I started a thread on the same topic on the Family Woodworking forum and, yesterday, Chris Elsworthy who is the person who designed this tool responed within that thread. Chris said:
Hi all, I can understand your thoughts and agree with some of them. I'm the inventor and engineer responsible for this product. The idea for this product is not to replace industrial standalone product, but to take the functionality of these product to places not normally possible. It all runs from one of the 18volt batteries supplied so it can't be compared to corded products, just as corded drills and cordless drill have different uses. Our customers so far have been 50% Diy'ers and 50% trade, kitchen fitters, flooring, & general builders etc. One of the key features are that the power tools are not compromised by having extra functions, the only difference being the battery simply separates from the product above the handle instead of the traditional below. This allows the set to pack much smaller and enable the extra functionality. Have a look at it face-to-face to make your own conclusions..
Cheer
Chris
My response to Chris was:
Chris and, as I said when I introduced this thread, I love your design.
If you were to beef up the system and make it larger and more industrial strength (such as replacing plastic with metal, supporting table extensions, supporting larger batteries, and a few other things that would be obvious to me if I used the system), then I would definately be interested and would probably pay up to $1,000 for it.
