Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them
by windowsworkstoo on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:01AM
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Yeh me and and most of the people I work with are on Makita (in Aus). Otherwise Milwaukee is quite popular, especially among the sparkies.
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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them
by tonyarkles on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:20AM
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My wife bought a Ridgid drill with a promo kit of four batteries. The chuck eventually wore out, but the local Ridgid repair shop replaced it for us for $30 (would have been free if we’d registered for warranty). Because we had all those batteries, we were sucked into the ecosystem: cordless sawzall, impact driver, etc. They sell “naked” tools (no battery) at a significant discount. Definitely worth looking into, we’ve been exceptionally happy with the kit we’ve slowly been growing.
Edit: in Canada. Not sure if they’re the same elsewhere.