Recon Craziness?

[onocoffee]

The past 24 hours have seen quite a deluge of gear on the Recon site. I've noticed that the overwhelming majority of recon items are "C" battery powered tools. Is this some sort of indication that the battery powered tools are not as durable as the corded versions? That said, there are some nice deals to be had.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

That may be the case. Battery tools are great for "handy", but for longer term use? I can't imagine sanding with cordless. Multi-tool maybe? Jigsaw maybe? but for me, those are "quicky" tools.
Drills/drivers are considerably easier on batteries than most others.
I just don't see the advantage of cordless, since you are tied to the CT anyway.

 

[Michael Kellough]

That may be the case. Battery tools are great for "handy", but for longer term use? I can't imagine sanding with cordless. Multi-tool maybe? Jigsaw maybe? but for me, those are "quicky" tools.
Drills/drivers are considerably easier on batteries than most others.
I just don't see the advantage of cordless, since you are tied to the CT anyway.

Loosing the power cord requires 50% less cord consciousness resulting in a significant increase in peace of mind.  [smile]

I just used a sweet little 12 volt Bosch cordless RO sander prepping my porch floor for painting. It was nice to not need to move the little cord out of the way all the time. The vac cord is much less of a nuisance and easier to slide out of the way.

 

[woodferret]

For reno work, a second handy sander like the DTSC for touchups or getting into awkward places would be useful alongside your corded main.

 

[Cypren]

That may be the case. Battery tools are great for "handy", but for longer term use? I can't imagine sanding with cordless. Multi-tool maybe? Jigsaw maybe? but for me, those are "quicky" tools.
Drills/drivers are considerably easier on batteries than most others.
I just don't see the advantage of cordless, since you are tied to the CT anyway.

The cordless sanders have pretty decent internal dust collection even when using the dust bag without the CT. You're not going to use them for big sanding jobs like that, but it can be great for when you need to sand inside of tight spaces, since you don't have to deal with the power cord or the vacuum hose. And it's not like you have to choose either/or: the mains adapter that comes in the full sander kit means that you can use them as corded finish sanders the majority of the time when you're in the shop; you simply have the option to do otherwise when it would be useful.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Loosing the power cord requires 50% less cord consciousness resulting in a significant increase in peace of mind.  [smile]

The cord and hose are conveniently the same length, so attaching them removes that concern totally.
Whether you use the tools with extraction is your choice, of course, but they were designed that way.

 

[semenza]

The past 24 hours have seen quite a deluge of gear on the Recon site. I've noticed that the overwhelming majority of recon items are "C" battery powered tools. Is this some sort of indication that the battery powered tools are not as durable as the corded versions? That said, there are some nice deals to be had.

  I am speculating but I don't think so. Many / most of the recon tools are pretty new when returned to Festool. No time on them to know about durability. Many of them are also 30 day returns under the "I just didn't like it" category.

  I would guess that Festool is selling more cordless than corded versions (assuming both are available for a given tool) at this point which would generate more returns of the same.

Seth

 

[Cheese]

That may be the case. Battery tools are great for "handy", but for longer term use? I can't imagine sanding with cordless. Multi-tool maybe? Jigsaw maybe? but for me, those are "quicky" tools.
Drills/drivers are considerably easier on batteries than most others.
I just don't see the advantage of cordless, since you are tied to the CT anyway.

Loosing the power cord requires 50% less cord consciousness resulting in a significant increase in peace of mind.  [smile]

I just used a sweet little 12 volt Bosch cordless RO sander prepping my porch floor for painting. It was nice to not need to move the little cord out of the way all the time. The vac cord is much less of a nuisance and easier to slide out of the way.

I'm with Michael... [smile] ...I usually reach for the cordless version first and throw on the dustbag. The exception to this is recently I've been cutting a lot of 1-1/2" thick foam board insulation with the TSC 55. Because of the static cling of the dust, I've been using the saw with a CT attached.