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It's the battery system that locks you in. I have mostly DeWilt cordless tools and they are totally fine for a home jobber that I am. I do also own some Milwaukee and some Makita.
If I were to re-buy all my cordless tools, maybe I'd go with Makita, but there are some Milwaukee tools I do like as well.
Even so, these tools are not as different from each other as they used to be. DeWalt/Milwaukee/Ryobi and others have been bought out by VCCs and are made in the same factories now.
Lately I look at Festool products b/c I see my youtoobers using them. I fear they are too costly for the likes of a home user like me.
Venture Capitalism is one of my least favorite flavors of capitalism, I don’t even like the original
Festools are OK but they are not worth it IMHO. We used to say it's the tools for those who buy a 5000$ bike before knowing how to ride.
I delayed buying a decent drill/driver for a goddamn decade because I was paralyzed with indecision about which battery system to get locked into.
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VCCs are why the industry has gone so hard into the battery craze. Iterative ongoing sales. Should make a skeptic out of anyone.
A drug dealer gives the first taste for free.
I don't buy cordless anymore. If I can have a wire I get it, it's cheaper, and I've had batteries die in the middle of the job way too many times. And I've had batteries just break/stop charging. And these batteries cost almost as much as the tools themselves if you have to buy one by itself.
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You can get battery converters
Yep, have one for the older drill to convert to the newer battery.
I was talking about Dewalt batteries to Milwaukee battery converter
Ah, didn’t know that. Thanks for the tip!