Milwaukee
Power tools · Last assessed 6/9/2026
Score breakdown
Parts Availability82
Schematic Access86
Repairability80
OEM Pricing76
Software Freedom80
Why this grade
Milwaukee publishes complete Service Parts List bulletins with exploded views and operator's manuals as free public PDFs (documents.milwaukeetool.com), and parts are obtainable via After-Sales Service (1.800.SAWDUST), authorized service centers, and third parties. Batteries are cell-rebuildable. Score is held back by ONE-KEY 'Tool Lockout,' an owner-controlled software feature that can remotely render smart tools inoperable (and has caused reported random lockouts), complicating secondhand resale and self-service; it is anti-theft rather than parts-pairing DRM, so the software penalty is moderate.