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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

~~Bullshit!~~ I don't agree. Many pros use Hilti, the best brand, full stop, but crazy expensive, followed by Fein and Festool (the basic Festool circular saw is like 600€) Pros who want to pay less use any of the other "color teams", yellow, blue, red, dark blue... And yes DeWalt is 100% pro, and some pros use Bosch blue. My buddies shop uses Bosch blue for corded, but has gone Milwaukee for battery, as cordless Bosch has been hit-and-miss. I had a 80% DeWalt shop and can vouch for them. I particularly love their sliding miter saws and small, thin waist angle grinders (the unsung multitasking wonder tool). BTW. Angle grinders MUST be corded, except for a very small set of use cases. Battery angle grinders suck pig's balls.

Also Makita>Bosch blue.

Sadly Ryoby has gone full cheap DIY, like SKIL (owned by Bosch now?) I have an old maybe 18ish Ryobi (Blue) circular saw. Built like a tank, with a cast aluminum foot, that is as precise as day one. Oh well...

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ryobi garden tools are legit. I have the 40V string trimmer and 40V mower, and an 18V leaf blower, and so far I have no complaints. I once heard someone say that Ryobi tools are R&D for Milwaukee (as they are the same parent company).

My shop tools are all DeWalt because that's what my parents and wife's parents bought us for gifts.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

The Ryobi tools I've handled are alright. The main reason my home shop isn't full of Ryobi is my town has no Home Depot, so I'm a Lowe's guy by default.

I'm bought into the Craftsman V20 series for both shop tools and lawn tools and they stand pretty much alongside Ryobi. Some of the Craftsman tools are obviously rehashed tools out of the B&D or Porter Cable catalogs, some are pretty obviously discount DeWalts, especially the brushless tools.