I dislike them all, there, I said it. I can't assume garage talk are all those that have a built-out garage and in common use. Look, I'm in California. My avatar shows a neighbor's garage, at the time, that is just full of shelves of junk...wall to wall. There's probably a pancake can in there for 30 seconds of air.
Batteries are stupidly expensive and air, well, needs a compressor and a hose to drag around. I'm on Team Yellow, so a 20V battery is currently $70 at the box store (the 3AH were a lot more in 2018). They take up space which I see Yellow attempting to fix, even if it's awkward looking.
If time wasn't money and money was time, I'd just use a common ratchet. However, others have stated the same ideal that you're still breaking bolts/nuts off like a wrench with either and the power tool just does the rest of the run-off, making life easy. And Atlas Shrugged...you got into a DeWalt tool and battery, it's cheaper to stick around now.
Not a Milwaukee hater at all. The 12v ratchet did finally just quit and it's not 2 years old with little use. At the same time I have a Snap-on 14.4V, pre-brushless, that smokes to beat hell, cost way to much, but still freggin works; Ol' Smokey just keeps spinning until I it sets on fire eventually. I'd like it to stop and give the safe word instead of just smoking though (new brushless has been fine though)
Meh, you're buying DeWalt 20V stuff for a bit. They have a pancake style battery lay-out that looks weird but fits in places I wouldn't get into until the 5th date. To every tool is it's fit in usage. I like pickled pigs feet, I'm pretty sure I'm not asked for food advice just the same.
