Depends in what you expect. I have a cheap and cheerful Makita battery drill that cost 65 Euros at the local DIY store. Recently, Lidl had a Parkside 20V cheap and cheerful for 20 Euros that has pretty much the same specs as my Makita, plus a basic impact drill functionality, so I bought it out of curiosity. They feel similar and do the same job, with the Makita batteries costing more than twice as much as their Parkside counterparts. Sure, I could get all the spare parts for the Makita if need be, but the Parkside with the 3 year warranty is definitely better value all things considered. My girlfriend had a 40€ Parkside hammer drill die a sudden death, but they replaced it within a week. I appreciate good quality tools and am willing to pay the corresponding price, but for something that gets used once or twice per year? I'd get a Parkside.

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y

Parkside warranty was impressively good when I needed to use it.

They happily replaced the tool by manufacture date alone, which was great when the receipt was long gone.

RejZoR@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y

Makita is Japanese, but they make stuff where it's cheaper for them. Same with many other brands that might be German, but made in Romania, Poland or ultimately China. Usually lower end products where high end ones tend to be made in Germany.

RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 32 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Festool and Metabo are both German, Wadkin is British.

Obi@sopuli.xyz · 20 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Festool is great if you're literally made of money.

Gilles_D@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Or if you have to use that thing to make you money.

Obi@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Yeah I considered adding that originally but felt it was detrimental to the impact of the joke.

runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y

Hoping one day we get a consumer grade domino, but that's probably a pipe dream.

Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Decided to get the metabo battery powered tools because they're the only ones that offer an adapter to plug the tools directly (useful for stuff that stays in the shop most of the time)

Zero ragrets! They're very good!

zout@fedia.io · 26 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I'm sorry, but for this stuff I'm team Makita.

Cheems@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Yeah you can't just change brands. It's too expensive. You get the battery. You are locked into that ecosystem. Simple as that.

sirico@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y

You can get adapters but yes it doesn't cure anything but waste to get rid of functioning tools

Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

That's why I just have 5 different chargers and some adapters ready to go for whatever tool is the best one.

Bronzie@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

This is why I prefer wired tools when practical.
I can’t justify buying the one brand I have batteries for when the other really good brand has something good on sale.

Obviously won’t get a wired drill, but my angle grinder and miter are both 230V. I hate locked ecosystems

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y

It's why Bosch's Power4All is a bit frustrating.

Shared batteries...with about 4 manufacturers...and not on the Bosch's professional tools.

Don't get me wrong, I still achieve a lot with my Bosch green tools. And my Flymo ones on the same battery.

But it's a real shame more mfgs weren't involved.

Cheems@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Having the portability is really really nice.

then_three_more@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Is parkside really the only other option to put next to Bosch? I mean, I love the middle isle as much as the next guy, Lidl own brand seems a stretch

floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

Idk, Parkside is solid, it's impressive value. It's inexpensive, but not cheap

Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y

Festool, Einhell

79luca79@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Fein (GER), Hilti (swiss)

David_Eight@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Hilti is from Liechtenstein, not Swiss. General known as a great company that respects its employees though.

79luca79@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

ah yeah, right. sry Liechtensteiners!!

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Feel free to update the meme with another brand and give a link, I'll update the post!

PotatoLibre@feddit.it · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think top tier is Hilti (Swiss) , expensive of course.

But Bosch, Metabo and Festool are reall good choices ayway.

Zdvarko@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Hilti is manufactured in several countries however its place of origin and HQ is in Liechtenstein.

Hilti would be up there with Festool, Fein and Mafell but they're high end high price.

RejZoR@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Bosch, Hilti, Einhell, Metabo, KWB, Iskra, Sheppach, all European.

Hikoki and Makita are Japanese.

potpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

TIL Hilti is Liechtensteiner

youngalfred@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y (7 replies)

who owns what tool brands

Phytobus@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

TLDR: out of all of these the only real european companies are:

Bosch (group)
TTS tooltechnic systems (group)
Fein (independent)
Hilti (independent)

And makita from Japan and one of the only independent manufacturers left, as well as Fein and Hilti.

Thorgrem@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Einhell (also own Ozito) is also on its own, headquartered in Germany. Mostly made in China. But they are moving battery production to Hungary. Also planning to build tools in other Asian countries to be less dependent on China.

Metabo and Hikoki are also a company. Don't know if its based in Japan.

meldrik@lemmy.wtf · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

For some reason, I always thought Ryobi was Japanese.

Guess I’m switching to Bosch.

piccolo@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ryobi tools was japanense that was purchase by a hong kong company in the early 2000's... they also own Milwaukee.

apostrofail@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

in the early 2000s*

RejZoR@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

Hikoki (formerly Hitachi) is Japanese.

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks, added to the OP

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

man... all my power tools are Milwaukee since there were some crazy sales when I was starting the collection.

InFerNo@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I wonder where they're from

i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Green Bay

qyron@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

To my knowledge, Parkside and Bosch are mostly manufactured in China. Parkside is a name brand for Lidl, from Grizzly Tools.

Thorgrem@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

My Bosch Professional 12V drills are made in Malaysia.

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

If only you could order parkside all year around. Currently I have to wait for the product that I want to buy, to randomly appear in one of my local Lidl stores and then rush to hope to get one before they sell out. It's not a real alternative

Doxin@pawb.social · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I dunno how the lidl is over where you're at, but here they have a web shop where they sell their parkside tools.

polderprutser@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This is my go to online toolshop now. Basically renovated my entire house with Parkside stuff. Can recommend. 5/7 perfect score.

Doxin@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y

Probably the tool brand with the best bang-for-buck ratio. They tend to not be the most great feeling tools, but they sure work well for the price.

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Are you in Germany?

Here in Denmark they just link to Lidl

Thorgrem@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

One of the reasons I went with Einhell. No regrets.

starshipHighwayman69@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y (6 replies)