Funny you say that! I live by that saying!!!!

i have a ryobi 1/2” impact and it breaks the lugs loose just fine on my F350 and fifth wheel.

I’ve owned my 20v dewalt heavy duty 1/2” impact for three years and have used it very heavily (hours every week). I’ve never had so much of a hiccup out of it. Definitely a quality and very powerful tool.

Ryobi, milwaukee, and rigid are all made by the same people. IIRC, they accept the same batteries, too.

Couldn’t remember for sure on the batteries. One thing I learned after spending my entire career in the corporate world is this: When a company offers many different brands of products under different names, even with different manufacturing facilities for each product, most of the materials, components, and even engineering is sourced/shared between each product. But it’s been 20 years since I’ve owned any of these three brands so I wouldn’t have any first hand knowledge on their similarities or differences.

but I wasn’t discounting the quality of these tools by any means. My father in law uses rigid in his plumbing business and loves them. I’ve used Milwaukee and Ryobi and were satisfied with both.