To Hell with brand loyalty.

My cordless are all 18v Ryobi. Gf bought me a kit for xmas one year and have used it tons added an impact wrench and tire inflator. Have plenty of their 4ah batteries because I caught them on clearance for $25 a pair (made some good money flipping those on eBay) Love not having to plug into air or an outlet and definitely appreciate the cordless at the junkyard.

i dont stick to one, mainly because half of them are hand me downs. i do have more than one ryobi, dewalt, and montgomery wards power tools. one of the ryobi tools kinda sucks, but it works perfectly well for its original intended use.

rslifkin wrote:

mazdeuce wrote: I keep away from cordless tools because I had bad luck with them waaaaaaay back in the day. I know they're better now, but I have an assortment of quality corded tools that just won't die so it doesn't make sense to buy anything cordless at all.

I'm generally the same way with preferring corded tools over cordless. However, having a cordless drill is very handy. That seems to be the one tool where the cord becomes a problem the most.

The cordless tool that really surprised me was the Milwaukee impact driver.

I never thought I needed one, but I use that thing constantly. It's even stout enough that when I replaced the swaybar links on my truck it zipped them down tight in just a few seconds.

It reminds me of the 3/8" butterfly air guns as far as power.

In reply to DuctTape&Bondo:

You happen to still have any of those batteries?

I just had a 2 pack for 99 bucks order canceled on me by amazon because the seller ran out.

Grizz wrote: In reply to DuctTape&Bondo: You happen to still have any of those batteries? I just had a 2 pack for 99 bucks order canceled on me by amazon because the seller ran out.

Same question here. I wouldn't mind having 1 or 2 of the bigger batteries, especially for using the drill and such outside in the cold (as that cuts the effective battery capacity by a lot until they warm back up).

I don't have much brand loyalty. I like certain brands... my favorite gun "brand" is Glock, but I only have one. I'm not loyal lol. I love Miata's, and think the rest of Mazda's line up is pretty but I don't want any of the rest. I like rangers and focus but the rest of Ford doesn't do much for me.

rslifkin wrote:

Grizz wrote: In reply to DuctTape&Bondo: You happen to still have any of those batteries? I just had a 2 pack for 99 bucks order canceled on me by amazon because the seller ran out.

Same question here. I wouldn't mind having 1 or 2 of the bigger batteries, especially for using the drill and such outside in the cold (as that cuts the effective battery capacity by a lot until they warm back up).

Sorry fellas no extras left. Home Depot has them for $89.99 (2 pack of 4 ahs) when I was there last week.

No E36 M3? I might have to make a trip and use the amazon gift card on something else

"Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man."

I've got mostly Ryobi cordless tools, but everything else is a tossup. I have a bunch of Harbor Freight hammers-in-waiting. No one brand in my garage.