State of the Nation (NAINA) for Drills or 'What is about to change'??

[eightball]

Okay, forgive me - I'm sure this info is all contained already in forums (and I've read through a bunch of it, thanks) but I'm trying to figure out what people's best guess is on the drill roadmap and availability in the US.

I see the Quaddrive but then I also heard that all the C handle drills are getting updated (true or did I hear incorrectly?)

Basically, I'm thinking of making the dive into Festool drills but I don't want to buy into a tool that's just about to be updated in the next 6 months and then kick myself.

It looks like the only model that's recently updated and unlikely to change is the CXS - is that right?

Thanks for the wisdom,

Anthony

P.S. I guess festool products don't get updated quite as frequently - but we could use something like the macrumors.com buying guide that offers folks a pretty good historical sense of product timelines and when to buy and when to hold on for 6 months.  Again, I recognize I'm comparing apples to ... but it might help as a sort of 'top of the list' sticky to tell you where each tool is in it's product cycle.

 

[SittingElf]

+1 on the CXS!

Whatever you buy more powerful later, you MUST have the CXS... It's an AWESOME drill!! 

Great intro to Festool drilling.

Cheers,

Frank

 

[AlexThePalex]

but then I also heard that all the C handle drills are getting updated (true or did I hear incorrectly?)

I don't think the drill itself is going to be updated for the next 3 years, the C15 is very new. Only thing that's getting upgraded from time to time is the battery capacity, in Europe the C15 now comes with a 4.2 Ah battery, while on the USA website it mentions 3.0 Ah

It looks like the only model that's recently updated and unlikely to change is the CXS - is that right?

I'm not sure they updated anything about the CXS, it's still the same drill as it was when it was just released, like 3? years ago.