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Amazing how difficult it can be to spend money sometimes.
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I've kind of stupidly tied myself to the Bosch Green DIY stuff. Mainly for senitmental reasons as it what my dad has and he bought me the drill for my 30th (nearly 10 years ago and it's still working like new). The combi drill and the impact driver see most use and are more than enough for my purposes. But I have bought a lot more of the tools to share the batteries;
Circular saw - total shit, might try a different blade.
Jigsaw - kind of shit. No real support for the blade and the foot is flimsy, so getting cuts perpendicular to the foot on any thicker material is not going to happen.
Vacuum - actually OK for cleaning up sawdust so save wrecking the house vacuum if you know how to fully empty/clear the filter each time. Have a Henry for renovation works so it barely gets used now
RO Sander - Actually OK but hammers through my 1.5ah batteries
Strimmer - OK, but the plastic blades wear out in no time - bought a massive bag of knock off replacements from ebay, which I have since lost in the move
Hedge trimmer - pretty good for the minimal use it gets. Nice and light.I also have the Bosch green 3.6v USB rechargeable screwdriver, which is FANTASTIC for light chores and flatpack assembly.
I nearly bought the 18v "city" lawnmower, but went with a Spear & Jackson 36v instead.
The thing I would probably get most use out of currently, is a decent cordless circ saw. But I am loathed to get a different brand with new batteries/charger etc.
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Got fed up with having a different model/brand/type of battery tech on each power tool I own. So decided to combine as much as poss. Just spent a rather large amount on Milwaukee M12 + M18 gear and a bunch of Wera accessories. Will clean up and sell all the mismatched stuff on ebay as most of it still works, just a lot of hassle when I travel 4 hours to a job to discover I have the wrong combo of chargers/adapters and batteries.
Tried very hard to support a local dealer, but none of the actual private/independent shops had the 'good' ones, only those average/mid quality tools that have big margin on them. Asked if they could order them in, but out of the 4 I spent the entire day at yesterday, none were bothered, wasn't expecting any discount, just a solid 'here is money, can I buy lots of tools please'.
So gave up and just dumped many £k on whichever online company was cheapest, did try to support local, very hard in the tool business it seems. Only place I found that was utterly epic and I'd love to support them is a Bosch blue/pro independent dealer, guy was a legend, but from research and handling the offerings, Bosch blue/pro gear is a good 3-4 years behind Makita/Milwaukee prosumer offerings, and you get a lot less warranty.