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[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago
[โ€“] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 1 points 3 months ago

I think top tier is Hilti (Swiss) , expensive of course.

But Bosch, Metabo and Festool are reall good choices ayway.

[โ€“] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My Makita tools were made in Romania. Does that count?

[โ€“] 30p87@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I just assumed they displayed Bosch and Makita

Never saw any other company here lol

[โ€“] VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Parkside is the brand from Lidl. Not great, not terrible.

[โ€“] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If only you could order parkside all year around. Currently I have to wait for the product that I want to buy, to randomly appear in one of my local Lidl stores and then rush to hope to get one before they sell out. It's not a real alternative

[โ€“] Thorgrem@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

One of the reasons I went with Einhell. No regrets.

[โ€“] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To my knowledge, Parkside and Bosch are mostly manufactured in China. Parkside is a name brand for Lidl, from Grizzly Tools.

[โ€“] Thorgrem@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

My Bosch Professional 12V drills are made in Malaysia.

[โ€“] then_three_more@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is parkside really the only other option to put next to Bosch? I mean, I love the middle isle as much as the next guy, Lidl own brand seems a stretch

[โ€“] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Festool, Einhell

[โ€“] zout@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, but for this stuff I'm team Makita.

[โ€“] Cheems@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you can't just change brands. It's too expensive. You get the battery. You are locked into that ecosystem. Simple as that.

[โ€“] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

You can get adapters but yes it doesn't cure anything but waste to get rid of functioning tools

[โ€“] youngalfred@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Phytobus@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

TLDR: out of all of these the only real european companies are:

  • Bosch (group)
  • TTS tooltechnic systems (group)
  • Fein (independent)
  • Hilti (independent)

And makita from Japan and one of the only independent manufacturers left, as well as Fein and Hilti.

[โ€“] Thorgrem@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Einhell (also own Ozito) is also on its own, headquartered in Germany. Mostly made in China. But they are moving battery production to Hungary. Also planning to build tools in other Asian countries to be less dependent on China.

Metabo and Hikoki are also a company. Don't know if its based in Japan.