Invest in a TS or TSC?

[Packard]

Some tools I use almost exclusively at the work bench.  For those, I prefer corded tools.  They are cheaper, generally have more powerful (or faster spinning) motors and I don’t have to concern myself with remembering to charge the batteries.

For example, my electric drill.  For all on site drilling, I prefer my battery powered drill.  But for pocket holes or dowels which I generally do at the workbench, I prefer a corded drill.  My DeWalt electric drill (corded) spins at 2,800 rpms and does not appear to slow under load.  My cordless drill (not a Festool) spins at 1,100 rpms and appears to slow down about 20% under load.  So the corded drill is spinning about 3 times the speed. You’d be surprised how much faster that makes pocket hole or dowel hole drilling.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I'm pretty sure that Kreg has an "optimal speed" recommendation in their instructions, which at one time insinuated corded drill, but cordless has come a long way.
Faster cuts cleaner, whether you actually care about speed or not.

As far as the original question, I'm in the same situation as Jim_in_Pa. I am all corded in my Festool, except the CXS. Drills/drivers are Makita.

 

[Skylier36]

Appreciate all the feedback, I think I'll go the corded route since I'm building out a 19x12 shop space now.
Will be hooked to a CT dust extractor all the time anyways.
Still need to consider larger Dust Extraction for the bench tools, but that's for convo I'm sure someone else has started.