Feels like something the EU would eventually work on settling: making all tool manufacturers have a non-proprietary connector.
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Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It is whatever you buy a battery and charger for first. Then you are unwilling to forfeit that battery to just buy another tool. So you get another tool of the same brand, even if you aren’t happy with the previous. Then at that point, you’ve gone to far. You’ve got several hundred dollars in batteries you would have to give up just to switch. It is the most blatant example of the sunken cost fallacy.
Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
BigPotato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just fucking make it all XT90 or something.
fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
And have the battery dangling?
CallMeDave@lemmy.world 7 months ago
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m just waiting for the other shoe to drop and for a Belgian or something to drop in here to say that they’ve had fully interchangeable batteries for the last twenty years, and then make fun of us for building houses out of wood because we didn’t clear cut our continent.
SpookySnek@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
More people should know there actually are adapters for different brands of batteries on amazon, and thingiverse if you have a 3D printer
BigPotato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And if you don’t have a 3D printer, your local library likely does.
variants@possumpat.io 11 months ago
Dewalt battery on a Dyson vacuum as well
BigPotato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And if you don’t have a 3D printer, your local library likely does.
thallamabond@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Looking for this comment, I’m still running my craftsman 19.2 volt tools, but with a 20v DeWalt adapter, saved my from throwing away 1 reciprocating saw, 1 light, 1 1/4" impact, 2 drills, 1 90° drill, and a circular saw.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah Ryobi is dirt cheap and good enough for most things. When you need to add another tool, choosing between the one that doesn’t have a battery and the one that does but is twice the price has a big influence on your decision.
Also, I’m not a contractor, so I only use certain tools once every six months. Have yet to have anything fail on me. If it does, maybe I’ll upgrade. Certain tools have already paid for themselves in that they saved me from needing to hire someone else. Just getting a pole saw and hedge trimmer alone saved me probably $700.
31337@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Fucking Ridgid got me, because on paper, they have lifetime warranties on their batteries. But after buying an expensive combo, they made it an absolute hassle to register my tools, so I kinda doubt they’ll honor their warranty. Now I’m Ridgid + Dewalt. My corded tools and hand tools are whatever brand; harbor freight or walmart if not used often, Milwaukee, DeWalt, etc if I expect to use them often.
jasondj@ttrpg.network 11 months ago
I really dislike Home Depot after a series of huge customer service mishaps with me last year, and actively avoid going there now.
Which is a shame because I have a lot of Ryobi One tools. They are perfectly positioned for weekend warriors…huge tool library, good batteries, affordable and of fairly decent quality (certainly well above “junk” and a good value for the money).
Shame that is a store-exclusive brand.
The worst part is I’ve bought into most of the cordless tools I’d really need. The day might come where I want a larger circular saw (mines only 5.5 and it is prone to binding if your technique isn’t perfect, and even then…) or find that some of the tools that I’m okay with having corded (like a jigsaw or an angle grinder) I now need a cordless replacement. At that point I’ll likely find myself buying into a better and more expensive battery system and, for quite a while, only having the one seldom-used tool for it.
Now I’ve got a dead 4Ah battery and I’m on the fence as to rebuild it, buy a new one, or take it as an opportunity to start going into a new battery system.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I actually did a lot of research on this when I bought my first battery tools, knowing this would be the case, and decided they had a decent range of everything I’d likely need.
I went with AEG.
xenspidey@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Which is TTI, so the same as Milwaukee, Ryobi, and Rigid. I wonder if they are more of a non-US rebranded one of those 3
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 months ago
They’re identical to Ridgid, including the batteries being compatible.
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Milwaukee included a bag and floodlight in their drill package so I guess that did it for me. Most of my bits are Ryobi though.
RealBot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Would there be a way to 3D print plastic part of a battery and just fill it with standard battery types (cylindrical batteries) and make them swapable? Because as far as i know there isn’t really any electronics in batteries, just different voltages based on number of batteries in series and different mounting mechanism. It just seems like a silly vendor lock-in.
tal@lemmy.today 11 months ago
It is whatever you buy a battery and charger for first. Then you are unwilling to forfeit that battery to just buy another too
One could go pneumatic, get a compressor and pneumatic tools.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s only good if you can bring your work to your garage.
Grabthar@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have a 100’ air hose that reaches anywhere in the house. I often run it outside and back in a window somewhere so it doesn’t end up in the way of family. I also have a small compressor for airbrushing rather than running permanent air lines from the garage to my basement workshop. You’ll still want cordless convenience for a drill and some other small tools though.
tal@lemmy.today 11 months ago
You can get portable compressors.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m not hauling my portable compressor into my attic, nor do I have an extension cord that can reach the end of my yard. It stays in my garage. Even then I prefer battery tools because of the noise when the compressor kicks on.
benignintervention@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I found a set of Makita tools for 60% off last year and now I’m Makita battery dependent for the rest of my life
Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It 10 years you will have thousands of dollars in makita tools because hey, that hammer drill you needed was only $110, better get another battery too, your old ones are getting tired. 🤷♂️ and you will always have makita tools, forever. Even if you hate them.
evranch@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I used to be ride or die for Makita as an electrician, but they’ve gone downhill lately and their battery prices are insane! Used to be a Makita could fall off a ladder onto the chuck and bounce. Last year my crew had two drills newly bought that year CATCH FIRE and one strip the gearbox. Embarassing performance.
I’ve pivoted to Ridgid with their dirt cheap batteries with lifetime warranty. And I have a couple Ridgid->Makita adapters to use my new collection of Ridgid batteries with my tough old Makita tools. Battery adapters will free you from that lock-in.
Honestly I’ve been impressed with the Ridgid tools though, same manufacturer as Milwaukee and Ridgid has always been a big brand with plumbers. The brushless tools I’ve bought have been powerful and robust so far. No regrets
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 11 months ago
So TTI manufactures Milwaukee, Ryobi, and Ridgid power tools. I didn’t know they did Ridgid too. I wonder how many manufacturers there really are for the plethora of power tool brands. I’m gonna guess like three.
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait TTI does dewalt too? I thought dewalt was same co as Milwaukee.