And it's no better with appliances.  I remember that I once bought a chest freezer and it came with about six different brand labels that the seller was supposed to pick the right one and put it on.

 

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i grew up using miller falls saws, then skil, over the years with the business i found the big names other than milwaukee had the quality fall off big time, sears or craftsman cordless tools imo are junk, batteries are fine, but the triggers and chucks leave a lot to be desired. PC have quite a bit of their stuff, but when it breaks chance of getting parts unless you find old stock, will be tough, 

dewalt is ugly, batteries are horrible and expensive, chucks suck.  believe it or not still have my 9v makita both driver and angle drill, first cordless tools we ever had, sure made hanging doors awesome. 

i've a few milwaukee cordless units, and they are fine, once the last couple dewalt batteries go they will get sold at garage sale or chucked. I have a dual set of ridgid coming soon, routers i have quite a few of the trims, my original ryobi from over 20 years ago for doing doors, is still running strong, have had to find a new base for it a few time being dropped and damaged, but it still works awesome. 

have the colt, makita which is very heavy, for a trim router. and a bosch, its still new i box so have no idea yet. the pc routers are awesome, again parts wll become an issue soon. 

one of the things about the new tools is the keyless chucks on the cordless units, i struggle getting them tight enough to keep dang bit in during a long process. sure is frustrating. every once in a while i drag out the "'yankee'' a young friend asked me wtf is that, i had quite the laugh. he couldn't master it, i was installing some hinges, when i showed him my little push drill i used for a quick fix, instead of dragging out power tools, he was marveled. youngsters

Rj in az

A few years ago (maybe 25 or so), I looked into Millers Falls.   I found out it was purchased by a local Cincinnati company, Lutz File and Tool.  Around here, they were known for the small displays of screwdrivers on the hardware store checkout.   Coincidentally, they became the company that started Gorilla Glue.  Lutz allowed the Millers Falls trademark to expire in 2006, and the Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd, of Hangzhou, China re-registered it in 2009.  Also coincidentally, I refinished a small cabinet for the owners back around then.

 

Alas, I digress, perhaps even more:

At my old house, I hired a neighbor who was an electrician to do some work at my house.  He used a Yankee screwdriver to remove and replace screws on outlets.  When he came to my current house about six years ago, he had a cordless drill driver.  The original problem was a dead outlet in the basement.  At that time, I learned three things

(1) Electricians wire things in strange patterns (a loose wire in the living room above caused the basement outlet to go dead).  It was only that his apprentice saw a nightlight flicker on another outlet when he had a tester on one outlet that they discovered the problem. 

(2) "Backstabbing" wires into an outlet saves a minute but is a poor way to wire an outlet.

(3) Another time: Had him explore why a GFCI circuit outlet was not working.  Always use a voltage detector before working on a circuit.

"Red Ridgid" makes plumbing tools in Elyria, OH (near Cleveland)

"Orange Ridgid" makes power tools from TTI in China (also the owner or Milwaukee and Ryobi)

 

But yes, Milwaukee tools originally started in Wisconsin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Electric_Tool