We drilled, sawed, nailed, sprayed, and more to put dozens of the latest power tools to the test for BobVila.com’s Tool of the Year Awards. These were the standouts.

Ryobi definitely makes some very impressive tools for a lot of situations, but competitor Milkwaukee makes several odds and ends Ryobi does not.

The way we control the speed of fan motors or pump motors has tremendously changed in the past two decades with the introduction of variable-frequency drives (VFDs), aka variable-frequency controllers (VFCs). In the distant past, convincing an owner or a ...

It's easy to understand how variable-speed motor drives benefit pumps and blowers from the energy curves that depict their performance. It is interesting to look at figures from the Energy Information Administration about where energy gets consumed in our ...

While a grinder and a polisher ostensibly do the same thing, you definitely should not use a grinder on your car's exterior. This is the proper tool to use.