Any Harbor Freighters? Any Hercules dads?

Not a dad, but definitely team DeWalt.

Timely! I was gifted into House Milwaukee this holiday season. I guess the sorting hat did it's thing. Hope to learn a lot of useful wizardry, I've got a door frame to fix.

Ryobi is great for starting out. They're definitely not the best tools, but they're cheap. If you wear out something from them, you've earned the right to buy a good brand of that tool.

Most of my stuff is Bosch...

I got three of the four, just one more power tool set and I'll be sweet lol

There used to be a great fifth house of Craftsman...

And let's not even talk about Snap-on, Northern, or AmazonBasics

I honestly am not sure I've ever heard of the bottom two, I'm a second generation DeWalter (though my dad also used Ryobi).

My brother and I used Ego for lawn work. I'm not sure if these brands have lawn/garden stuff (I think I remember Ryobi does), but it's the same concept. I love battery powered tools, but I hate how the brands tie you in.

For those who hate being stuck with one brand because the batteries are so expensive you can buy adapters to convert between them. For instance I use a rigid battery with a ryobi tool etc and it works great! I've seen adapters for working between most of the brands since almost all the tools are 18V. I've seen ones that jump between lower voltages and higher ones which is a bit sketchier but are likely fine as well. https://www.google.com/search?q=power+tool+battery+adapter

Worx life!

Get a landroid!