Power Tool Brands

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I've always buy Milwaukee. Used to do Craftsman, but I think their quality turned to shit very quickly. I do have my dad's miter saw, which is a Hitachi and it's pretty good for what I need.

 

[ijustposthere]

DeWalt, Milwaukee, my dad has all the old craftsman tools which are tough to beat.

 

[MDB111™]

I've always buy Milwaukee. Used to do Craftsman, but I think their quality turned to shit very quickly. I do have my dad's miter saw, which is a Hitachi and it's pretty good for what I need.

Craftsman was exclusively Sears brand up until a few years ago when Stanley tools bought them.
Stanley began making their version of Craftsman while Sears still maintained their version.
But that that Sears is kerplunked, I think it's all now Stanley's version of Craftsman, which IMO is inferior.

I even had a Craftsman mitre saw break after five or so uses. I pulled the saw down and the entire plastic casing broke off.

So yeah,this is not our fathers Craftsman anymore and I don't think they fully guarantee for life any longer.

 

[Urblock]

Strap a guy to a chair and play that LOUD for 10 min. He will tell you anything to make it STOP.

 

[airtime143]

I gotta say I have been putting an echo chainsaw through the wringer the past 2 days and it is exceeding expectations.

For many years I had a stihl that I bought used, and it gave up last year. Sent it for repair but it was too far gone.
Picked up an echo to fill a need, and that sob fired up with 3 pulls despite sitting half full all winter with no stabilizer or winterizing.

Dulled the blade and it is too old to sharpen- been done too many times, so sent my lady to grab a new bar and chain.

Spending the day back and forth between cutting trees and railroad ties.

 

[Crystallas]

Because they are just names slapped onto cloned tools, I'm just going to say Harbor Freight in general. You gotta do your research for each model you're interested in, but a good number of tools they sell are also EOL lines from big names rebadged and put into their own housings. I haven't been able to kill the $150 rotary hammer that I got 3 years ago, but I've had to replace high end bosch unit and dewalt units in less time. Both brands that I still love in their respective areas, but sometimes that name brand is flat out over-rated. And I'm finding more trades/pros just giving up on the random quality drops from the big $500-2000 tool buys, and just rolling the dice on the $200 copycat from HF with years of success.

And I love Skil's worm drives. I know they're bulky for some guys, but it's just dead reliable for so many applications. malcore might have some great insight on chainsaws.