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- Home Depot and Lowe’s are two of the best home-improvement stores in the US in terms of customer satisfaction, offering professionals and non-professionals alike all they need to complete the DIY project of their dreams.
- The two are often compared to see which is the better go-to home-improvement retailer. Business Insider wrote in a 2018 review that Home Depot had much more to offer than Lowe’s, and it was more popular among millennials who named it their home-improvement store of choice, according to a Bank of America survey.
- But while Walmart is in no way as specialized in home improvement as Lowe’s or Home Depot, we wondered which retailer was the best option for the everyday shopper in search of some essential home-improvement items.
- We visited all three stores to see what each offers overall in home improvement and to see how easy it was to locate three standard items: a hammer, a tape measure, and a box of nails.
- Home Depot stuck out for its wide selection in various departments, Lowe’s for its overall displays and branding, and Walmart for being the perfect place for the average shopper.
- While Home Depot and Lowe’s certainly have more to offer and seemed designed for professional builders and do-it-yourselfers tackling bigger projects, you can fill all your basic home improvement needs at Walmart for a fraction of the price and time.
- Here’s how the three stores compare.
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Our first stop was a Lowe’s store in San Francisco, California. This is one of the company’s 2,200 or more locations in North America, according to Lowe’s website.
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Upon walking in, we saw trash bins and brooms, just to name a couple of the mounds of different products lining the shelves and aisles.
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But first things first! Where could we find a hammer?
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