I'll concede on that one, I mustve missed it. 18V for a ratchet though? That looks unwieldly. You wouldn't be able to get that into half the places youd want to in your car or truck.
This is basically the bottom line, if you just want to hang a picture, or do light work around the house on the weekends, the ryobi stuff will probably do you.
Those of us who rely on our tools to get a job done, and are getting paid for it, wouldn't even waste our time with that shit. The reality is a tool may last a weekend warrior 5+ years. The owner of that tool is the only one touching it, and they paid for it, and they take care of it. The professional use case is totally different, to showcase that difference I literally just walked out to my tool crib to take a picture of a few tools:
Portable Corded Bandsaw, This tool is 3 months old. Still works, but you can see it has been put through the ringer. I know exactly when I bought that tool because it is assetized and tracked. Milwaukee portable bandsaws are junk, you want the Makita ones, they have the biggest Jaw so you can cut larger material.
Angle Grinders. Makita is the gold standard for corded grinders. Cordless are great, but if you are doing any sort of heavy fabricating or cutting you need a corded one. Dewalt I've heard has gotten good, but makita is the industry standard grinder. Same goes for die grinders. All those tools in this picture (except for the 7" grinder) are a month old.
This 1/2" milwaukee is 3 weeks old. The hilti 1/4" was bought last week.
Another Milwaukee - this is also only a monthish old.
My guys can put what is probably 3 years of amateur use, in less than a month.
For professional tools, I've bought it all, yellow, red, blue, german, japanese, domestic. Dont matter. We put them all through their paces, and ultimately over the years I've found what lasts the longest, and has the best features, and that's what I buy.
It's fine to say "I just want something that will do the job for me in my house", in that case by all means go buy ryobi, or worx, or whatever. But if your a tool guy, or you want the actual best, and you dont want to buy multiple systems, you can't go wrong with Milwaukee.
And if your tools pay your bills, and you dont know what to buy, I'll tell you what I do, I just buy the most expensive fucking thing out there, and pray that one of the guys doesn't immediately break it. Because I've watched a guy removing a brand new rotary laser out of the Hilti case and drop it. Boom $2000 gone