Power Tool Battle of the Brands - Where Do Your Tools Rank?

We recently posted "Battle of the Brands" power tool surveys in our beloved woodworking forums.

The results are in, and here's what you'll find in this article:

Oscillating Spindle Sander

1) The Battle of the Brands Top Ten

2) Battle of the Brands Extended List with Tools

3) Top Ten Most Searched on ToolCrib.com

This is not intended to be a buying guide. I think it could give you a good starting point, but there are so many factors that come in to play when development a tool purchase decision, first and prominent being how you plan to use the tool.

The kind woodworkers at
WoodNet,

FamilyWoodworking

and LumberJocks

who contributed to this project are "extreme hobbyists" and professionals (Thanks Folks!!!).

For my Diy home remodeling readers, please reconsider that while higher capability tools do furnish higher capability results, you're better off starting with tools that are very conveniently within your price range and using them until their lower levels of accuracy start to hinder your work.

I found it spirited that of the top 10 in the battle of the brands, 7 of them match with results from our top ten most-searched tools on ToolCrib.

Enough ado. Here are the results. Rev the drill please (in place of drum roll...)

1) The Battle of the Brands Top Ten

1) Porter Cable: 15 votes

2) Bosch: 11

3) DeWalt: 9

4) Milwaukee: 9

5) Delta: 9

6) Makita: 5

7) Festool: 5

8) Powermatic: 3

9) Jet: 3

10) Triton: 2

2) Battle of the Brands Extended List with Tools

1) Porter Cable: 15 votes

Routers

jig saws

belt sanders

2) Bosch: 11

Jig Saws

Cordless Drills

Hammer Drills

3) DeWalt: 9

random orbit sander

Biscuit Jointer

corded drill

4) Milwaukee: 9

drills

Sawzall

routers

5) Delta: 9

Jointer

Table Saw

air nailer

6) Makita: 5

Cordless Drills

Routers

Random Orbit Sanders

7) Festool: 5

random orbit sander

circular saw

8) Powermatic: 3

9) Jet: 3

Table saw

band saw

10) Triton: 2

router

11) Ryobi: 2

drills

oscillating spindle sander

12) Rigid: 2

chop saw

13) Grizzly: 2

14) Steel City: 1

15) MiniMax: 1

Bandsaws

16) Woodmaster: 1

Planer

17) SawStop: 1

Table Saw

18) Panasonic: 1

cordless drills

19) Rikon: 1

Band Saw

20) Hitachi: 1

drill Framing gun

21) Skil: 1

Circular saw 1

22) Hawk: 1

scroll saw

3) Top Ten Most Searched on ToolCrib.com

1) DeWalt 20%

2) Porter Cable 14%

3) Bosch 13%

4) Makita 12%

5) Delta 10%

6) Hitachi 9%