FEIN

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends FEIN

6 mentions from real owners

• #1Dec 19, 2025

  I need a shop-vac unlike any the world has seen

  > Just a cheaper option and still a much better machine than anything you will find at Home Depot or Lowes. I see both Fein and Stihl listed at Lowes.

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• #2Aug 6, 2025

  $2K Amazon Budget—Help Me Turn Digital Money Into Sawdust

  A good place to start educating yourself is the project farm YouTube channel. He does excellent reviews, buying the products instead of receiving free items from manufacturers. Some companies don't extend warranty to tools purchased on Amazon, so shopping locally is the smart move. If you choose that option, use your Amazon card for consumables like blades and bits or non-powered tools like wrenches. Cordless is the way to go with most power tools. Your first decision is which company you want to purchase. DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Makita are the top brands. Batteries do interchange between brands. Ryobi and Rigid are both manufactured by the company that owns Milwaukee. Ryobi has a bunch of gadgety tools. Rigid isn't as refined as Milwaukee, but has a lifetime warranty, including batteries. They are the only company to have a lifetime warranty. The only way to get this warranty is to purchase tools from Home Depot. Bosch and Metobo are somewhat second tier, not always having the best/latest features. Though some Bosch corded tools are very good. The best jigsaw I have is a Bosch. Their corded miter saw is very nice. Between the big three they all have certain tools that are best in class, which makes it difficult to decide which brand to purchase. Your primary tools will be a drill, a ¼" impact for driving screws and bolts, a circular saw, and a sawzall(reciprocating saw). In addition, you will find a power miter saw useful. An orbital sander is handy. I prefer corded for the sander as batteries either don't last long enough or the batteries that last longer make the tool heavy and awkward. If you purchase a reciprocating saw, invest in carbon toothed blades. They last a long time and power through wood and metal faster than standard blades. They go through metal extremely fast. For a shop vac Rigid is top of the line. While they share the same name as the power tools, the vacuums are made by a different company, Emerson Electric. Continuing with the Rigid name, their plumbing tools are top notch. Again, made by a different company. Their pipe wrenches are excellent. It is handy to have two pipe wrenches, one to hold the stationary pipe and the other to tighten the fitting. If you have pedestal sinks where the plumbing is visible, a smooth jawed pipe wrench won't mar the plumbing fittings. Other top tier brands of tools include Knipex, Fein, Festool(makes the best power miter saw but is very expensive), and Wera.

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• #3Jun 5, 2025

  These are the 25 most recommended vacuum cleaners on Reddit (based on 1,821 users, in the past year) wdyt?

  I’m kinda impressed that only one shop vacuum (Milwaukee) made it onto the list, and it’s not even all that nice. Fein, Festool, Starmix, all make very popular vacuums. They’re like super fancy versions of Rigid or Henry. Some of them even are even cordless as well.

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• #4Apr 4, 2025

  I’ve always been a Makita guy without knowing anything about the corporate side. My tools always just felt more solid and durable than coworkers’ Dewalt or Milwaukee. Then I saw this in r/construction.

  some people like a finish carpenter or furniture maker don't even go for battery format. they want the best tool for the job as their material and labor often completed is expensive. example the dewalt 10" mitersaw is best in 10" miter saws for accuracy. While milwaukee has the install driver for delicate fastening or their 1/2" high torque is a brute, and makita makes a wonderful drill and impact driver. and fein for the multi tool, and festool for a track saw. and whomever makes the domino cutter.

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• #5Feb 2, 2025

  Which tool brand ecosystem would you invest in for 2025 and why for the occasionally frugal DIYer?

  as a professional cabinetmaker / constructionjoiner Bosch (BLUE, dont get bosch green its dogshit) 18v battery powerd for every usual non-woodworking specific thing, drills, hammerdrills, sawzalls, jigsaws etc. also compatibale with a lot of great manufacurers because of 18v allience Fein (compatible with Bosch 18v if bough with AMPSHARE batteries) for Multitool (even though new Bosch one is definitly better) Mirka or Festool for sanding Otherwise for anything woodworking specific as well as vaccumes: definitly festool. Best tracksaws, routers, good orbit sanders. For rough timber frame carpentry: Mafell For drilling in concrete: Hilti FOR BEGINNERS OR HOBBISTS: Metabo: good overall, usually quiet inexpensive, made in germany, outstanding quality for price and features, practically bosch for hobbists. Also has 18v allience named CAS, would recomend to anyone looking for tools. Bosch: pretty expensive, but got everything you need. especially the basics. Practically last forever, especially corded tools. Has all the cool stuff form the specialist brands in blue. Milwaukee: Only worked with 12v dirlls, but seems pretty good in quality. Cons: made in china, no compatability with anything, just as expensive as bosch, more expensive then metabo. IMPORTANT: Get corded tools (with exeptions). You dont need everything battery powerd. Especially stuff that you use a lot in one secession, or only very few times. MY SUGGESTION: 12v or 18v Drill by Metabo (or just following hammerdrill with regular attachment) Bosch GBH 2-21F for concrete drilling, drilling big holes and driving large screws, great drill, lasts generations, pretty cheap aswell Old used festools Tracksaw TS 55 or 75 (corded) random old orbit sander, from above mentioned brands otherwise just get the stuff you need from the manufacturers i mentions "as for begineners" STAY AWAY FROM: Ridged, Ryobi, Makita (kindof), mayby dewalt (feels wierd and cheap) as well as hilti, hitachi (ex hioki) and mafell. just to expensive with practically no compatability

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• #6Jan 2, 2025

  They don't make them like this anymore

  I'd be pissed if I got only a decade from a shop vac. My Fein is more than double that, and still looks new. I do wipe it down occasionally and of course change the filter. It came with one that's washable, which has only been replaced once, IIRC. It also comes out completely for wet vacuuming.

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