Here is a great link so you know who the overall maker is of the tools you own or are looking at buying.
http://toolguyd.com/tool-brands-corporate-affiliations/












RIDGID /ProTeam /Workshop

Additional at link

And most of the names now have multiple levels of tools.

homeowner, Professional, Light industrial, Heavy industrial.

All built to different price points, quality, and overall ruggedness.

A 'homeowner' 3/8 hammer-drill is NOT going to perform like the more expensive Pro grade one.

I have seen 1/4 inch homeowner drills without a single bearing in them.
No bushings.

Plastic posts with a round end holding a shaft.

There was a tiny pocket in the end of the post holding a tiny dot of grease.

The chuck wobbled so bad it was darn near useless.

Any bit smaller than ~1/8 inch broke as soon as the hole was more than about 1/4 inch deep.

You could clearly see the circle the tip of the bit traveled in.

I have a Porter-Cable Model 666 "T-handle' 3/8 drill.

It is going on 30 years old now.

The thyristor in the variable speed failed at one point.

I purchased three spare trigger assemblies (probbaly about $8 each) with the thyristor and a few other parts.

Two have been in the 'drill' drawer for at least 10 years now.

The drill and all spare parts are no longer available from P-C.

I still have a 1950 Craftsman 1/2 inch drill.
Aluminum case.  Toggle switch trigger.

One slow (~600 RPM) speed.
But it is a real 1/2 horsepower and if the 3/4 inch bit grabs will throw you off the ladder.

It is on its second cord and set of brushes.  The odds of parts are about zero.

I hope(but not expecting) B&D will bring Craftsman and Irwin* back to the one level lower than Snap-On/MAC/Matco brands they use to be. Also bring them back to "made in the USA".
I'm getting tired of trying to add or replace tools under those to brands via eBay and have taken 99% of my business to Snap-on. I don't mind buying Snap-on for work but for the simple at home stuff or giving gifts it cost more than I'd like.


*All I want from Irwin is US made non-crap vise-grips again.

B&D managed to wreck their own name so badly they have been buying up other names.

Given their previous decline they are likely to do the same thing again.