Picked the corded one after a buddy told me his Milwaukee battery died halfway through cutting rebar on a fence repair. Three months later and I've never wished for the battery version, even with the hassle of dragging an extension cord around the yard. Anybody else stick with corded tools for specific jobs?
Stopped by the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on 8th street yesterday looking for a cheap circular saw. The front area had nothing but rusted hedge trimmers and a broken bench vise. A worker saw me looking bummed and said they keep the good stuff in back. Walked through a door that said employees only and there were like 30 power tools on a metal shelf, all priced under $30. Got a Dewalt drill for $15 that just needed new brushes. Did I just stumble onto the best kept secret in town or does every ReStore do this?
After my buddy snapped a Pittsburgh socket on a stuck lug nut last Saturday and I replaced it with a Craftsman that took the same torque without a scratch, I'm wondering if paying triple is really worth it for weekend warriors like us - what's your cutoff between cheap tools and quality for your own projects?
My 2001 F-150 threw a code on Saturday and the MAF sensor connector clip snapped clean off, but one of those little angled picks hooked the broken tab out of the wiring harness in about 30 seconds, has anyone else had cheap picks bail them out of a weird spot?