Deformed Tree: very well put, and I agree.
I held out for an impact for a long time. It's not a big thing though I was hoping for Festool to bring one out. One that works well I mean, not like the Ti15 which is heavy, overdesigned and underperforming and in a voltage class deemed obsolete by both Festool and the market. Same with the BHC 18 - great little hammer and nice in hand but no light chiseling in the line up? Slight oversight, but again, no biggie in the greater scheme of things.
But all of these perceived shortcomings - and they are shortcomings as there are other companies offering the features that Festool lack and catering to the same tradesmen, most of which are interested in keeping within one or two battery platforms.
Not too long ago I decided NOT to expand my Festool 18V system and went the other direction: I put together an 18V skeleton crew of the DRC18/4 the C18 and the BHC18 and sold the rest, the T18, the Carvex, the Drywall gun and my other BHC18 since I decided to contract rather than expand my Festool investments.
I went with Hitachi instead for the drill hammer with chiseling, clip on Vac and exchangeable chucks, triple hammer impact, angle grinder, multicutter and jigsaw and all these I got for what I sold the excess Festool gear for. Added the Hitachi 18V drywall gun which works way better than Festool for screw strips. And it was the best change over I've made - better performance and better ergonomics across the board and with the features I lacked from Festool. My only regret is that I didn't make the leap sooner.
I still have a slot open for Festool gear for second fix and assembly work and will give the impact a try for sure - to put a little more meat back on the skeleton crew...
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