I work with carpenters and all they use is Makita

Quick, Bosch, Makita and Metabo, take your products off the US market! Some random guy on the internet says so! Hurry, do it, do it, do it!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄

I use a Bosch drill, batteries don't get stolen..

Dude has a ridgid sign behind him😂 they're the worst home depot trash. I've used makita for the past 17 years and I'll never go back. Dude is a fool.

Makita guy here. I know they have priced themselves almost outta the game in North America. That being said the quality is still top of the line. If you have a Makita that has a couple years on it, you can still fix it and find parts easy. Milwaukee and Dewalt make nice tools don’t get me wrong, but when you open them up for a repair it can’t be done on purpose. They are now basically throw away tools. Outside of Warranty you’re screwed. They want you buying new tools every 5 years or less. Showing my age a bit here, but that ain’t how it was when I learned how to use power tools. You make valid points in this video. It is appreciated. Makita ain’t for everybody at their price point. Even the 18V line is now ridiculously high. But, leave North America? Not yet.

You just named the brands that 90% of professionals all over the world are using. 😂😂😂

Makita make some really good stuff - they have never let me down

We use metabo/hitatchi exclusively in our welding shop

This Karen making videos again 😂

According to a torque test channel, the Bosch 18v-150c is the most powerful drill they've ever tested.

Union laborer & worked at some of the biggest jobs in Boston. For larger electric chipping &rotary hammers, if it’s not a Hilti it’s a bosch. And they’re beasts

I love makita, best quality tool out there

Great idea, shrink competition and watch prices go up 😂

Well. In Oregon, I can tell you makita is alive and well on sites. I.e framing at the very least. I can tell you metabo is as well… I have nothing to say about Bosch other than their corded multitool is nice. May I ask what sites you’re working on? Are you framer too?

Bosch makes decent routers and mitre saws

I will say, metabo makes a great 6” corded angle grinder and I think their quick adjust guard for it is the best available.

Metabo 18v impacts and drills routinely get marked down 60% off or more at Lowes. This has been happening for at least 5 years, back when they were even under the Hitachi brand. $50 for an Impact/Drill combo is a steal.

using makita for over 40 years and wearing a Ford shirt doesn't qualify for much

If you do masonry you see a lot of Bosch and Milwaukee. I’ve seen framers use metabo for the triple hammer impact, their saws, and nail guns. And makita is still a real good brand too idk what dude talking about.

i have everything in blue bosch, but I'm also from Denmark, dewalt on the other side could leave from here any day, that is a shitty piece of tool, I have 86nm on my old-school bosch drill with no hammer function, only 2 speed...it plugs every damn thing in to a wall..milwaukee is very expensive in Denmark unfortunately, if not I would buy that....but not as a hobby tool....

Im Adding DEWALT to the list !! I got $2000 worth of Dewalt equipment and they up and Change their Battery design making everything i got now practically worthless. YES, they still make the old style Batteries, but they've jacked the price up to $120.00 for 1 Battery????? 🖕😡🖕 You DeWalt!!

Metabo is the smoothest drill out of all them. The triple hammer impact just insanely smooth. I use my set for more delicate work.

As a tool repairman, I was impressed with Makita, back in the eighties, before them, corded Milwaukees, were the go-tos. Battery tools were not considered Professional, for quite a long time. Brushless has changed things. Companies, seem to like DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Metabo. Because Metabos use advanced technology, safety built in. I figure everyone else, will catch up soon.

Bosch is the best drill

I personally like Bosch because it's not made in China

So I'll tell ya, as a unbiased but little biased experience.. I started in the construction trade, 6 years ago, as a apprentice electrician and worked up to a foreman. I started out with Makita and hated them, the battery design felt so clunky and loose. Then I switched to kobalt and I enjoyed the brand, but not enough tools for me. Now I own my own contracting company, and I absolutely love Ryobi... I have a immense amount of tools to choose from, and almost every one has a use.. Literally I've abused their brushed circular saw for 3 years, use it now as my back up and upgraded to a brushless Ryobi circular saw. AND their is a reason why they never changed their battery design, by far the sturdiest battery design.. The Ryobi stack system is genesis for setting up my workshop with such great organizing.. Man I'm putting up insulation and the Ryobi battery staple gun is so flipping nice! They even have hobbiest tools I love to use as well. I can't tell ya how many times I used the hot glue gun.. People can hate and be close minded all they want, but I have the experience to back up my personal experience with tool brands.. Bosch doesn't have a good enough line up for

I’m a iron worker and Matabos cordless angle grinders are a gift from God that comes at a hefty price .

I love my metabo hpt, they make some solid power tools, the fact nobody runs them means I get stupid cheap tools that I use daily on the jobsite. I run dewalt and Milwaukee from time to time but my metabo hpt has something special in my humble opinion.

I've been the carpenter for 45 years. Bosh makes the best jigsaw you can buy. My makita cordless stuff is going on fifteen years old and still works great. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

Metabo makes the best angle grinders on the market. Period. Used them for 20 years and still have my original in my work truck.

Add porter cable please, used to be great but are terrible now

Makita makes the most solid and reliable tools of any of the big brands and are extremely common still, and almost universal in harsh environments like mines where they compete with brands like Hilti, not Milwaukee/DeWalt/etc.

Let’s see my Bosch tools: jigsaw, laser level, door jamb jig, hammer drill. 2 sliding chop saws,( 8 1/2” and 10”). I would be VERY upset to see BOSCH leave the market!!

I have a metabo angle grinder. Things a beast.

I don’t want to offend you. You surly got your subjektiv experience. But I used to work for Bosch in Germany and 10% of oure whole sales are on the NA market with an anual increase of 6-7% one year it was even 16%. Especially the gdc models are highly highly wanted on the us marked. So I don’t see your point there sir

As I watched it knew he was going to end with ma kita. You are wrong the makita 40v is top of class. Best I have used everyone who had dewalt and Milwaukee that I work with even give it up to ma kita. Have borrowed and keep borrowing my tools. I dread when my coworkers pass me or i have to use their dewalt. Ma kita has surpassed them

Metabo hpt is great, but Lowes can't even give them away even when they're on sale

I stand by those metabo 7" grinders. But that's all I've ever owned from them.

I'm a carpenter and my go to for precision work and the majority of my work actually, is...Makita. Milwaukee is mixed in too, but I'm just always reaching for Makita. The majority of those I work with run either DeWalt or Makita as well.

I love my metabo multi volt battery framing nailer. I love my Makita cordless circular saw and my Bosch roto Hammer

I recently switched all my tools to the metabo htp platform. Every tool I have purchased has surprised me with the performance. Also can't beat the lifetime warranty💯 I also still own makita tools and definitely don't think metabo htp and makita should leave. I can't say anything about bosch.

Had my makita kit for 10 years. Replaced one impact drill.

I’m agree totally. But that would mean I couldn’t get my Bosch tools on big clearance drops anymore. Love my Freak!

Framers are the one place where Metabo shows up. The saws and nail guns do well, but beyond that you don’t see much. Makita is niche in carpentry, but it is losing share every year.

Enjoyed some of your content but just saying ridiculous things might get u more clicks but really don't help folks make decisions on which tools to buy and use

You're outta your mind 😂

"Pros" are just buying cheap tools these days. Just met a guy that thought Proto was a garbage brand since he had never heard of them. All whist carrying around his Pittsburgh wrenches. Either the trades in this country just aren't paying anymore, or they are letting any warm body into the roles.

Some people are cheap and dont want to spend for Bosch. I actually just invested in Bosch , other than that ive been using DeWalt for over a decade.. love Bosch

I'm more worried about the shitshow that is NA. Now that's a decline.

Damn it. I knew you were going to say Makita. I love my Makita drills and saws and radio and the anti-theft colour but they messed up with the batteries.

I love metabo hpt. But yeah im the only one i ever see with them on the job site.

I'm all for free market. So, I say let them stay and improve to compete. Or let them go down the food chain if they don't. but honestly, I still want to see them around to give variety to the tool market.

Metabo makes some of if not the best cordless nail guns we have the pin nailers up to the framers they are amazing also my whole crew uses makita and they have the best deals and warranty on the tools and batteries if something does break and its not offten it almost always gets replaced with new

Wtf metabo and Makita do you even work at job site I think you need to leave North America 😅

On name recognition? More about ergonomics, durability, smoothness.. that’s what Makita is all about. Saying something stupid like that makes it obvious you have no idea. Talk to some proper carpenters and wise up. Only downside for NA is Makita gives the newest stuff to europe months before it hits the NA market. Also seems to be more expensive in NA than in europe for whatever reason. Still, if you care about durability at all, Makita is somewhere at the top of your go to brands, there’s no two ways about it.

I had a Bosch 18v drill. Got it back in 2017. It was great until a year later it blew itself up. I was shocked. I've been using craftsman power tools for 2 years now, been great. Highly recommend if you want good, Ryobi level power tools and don't want Ryobi. Craftsman's power tools are just cheap versions of Dewalt stuff now so if you like Dewalt but don't want to or can't afford it but don't want hyper tough or hart, I recommend craftsman.

Currently sitting here looking at my Bosch and metabo hpt tools

Bosch is a shit, but metabo looks great, and makita has the most powerful 1/2 and 3/4 impact wremch at the moment, the best auto stop modes, they also sells good tools, are pretty expensive is the only bad thing about makita

Not sure where you’re working but where I’m at I see tons of Metabo and Bosch, they aren’t as popular as Milwaukee or dewalt but why would they up and leave?

Dewalt 24/7 everything i own. Never let me down

The fact that you said “outside of their rotary hammer” for the bosch uses on the field tells me you certainly have been on the field… even my contracting company can’t seem to do away with the Bosch rotary hammer… and it grinds my gears to see them drilling 1-1/4” holes or more with a 1” rotary.

Im buying em Yellow overrated Green teal blue and red for me Im a proffessional and mhpt has my whole crew outfitted Btw Hitachi/metabo hpt nailers ate still best and dominate the jobsite

I agree with you on Makita. I owned them for decades. But, my newer drills and impacts are GARBAGE. The chucks fail, the battery chargers fail. Although, I ordered dual port chargers from CHINA that have outperformed the originals. (when I say "China", I say it like Trump)😂

Isn’t Metabo the old Hitachi brand. Hitachi acquired Tanaka outdoor power equipment a while back and are now Metabo if I recall. Tanaka was made in Japan and built like a tank. How is their quality now?

Makita’s not that bad except most people don’t like the extra expense. Their 18v line isn’t going to ever be as good as Milwaukee’s because they have amperage limiting controls inside their tools, which protect the lifespan of the tools. Milwaukee does not have amperage protection controls on their tools, which is also why they get more power out of their batteries, even though they use very similar battery cells (exception is the Milwaukee Forge, I am not sure what cells they use there). Makita’s 40v line performs much better but the prices and lack of mainstream availability scare most people off of it. Bosch definitely needs to go. The tools are not reliable and the technology is outdated. I don’t know much about Metabo HPT, so I’m not going to comment on that other than that they also seem to have 36v batteries.

I use the best tool for the job, i don't care the brand, or how many different non-conforming batteries it takes; except for DeWalt. I hate the color yellow. It's like voting across the board for one party. You're gonna get mediocre results at best.

By this logic, Milwaukee is a hard no go outside US, because there's literally no international presence.

Makita lxt is the bulk of my tools, Metabo hpt/hitachi nail guns Tons of guys I’ve met and know have Makita. I’m west coast tho

Yeah great idea let’s reduce the number of options so Milwaukee and dewalt can charge whatever they want

Love my Dewalt tools. Use to like Makita but they have declined greatly.

Meanwhile this guy has a shop full of ridged and ryobi tools. Only issue I have with Bouch is the price and yes makita hasn’t kept up with some of the other brands but metabo/ hitachi is amazing, especially the triple hammer

I pretty much use Bosch 12v and Makita. The bosch flexi click is unmatched in my opinion and almost a necessity for installers. But other companies have similar tools.

Makita should leave for sure! I think craftsman should be on your list . Nothing but shame since Stanley bought them out ! They also have been living off of a old reputation from years ago for many years now!

You know nothing about Bosch

Dean Doherty repairs power tools for a living and has a channel here on this platform. Check him out. He has shown objectively, numerous times that Makita is built to last and can be repaired. He has also shown that Milwaukee doesn't hold up as well partially because they are overpowered for their quality level and also that they are "homeowner grade designer tools". He is speaking strictly of reliability and internal quality, not initial performance.

I couldn't agree more its a similar story over here but Makita is still hanging in over here

Different trade actually like Different tools.plumbers like milwaukee framers wood works like Dewalt concrete mason like boshe homegro ridged or ryobi. That's what I see a lot f anyway. Makita used to be the go to but I hardly see it anymore. Mikita and boshe have a great grip but just not the speed and power for some applications I need.

Metabo hpt highly underrated, I'm a pro and 25% of my tools are metabo hpt very good value for their money. In love with their cordless frame and finish guns.

Back 10 years ago makita was the best. Every carpenter had them. Now. We have our drills burning out, and even the impacts are burning out. The tool dont last. Compressors failing. Had 3 corded planers burn out in 3 weeks time. And they still dont have a cordless framing nailer!! Makita has gone way down in quality. But people dont want to change cause theyre so invested. They have all the batteries they have all the makita tools. Because its cheaper to replace a tool than replace everything. So they get caught in this trap of staying with makia. Milwaukee seems to be the tool of choice these days.

Unfortunately yes, I was even aware of this when I was a kid and wasn't in construction yet. Didn't know about metabo tho, they seem decent but not as powerful as Milwaukee DeWalt. Bosch never stepped up their game, I don't know what they're waiting for. I've seen more craftsman, hypertough than Bosch power tools and Makita

You are right with Makita, it became real 💩 But Bosch Professional and Metabo are maybe the best like Hilti or Milwaukee. The problem is also that Americans buy american brands like Milwaukee or DeWalt. Here where I live in Germany, many people use Bosch and Metabo, german brands. And put the Ridgid banner down, it makes you not serious.

Bro is doing nothing but insulting everyone with maam. Sir i think you have sum to hide. We are not a mirror for you

While I personally have invested in Milwaukee tools, I don’t want any company to leave the market, more competition means that the top dogs have to keep putting out good stuff, if there’s a monopoly they could get lazy with no consequences and it’s worse the the consumer

Agreed totally with makita 👏👏awful awful

Hurt feelings? That would require that I gave a single $h!t about what his opinion is... who is this guy? Not even a pinch given... If they suck, they will fail. Your help is not needed or effective.

Bosch makes great tools. if I hadn't got on the Milwaukee platform years ago I'd have Bosch. can't complain about Milwaukee with all the options though.

Some of the Metabo hpt offering are super good dude. The skilsaw in particular is my favorite but they’re triple hammer impact and drills are tough to beat too. Bonus, they’re reasonably priced!

I love my Makita tools, but have had way too many issues with their batteries.

Meanwhile, Makita, Bosch, and Hitachi Koki, are actually electric motor manufacturers.

As a guy who's about 8 tools deep in Bosch, as much as I love my Bosch tools, I'm looking at getting out of the platform. The only local hardware stores that carry them don't have better than the second-tier tools, which- as recently happened- leaves me in the lurch if something unfortunate happens to one of my tools and I need a same-day or next-day replacement.

Makita guy Here.instead of leaving N America, can't they advertise and run some sales? Maybe update their 18v platform. I have some of my makita tools and Batts for over 10 years and are extremely reliable

The problem with those brands is that they are the price of Milwaukee but they don't provide the performance or versatility of the Milwaukee tool line. The only brand kind of hanging on to Milwaukee right now is DeWalt.

I use Makita and your 100% right. They are 3 years behind. I feel like moving to Ryobi platform they got everything

I was excited about Bosch's "X-LOCK" system, but that has disappeared. Why?? Don't know. Maybe you do? Might be an idea for ya. I've always been in DeWalt. Slowly moving into Milwaukee, just because they cater more to plumbers. As far as Bosch goes...if I have to fix plumbing sunken into concrete? I'm getting to the leak...Bosch is getting me there. After that...Mostly DeWalt and Milwaukee and Rigid. I love these videos. 💯👍💯👍

Yeah, really hope Makita straightens it out since I'm so deep in their system

Bosch has abandoned us. They are the only manufacturer to give Milwaukee a run for the money yet they won't make a deal with any supplier

I agree with 100% of your picks - nice explanations too

Yeah, I agree with Makita part. Milwaukee and Dewalt are ahead in terms of options and power. Makita was never top in power, but operation smoothness, finesse, and reliability have been their strengths. Something that annoyed me recently was that I bought a Makita cutoff tool only to find out they were last to release their version of it and while it has comparable power the functionality was gimped due to limited cutting depth. Why bother releasing an inferior version? Time will tell... I'm deeply invested in the Makita platform. I might branch out to one of the other ones soon. A little mixture ain't bad.

Makita have been some of the best most reliable tools i own. I've had more issues with Dewalt & Rigid.

I would say you are right. Makita still has a strong foothold in Europe and still used by many trades here in the UK but in the US with Dewalt and Milwaukee being so well priced and with a vast range those other companies have no chance. Bosch is still competitive for consumables such as blades, drill bits etc but their power tool range is limited, expensive and years behind the rest. I don't know of anyone in the trades using Bosch other then maybe dust extractors or older corded tools such as hammer drills or breakers. As for Makita, I still see them used but only onsite usually by laborer's or apprentices as they use what they are given.