How I Committed to My Tool PlatformAnd amidst all of that, I made my tool platform commitment about six months before I started working at this venerated publication. A fellow contractor was grabbing a Milwaukee tool from the display as I was looking over the mass assortment of the product line. When Power Tool FOMO StruckHere in the office, fellow editor and friend Brad Ford–we graduated high school together—has the Milwaukee platform and swears by it. I loved my DeWalt platform. And the question only grew in my mind: In the presence of so many amazing power tools, how on earth will I stay committed to one brand?