I know plenty of people who work in the building trade and rely on Bosch tools (as well as others) which just last and last. They also said basically the same thing as you about DeWalt, yet it seems to be the brand a lot of people are thinking of when they say 'professional' tools. Festool may be a notch up but for the most part an unnecessary jump in price, according to their experience anyway. But the likes of Makita, Hitachi, Bosh, Milwaukee, etc come highly praised.
But that's besides the point, as much as I could talk about tools all day.
