Davej said:orm8426 said:For what it's worth I was talking to a guy who works for Hilti a few months ago, he's an area sales manager. I asked him what make Hilti so good and expensive.
He said obviously he has a slightly bias opinion, but his analogy was that Hilti are true industrial rated tools as opposed just high end trade tools. i.e. Festool is the Toyota Land Cruiser or Range Rover i.e. they are the very best of the mainstream 4x4 vehicles, where as Hilti is the military spec Humvee.
I'm glad my festool drills don't have the reliability issues of range rovers . Humvee = brute force / No finesse . Hilti make good kit but their drills and festool drills are totally different beasts .
Dave
sae said:WelshWood said:This is the hard part, I'm into Conservation and Renovation mainly, but that also groups first fix, second fix and trim, so in short, I do all aspects of site carpentry with a pinch of workshop when I want to get artistic
If power is readily available then there is no question that corded should be the preference, however, alot of the time I find myself only having to drill
I'd avoid them 4 in 1's . Years ago when Makita first bought them out my local dealer was getting loads back for warranty repair. It's just too much stuff squashed in a tool.orm8426 said:Makita do make a 4in1:
http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/makita-btp141rfe-18v-li-ion-4-mode-combi-p145978?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=product-extensions&gclid=CJqbu9L4wcQCFdMatAodk3cA_g
I know it's not the lovely green and black brand, but looks like a decent piece of kit.
promhandicam said:I was using my PDC today for driving 5 x 50mm screws into oak and it was a complete PITA. Had to keep changing the torque setting depending on how dense the bit of oak was - too low and it cuts out before the screw is tight, too high and it wrenches your wrist when the screw bottoms out. Ended up going out to the van to get my hilti impact which was lighter and so much easier. If you want something primarily for driving screws then go for an impact driver.