Slightly Above Average Podcast
Slightly Above Average Podcast
John Malecki, Sam Poola, and Joe Meinert
We Ranked Every Tool Brand Fanbase
1 hour 27 minutes Posted Jul 3, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Tool Brand Loyalty Gets Weird
Milwaukee Superfans And The M18 Life
Festool Status Precision And Quiet Judgement
Sponsor Break First Form
Snap-on Exclusivity And Financing Reality
Bosch Defenders And Underrated German Tools
DeWalt As The Jobsite Default
TikTok Tool Gamble And Snack Break
The Hot Dog Argument Nobody Needed
Harbor Freight Then Versus Now
Makita Takes And Japan Dreaming
Tier List Rankings And Final Verdicts
Voicemails Listener Topics And Wrap
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Every tool brand has a fanbase, and every fanbase has a guy you can picture instantly — the Milwaukee guy who calls his batteries an "investment," the Ryobi homeowner who bought one weed whacker and woke up in a 47-tool ecosystem, the Snap-on guy making $85K and owing $120K on the truck. Today we're not ranking the tools — we're ranking the people who worship them. We draft the stereotypes, put each other on trial for our own brand sins, and then tier every fanbase from S to F. Somebody at th...