Who Owns Your Favorite Power Tool Company? [2023]
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- It's 2023. Do you ever wonder who owns Craftsman tools? How about who manufactures Milwaukee, Mac Tools, or Skilsaw? It may surprise you to know that only a handful of companies own your favorite power tool manufacturers. That’s right, most tool brands fall under a parent company that also controls additional brands. We break it down for you…with logos!
Of course, we didn’t include every tool company in this video. Honestly, we didn't have the time! We did, however, do our best to include as many tool brand parent companies as possible. Starting with several of the largest manufacturers who likely own more brands than you think.
Read the written article-UPDATED for 2023!
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Stanley Black and Decker completed the acquisition of both MTD Holdings and Excel Industries
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Metabo HPT and Metabo in North America Merge both brands
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$900MM - Stanley Black and Decker Buys Craftsman
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Stanley Black & Decker Owns Craftsman Tools: What’s Next?
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Hitachi Power Tools Changes Name to Metabo HPT
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Chervon Acquires SKIL Brand Tools
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Introducing FLEX 24V Tools (from Chervon)
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Kyocera Acquires Ryobi Shares
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Klein Acquires General Machine Products
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Hitachi Acquires Metabo in Huge Buyout
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Bosch Acquires Freud Accessories
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Stanley Black & Decker Acquires Infastech Fastener Manufacturer
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The whole video I was saying 'but where is Makita!' That's the tool company I buy from the most. It's nice to see they stand on their own two feet.
#metoo
Makita bought Dolmar a company which produces chainsaws in 1991.
Makita will outlive most of them!!
Metabo fein mafell
Pieter Waal
Metabo is owned by Hitachi as you can see on 7:00
I'm more interested in knowing if different brands are made at the same facilities under the same specs.
Me too. Like ryobi and milwaukee.
My gf uses milwaukee with her work. I've only just started buying them.
I work for a company that makes proto, Mac, and black hawk wrenches and sockets. Proto is the least expensive then black hawk with Mac being the most expensive. All three brands are forged from the same material the same way. Heat treated the same. The only difference is what stamp they get. The least expensive proto is the exact same as the most expensive Mac. The only difference is one gets the proto stamp and one gets the Mac stamp other than that they are the same in every way
James Doe those are hand tools though right?
I'm sure power tools from different companies aren't made the same, otherwise data based reviews would conclude they have similar performance and recommend the cheaper brand.
if power tools are made like the tech industry, it's all made in the same factory but each component is tested and the lesser quality ones are pushed to the cheaper brands/models. and the ones that perform better are put in higher quality stuff.
@@dylan-nguyen yes hand tools(wrench's, sockets, ratchets, extensions)
Dylan Nguyen, and the best ones are $10k each and get NASA stamped on them😂
So that’s why Mikita and Hilti are so dam good they don’t have an elephant on there back weighing them down
I just watched this video and I already forgot everything he said
AGREED! How abut including a printed page or spreadsheet covering the same info. Would be easier to update and for us to refer back to. Would like a clickable link to this printed page.
lol!
It’s the heavy metal
Lee Walkowski ~link in the description - www.protoolreviews.com/news/power-tool-manufacturers-who-owns-them/43632/
i watched but couldn't hear a damn thing he said !
Couple few things to say. 1. Keep in mind that just because a tool may fall under the same corporate umbrella, they can operate totally separate with different cultures, quality and service. 2. I have lets say an "in" at Stanley/BD and am fortunate enough to rub shoulders with a lot of upper management and the R&D guys. (I don't work FOR them, they are just one of many clients.) SBD manufactures a LOT of things for many brands such as hand tools, some mentioned here that are owned by other parent corps. They do a lot for Kobalt, Husky, Channel Lock, Cresent, Irwin, Milwaukee, Porter Cable, Facom, BlackHawk, Lista, Wiss, Leatherman, Coast...even seen a few Bosch items kicking around. That's all I can think of off the top. They contract to make tools for pretty much anyone who wants it.
A quick note on the Craftsman deal. I had someone from the top of the food chain tell me to my face right after the acquisition "We just couldn't let that brand fail. We felt like we had to save it." so it was as much of a heartfelt decision as financial. Who knows, maybe his first tool set was a craftsman and nostalgia kicked in. The head of R&D was grinning like a cheshire cat about having the brand in-house. He really wanted to bring it back to glory as well. Both great things to hear.
Of all the corporations here there really are only 2, maybe 3 that are true "tool" companies. The #1 being Stanley, hands down. They are tool guys first, from the top dog on down...and they actually give a damn. It's not just numbers and widgets to them. You should see their "war room" as they call it. The place where they brainstorm ideas - which BTW has an executive "lounge" off to the side where the top dogs go in and finalize things...yes, they are generally part of the process. The place has tools everywhere around in it. Set up on the floor, hung on the walls, old school marketing posters, antique hand tools etc etc. It's like a tool museum. Anyhow, I digress. Just feel fortunate to be able to see what I see.
PS. I'm a Makita guy. LOL I recently purchased some Metabo stuff though. I couldn't pass up the Amazon "open box" deal. Heh...
Bahaha you actually think SDB isn't a typical financial conglomerate that acts like every other conglomerate in every other industry? I know dozens of people who have worked for them and their subsidiaries, and they hate it. SDB is well known to be one of the worst companies to work for in Connecticut.
Only handfull of companies own all the brands in your grocery store as well,. The illusion of choice.
killuminati own the most companies
greatly depends on what you want to choose, products can still be different under the same name, but if you mean buying another brand yeah a lot of times its just the same global company who owns that.
Are you talking about freedom.
Don't even get me started on household appliances.
Unilever, P&G are the two really big ones, result of many mergers, a somewhat smaller one is Alberto Culver Corporation,,,, yes the V05 People and Static Guard. not sure I can name a 4th these days.
Never knew that Hilti and Makita were stand-alones. You learn something new every day.
I like how Hilti and Makita are still independent companies. Good Video! I have a lot of Makita tools and I hope to get some Hilti soon.
Some I knew of, but many I had no idea. WOW. Quite an eye opener. Thanks.
Great video and I have known that a handful of companies owned them all but didnt know which ones for all of them. Thanks for being so thorough aand teaching me quite a bit. Just subbed and look forward to seeing more.
This is really heavy duty! I need to watch this several times just to absorb all the information! Thanks for sharing!
Just remember that Ed Rensi, former of McDonald's (yes, THAT McDonald's) drove Snap On into the garbage. It's actually fun at times to trace where an "troubled" executive will turn up, and proceed to screw up another company.
Good video, thank you.
That too. And to think you buy Snap On tools at Costco of all places. Ha, ha, screw you Snap On dealers, and your hard work.
The Snap On Tools sold at Costco and other places are made by Alltrade licensed by Snap On
@@coreycantrell1627 About a year ago, As in the earlier posts they are the cheaper All-trade ones. A brand that should not be associated with Snap-on.
Also known as a Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) like Mitt Romney did to Toys-R -Us and Richard C. Blum did to Payless Shoes (Blum is Ex-Senator Diane Feinstein's husband- so much for the "People's Senator"). Buy the company, put a huge loan on it they can't pay and the loan is the profit and watch the company fail to pay it's debt. About 60,000 employees lost their jobs. LBOs should be illegal. Crony Capitalism.
Haven't seen them. Maybe at Costrco.com?
That's a great list.
Gets even scarier when you look at who makes your food, and who makes the media
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Great video guys! Always good to share this information!
Great job compiling all this info!
this is the Bigger Than You Know - Company Man style video but for tool companies
very nicely done!
Love to see some comparisons before and after buy outs. So many brands seem to go right down the tubes.
Porter Cable went down hill after the buyout
Unfortunately there is a reason for that. These kind of buyouts are standard practice in the Mergers and Acquisitions part of the financial world that rapes everything they get their hands on. They are just Brands to them.
What about Binford?? ;)
Peter O'Brien - NOOOOO!
Tim the tool man Taylor
@canuckguy worried Wilson
@@alaskanyeti0036 Wilson W. Wilson Jr was played by the actor Earl Hindman.
May I introduce you to the Binford 6100! 🤣 but there are those times where you need a little more kick so we took it and gave it audience? More Power!
My dad is a sales rep for Apex Tool Group, really informative video, growing up I remember seeing most of those names around our warehouse
i watch this video mainly to know about Hilti and Makita. And im not impressed that they are "alone" and keep going great!! I work in the construction and my boss only buys Hilti tool, expensive, but extremely reliable.
Outstanding, informative video that most likely took an immense amount of time to research and put together. Thanks for the great effort. You hit a home run with this one for sure.
I think a better analogy is his Dragon Boat won the race with this for sure
You answered my question. Thanks for your research and informative video. Job well done.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Very interesting, thank you for all the effort in making this insightful video!
Whenever I can watch a video and blurt out a '..No way..." that gets a thumbs up in my world. Thanks for the enlightening video -
Agreed first time I watched this video my mouth dropped open because while I thought I knew a lot about who parent companies were/are like Stanley buying Craftsman there were some in here I had no idea they we actually made by the same companies.
Thanks for a thorough, succinct and informative video. That music though.
I am so glad that this channel also publish text version too.
You folks worked hard on this video, so may I say well done. Thanks
That was very informative and I learned more about most of those than I had any idea about.
When I was in the Arctic cordless tools were very important. Well, more importantly batteries . Dewalt was the tool of choice for most, yet the batteries had to be yellow tops, not black tops or no one would want them.They simply did not hold up in the cold or last as long after a charge .Night and day differences .I have done some testing and found the yellowtops to be better,yet I would love to hear someone elses experiences.
All my power tools are Makita. Had a mix of Bosch and Makita, but eventually I went all Makita. Their tools are great quality and here in Germany they cost less than Bosch.
Bosch tools can fail in weird mysterious ways. Never had a problem, yet, with Makita. Touch wood, fingers crossed...
I found their batteries were terrible didn't keep a charge
My father has a beat up makita over 10yrs and is still working. Its been used in multiple construction sites already. Sucks they dont have good warranties such as dewaltt
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Erik Isip LOL! I know, Right?
Two companies viewers should know. Wise Tools, made the high quality slip joint smooth pliers for craftsman. You can still buy these USA pliers from them under the Wise name as well as many other USA made tools. Second is Western Forge. The WF in the model number of all made in USA craftsman screwdrivers stands for Western Forge. A below the radar US company, look for brands the contract with. Sometimes they sell under the Western forge name but infrequently. Buy USA made tools!
Russell Robins Thank you for the heads up. I haven’t bought any hand tools that aren’t made in the USA for many years. Power tools, well, that’s different. I have some made in Japan & Sweden.
We as trade workers buy Klein when we can but even those are not all U.S.A. made anymore. Even boots and as much as possible some of us still wear American made. I do. My boots are recrafted by a local shop.
Craftsman tools were made by more than just Western Forge:
alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools.html
Some time in the 90's Craftsman hand tools were contracted to offshore suppliers which results in tools not worth the metal they were made of. Yet, Craftsman tool fans continued to purchase, use and covet them. This was done for the profitability of Sears which eventually sold the Craftsman name as that brand name has value in the market place which is why the Stanley-Black & Decker tool group purchased the Craftsman tool brand name. This will allow Stanley-Black & Decker to brand more of their centralized tool manufactured tools under a different brand name. Stanley-Black & Decker did this with the Facom tool brand in Europe.
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Jar of Mayo,
Very good well layed out video. Thank you for that. I learned a bunch of new things.
Stephen Lee That doesnt surprise me..please tell.us more details
Very informative, thanks!
The Thanos joke alone is worth a like!
Actually thought she was doing time in cupcake jail???
Can you make part by part of every power tool brands per company?
I'm sure it's a great idea
I'm gonna have to watch this video a couple times over to get everything straight. Great video!! If its wrong for a man to love his tools, I don't wanna be right..........EVER!!!!!!!!
Well, can we ask author to make a headline pic available to download in hi-res.so we can print it and hang it in a shop/garage...
@pork n beans Hitachi fans, I imagine
Dude, good channel! Pretty good voice over, great research, nice photos but your BACKGROUND MUSIC NEEDS TO BE QUIETER
Get over it
Always gotta have somethin to bitch about
@Cousin Justin - Everything is good, but just one thing. I wish channels like this would make 2 versions of their videos and just put in the description "no music added" and "musically enhanced".
My opinion is there's no real benefit to playing music over your voice, that is, if you want the most amount of people to watch. Some people don't care either way, so it won't matter to them if you take the music out. Others will be highly annoyed and never watch your channel again. If you are trying to learn something or gather information, would you like it if someone played music in your ear?
@Cousin Justin nice content indeed, you missed Makita, btw the music is disgusting, couldn't finish the video because of that.
Mackdaddy Nutjob
I’m not a big fan of loud music either
As a German car enthusiast, I LOVE Makita powertools.
And the one that Owns every single company mentioned in video is a guy named Henry, same guy that owns everything else in the world. I once cleaned his pool...nice guy.
Great video my friend, your dead on!
Great video. How about a full screen shot of all the logos so I can print it out. Easier to reference to.
Go to www.protoolreviews.com/news/p... and print it.
Awesome stuff 👏🏻👏🏻
excellent work..
Snap-on owns Bacho, Norbar, Pro Cut, Sioux (makes their power tools), Challenger Lifts, and Williams. I am pretty sure they own Grey Pneumatic as well but they won’t admit it.
Snap on, klein, wiha, knipex, starrett, mitutoyo, brown and sharp, and grey pneumatic
J.S. Foster and stihl 🤫
All the ones I wanted to hear
And Sunex
J.S. Foster and wera
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Klein tools is apparently still based in the US and run by family members.
Yeah, but not *ALL* Klein tools are made in the USA. I'm an electrician and I constantly look at them at supply houses, certain things of theirs are *GREAT* but lots are not so good.
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@@sonicfuker
Tell your mom she'll get my Thanksgiving *CREAM* filling by 2:30 tomorrow, just like last year
Maybe you'll have a lil brother or sister by next Christmas 😉
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thier pliers are good....not the best....screwdrivers are crap
@@gwarrichmond6232 Remember when their screwdrivers were steel forged... 15 years ago..
I gues you could add many many more small tools companies to list, but 3 companies/brands that are missing and stood out to me are: harbor freight branded tools, grizzly, and WEN Tools. These 3 companies are big enough to be included.
I worked for Black and Decker in Australia. They brought drills etc in from China - eg $9 each landed with battery and packaging. They onsold them to major outlets eg Bunnings for $30 who then retailed them for $45. They had a 2 year replacement warranty (not the battery). So they could be replaced 3 times during warranty and Black & Decker still made a $3 profit.
They did the same with vacuum cleaners through KMart - again with replacement warranty. Every month we received a semi trailer load of returns. Most problems were customer abuse eg sock stuck in them.
And they're great drills. I still have a bunch of Firestorm products.
Bahahah this is gold. You should tell this to that other idiot who commented on Stanley BD being a good company because he has "connections" with their scumbag executives.
That’s a thesis quality job of research right there! I gotta subscribe out of respect for your game !
Great video!
I like all of the major brands, each has their uniqueness to a particular job so I do own different tools from various companies. With most of the electrical power tools though, I feel that my hands fit the Makita brand best and that's why I stay with them. For example their 10" miter slider dual bevel compound saw is smooth, quiet and powerful. I also have the Hitachi 10" version belt drive and that thing is also an excellent tool. I would like to own the Festool version but coming in at $1,300-$1,400 you can buy 2 1/2 of each of the tool mentioned. As for the 12" saws I'd always been with Makita and Dewalt. A worker is only as good as his or her tool; having the cheap tool eventually will cost you more in the long run for quality professionals because their quality is in their work.
Hilti is the second largest company in Liechtenstein and employs almost as many people world wide as the country has inhabitants. That is really impressive considering they actually come from Liechtenstein and didn't go there for tax reasons.
It's been the best Boltr breakdown to date on Ave's channel. The most skukem brand also in my opinion. There's a good reason why when you go into tool rental places they are mostly Hilti, Makita and some Hitachi.
Its amazing how many brands of tool one can recognize... I knew at least 75% of these.
@Mike G Your totally right... I don't know how I missed that.
I worked at Sears for years, for about 4 years snap on made the professional series Craftsmen brand. When you looked at them side by side the only difference was the name stamp, but at 25% of the price.
That was very interesting thank you for posting the video
I don't know what it is about Ridgid tools, but I freakin' love them. They're extremely reliable, easy to use, affordable, and well made. If I ever need a tool, I see if Ridgid makes it first.
I work in a repair shop in far north Russia on oil collector. Company VELESSTROY (10.000 empl. mostly metal workers) use only Bosch tools and one day we get hundreds of Milwaukee AGV 17-180 XC/DMS angle grinders. Most of the use was cleaning up welds and I have to admit that workers could be Hard Core sometimes. They kill one after another (berings,rotor collectors...) it was a graveyard around me just in 2-3 weeks...but to put them together was challenge.
Personaly I use all brands Dewalt,Bosch,Milwaukee,Metabo,Makita... and all of them serve me great cause I use them properly
You’re spot on with the Menards brands.
Very cool study ...
Bosch Professional tools (the blue Bosch tools) are my favorite. The standard green Bosch tools are ok to use them once in a while but the blue ones are much better, higher quality and more durable.
GREAT information - but admittedly I was glad when the vid stopped b/c of the irritating background noise/music.
Nice to know that my favorite manufactures are still relatively independent: Makita, Starrett, Mayhew, Mitutoyo, OSG. Not sure about some of the German brand I prefer, or Chicago-Latrobe and Cleveland here in the US.
Concerning Menards, it seems like the new kid on the block but has been around since 1964. They started as a pole barn manufacturer and grew into a lumber, tool and parts supplier. Originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin and still headquartered there, they have over 300 stores in seven states in the Midwest. House brands include Masterforce power and hand tools, Performax tools and Tool Shop tools. They also carry many of the major brands you mentioned including Stanley, Black and Decker, Craftsman, Delta and more. They own Midwest Manufacturing and supply homeowners and contractors with nearly everything needed to build, frame, side, floor, roof, electrify, plumb, paint, heat, cool, furnish and decorate your home! They are growing and expanding so hopefully they will be in your area soon!
Curiosily, the Skil here in brazil it is represented by bosch.
Thanks for this video!
Had no idea Rigid ( Red ) and Greenlee were one of the same, among my favorite. Good for Hilti, I've got a corded SDS-hammer drill from them for 30 years and still busting through poured concrete I bet it's gone through more concrete than my past 6 Dewault ( HD ) have gone through wood- should've gotten Makita for light work.
When I order or look up mower parts for sears I notice some parts or references are for husqvarna or Murray . Are these all manufactured together ?
Company called MTD does outdoor power tools for Craftsman (riding mowers, push mowers, blowers)
Forgot about Tanaka in the land of Hitachi. Might want to mention the link between TTI and Yamabiko on Echo's current cordless lineup.
anyone thinks the background music is a bit too loud?
PARDON?!
Didn’t even notice it.
The volume wasn't so bad. Got a tad repetitive towards the end though. Made me stop the video before it was finished.
Awesome video.
Well I'll be bugged !! Now I know 👍 Thanks for that 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great information.
I almost always bought Porter Cable tools...then, thru a trade publication, I found out B&D bought them out. I immediately went out and bought a thousand bucks of PC tools because I figured B&D would turn them into homeowner grade crap... which they've basically done.
Now, I buy mostly Milwaukee tools...
@@bobtahoma
The tools I bought weren't replacements (except for one cordless drill) they were all new & different PC tools that I I'd been thinking about buying.
My only problem with DeWalt tools: they don't seem to hold up to the usual jobsite tool abuse.
Smart. Wish I would have done that before they turned into chinsum.
@@georgeburns7251👌👌
I have a few Porter-Cable tools. Stopped buying them when they, and DeWilt and B&D, pulled the battery "upgrade" marketing scam with their new and improved 18 volt batteries called "20V-Max". That was the end for me. They purposely voided my investment in their battery system, thinking that I was stupid enough to fall for it. Instead, it sent me looking for a new brand. Let's see... Who's been making battery operated tools that use the same battery system for that last almost 20 years? Ryobi. No, they're not the be-all/end-all for super-duty use, but they've lasted better than my P-C drill has (blew-out 2nd gear in under 2 years of LIGHT-duty use).
Seems like all the tool manufacturing Co's have gone to newer battery platforms! I switched from PC to Makita for that reason but then even Makita changed their 18 volt platform so the older 18 v batteries can't be charged with their newer ones, although credit to them you can get universal chargers now I believe that will charge either one.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT VIDEO the car industry is very much the same as I guess are most others. A little thing I learned over sixty years ago, when I started riding MotoX
It's not Husg-A-varna it's Husqvarna, one of my very first lessons in diplomacy.
@bob m Oops... My dad was racing bikes back then too, but I guess that lesson escaped him. He's the one that taught us "the invisible a"!!!
great topic, my Dad worked for an OEM called CTS corporation, but that is over on automotive supply chain, loudspeakers and many component parts,,, many professional loudspeaker guitar amp/ and others used CTC speakers across many decades. Even today, if you want your own brand of power tool/ you can go on Alibaba, and find a OEM producer to make it / often to your specifications. -some of the names you mention are likely to have some various suppliers across their product line rather than 100% one supplier.
Menards does have the brands you mentioned. Thanks for the great review.
Imperial Blades was bought by TTI recently.
Interesting information, but the annoying background music drove me away before the halfway point.
Amazing info.
sure is an eye opener
I hope you were all taking notes, there will be a pop quiz at the end.
Only MAKITA and HILTI don't play the Name Game or Acquisition competitor buyout game. Those are the main brands i mostly buy and snap on for handtools.
addictedtopussy69, makita do play the acquisition game. i had a stihl chainsaw- heap of shit-the bastard always misbehaved at inconvenient times. i set fire to it as punishment. so i needed a chainsaw. i'd had good luck with makita and found out that makita had bought dolmar. (dolmar is one of the first chainsaw manufacturers-makita bought it in 1991 -source wikipedia) my dolmar dealer said makita went out of its way with a giant cheque book to buy the best chainsaw brand. so i went back and forth between the dolmar dealer and the makita dealer to get the best deal. makita is now discontinuing the dolmar name. and for those who are offended that anyone should sully the stihl name, i used a stihl concrete and brick saw for 8 hours a day. at the end of the day i was worn out from continuously lifting the thing out of the groove to let the revs build up. we got the tip to use partner. what a relief! very little having to lift the tool out of the groove. partner is now husqvarna. and 30 years later stihl is still selling the same old gutless shit that always needs to be lifted out of the groove to let the revs build up. why build quality when losers will buy the same old shit because of the name. 20 years after i bought it the dolmar still works fine though it doesn't get used daily, i need to add.
@chris younts , the chinese build to the quality asked off them. i don't think skill has been a maker of quality for 50 years. i have a 60 year old skill drill. top quality but not a drill i use anymore - its too bloody heavy. i've got cordless makita. and i can't electrocute myself no matter how hard i try. i have had ryobi stuff from the early 80's. top quality. hilti has problems too. they keep changing batteries so you are encouraged to get all new stuff when a battery or drill dies. and they make it absolutely impossible to replace brushes in some cordless stuff.
G'day,
I saw a "Snap On" cordless grinder, was interesting ts see how it was so similar to the Metabo.
@@skullandcrossbones65, probably not a coincidence. snap-on might be so expensive that its as if they want your first born children. but its rather good quality. like metabo. so a good fit for badge engineering.
@Leopold , might be old stock or possibly the brand name will live on in some countries. the info i gave was from wikipedia.
*it would be nice if we could have a copy of that background graffic with all of the different groups and parent companies to help keep some of these things straight when deciding on who and where and with whom we want to spend our tool budgets at year end. Brand loyaly obviously means very little at this point as i personally own many things from a number of the platforms you mentioned here. Still the map would be a nice thing to have. quite a few surprises in this one for me personally*
Just screenshot the video when that graphic is up.
I used to special order parts for customers at a hardware store - the fact I’d go to the same reps for different brands clued me into how few actual hardware tool manufacturers there are.
522 construction workers got pissed at comparing each other’s tool-belts.
I work as a repair technician for power tools and welders and I knew about all of them. The part about Hilti and Makita being their own company is why I recommend them to my professional customers. Very good quality on both just Hilti is expensive. The best bet for diy projects and home owners is Ryobi due to having tons of 18v tools available. Not great quality but good for around the house and diy stuff. If Ryobi tools mess up just buy a new one because they are cheap. Hilti and Makita of course can be repaired economically repaired.
As a GC, this is exactly why I only buy Makita if at all possible. Better design, better motors and gears.
Nice Info
As a Trading company from China, what I can tell you is Most company have t o OEM or ODM with many manufactures in China, however even the manufacture is different, there are a lot parts are compatible from each other. For example, most company use Lithium-Ion battery and the model is 18650, which can only manufacture by Samsung, LG, Panasonic, BYD and a few company with very similar performance and specification. Also a lot Big Brand purchase a lot tools they do not manufacture in their own plant, for example, DC power screwdriver is mostly OEM product from China, and a lot drills too. Our trading company almost supplied one big box store in US which is selling Hart tools now.
B&D Dewalt and Craftsman were being made by the same base manufacture point for years. For the last 20 years they all had models based on the exact same base parts and manufacturing tooling setups. The only difference was the quality or lack thereof (cheap raw plastic Vs fiberglass reinforced or lots of good gease Vs no grease in a gearbox or shit battery cells Vs almost as shit battery cells at 2x the price) between the individual components the tools were made of and even then many time there was no difference between them other than a grossly inflated price when buying replacement parts.
Many times I found the same part for a Dewalt was 2 - 3x the price for the B&D version that was identical right down to the manufacturing ID number lazer etched into the actual part. A dewalt trigger switch could be $25+ and the identical switch for a B&D tool was less than $10 while both came from the same parts supplier.
I know. It blows. Doesn't it.
Mr Squeak The Cat. Wow this is good to know! It would be great if a resource existed that listed power tool parts and their cheaper cross-brand equivalents. Do you know if there is a website like this already?
1. Craftsmen was just Sears private label they had their products made by dozens of other actual real manufacturers Kinda like Lowes and their Kobalt brand etc. 2. Black and Decker bought a small table/radial saw company back in the 90s for the actual name. (because theirs was synonomous with crap)imho, took their tippy top best,B&D power tools and repackaged them and changed the color to yellow- Presto! De -Walt New brand!
I had the same experience back in the 1980's when I repaired laser printers. Most of them used the identical Canon II engine, so 99% of the parts (Excepting covers and logic boards) were interchangeable. Of course, if you bought your parts from Apple, you paid twice as much as the same part from Canon. I was able to support 85% of the laser printers in my market area with just one Canon Engine machine to strip for rarely-needed parts plus an inventory of commonly-needed parts.
I ran my repair shop out of my RV - Laser PROS - "Printer Repair On Site". I was single and in Southern California and lived in an RV with a workbench instead of a couch. I drove to the client's location, repaired *anything* on site, parked for the night where ever I wanted (& often as a guest of a thankful client) and used a mobile phone and pager to keep in touch with my clients - all over San Luis Obispo to the north and Orange County to the south. Ah, that was the life!
Black & Decker's 20v lithium are excellent. Case and point: My 2006 BD string trimmer included 2 (two) 2.0 ah batteries and sold for around $100.00. After using it for literally hundreds of hours (large 1/2 lot with terraces, fence, driveway and bulkhead) the batteries are still strong and will run the unit with the full power switch engaged for around 15 to 20 minutes on a single charge. Needless to say, the batteries have been recharged, over the years, several hundred times!
The trimmer itself is all original, never needing a spool or head replacement.
In a recent internet deal, I purchased a 20v BD drill brand new with battery for $28.00. The battery is super strong.
Same for every product line e.g. Fridges, Televisions. Glasses we wear made mostly by one Italian company all Brand name glasses made by them.
The glasses are still made by those companies such as Oakley, but Oakley etc are a subsidiary of their master, Luxottica
That is not a secret. Listed on NYSE💪🏼
Hello Pro Tool Reviews
I just found your channel and subscribed. My question who makes the Sunex Tools? I am currently researching a Magnetic Drive tools. Of which Gearwrench (GW) model #81235, which has been discontinued and Sunex tools model #8855, basically the same tool. There are some GW tools on line. Who is better?
Very interesting this was a great video
Who makes the Hercules brand from harbour freight?
Harbor Freight owns all the brands they sell
Can you also explain who owns outdoor power equipment brands? Snapper, Troy-Bilt, Cub Cadet, etc.
It's hard to explain American Yard Products. So I just call them AYP.
who make the green Arc tool dust extractor used in the Skil circular saw demo?
I like De Walt for mitersaws and planers, Festool for routers, sanders, vacuums and track saws and Makita for everything cordless (my 18v drill is still working fine after 12 years only new batery's once and carbon brushes once).
Nice video, I learned a lot, thank you. Also Husqvarna is pronounced with three syllables, 'Husq-var-na'....not with four,
'Hus-qa-var-na' like you and so many other people say. They add an A that is not there.
"Hoos-kvarna"
..I have heard some Swedes pronounce it "Huse-vana" or "Hoos-vana".....
..."Husky-Varnie"... :)
It’s a mystery why so many Americans adds an extra A.
Husqvarna is pronounced “Hus-cvarna”. ”Qvarn” is old spelling for ”kvarn” which is mill in English.
@malkooth No match for a Bultaco Mercurio....
How about the Harbor Freight tools? Pittsburgh?
Imma shocked, had no idea. I love Milwaukee tools, they are my favorite.
EXCELLENT video. Added to favorites. (Makita👍)