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drive2fast t1_iw77i66 wrote

Milfuckee makes great cordless tools (my industrial contracting shop is mostly red) but most of their hand tools and especially their cutting tools like blades / bits are fucking garbage.

Project Farm on youtube proves this again and again. He does exceptionally well thought out tests and their tools perform poorly most every time.

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madmax_br5 OP t1_iw7a5vq wrote

I thought their screw bits actually tested very well in project farm? but yes, definitely a “do your research” brand for hand tools

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NightofTheLivingZed t1_iw8tupg wrote

You say milfuckee, but I work in tool rental/repair and all I ever see is Rigid coming in for repairs, and I live in Wisconsin, where literally everyone buys Milwaukee.

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drive2fast t1_iw8vwhc wrote

Same parent company.

But I did say that I buy the red cordless tools for my contracting company. They are mostly amazing, save for the 3-4 year old trash grade brushless onekey drills (top end models, bad chucks, weak bodies) and the new 1/2” impact wrenches that keep exploding. I’m so glad I bought the last gen impact.

Did you see the inside of the 1/2” impact failures yet? They removed 1/2 of the support on the planetary gearset so it just shears all the pins. It looks like they let a first year engineer go crazy with cost cutting inside there. Even the best companies make stupid decisions now and then.

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