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Hi, in Germany B&D was considerd a household item until around in the 80s workshops found they had had this cheap ugly green and red machine for years with no trouble. They earned a good reputation , now B&D started putting LEDs and stuff in their handdrills, a pity. Bosch comes in two colours green= household, LEDs and all, blue = pro Blue Bosch is upper third in quality, just below Festool, and sometimes equals makita. But really every top brand stands for some average and some very good maschines, like Festool, Flex, Fein, Kress, Mafell , Hilti , Milwaukee. Sometimes all the reputation stems from one standard machine in one trade and it doesnt mean the other stuff is really worth the high price. I understand the"professional only" in the post: when the amateur finds out he got himself a durable fine maschine it is out of production for five years the min and the producer has been sold twice in this time . Better look what they have in professional rental places and ask them, these people really know. And- they will not be chauvinist but professional ie know quality no matter whats on the label. ed wolf, prejudiced professional