Cordless Brushless tools

Derek: The Porter Cable stuff seems nice. I haven't seen their cordless hand tools anywhere but Lowes. But they seem to be going after Ryobi (Home Depots) house brand all the tools porter cable makes seem to be going head to head with them. These starter kits are like Crack! they are a great deal and they get you hooked on a brand and then the next thing you know you have quite a collection of all the same tools and battery's. The Ryobi stuff worked great for me for years but I ended up getting a taste of what professional grade tools worked like. The cordless drill and impact drivers are all close in feel but when it comes to cutting tools like Jig Saws and direct drives the difference is HUGE. The entry level tools just don't or can't cut like the professional grade stuff. The danger is you get the entry level stuff just thinking "im just gonna do small DIY stuff" and then you end up doing more and more projects


Rob sounds like you know quite a bit about Makita and thanks for the heads up, No doubt that Makita makes some of the best cordless tool's I always thought Makita tools were more $ then the other offerings but when you compare them to all the others they are very reasonably priced for what you get. I wish tool makers would stop listing Inch pound of torque and list foot pounds of torque. Its confusing to have to convert back and forth.