Despite what store you walk into you will be faced with some tool purchasing choices.
There are several well known name brand power tools and also some that you may never have heard of that are considerably cheaper.
So, the question becomes which is a better choice for you, a name brand tool or a discount tool? Tools are expensive, particularly if you are looking at power and air operated tools, and you want to make certain you are purchasing power tools that will get your do it yourself project completed.
But, does that suggest you unthinkingly ignore discount tools and go after only the name brand ones? While you are looking at tools, you may notice a few things about some of the discount brands, they are just about identical as the name brand tool, just with a changed label and different name.
The quality is just about the same, but the cost is different.
Many manufacturers have 2 (or more) levels of tools, one set for the professional who uses their tools every day, and a tool for the do it yourself person who uses it much less frequently.
Bosch is a great instance of this.
They sell their high end tools in a blue case, then sell a cheaper tool in a green case.
Then on top of that they make Skill brand tools.
Knowing this about manufacturers now poses the problem, which do you purchase? Before making any purchases, ask yourself how many times are you going to be using each power tool.
When you are buying a power tool for one specific project, and don't think it is likely to be used a lot after that, then buy your lowest priced tool.
If the idea is to use it on a few different jobs, then buy a mid-quality power tool, and if you are going to be using it a lot, then save yourself a bit of aggravation and purchase a brand name tool.
Also, what power tools do you have to buy? If you possess no tools, then you have to make several purchases.
If you were to buy name brand for all of the tools it could become extremely costly really fast.
Therefore, you are better to purchase discount brand tools, then you can purchase all of the power tools you need.
When I started working myself I had to buy a large number of power tools and did not have the money to go name brand.
I shopped around and purchased all discount tools.
Some I had never heard of, but I needed them to do my job.
The opinion was that as I earned money, and tools broke, I could swap them with name brand tools.
After 5 years of working in building, many of the discount power tools are still in use.
A discount tool will get the job done, and as I have found out they can last a long time.
Ultimately, it will come down to individual choice whether you are buying name brand power tools or discount tools.
Many buyers feel the only way to go is to go with a recognized name, but if you shop around and do your research, you will find that a lot of the manufacturers also make discount brand tools of good quality.
You really are the only one who can make the final conclusion, but don't feel you have to spend thousands on a name brand power tool when there are a lot of discount tools available.
When you are about to buy use the rule that name is not as important as getting your do it yourself project done.
Weigh all your factors on name brand power tools and discount tools and purchase the ones that meet your needs.