They continue to take pride in there sales department and their quality customer service today. It has served them well, with annual sales over $1 billon. Black & Decker offers a full line of replacement parts and accessories for all their power tools. This means you can always find what you are looking for, even if your Black & Decker power tool is a few years old. You may not know what accessories you are going to need down the road for a particular power tool. That can keep you from purchasing the power tool kit with accessories, then you may wish you had them down the road. Take some time to research the power tool you wish to purchase. Find out about the various accessories available and their use. I know on several occasions I have reached for my cordless screwdriver and found the charge completely dead because I didn t charge it up. You will need to remember better than I do to recharge your cordless power tools. While you can easily recharge the batteries, some power tools have a battery that gets weaker over time. It doesn t matter how great of a power tool is, if it is too much for the budget then it can t even be considered. Most power tools are reasonably priced but you are going to run across some heavy duty, top of the line power tools that have a price tag to reflect it. Keep in mind the cost is more than just the purchase price. Some people just don t feel comfortable operating power tools. That is fine, and you shouldn t feel forced into doing so. This is just opening the door for potential accidents to happen. If you are willing to learn to operate specific power tools that is one thing, but if you feeling pressured to do so you are going to have too much anxiety to operate it. You can create wonderful works of art with a router and some various accessories. The reviews on routers are fairly divided. If you know how to use one properly then you absolutely love it. If you are intimidated by it, then you feel like it is the one power tool you can do without. Sanders are very basic power tools, but they can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes you to complete a project.