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RIDGID Cordless Tools
With tools and most other things, I always (within reason) try to buy what I consider the best to be had. That way if the tool fails or does not live up to expectations, I can blame the company and not myself for being a cheap ass and saving a few dollars. Nothing is worse than buyers remorse because you went cheap. I had always bought Milwaukee. One reason was the lifetime warranty. Most people do not know it existed but it did. I say did because they just changed it late last year. corporate just emailed me and let me know anything older than that will retain the lifetime but new will only get 5 years. Great, now I must search for older Milwaukees to on ebay and auctions to fill my needs. Kind of like craftsmen hand tools, they are worth as much broken as new since you can just get a new one if it breaks. Milwaukee doesn't give new, just fixes the old one.
I stupidly bought a 5 piece 18v cordless set of Dewalt. Now I have no warranty and a lesser quaity tool to boot. I liked the design and features of dewalt better but now regret it due to poor quality. Kind of like chevy.
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RIDGID Cordless Tools
Broken, I can see your point about cordless, but most of my tools are corded, so we do agree. It was my contractor partner that stirred me to buy the dewalt kit. Their 18 volt cordless was without par. in features, 3 speeds, hammer, 1/2 inch cap. and in a lot of our rentals, power can be out during rehab. I am in no way a contractor, my wood tools get used a lot less than yours but it is so convenient not to need an extention cord. I especially liked the lifetime warranty because I am not a contractor and in 10 years I will use it less than a contrator in 6 months. Milwaukee wrote me a couple emails about their warranty and said most breakdowns happen in the first 2 years and almost none after 5 years. For a contractor that is fine. They price jobs knowing tools will need replaced. Mine are mostly for my own enjoyment. My only milwaukee cordless is a 12 volt 3/8 drill. It did break, gear box stripped and they fixed it for free. It is about 10 years old now and the original batteries are as good as my dewalt that is only 2 years old. I noticed a rapid decline in charge held in dewalt after 1 year and my partner has broken several of his dewalts, now in trash with no warranty. One thing that really bothered me about the dewalt drill is the variable speed feature. It says right in the owners manual "NOTE: Continuous use in variable speed range is not recommended. It may damage the switch and should be avoided." It recommends using variable speed only for starting holes or fasteners. Why can't they just make a quality switch that can be used at any speed at any time. I don't recall any corded say that or even my Milwaukee cordless. I don't just want to run wide open all the time, and I sure don't want this junk to break with no warranty. I know I should have gone Milwaukee or even craftsman but that word makes me shudder when it refers to power tools. Please don't take offense to that broken, but I have always considered craftsman a tiny step above chinese, but for cordless you may have a point.
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