Agreed. I have extensive Ryobi and while i have no real complaints, they are louder and blind folded i could easily tell the difference in feel and performance.
Owned by TTI, same as Ryobi and Ridgid. Have not brought Milwaukee ever since they sold out. Won't pay more for rebadged Ryobi junk.
TTI as in the company that owns the Riobi and Milwaukee tool brands is Techtronic Industries, which is a Hong Kong company and listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
WTF...they DO NOT own Milwaukee
Yep...had some old Makita tools with and old battery platform that works on nothing they make today.
It's a beast for sure. Love it
Everyone likes something different but I can’t do Dewalt. Every tool from them that I’ve used, not just one or two, has been severely underpowered. Today I was taking a splash shield off and using my coworkers impact because it was close by and man that thing was so slow. I made sure that it was on the highest setting too. I’m sorry but I’m not team yellow. My brother in law is only because people kept asking him how he liked his Craftsman power tools and he couldn’t stand that so he switched over because everyone thought he had Craftsman power tools.
I’m not sure. He isn’t here today if I remember I’ll look on it tomorrow. I only get the Brushless Milwaukee stuff it’s all Fuel for me.
You could use a battery adapter and keep using your old tools along with your new tools and batteries?
Unless ..the old tool isn't as capable.
More like this please: read the ******* FTC standard.
I was looking for reciprocating saw blades today at Rural King. Both Dewalt and Milwaukee blades say “Made in the USA with globally sourced materials”
In that case, the blades may be made using recycled metal, and since they can't be certain where the original metal came from, they probably use the disclaimer to cover their asses.
It's a requirement if you cannot be sure of metals origin or you source metal from multiple domestic and international suppliers
Actually, I can. It is documented they are made in different factories, for starters. I can also relate the fact that I burned up a Ryobi drill sweeping my chimney, a job my M12 drill handled with aplomb. Let’s not even get into the F150 lugnuts an 18v brushless Ryobi impact couldn’t handle, but an M12 stubby impact could. Or how about battery life? I spent a ton of money on Ryobi and I’m sending all of that stuff to my brother in law, wish I’d never bought it, wish I’d started with higher quality.
as someone who works in engineering, and has had to manage purchasing in the past sbd does this on a commercial side so so much better than everyone else, they will handle hand and power tools in one transaction, and make the whole thing so easy to manage for a guaranteed monthly price for the length of a contract hell they even replace lost tools in those contracts.
Not sure if this post is just to get a reaction or serious opinion. My brother in law is an engineer at milwaukee in brookfield wi. I know Ryobi and Milwaukee are under the same umbrella so i asked him if technology is shared between the two. His response was nope, both have different target markets and are independent of each other.
Ive heard brother in law mention this recently although he didnt have much for details.
TTI TROLL ALERT!!!
All of the Milwaukee hand tools I’ve seen are Taiwan or China. Their pricing is more in line with USA non tool truck brands. The tools look ok but I’ll spend my money elsewhere.
In other words, you have nothing but a link from 2015 full of speculation and suppositions. I'll spell it out for you; you have no hard data. Meanwhile the rest of us whom have owned both are telling you that there is a very real difference between the two brands. Are you questioning our integrity? Can you give it a rest since you have no backing data? I just used my M18 circular saw, oddly enough it powered through jobs where the equivalent Ryobi quit every time. I wish Ryobi was the equivalent of Milwaukee, it sure would save me some money.I call BS on being "independent of each other". TTI is the parent company of Ryobi, the Ridgid Power Tools contract, and Milwaukee. Information and technology will be shared across the organization. If one brand is cutting into another brand's market share then changes are made. Its standard corporate BS, and in my opinion Milwaukee is Ryobi in sheeps clothing. I bet Ryobi and Milwaukee are made in the same Chinese factory.
Your BIL contradicted himself:
Yep. Overpriced Ryobi junk rebadged as Milwaukee.
The guy is a tool expert and you are not. You paid for "Red" Ryobi junk. No difference, its the SAME parent company.
So, the following only requires a binary answer which means “yes“ or ”no”. In viewing the data from independent testing by @Torque Test Channel is it your argument that the Ryobi and Milwaukee numbers are exactly the same given that you have frequently claimed in this thread that the tools are the same? Remember, “yes” or “no”.
Quoting this for posterity.
You failed to read. I stated TTI has the Ridgid power tools contract. Just like Ryobi had the Craftsman power tools contract prior to SBD
Same parent company. I don't give buy the arguement its a different company. Just Ryobi junk. TTI replaced my pre-TTI Czech made milwaukee hammer drill without asking. It went in the garbage. Ryobi junk.
It was a “yes” or “no” question. Let’s try again, see if you can just answer the question.
Im not going to argue with you. Same company, same overpriced junk. My opinion stands, same parent company, same junk. Please enjoy your delusions that you THINK its not the same company.
