There’s some Bosch stuff in the UK. I’m a Makita person but I recently bought a Bosch glue gun and it’s the most solid feeling glue gun I’ve ever had.
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hh93@lemm.ee 10 months agoDo Bosch tools not exist outside of Germany? Here the professional (blue) line is pretty much on par with hilti and Makita in terms of quality if not better depending on the type of tool
thehatfox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Lidl tools give me some serious Harbor Freight vibes.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bosch os common throughout Europe. In the US it probably suffers from the not invented here syndrome. Or maybe just heavy taxes, or they don’t think blue is manly enough. Who can tell?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t know how it is in Europe, but Bosch tools here are incredibly hit-or-miss between products. A driver might last five years but a jigsaw only a few weeks. I don’t know of they contract out more work than other cordless makers, but I’ve never known a major brand to have as big of a quality gradient as them.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Is that the blue or green stuff? The blue stuff is pretty consistently good I think, the green stuff is the “I’m a broke student” stuff.
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Green vs Blue.
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
They exist in NA but definitely aren’t as popular. The Bosch evsk1617 kit is still the best value for a larger size (not palm) router kit.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Thing is I’ve only seen their cheap and really crappy line.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’ve let the smoke out of a Bosch drill before, they’re not that great.
Delphia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bosch doesnt really enter the chat in a lot of places because their range of (excellent) tools just isnt that big.
If you’re looking to enter a dad dick measuring contest with your tool collection Bosch isnt going to win, I swear Ryobi is about 3 seconds from bringing out a battery powered battery.
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
So basically, Bosh is Bosh-batons Academy of Magic.
Mastercraft/Amazon Basic brand over here for us squibs too.
Stanley is the dark arts. They own DeWalt, we all pretend DeWalt isn’t just a front for Stanley, but we all know they are sus. Users of Stanley tools are known as Deck Eaters.
clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I was wondering when someone would mention MasterCrap
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have Ryobi’s battery powered power supply, so… kinda!