# Best battery-powered tools? Go! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-battery-powered-tools-go/940170 "2021-04-16T22:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-battery-powered-tools-go/940170/40 "2021-04-18T02:36:46Z")
Here is an old thread on this subject: > [@Good brands in power tools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-brands-in-power-tools/676222): > > The last couple posts in the [Angle grinder question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=688834) thread discussed tool quality/reputation. Rather than sidetrack that thread, I wanted to throw it open to the Dope as a whole—how do various brands (generally) compare? Here are the major brands I can think of off the top of my head. I know there are some house brands in there, and have a good notion that Chicago Electric (Harbor Freight brand) is near the bottom for most things power tool, but other than the obvious (or, seemingly obvious), m… Note the date: 2013. But gives some good information. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-battery-powered-tools-go/940170)._