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by arka2147483647 39 days ago
If you are a DIY, you might use a tool once a week, or once a year. A pro might use a tool everyday, all day.

A different durability requirement.

A Ryobi is not bad, if it fills your needs, but might not be enough for heavy use.
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Aurornis 39 days ago
Which is market segmentation at work. If the DIYers get good enough tools at cheap prices and the pros have a separate line that’s more expensive and more durable, what are we supposed to be mad about?
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pandaman 38 days ago
There was an article [1] from the same site about backpacks here couple of weeks ago, with better articulated position by the author: he is mad about market segmentation and believes there should not be different grades of products from the same company. I.e. someone who swings by Walmart to get a cheap backpack to walk some green belt trails should get the backpack capable to last 20 years of climbing Everest and hiking through Darien Gap if the company has such backpacks sold elsewhere.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777209

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peatmoss 39 days ago
If you buy their brushless line, you can add a few decent tools to your lineup while using the cheap stuff for everything else. Same battery platform generally. I have a lot of their cheap stuff, plus a few good ones that see more use.
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sitkack 39 days ago
You can buy or make adapters so there is no battery platforms. If we had a functioning FTC there would be no battery platform.
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peatmoss 38 days ago
Didn't realize adapters were common! I agree on the FTC / standardization point.
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sitkack 37 days ago
I have many cheap ryobi niche tools, but use Makita batteries in them.
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pandaman 38 days ago
That would suck, because even the same company might have 2 or more different battery platforms. I, for one, have Milwaukee tools from both M12 and M18 platforms. They are for different applications and I specifically bought some M12 tools because their M18 equivalent was too big for my applications, and, on the other hand, I bought some tools in M18 because their M12 counterparts were underpowered for my applications. Imagine running a driver to assemble your PC and an SDS MAX hammer off the same battery?
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