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Power Tool Brands and Battery Platforms

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What happens here

The couple discusses various power tool brands including Kobalt, Craftsman, DeWalt, and Flex. The man reiterates a crucial point about battery platforms: if a guy is invested in a specific brand's battery system (e.g., DeWalt), buying a tool from a different brand (e.g., Kobalt) would be impractical as it would require new batteries and chargers. He advises doing thorough research to match the recipient's existing tool platform before purchasing battery-powered tools. He highlights the high performance and new battery technology of Flex tools, especially their job site portable vacuum and fans. He also briefly checks out Craftsman tools, admitting he hasn't tested them.

Goal: Understand the importance of battery platform compatibility when buying power tools as gifts.

Tools and materials

  • Bosch Power Tools Bosch — Various construction and DIY tasks
  • Craftsman Cordless Power Tools Craftsman — Various DIY tasks
  • DeWalt Cordless Power Tools DeWalt — Various construction and DIY tasks
  • Flex Job Site Fan Flex — Cooling a workspace
  • Flex Portable Vacuum Flex — Cleaning vehicles or job sites
  • Metabo HPT Power Tools Metabo HPT — Various construction and DIY tasks

What they say

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[Music] all right so in my experience I uh we've been building the cabin using a variety of different tools Flex uh we've been using Cobalt we've been using the even skill we're giving them all a gall all of those tools and the guys love the two tools that stand out the most are Flex they can't Frankie and the guys can't get enough of them they're actually beating the crap out of them and Cobalt believe it or not and these guys have some really cool deals on Cobalt so some nice setups on there um but one of the things I want to caution you guys is if your guy has a tool platform that he's into you can't just go buy a different tool platform because it's a bad it's a battery commitment it's a commitment to the batteries right that's a big thing to understand but one of the problems with and I'm not trying to pick on anybody but I'm going to just lay it out there if they're into DeWalt tools you never know what freaking battery they're two they may have they may have an older DeWalt which has a runs off this platform or a newer DeWalt which has a battery but could also use that battery over there they may have a different DeWalt tool that has no batteries anymore because they're just gone like I've got all the 40 volt stuff that's all gone so understand if you're going to buy yourself your guy some some tools that run on batteries understand the platform which what platform he's on and I do a teacher research before you just Dive Right In and buy them a tool like that but uh more Little Giant I think they're I don't know if you guys tell me what your thoughts are on Little Giant Ladders I think they're spendy but I think they're pretty darn are nice ladders just my two cents stocking stuffer you just looked right at it yep bits and Blades especially good ones that you don't know are good ones spider makes some amazing bits and Blades little bits and pieces Craftsman not really too sure about Craftsman I've never tested them never tried them can't say anything good or bad about them can't say anything about them I don't know oh here's the whole line of cobalt look at the Variety they've got it's beautiful beautiful okay here we go down DeWalt don't mean to pick on a dewalt's got some amazing tools as well just a little frustrated with the different battery platforms you're not driving it [Music] what do you see anything anything standing out to you yep yep no I really don't know yeah it comes to tools I don't know that's the problem it gets really confusing…

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