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• Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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  • No_Eponym@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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    • clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was wondering when someone would mention MasterCrap

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  • TheDoozer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have Ryobi’s battery powered power supply, so… kinda!

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• thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • DarthBueller@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Lidl tools give me some serious Harbor Freight vibes.

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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?

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  • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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    • DarthBueller@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Green vs Blue.

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• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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• acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thing is I’ve only seen their cheap and really crappy line.

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• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve let the smoke out of a Bosch drill before, they’re not that great.

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