/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Recently bought a Milwaukee kit.

My old Craftsman 19.2V stuff worked great, but some of the tools (drill, impact driver) I used all the time and hard enough that stepping up to the "pro brands" was worth it.

Milwaukee's got a LOT of tool options - more than Dewalt/Makita/Ridgid/Ryobi.
The charger also does both M12 and M18 batteries, so also getting M12 tools doesn't require another outlet/charger.

Tried/worked with both Mke and DeWalt tools. They're both good. But the selection of tools and charger kind of swayed me towards red.
We've got a couple DeWalt tools (older NiCd batts though) at work and they do work well.

Also, friends were looking at replacing some of their battery tools, we all kind of agreed on Milwaukee ... if i'm at a buddy's place, his batts will work on my tools, my batts will work on his tools... charger at his shop will charge my batteries... that makes things kind of nice.

Buy a label printer if you don't already have one and put your name/phone on all your tools/batteries.