New to festool, Electrician in need of a drill!

[Kodi Crescent]

You don't want to be breathing any of the dust from rodent droppings.  There was some outbreak of some disease in the 90's associated with breathing the dust from rodent droppings.  I don't remember the name of the disease.  I think people were dying within a few days.

- Hantavirus - was the name of it.

 

[nyman_666]

I also work as an electrician and use the old c12 at work and it works just great. The only problem is drilling holes larger than 20-22mm, that requires often a corded drill or a larger battery drill. I use the Protool quadrive 18 volt or the protool corded drill for big holes. Bought a month ago the new c15 for private use and thats a nice compensation. It's lighter than the old c12 and stronger. 22mm holes are no longer any problem. I'd go for the c15 any day. Lightweight and powerful!

 

[GhostFist]

For drilling bigger holes the cxs isn't going to do it, BUT it is my go to drill for most of my screwing and small diameter drilling. I personally can't see how anyone could pass it up. The ultimate tight space drill IMO

 

[HowardH]

As an electrician, the feature that will make any of these drills a must-have for you will be the right-angle drive attachment.

I second that.  I was attaching a Wixey fence scale to my new Hammer K3 today and needed to drill a hole in the side of the steel table to use as an attach point.  A traditional drill wouldn't have worked.  I used the right angle attachment and it make it very easy.  This is only the second time I have used this attachment and it was a life saver.  I had no other way to drill this hole.  I told my wife this is why Festool is the best.

 

[FulThrotl]

Hey guys

I am a new member, I came across this site as I was trying to find information on the Festool CXS and C12 drills.

I am an Electrician, here in Ontario Canada

I am looking for the ultimate drill, I have owned and tried every other brands of compact drills, there are things I dislike about all of them. I have never tried a festool drill, I went to see them in store and I really liked the cxs. I am trying to see if the price is justifiable

i am an electrical contractor in southern california.

in my experience, you need a single drill.

T-18

it's US $625. suck it up, and buy it.

i took 5 drills off my truck that were replaced with this.
including a Milwaukee hole shooter, 1/2"

i've never ran a battery down yet in a day.

the right angle attachment will simply blow your mind.

now, if festool would get it together, and release the
18 volt carvex in the US, i could get rid of my sawzall.

 

[Vario]

Well I did it. I bought the cxs. Today was the first test!

I'm unfortunately going to try a T drill instead.

I really liked the weight of the cxs but it had a hard time with the 1-1/2 and 2 in screws. I like to leave my drills in high gear.
The thing that bothered me the most is the fact that I work using 6in long bits. I pry open the electrical boxes, I use the bit to twist wires around screws, the grip on the cxs is all the way back compared to a T-shaped drill. It felt weird to work use overall.

I have to say the cxs is a nice little tool but not exactly made for me. (Personal choice, that's all)

I'm not quittin' yet. I'll spend the extra 200 bucks and try the T12 or T15. I'll probably go T12 for the weight factor and it should be enough power wise.

Anyone knows if these still turn in -20 degree C temperature?

 

[fdengel]

I think I'm going to +1 to the poster who suggested considering an impact driver in this situation.

Mine is a Ryobi, but regardless of brand, for driving tough screws it just does a much better job than most drills, while still being small and light.  I just checked and the Ryobi is apparently just a bit under 3 lbs, I'm guessing w/o the battery.

They are noisy, though...

Note that I do love my (older version) C12 as well.  It's great for most things, including most screws, but if I (rarely) run into screws that it chokes on, the impact driver will get them practically every time.

Since you already have other drills that you are using to make holes...