I have noticed Rigid lithiums are worse in cold weather than Milwaukees. I replaced my Rigid screwdriver with a Milwaukee. Makita cordless are lighter and more expensive than other brands. I have a corded Makita drill that's 25 years old and still runs. I have never used DeWalts but aot of tradesmen swear by them. Hitachi's are junk, I dropped a drill less than 4 feet and it shattered.. I dropped a Milwaukee hammerdrill about 12 feet, one of the teeth on the chuck cracked, and I have only replaced the brushes once in 12 years of almost daily usage. Their sawzalls have also performed flawlessly. I have one corded and one cordless.  My sanders and saws at the house are Ryobi. They sit unused most of the time, but have never failed me. Milwaukees quality may have changed recentlysince they are no longer made in the USA but I haven't seen it. Bosch's customer service is laughable on a local level, and I believe they are part of B&D and DeWalt

That's a pretty nice deal Rigid has for their batteries.

Wow all the Milwaukee hate. Ive been using cordless milwaukees for the last seven years. Ive never had one breakyet. Ive replaced the brushes in some, but thats minor. Now their new brushless tools, I really want. Eventually Ill start upgrading to those. Their m12 series is also great for smaller jobs. Ive been running those for the last 3 years and have only had to replace the batteries this past year.

Corded tools I either go with Dewalt or Metabo. I havent founded anything that comes close to the metabo cut off grinder. The big half inch wrist breaker drill dewalt has is a staple of most electrical companies around here. Be it residential or commercial. However Im starting to think my six year old milwaukee mag drill has about the same amount of ommph that the big dewalt does. Grinders I really havent noticed a difference between any of the brands.

In my case my Milwaukee loyalty could also have to do with its what I have always used since Ive been in the trade. Having never gotten a lemon helps too.

My dad was a delwalt guy. He was very hard on his tools. Since he was a welder by trade. He also did field welding for people all the time. He would drop them in the mud, dirt, and sand all the time. They would keep on ticking. I haven't held or used a dewalt since he died 9 years ago. From what I hear from buddys and family in the construction trade. That they do not seem to last as long. It seems like there quality has gone down hill.

 

I am more of a Milwaukee fan. What won me over on them. By mistake I ran over my 8in Millwaukke buffer with a car. All it needed was a new cord. There is a few scuffs in the plastic.  All my power tools are also corded. As I do not use my tools for a living. I can deal with the cords.

 

I do have a 7volt snap on screw gun. I dont use it as munch as I use to. The batteries last a long time. Plenty of power to remove what I need to remove.

 

For air tools. Its snap on or nothing.