Brands
Who makes what, and what each one is good at
Most tool brands are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, and where the same factory sells the same machine under three badges.
- STAHLWERK Germany The catalog brand of German welding — broad, cheap and everywhere 12 reviews
- WELDINGER Germany The brand that publishes duty cycle when almost nobody else does 6 reviews
- IPOTOOLS Friedrichshafen, Germany A published address and a seven-year warranty 6 reviews
- VEVOR International The reference that travels — and the specification that often does not 8 reviews
- Einhell Landau, Germany Home-workshop machines with the honest word « temporary » on the label 6 reviews
- Bosch Professional Germany The blue line: ergonomics published as specifications 4 reviews
- Scheppach Ichenhausen, Germany Cast iron where it matters, at prices that suggest otherwise 5 reviews
- GYS Laval, France A French manufacturer that names the electrodes its machines will run 2 reviews
- metabo Nürtingen, Germany The brand that published both air figures when nobody else did 4 reviews
- Stamos Welding Group Germany Long leads, published duty cycles and CNC plasma at hand-tool prices 4 reviews
- Makita Anjō, Japan Sealed against the dust the tool makes itself 3 reviews
- Telwin Villaverla, Italy An Italian manufacturer since 1963, priced accordingly 2 reviews