I can’t resist bright orange plastic.

  • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    12 days ago

    The batteries that are other colours of the rainbow don’t fit in my red tools so that’s a big deciding factor there. As far as corded or hand tools it doesn’t matter to me. Sometimes I spraypaint tools bright colours so they don’t get lost as easy.

    • Botzo@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Same! I have a ton of harbor freight and Ryobi tools that work great. I’ve replaced a few over the years with fancier versions as they wear or break.

        • KittenBiscuits@lemm.eeEnglish
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          12 days ago

          Teal is my favorite color and yet I own no Makita. I’m very agnostic otherwise. Have things in all the other “houses” plus Harbor Freight brands and Kobalt.

          Cheap > breaks > upgrade is my motto

          • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            11 days ago

            I am sticking to one house to limit how many batteries and chargers I need to worry about. Ryobi has had the same battery format for like 20 years, so I’m less worried about obsolescence.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Not at all in itself. But the blue bosch (professional grade, as opposed to the consumer grade green) is generally pretty high quality, so I stick with that lineup for tools that I need beyond the stage where any cheap brand will do.

    • rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I do like Bosch. Tho that blue never did much for me.

      I have one of their little 12 v driver combos. Impact and drill. It’s pretty sweet.

      • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 days ago

        Is that the flexiclick system thingy where you can switch out the head?

        I’ve been looking at buying that myself when I finally need a drill for myself but I keep being tempted by the 18V version which has the same system but also has battery compatibility with a larger range of their other tools (at a much higher pricepoint…)

        • rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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          10 days ago

          Not flexiclick. 2 separate drivers sold together (with 2 batteries and charger). One drill, the other impact. I recall it not being too crazy expensive. But ya, only 12v.