller with 6 types of charger and a billion battery packs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Even within a brand, you usually contend with at least two different battery packs - 12v and higher - and even more if you keep your tools in good condition and their connection types are obsoleted before you buy more tools.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I always lean towards Bosch where possible, mainly because of their charitable work. The founder set things up so that it's perpetually funded from the company profits. That just appeals to me as the tiebreaker when deciding between a bunch of similarly priced tools that will otherwise do the job well enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_Stiftung

That said, I tend to go for corded options where practical. I have some corded tools that I've owned for over thirty years now that still get occasional use. Battery tools are convenient for their portability, but they do have a limit to their useful life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That would put me in the Sixth House (seems like we've jumped ship from the Potterverse to the Locked Tomb series now?) as a Metabo HPT user -- at least for battery-operated tools. I've got no allegiances when it comes to corded power tools, though -- got everything from Harbor Freight only-need-it-for-one-job specials to DeWalt saws and routers, and a big ol' Craftsman drill press I inherited from my grandfather.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Corded can be great! I have corded Bosch for anything in my workshop - why would I need batteries for a location with dozens of sockets? - and use batteries mainly in the field or where cords would start to get impractical. Plus, where the manufacturer only makes a battery version of the tool. The Bosch PROFACTOR GDS18V-740N, for example, only comes in a battery version. No corded version exists.