Finally picked a battery platform for our little library's power tools

I've been stuck between Ryobi and DeWalt for like 6 months for the tools in our neighborhood tool library in Portland. Everyone kept telling me different things and I was going back and forth so much it was getting silly. Eventually I just went with Ryobi because the initial cost was way lower and I figured if something gets stolen or broken we aren't out a ton of money. We bought a drill, a circular saw, and an impact driver with two batteries for about $220 total. So far after 3 months of people borrowing them, the only issue was one guy left the battery in the rain but it still works fine. The collection is growing slowly and it feels good to finally have something concrete. Has anyone else had to pick between two brands for their shared tool setup? How did you decide?

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max47210h ago

Heard a buddy went DeWalt for his shop and regrets not saving the cash.