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Posted by dpb on May 9, 2007, 5:29 pm
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> ...they're not the
> ordinary stereotypical "Chinese startup" kind of outfit by any means
> despite having some production in China and Ryobi being their initial
> product...
Sorry, didn't say that right -- they started supplying products
primarily to Sears, then started the Ryobi and generated the
sweetheart deal w/HD with it and parlayed that into what they
currently are rather than Ryobi first. But they knew specifically
what market they were after w/ Ryobi and it wasn't/isn't
Milwaukee's...
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Posted by Jack on May 10, 2007, 12:15 am
If I may sound off on this one,
Personally where the tool is manufactured weighs in little for me. As
much as I would prefer to buy American or Canadian, (keep our boys
working) QUALITY will be my sole decider. I know China has meant, and
in some cases still means cheap crap and deeper still human rights
issues, etc. But the world is headed in that direction. And better and
better stuff keeps coming from that manufacturing juggernaut know as
cheap labor China. Often they are our companies, exploiting the labor
cost difference. Anyway that said, I have been a BOSCH fan for years.
I've recently been displeased with a few of their newer tools, but the
Mitre Box for example, well... IMHO ,I dont think theres a better one
on earth at any price point. I love mine.
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Posted by dpb on May 10, 2007, 8:50 am
Jack wrote:
> If I may sound off on this one,
> Personally where the tool is manufactured weighs in little for me. As
> much as I would prefer to buy American or Canadian, (keep our boys
> working) QUALITY will be my sole decider....
Unfortunately for those w/ that as a primary criterion, a major
fraction of purchasers apparently have PRICE as the sole decider,
which allows the poor quality stuff to succeed in the market place. :(
My point to OP wasn't really about China per se, but a particular
company and a false assumption.
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Posted by Glenn on May 10, 2007, 11:14 am
As a retired contractor, I have always sworn by Skil too. Got a
battery drill sometime ago at Lowes that is a beauty. It was on
special for about 40 bucks. Wish I had my 40 back. Used it 4
times, ie charged it 4 times and the charger won't work any more.
The store manager of that department said the charger would
probably be almost as much ad I paid for the whole thing and they
sold a bunch of them and he said everyone is just throwing them
away.
So much for Skil and so much for Lowes.
> If I may sound off on this one,
> Personally where the tool is manufactured weighs in little for
> me. As
> much as I would prefer to buy American or Canadian, (keep our
> boys
> working) QUALITY will be my sole decider. I know China has
> meant, and
> in some cases still means cheap crap and deeper still human
> rights
> issues, etc. But the world is headed in that direction. And
> better and
> better stuff keeps coming from that manufacturing juggernaut
> know as
> cheap labor China. Often they are our companies, exploiting the
> labor
> cost difference. Anyway that said, I have been a BOSCH fan for
> years.
> I've recently been displeased with a few of their newer tools,
> but the
> Mitre Box for example, well... IMHO ,I dont think theres a
> better one
> on earth at any price point. I love mine.
>
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Posted by Chris Friesen on May 10, 2007, 11:30 am
Glenn wrote:
> As a retired contractor, I have always sworn by Skil too.
Skil has been mostly junk for quite a while. You only noticed this lately?
They still make the worm-drive circular saw though, and it's still good.
Chris
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> ordinary stereotypical "Chinese startup" kind of outfit by any means
> despite having some production in China and Ryobi being their initial
> product...