Your neighbours must love you 🤣

For any other American viewers: Hikoki = Metabo HPT (Lowes & Amazon) AEG = Rigid (Home Depot)

A lot of work went into this, well done 👍

Mate ya don’t get enough credit for counting those cuts on the battery test Thanks legend

I want to make a disclaimer that with a lot of these tests, there are multiple variables that could influence the results. If I was to repeat all these tests, there could be slightly difference results. I also want to correct what I said at the begging of the video. I didn’t buy the 10 piece AEG kit, that was gifted to me by AEG for a previous video I made.

Your comment on working with more of the hikoki tools just earned you a subscribe

Love my Hikoki tools hardly anyone has them so it’s always good at pack up time.

Love a good Aussie channel doing well! Keep up the vids! Love these videos, well made edited nicely.. indepth.. only can get better from here... Great work. Like your diy vids too that's how I found you initially

Great video mate. I got 18v hikoki when I started my apprenticeship two years ago and still going strong while workmates have had multiple Milwaukee tools fail and be replaced repeatedly. I was super keen on the AEG limited edition but you have given me something to think about now 😂 keep up the great work

Hikoki is pretty underrated compared to the bigger brands. They lack in how many tools you can get outside of Japan. My cousin liked my hikoki tools but he preferred the range offerings of Milwaukee the best so went with them instead. I know hikoki are trying to bring more tool variety to country’s outside of Japan but they have to get past the huge monopoly the big 3 have (Milwaukee, makita & dewalt).

I watched this from start to finish.. awesome video and informative 👍🏻👍🏻

I throughly enjoyed this and appreciated the effort you’ve put in

Amazing video! wish i had been able to see this before buying my first batch of power tools! thanks so much, keep up the great work 🙏🏼👍

Great video. Super effort testing all of those tools and quite fair testing really. Many of those tools would benefit from higher capacity batteries and there are better tools from each company but it was fair as you tested the kits as they came for the most.

What impressed me the most was the display set up in the background just using a couple of ladders. 👍🤘🏻also you know what else impressed me … you had the sun come out in Victoria 😂 …… FM …

The battery test between all brand tools was the eye opener for me milwaukee 5amp being the most expensive 5amp of the rest was by far the worst and comparing it to AEG one which was so much better being owned by the same company and costs less was a shock

Ty for the time and work u done. Awesome camera work and editing. Cant believe hikoki came first

For anyone that doesnt know hikoki is the rebrand of Hitachi. They make fantastic tools, worth looking out for in pawn shops and the like. Have a 9 inch circular saw that survived a shed blaze and still runs a treat after 30+ years in service. Same goes for the old Japanese made makita tools.

Triple hammer has always been the impact king for real work settings

Aeg seems good value these days, I remember them being garbage. Awesome video mate was very excited for it!

That's take a lot of effort test. Thanks for sharing

Wow great comprehensive video!

Good test and people are missing the point. You purchased and tested the comparable package deals against one another. That’s how most of us get into a product line. I own every product line you tested and have favorite tools spread across all of the manufactures. You did a great job showing people what the quality you can get for a specific amount of money as well as the deals and incentives offered by tool manufactures when you purchase kits. Thanks for the effort. Now a subscriber.

Let's go Hikoki! 👏👏👏👏👏 I use Metabo HPT and love all their tools 💯

Great video mate, had Milwaukee for years and looking at making a switch. Never considered AEG stuff, but after seeing this might be giving it a crack especially at the price. Gained a subscriber 👍

Told you lads Hikoki was weapon! Doesn’t stop at just these tools either they smash with all their gear bar the first gen multi tool it’s not the best and loud as heck but does still go alright, I haven’t tried out their second gen multi yet. Well done Dave, cheers as always mate love your work! 👊🏼🍻

Awesome video mate !

As a hikoki fan boy i love the video

That is some SERIOUS work you done there, and love the detail on the handling on the tracksaws. Its kinda nice but same time annoying to see there is no 'one that rules em all', they each have their pro and cons, their ups and downs, specialy the tracksaw seems to be very focused on what type to actualy doing. Im still at the 18VAlliance Bosch tools, initialy i though of just upgrading into the Profession (aka blue), but seeing all those adapters now for several batteries, i serious love the black color of AEG.

Today I've by chance come across this video, your chanel & I liked it very much! On top of the useful content about the tools and their comparison, I enjoy your australian pronunciation and can improve my English)! All in all thank you for your job about this particular video! I can imagine how tired you were after that I'm subscribing... Great wishes from Stuttgart, Germany

Fantastic vid, and right in time for my planned pruchase for one of these kits as im tired of breaking my current consumer DIY level tools (Im no tradie). The AEG seems to be the best value, and faily hardy (like yourself i like the feel of the framing nailer as well). Love the channel.

Hikoki, Metabo here in the States... most underated tool brand. Lovem

Saw test was brilliant. Combining battery and ease of use is great to know

Good showcase of tests.

just commenting because i hope this video blows up :) lots of effort

Amazing effort, thanks bro, Aeg is my favourite

It seems like a lot of Milwaukee fans have commented here. 😂 I think people missed the whole premise that they are all tools within a $2000 combo kit.

Hy awesome test! Fiy Bosch has new pro-core batteries, they last longer and have more output. It is made to perform well with the brushless tools. Would have changed the whole testing and they might outperformed some other tools. I don’t really know why Bosch tool are sold with the old batteries in Australia. In Germany they only come with the new pro core batteries. If you are up for it you could get one of them and try some of the tools again. I am sure that the saw will perform much better

The amount of people that didn't watch the last video saying the tests are unfair is pretty amazing. Dudes testing kits, he didn't buy individual tools 😅 Anyway good to see a fellow Aussie testing the tools instead of another of the countless guys from usa in their shed that don't appear to use tools to earn money. Hard to get a baseline of how tools perform watching them do weird shit that no one does.

Hikoki for life ❤ it's metabo in the US

This is elite 🔥

Nice job mate. No premium tools hilti festool ? Have been long time user of hilti tools and love them but I have my eye on the new festool drill set looks pretty impressive

one thing we've noticed at home is that Miwakee is better brand new and not good for long but Makita stay good for ages

Excellent video! Obviously you know that all the brands have different models for each tool in different price and power categories, just wanted to point it out. A prime example is the dewalt drill being a compact cheap model, whereas the milwaukee is their top of the line that comes with a side handle.

Just found your channel. Keep up the great vids! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Awesome!

The hikoki skill saw is a beast. Hikoki knock it out the park.

Not many tools review Bosch and AEG, so I like the inclusion! (I'm still a big Makita guy)

How can you compare the single hand skin recip saw to the 2 hand use saws. No wonder Milwaukee and Dewalt lost that

A lot of money went into this video

Thanks legend about to by some new tools and this helps alot, ps i bet ur neighbours loved this test hahahaha soryyyyy

Thanks for the video! As a Milwaukee man I have to say though the impacts have so much power they're useless at doing fine jobs like nipping in screws to gyprock and even villaboard. If you try to put a kitchen together its nearly impossible to use it. Plus it has so much power for normal screws if it hits a knot it'll break the tip without hesitation. For that reason still have a faithful old Makita that's great at the fine jobs 👍 great test though thanks

Is there a reason you hold your angle grinder backwards when you’re cutting ? Did it for most of them besides the AEG and Milwaukee

Rarely use an impact driver to screw off bugles, find a drill on low speed gets a better bite, especially when doing new purlins to old pergola frames (especially oregon) I guess it would be to save your wrists, remember almost snapping mine off with the corded drills doing purlins back in the day.

The reason is the heat is annealing the metal slightly for the grinder test

Fair play that's a fkn review and a half 👏

Which brand/s would you say had the lowest sound and least vibration felt in hands?

Can you please use the top of the range Makita impact like the other brands

Davedoescarpentry as an apprentice needing to buy a framing nail gun. What would you go for? I have milwalkee tools so far but that nail gun just doest sit right with me and hard to hand on youre belt? Would you go a second hand paslode or you reckon the AEG is worth getting? Cheers.

Another person that doesnt know how to use a reciprocating saw looked like couple of those are orbital and cant city fast backwards. Pretty sure the hikoki and bosch. Orbital ones are streets ahead of normal ones.

Hi Dave! Could you put a List of everything used in video description for affiliate money making opportunities. I’m looking to buy your ear defenders used in this video as you’re clearly testing them for this video. 😂

Never liked Milwaukee anyway Lol.. pretty happy with the AEG result as i have their tools, Cheers!

Hikoki/Metabo is underrated

Bosch's starter kit is really old kit. The impact and the drill driver are brushed and only the circular saw is brush less. The circular saw is good but you're right to saw it lacks torque. Bosch has just bought out another impact to catch up with its competitors. Milwaukee has really tried to improve their design and tool quality lately. One to watch. Hikoki quality is also good but they only seem to sell their whole range in Japan. Makita is a good all rounder and I would probably go with them if I was starting again in the UK due to the range but it would be xgt not 18V . A good review, thanks.

Great comparison Dave. I don’t know where you find the time to do these. I see you ordered the tests on the leaderboard so the Milwaukee fanboys got excited early on.

I was so proud of using my whole set of Makita tools, but now I have some doubts about them.

Would you choose speed if the tool was the heaviest?

Is Hikoki’s impact the triple hammer?

Where is the 40v makita 18v is out dated now, awesome work can appreciate all the effort into the video.

I would love to see a DEWALT 54v a Mikita 40v and a hikoti 36v go head to head

Also curious mate, where would Metabo have held up compared to these you think?

40:10 what happened with the timer? Jumped from 20 to 27? Also mate, this video is incredible. You answered questions that probably everyone is asking.

Maybe try a bigger Bosch battery, because the drill and co only have the max power on 4.5 amp batterys

Grease in the grinder head warming uo affects the first cut, I believe the battery warming up may also be a factor

If you guys had the newest “pouch cell” batteries for the Dewalt and Milwaukee all of these tests would be blow-outs for Red and Yellow! The pouches are incredible and that’s coming from a Ridgid guy who’s deviated TTI hasn’t done them for orange yet!😢

When you tighten the chuck, take it back one click.. that’ll lock In the drill bit. Appreciate the time you’ve put in to make this video.

36 volt is where it's at

Hay dave how is being and working as a carpenter in winter and then summer

Should have used a screw tip auger bit for the drill test so tis up to the power of the drill to pull the bit through.

You used a longer impact bit then all the others for the hikoki test which gives it less torque than the others… mate seems like this video is heavily biased and you should be adding a disclaimer at the start of it saying you are sponsored by AEG

Anyone have any insight on which of these platforms would be best to get into if someone were starting their career, but wanted to steer clear of Chinese made/owned products as much as possible? I know Milwaukee and Ridgid(AEG) are out of the question, so im more curious of the others.

Lol, top of the range Milwaukee. Bottom of the range Makita, also the Hikoki, should be the triple hammer one

40:07 watch the time skip from 19 seconds to 27 seconds

I know everyone has their favorites on tool brands but in my opinion DeWalt and Milwaukee are the kings of tools. I personally prefer DeWalt that’s just because that’s the brand I’ve grown up with until recently granted I’m about to turn 15. You guys should let me know what brand you prefer and why I’m curious

Would've got dewalts DCD800 or DCD999 for a fair comparison on the drills, although every brand always does stupid shit with thier combo kits

Can't believe you didn't go in orbital mode on the hikoki. You switched to it on the Bosch. And also having the blade the normal way on saws with orbital mode. I know for a fact you would have shaved off a ton of time if you did that.

I get that this is a subjective question but how would you rate the ergonomics/comfort to use of these tools?

This test is for the most part is about the battery duty cycle.

i like milwaukee tools but their circular saw is really weak, im not sure if they have a newer model but my impressions were the same as yours which makes them a hard sell for carpentry. I think the way hikoki works is some tools are 18v and some are 36v, you have to look at the skin to see but the battery works for both.

Hey Dave. Where abouts in Australia do you live? You in qld?

Milwaukee will be shitting it if they watch this!

You are 💯 NOT comparing apples with apples! That DeWalt is the cheapest compact drill they have 👎

Bro dewalt cam actualy flip the tables if you add new impact driver and the flexvolt circular saw

For Dewalt you need to try the flexvolt batteries man, they shit on the ones you have in this video.

Wish you did Makita 40v

That's a great intro shot. Tool porn.

Definitely not a comparison of same tier tools. Where is the dewalt 60v? Why are the recip saws mini?

You’re using the grinders in different directions

Metabo hpt my tool the best

you should use identical saw blades