Brand loyalty with power tools?

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:32 pm

DeWalt was an acquisition back in the early 60's and I assume they left it seperate whereas Bosch Blue & Green are the same company

owen · Post by **owen** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:35 pm

exactly ski, the blue and green bosch share a lot of the same components.

Hinton Heating · Post by **Hinton Heating** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:46 pm

I buy mainly dewalt... not had any problems far...

My 18v DC998 gets used most days, and is going strong!

I have the 7 piece set, so again makes sense to stick with it, using the same batteries.

I did buy a new corded 9" disc cutter... does what I want it to do, no problems... Yes its Yellow!

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:38 am

its when you use any pro jap drill you see how rubbish the dc998 is

marksson · Post by **marksson** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:31 pm

Couldn't care less about the brand name as such.
You do generally find that most of the brands tools are better than their cheaper equivalents though.
However, just occasionaly there is a real gem.
One of my breakers is a Bergenhouser or some such name, cheapish, but bloody brilliant. 3years on and still going very strong.

Scrit · Post by **Scrit** » Sun May 20, 2007 7:04 pm

I have very little brand loyalty and tend to buty the tool for the job based on specification, performance and on occassions price. That means I have:

Festo/Festool
Mafell
Kress
Bosch (blue)
Atlas-Copco (now branded Milwaukee)
Fein
deWalt (and some Elu)
Porter-Cable
Sioux (American)
Hilti
and Makita

marksson · Post by **marksson** » Sun May 20, 2007 7:20 pm

Scrit
Obviously respecting the differing terminology in the different regions of this diverse land. Is

tend to buty the tool

Theft, borrowing or purchase?
Seriously 110v. 240v or a mix?