Talk nerdy to me :D

  • 3abas@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This is antithetical to the original proposition.

    I bought a Ryobi sander with its battery and charger for $20 at a garage sale to do one small job, I have a bunch of Makita tools and batteries but it would be completely foolish to buy a new Makita sander for one job.

    I have a greenworks battery system and love my electric lawn mower, but when the stupid edger finally broke, I didn’t buy the same stupid tool that takes a giant 4AH battery because I’m tied into the system, I bought a lightweight Makita edger that shares the battery with my drill driver.

    When I need cheap battery tools for one job, I buy Ryobi. When I’m upgrading, it’s probably Makita.

    When I needed to cut down a few damaged trees, I bought a wired chainsaw and a long extension cable.

    If I just stuck to Makita because I have that battery system, I’d be sitting on thousands of dollars in Makita tools I’ll use once a year at most.