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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ready_fire_aim" data-source="post: 3929328" data-attributes="member: 50626">Interesting. I may have to check out these “off brands” a bit closer. Doing construction for a living I have lots of time under my belt with cordless tools. Milwaukee is great quality, but expensive. I run ridgid cordless stuff currently. Honestly the ridgid 18v stuff hasn’t been impressive when used hard. Good warranty though. I just can’t over the price on these damn battery tools! My buddy recently bought a brushless dewalt circular saw, the top of the line one, it was $300! IMO my old craftsman corded circular saw I got for $25 at a garage sale still beats it big time. Same with sawzalls.. the battery ones are great for making a few cuts. But when it’s time to really put in some hard demo work we grab the corded ones every time! My buddy also bought one of those $800+ dewalt flexvolt dual battery 12” mitersaws. It’s weak compared to my corded one that was $350. IMO cordless stuff is great for certain applications: on roofs/ladders where dragging cords is a pain, jobsites with no power on, quick small jobs, etc… But 90% of the time I’ll take a corded tool over battery when doing serious work. Drills and impacts go battery 100% though! I’d say buy a good cordless impact/drill combo, then go corded most everything else.</blockquote>