Lithium-Ion Cordless Drill - Page 2

Spicer '92 · 05-04-08, 10:35 PM

Another thing, a guy that works with me had the ridgid stuff, the dual battery charger fried both his batteries so he took him to home depot. They sent him somewhere else who eventually sent him somewhere else to get his problem solved. Since then his circ saw stopped working. He borrowed a lot of my makita lxt stuff and now he bought the same kit. Ridgid warranty . . . lifetime, takes a lifetime to get them back. I am not sure how my makita warranty stuff might work out though I must add. With 15 or so makita tools none of them have broke yet so I have no Idea

. . . . Besides festool and some of the bosch stuff most tools are made in China. Its a fact of life. If a tool manufacturer doesn't do this there is no way they could charge the customer competitively with a similar product. As far as I know however makita is the only company that actually owns and manages its own factory's in aisia rather than contracting it out. . . . Rant over.

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05-04-08, 10:35 PM	#31
Spicer '92 IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2006 TLCA# 1100 Posts: 68	Another thing, a guy that works with me had the ridgid stuff, the dual battery charger fried both his batteries so he took him to home depot. They sent him somewhere else who eventually sent him somewhere else to get his problem solved. Since then his circ saw stopped working. He borrowed a lot of my makita lxt stuff and now he bought the same kit. Ridgid warranty . . . lifetime, takes a lifetime to get them back. I am not sure how my makita warranty stuff might work out though I must add. With 15 or so makita tools none of them have broke yet so I have no Idea . . . . Besides festool and some of the bosch stuff most tools are made in China. Its a fact of life. If a tool manufacturer doesn't do this there is no way they could charge the customer competitively with a similar product. As far as I know however makita is the only company that actually owns and manages its own factory's in aisia rather than contracting it out. . . . Rant over.