• SadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    House DeWalt: The Builders

    House Ryobi: The Slapjobs

    House Milwaukee: The wishes they were house DeWalt

    House Makita: Quality prevails regardless of how little I use my tools.

    Unmentioned:

    House Bosch: House Makita but doesn’t like Asians

    House Metabo: House Milwaukee but green

    House Rigid: wow these are fuckin cheap

    House Worx: Tools take a backseat to Yardwork

    House Metabo HPT: My wife says they’re great

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        10 months ago

        I was browsing the tool section at a Home Depot once a couple of years ago when a very attractive young woman came up to me and started asking me about my project. I’m not so dense that I thought she was hitting on me, but I couldn’t figure out her angle and I thought maybe she was a prostitute or something. Turns out she was a Milwaukee sales rep and she was trying to encourage people (men, rather) to buy some Milwaukee cordless tools.

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            Only if you go for the strict definition.

            Any exchange of labour for money under an indentured system where you are under constant violent threat of homelessness, destitution, starvation, and even death if you don’t work, is a certain type of prostitution born of desperation.

            TL;DR: most of us whose paycheques are signed by someone else are labour prostitutes.

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        I’ve used dewalt professionally for many years. My buddies who use Milwaukee are always borrowing my stuff. I’ll leave it at that.

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        10 months ago

        Yeap, switched from Milwaukee from DeWalt recently. The tool quality is pretty much the same, but the Milwaukee battery and chargers are a lot nicer.

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        10 months ago

        My construction companion runs Milwaukee. As I stated in a different comment, he’s had several drills and batteries blow in about three years. This isn’t to say they’re not a great brand, but that’s too many lemons for the premium they charge for my taste. seems like their biggest downfall is the plastic shells they use, especially on batteries. Those little power check buttons break right quick, and the rubber over moulding doesn’t deal with grease well.

        I run Metabo HPT, and I abuse the hell out of them. Drilling inch holes 12" deep in concrete for garage anchors, running all the batteries in sub zero and 100+ temps, notching studs until the multi tool is too hot to hold. Never had a failure in 6 years. Even my original batteries still work as well as the new. A slick bonus I found out being a compulsive tinkerer, the batteries that they sell as 18v 3ah are actually 24v 5ah. I always wondered why they lasted so long before I ripped a few apart. Samsung cells as well.

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        10 months ago

        While I agree with you on most accounts, Milwaukee drills have cheap switches on them, they’re usually the first to hang to go. The chucks seem kinda cheap too, but honestly that’s not enough for me to switch teams, I’m married to Milwaukee, and the divorce would just be too damn expensive at this point.

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      10 months ago

      House Bauer/Atlas/Hercules/Warrior: Life is transient, why does your tool or battery need to last longer than the job?

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      10 months ago

      House Festool: Expensive, but I shift the cost to my clients.

      Also, pretty systainers for storage and German ordnung.

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      10 months ago

      Nah Makita is trash, unless you’re talking LXT, which is 36 volt. Most of the Milwaukee stuff comes out on top on the torque test channel on YouTube.

      But also don’t forget House Skil: Issue