School me on power tools

I'm looking to buy some power tools. Cordless drill and a circular saw at least. What are the brands that will last? Who makes good quality product and stands by their warranty? What other things should I know before I buy?

Thanks.

mastercraft maximum pretty sure canadian tire has a not questions asked return policy on the maximum series.

i returned a angle grinder that way. easy enough if you have the receipt.

that said i exchanged it for a dewalt. hasnt let me down yet mind you i never use it.

Hitachi! Expensive but great product.

Makita or Milwaukee.

Advice from someone who owns a load, (and i mean a shitload!) of power tools;

stay away from the cheap brands like mastercraft, craftsman, skil, ryobi, etc.
yeah, they're cheap but you get what you pay for.

makita, milwaukee and dewalt are usually the best for the money,
I personally would recommend that you get a makita 18v li-ion combo kit,
best bang for the buck.

If you've got money to burn and want the absolute best, hilti or festool

If you're looking for around the house occasional use tools you can't go wrong with can tire mastercraft tools or ridgid from home depot, especially with their warranties. For construction type tools, you get what you pay for as the top 4 brands (dewalt, milwaukke,makita, hitachi) are all in the same category as far as price/quality/warranty go.

Depends - are you going to be wearing a tool belt all day long? Or are these home-owner tools? I'm going to guess the latter. So that said, buy a quality drill set (impact and reg drill) choose a name brand Dewalt, Makita, etc. A good option is the rigid series at home depot - lifetime warranty on many of their tools. Cir saw - unless you are using it every day, buy a cheapo - why waste the money on something that gets used four times year. Another option is a cordless set: rigid, dewalt and makita all sell great packages. Also - only buy quality cordless tools, the off brand (blackanddecker, ryobi, etc) look cheap, feel cheap and perform like shit. Hope that helps.

makitas got an awesome 18v screw gun set, a driver and a screw gun and a charger and a couple of batteries, they have an awesome cordless skill saw, if its anything like my jigsaw the battery can cut like 20 countertops before it starts to fade

For higher end tools, we use mostly Bosch tools for our metal shop and they are bullet proof.

I got a set from Home depot before I left Kauai. I had a motor smoke and fried
a battery. I took them into my local repair center in Victoria and they replaced the
burnt motor and gave me a new battery. They didn't even ask for a receipt, even
after I told them I bought the tools on Kauai "about 1.5 years ago". I've abused
that set quite a lot.

My friend is a boat builder and uses both the deWalt and Makita brands and says
he loves them both, and has had no issues when they did need to be fixed (even
with epoxy, bog, fiberglass dust and other chemicals all over the tools).

oooo and the makita charger makes cool songs when its done charging

Dewalt.

Hitachi if you can afford it and are needing something super dependable. After burning out drills so much mixing mud I finally sprung for one and it hasn't let me down.

The Ham

My welder buddy lost the key to his craftsman tool box at his work, took a torch and cut the thing open to get at his tools then returned the thing later that day :lol: