In message , Martin
wrote

I saw a German test of power tools on German TV. The cheap no name makes had a
very short life.

That's always been true but these days the no-name tools are probably of
an equal quality to the cheaper tools of the past that carried well
known brand names and were sold in the sheds to the DIY market. If you
want something of a professional grade then still expect to pay a lot of
money.

Even well known brands are made in China to a price and often the same
no-name item will carry different main stream branding. Sometimes the
quality of a product improves when manufacture is moved to a modern far
eastern assembly plant!

It's not just tools, the well known brands of the UK hi-fi market,
Wharfedale, Mission, Quad and Audiolab are just a brand name owned by
IAG that is put the badges on items built in their Shenzhen factory.


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Alan
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