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When do you upgrade a tool?

Started by AbiggerGarage, Jun 14, 2025, 10:32 AM

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Quote from: Uncle Buck on Jun 28, 2025, 05:35 AMI did step up to 18V cordless Ryobi years ago. Every cordless tool I own is Ryobi including a compound miter saw that is incredibly convenient. I won't leave Ryobi due to the number of Ryobi tools I own. Once Ryobi started offering Lithium batteries that fixed the only issue I had with their platform. Performance wise every Ryobi tool I have bought have met my needs. Regarding "upgrading" of tools that is not usually a consideration for me. While over half of all the tools I own were used when they came to me, they are virtually always quality tools that I buy once with no reason to upgrade.  Buy quality tools once and very rarely will upgrading be a consideration. Certainly,  something like an old USA made quality brand. You rebuild quality equipment like that if you bought a quality jack, new, or used. Import jacks you toss and replace/upgrade. So ya, I don't really upgrade anything I am the place where tools/equipment/vehicles  go to die!
That's pretty much true with most tools beyond cordless power tools except Ryobi, other companies force you to buy new stuff but Ryobi keeps their battery platform.
I have a hammer addiction,  and a 1/4 ratchet addiction, and a pry bar addiction,  and a screwdriver addiction, and well I just have an addiction to hand tools in general.