Big91RustyBucket said:
I like my dewalt. I just hate having a cordless sawzall. Everytime I need to cut alot I have 3 batts and it just eat's them. Then it is dead and I am sol.
Haven't posted on here in a while but...I've been at Home depot for about 4months now and it has honestly given me a new perspective on what tools sell, which dont, which get returned all the time, and which never come back and I would be a liar if I said I wasn't surprised at what I found.
I used to think dewalt was the best stuff out there. WRONG. Im not saying its crap, just not as good as everyone thinks it is. out of RIDGID, MAKITA, DEWALT, RYOBI and MILWAUKE, BOSCH. I would have to say the number one set of tools that are returned would have to be ryobi. But then again those tools are not designed for the contractor, they are engineered for the DIY'er and weekend warriors, not the everyday ground and pound, I think they are cheap and you get what you pay for but they aren't that bad. Ive had a chance to use a few of there impact drivers and drills and recip saws, a little weak but not bad. But my biggest surprise was how much dewalt stuff comes back. Once a week at least some large item, (hammerdrill, miter saw, circ saw) and all of them because they stopped working. 1st of all dewalt doesnt' make a Lithium ion as of yet (only 36v and most stores stopped selling those cause they didn't sell very well, to big and bulky) they still use the ineffecient NiCD batteries, dont know why. Ive seen 1 maybe 2 bosch items returned and almost no Milwauke, Ridgid or makita stuff come back. In a builders magazine they tested 10 tool companies on there cordless drills in battery efficency, Power, charge time and comfort and Milwaukee beat everyone out hands down. AS the strongest longest lasting quickest charging drill out there. followed by 3. Makita 4. Bosch 5. Ridgid 6.Dewalt..I forget the rest. To be honest with you I wasn't surprised Dewalt was voted for as the best, they do an outstanding job marketing to people, bright yellow tools, you see them in almost every DIY TV show, the name gets passed on from person to person, I see why so many people ask for dewalt stuff. But here is another thing that all of you's might not know, dewalt is black and decker (vis versa) and both of those are owned by a chinese corporation with an american name, and I dont care what tools you buy whether its ridgid black and decker, dewalt, or bosch %70 of them are made in china YES THATS RIGHT MADE IN CHINA!! Im not making this up I see the cheap flimsy, pale carboard boxes, that are so reminiscent of cheap chinese merchandise, they come in when I have to stack the shelves, with "made in china" written on them. The bottom line is alot of these name brand things we think we are getting, that we believe are made in america, really aren't and to top it all off they aren't the great tools they used to be. Back in the day Black and Decker used to be the $hit...as did dewalt, now the've whored there name out to the chinese in the name of cheap labor and profits.
I wanna be straigt with you guys this isn't to tell you hard core dewalt people out there that dewalt sucks...I think they are good tools, I think there stuff is way over priced but if it does the job then it does the job. This is just the stuff I see on an everyday basis and what I've come to know as fact. Me personally I like Ridgid and makita, and milwauke, and I base that on what I have learned from talking to many many people and trying the tools out for my self, you want real tools, buy HILTI, but they will slide you a loan application the second you ask for one of there tools, cause there ain't no way in hell you are affording those things....but hey just thought I would drop a little opinion onto this matter...sorry for this being so long...
Makita tools.
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