Best Cordless Tool Brand?

I don’t think Hilti is all that great, certainly has a good warranty and nice build quality - but my M12 Fuel impact drove more 4” screws than a new 22V Hilti impact did on a battery charge, twice as fast to bury them and with less felt vibration.

Hilti is a very nice tool, but I was pretty underwhelmed after a day of building fences.

 

Both Milwaukee and Dewalt make a good quality tool. IMO, Milwaukee has a bit of an edge, but that comes at a price premium; they also have a LOT more tools from rivet tools to drain snakes to torque wrenches. For general 'around the house' repairs and renovations, either will do fine. If you're looking at mechanic's tools, than Milwaukee for sure.

 

Buying Milwaukee is like buying snap-on. Ryobi is like craftsman. You likely don’t need top end stuff unless you’re using the tools professionally.

I’ve been very happy with all of my ryobi power tools. They’ve never let me down, and batteries last.

2 cents.

 

Nothing wrong with Ryobi, but Milwaukee is not comparable to Snap On in any realm. Snap On makes drills and impact drivers, too.

Nothing wrong with preferring Ryobi, but definitely disagree with your comparisons, maybe it was more to justify your choice? Feel no need, Ryobi is affordable and has a lot of options, too.

 

I've been happy with Ridgid brand power tools. And the lifetime warranty is a bonus.

 

Milwaukee.

 

Milwaukee in my case because the Warranty Vendor is a customer.

They are good people to me Who I deal with and knowing them face to face is still important to me

 

Depends on how you use them.

For normal homeowner use I like my Rigid. Because replacement batteries are free.

 

I recently bought a big combo set of craftsman tools. 400 for an 8 peice set. I watched a few teardown videos. Seemed like quality tools. They work well, but the small batteries they come with suck. I am going to buy a bigger ah battery.

I only mention this because I wanted to buy dewalt or milwuakee, but as I mainly use them for projects around the house, I didn't want to spend the premium on them. Craftsman is made by the same people who make Dewalt from what I found online.

 

Dewalt was always a NO-GO for me because about the time you have a decent supply of batteries for your tools, they completely change the battery style and you're F'ed going forward.
Makita makes fine tools, the problem with them is the battery protection "brain" is on the battery, not on the tool. So, if you overheat a battery twice, or try to charge it twice on a cold day, the battery is bricked.
Milwaukee, in my experience (and most people's) has far better battery performance without any of the drawbacks of the other brands.

If you like Ryobi or Rigid, great. I know my mother sure likes hers.

If you want to see the internal differences of all the different brands, watch AvE on youtube.

 

I've got a pile of 12v and 20v Dewalt stuff and it's all served me well. I use something in the set at least once a day. Buddy of mine is invested in the milwaukee stuff and to be honest I think they have a slight technical edge over the Dewalt stuff and I think Milwaukee also does slightly better with tool storage. Very much a side concern, but I can see yellow/black easier than red/black so I seem to spend slightly less time searching for Dewalt tools.

 

Yes, when Sears sold their Craftsman brand, Black & Decker purchased it. B&D owns the brand Dewalt. Stanley has purchased Black & Decker.

So, at this time Stanley is the parent company of Black & Decker, DeWalt, Porter Cable, Devilbiss and Craftsman to name a few.

 

Like Red? Milwaukee

Like yellow? Dewalt.

You can't go wrong either way. There are a few tie-breaker tools depending on your uses. The Milwaukee cordless Hole-Hawg is better than Dewalt's, so...

 

Hit the nail on the head with Makitas. Great tools but not good in the cold. My corded Mikita drill mixer is used daily and is from the mid 90s. My dream Mikita 12' mitre saw has dust on it.

 

I'm a cheapass. When shopping for a brushless impact driver, on paper at least the Kobalt had the best specs for the cost. After running it in my camper for a year just to drive the stabilizer jacks, I find more and more it is sneaking into my house for the regular repair/improvement projects. Now I might have to start swapping my drill and other cordless set to Kobalt as well. I have always been surprisingly impressed with their tools.

 

You will never get a definitive answer to your question. Everyone has their own personal favorite. This is the same as the Chevy vs. Ford question. Both brands are good quality tools. You won’t go wrong which ever one you choose. I hope you are not going to make your decision on what a single stranger tells you. Go to a store and personally checkout both brands. Then decide which one suites you best, which one feels best , which one you like best and buy it.

 

Pick a color and be a dick about it.

I'd choose whatever has better availability locally.

Milwaulkee does appear to do better on the stuff you'd likely use for auto projects and DeWalt seems to do better in the construction/fab space for whatever its worth.

 

Yeah of course it won't be definitive but peoples experience is good to know. Like the member mentioning Makita batteries have issues in cold, etc. Obviously all the expensive ones differentiate very little in performance. Or dewalt being better for construction and milwaukee better for automotive. These are all pry overkill for what I want to do haha.

 

Look up AVEs vids on tool reviews, disassembly and destruction.
https://youtu.be/aZUbbu6J19E

 

I've had some 18V Dewalt tools that are going on 20 years old and still going strong. Replaced batteries 2 or three times in the past 2 decades. I'm sure most of the other brands are just as good, but I've been very happy with the Dewalt stuff.