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I’ve literally went on a impact driver spree...

Tried the following:

Milwaukee Fuel Gen 3
Milwaukee Brushless
Ridgid Octane
Makita xdt
Ryobi Brushless
DeWalt Max XR

The Milwaukee and the Ridgid was the most powerful....Had no idea Ridgid was an Ohio company btw

The DeWalt started smoking

The Makita was smooth and and quick but not as powerful

The Ryobi was the most surprising.... Apparently this is the cheapest of them all but they also have more tools and gadgets than all of these tools combined that you can use with their 18+1 system....

The gentleman I tested these with said Ryobi gets made fun of cause of their Volt Yellow/Green color but for non contractor grade tools— DIY’ers its the best bang for your buck....

In addition this company back in the day used to be Blue & Yellow and all those old tools, which he said was better made than today’s can still use the brand new batteries....

I’m on the fence but I’m considering going Ryobi because there’s hundreds of things to select from....
 
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Like @macbdog I bought a Ryobi electric drill years ago and stuck with it. It's worked great and never had an issue. Since I had the battery pack I bought all Ryobi products to match the batteries. No other reason I have all Ryobi at this point.
 
I prefer the higher voltage systems , 20V or 24V. but I think Milwaukee is a good brand. Never had a problem with them.
 
I have dewalt tools (i flip houses on the side), my wife has Ryobi tools for just general around the house stuff.

If your job isnt reliant on your tools i would highly recommend Ryobi. They have a huge lineup of different types of tools, and they are generally pretty cheap. They even have a fucking battery powered hot glue gun.
 
Yeah so I’ve gotten into both Ryobi & Milwaukee.... I literally used my Milwaukee 1/4 impact driver to take some lug nuts off in an emergency situation the other day with no issues at all.... Had no idea that the impact driver had enough torque to be able to do that.... Did it with ease...
 

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