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http://toolguyd.com/hitachi-acquires-metabo-power-tools/#comment-757589
I heard rumors about Metabo going into Lowes stores but didn’t think Hitachi buying them out was going to be a thing. It makes sense as Metabo has been really aggressive trying to get their name out again they tried to grow the brand a few years ago, but it flopped because of limited distribution.
Yeah I heard a rumor about this on the FOG last week but it was unsubstatiated at the time. I actually wined a couple of Hitachi tools that I really liked but I’m not sure what to think here. Metabo is a high end manufacturer of quality tools. Hitachi makes good tools and vibrators. Hmmmmmm
wow! that’s great news!
The Hitachi Press release was an interesting read. I’ll be curious to see what they do with the brand now. Sounds like Metabo may start showing up at Lowes with the agreement with Hitachi. It might be a good step for Lowe’s since I personally feel that Home Depot has the better lineup of tools.
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Reading Stuart’s post it appears they already are showing up at Llwes. Was at mine yesterday and didn’t see any. The do have a back room though with beads over the door and a Hitachi emblem covered with feathers.
You have to be 18 or older to enter?chrisk wrote:
Reading Stuart’s post it appears they already are showing up at Llwes. Was at mine yesterday and didn’t see any. The do have a back room though with beads over the door and a Hitachi emblem covered with feathers.
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chrisk wrote:
Yeah I heard a rumor about this on the FOG last week but it was unsubstatiated at the time. I actually wined a couple of Hitachi tools that I really liked but I’m not sure what to think here. Metabo is a high end manufacturer of quality tools. Hitachi makes good tools and vibrators. Hmmmmmm
What are you talking about Chrisk its just a neck massager!!
Well Metabo and Hitachi haven’t been able to make in roads into the power tool market as much as they wanted. The big three just dominate Dewalt, Makita, and Milwaukee and HD has exclusives with two of them!! Lowes needed to do something their tool selection sucks for the most part losing Milwaukee to HD was a huge loss did Lowes have Makita at one point? I’m not sure I know Milwaukee was carried till TTI bought out Milwaukee.
I will say Lowes just changed their display and they have a ton of new Bosch tools on display but no stock outside of the display units.
Oh…..and yeah…..that HAS to be a neck massager 😉
Out of all the tool companies Bosch seems to the slowest when it comes to new tools. I won’t say they don’t innovate the wireless charging is cool, but they are pretty out classed when it comes to power compared to the other brands right now when it comes to cordless tools. They are durable quality tools just kinda boring I would have put Makita on that list when I first joined TIA they were really slow when it came to updating and adding new tools back then also. I think Milwaukee and Dewalt releasing some pretty nice brushless tools caused them to step of their game.
I don’t disagree with you Jason. I will say they have released a 4.0 wireless pack finally! I hope they keep expanding the brushless line I’m really digging my me PS22 driver!
Neck massager…so that’s what I’ve been doing wrong!chrisk wrote:
I will say Lowes just changed their display and they have a ton of new Bosch tools on display but no stock outside of the display units.
Oh…..and yeah…..that HAS to be a neck massager 😉
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but hitachi makes the best framing nailers ever lol there other tools aint the greatest but fuck there nailers are perfectchrisk wrote:
Yeah I heard a rumor about this on the FOG last week but it was unsubstatiated at the time. I actually wined a couple of Hitachi tools that I really liked but I’m not sure what to think here. Metabo is a high end manufacturer of quality tools. Hitachi makes good tools and vibrators. Hmmmmmm
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torontotoolman wrote:
but hitachi makes the best framing nailers ever lol there other tools aint the greatest but fuck there nailers are perfect
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No doubt Toronto…. Their newest vibrator is called the Hitachi Nailer and its subtitled “we nail you soooooo haaaaaahd”
Hahahahaha just kidding. Your dead on about the nailers and truthfully they make one of the best SCSM’s on the market and their compact air compressor is actually quite good! I just hope they keep the two companies operating separately because Metabo is really a high end manufacturer.
these companies go where the money is at……..some times whatever it takes…….for example Porter Cable once produced higher end power tools then went mainstream……
i forgot to post this yesterday when I heard. Hitachi Koki wants a share in the European market.
Hitachi would probably sell more tools if they didn’t look like toys from Nickelodeon in the 1990s.
BMack37 wrote:
Hitachi would probably sell more tools if they didn’t look like toys from Nickelodeon in the 1990s.
This. It’s one thing when your brand name sucks, but when you’re tools look awful it’s a recipe for mediocrity.
The biggest thing with both Hitachi and (to a lesser extent) Bosch, is that North America isn’t their primary market. Hitachi is pretty big in Asia as Bosch is in Europe.
Yep. You guys talk about Dewalt for instance as if they compete with Milwaukee in volume, and perhaps they do in America. In Australia (and I”m sure lots of other non-US locations), they have no where near the market-share or popularity as Milwaukee / Makita. They are somewhere around Bosch (in cordless) and less so in electric.
My point being that American stuff is popular in America. European stuff is popular there etc…
I know right one of the best grinders i ever used was by Walter Surface Industries…….most of you probably never even heard of them before……not big on cordless power tools but are big with production fabrication shops and truthfully that is no place for cordless…..
my world has been turned upside down over reading aout hitachi buying metabo. anyone know what exactly is gonna happen to metabo? are they keeping the name ? are they gonna make more of the tools in crap china?
Welcome to the forum Joe. There is another thread on the acquisition in the forums but we really don’t know what’s going on. Lots of speculation though.
im very concerned over metabo quality going down the tubes! It doesnt matter anyway everything is made like shit in shit china
Merged the two posts.
Joe, I would hope that Hitachi will use Metabo as their high end line, keep the name and try to compete with Makita, Milwaukee, Dewalt, even maybe Hilti.. Hitachi should at that point fall back to compete with the entry/middle grade tool companys. I would love to see solid, quality expansion of Metabo and much better distribution.
Metabo could take off as a tool brand they need to run a few promo’s to get people interested though.
Hitachi has always been a high end brand, as a whole, I think they bought Metabo because they weren’t being successful in the tool market. I’m willing to bet that nothing changes with Metabo quality but will see a difference with distributon. I imagine Hitachi’s line of tool will see more change than Metabo…and Hitachi’s tools aren’t bad. It’s not the stuff on the inside that stops people from buying Hitachi, it’s the stuff on the outside.