Tabless batteries, cordless router and nailer

Zaph

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Good day everyone,

First time poster but long-time lurker, there's three items that are always on my mind when thinking about the next Festool products, and I think fit in very well within the ecosystem:

  • Tabless batteries: Honestly, every single competitor has them, I'm surprised Festool doesn't. An 8Ah seems like the obvious first one (and I know that Festool, as a relative small company, has to make conscious decisions and can't just mass release a ton of things), but a 4Ah would be fantastic as well (I know usually the argument is that for smaller batteries you wouldn't take full advantage of it's added power since you typically use those type of batteries in less power hungry machines. But still, longer runtime and less heat (longer lifespan) wouldn't hurt.
  • Cordless compact router: A glaring omission from my point of view in the router line-up. A compact cordless palm router, with attachable dust extraction "plate" and seperate plunge base as optional accessory. In typical Festool fashion better dust extraction, lower weight and better ergonomics than the competition.
  • A cordless brad/finish nailer: With the kind of products Festool has in it's ecoystem, I would say that this makes for a great complimentary machine. What Festool could do to really make it standout from the competition (apart from better ergonomics and less weight/bulkiness) would be to have a base machine and then interchangeable adapters for different types of gauges and/or staples (so instead of buying different machines for 16/18 gauges nails and one for staples you'd have one base machine and then they could sell different adapter accessoires). Now, I'm a complete layman and have no idea if this is even possibe from an engineering point of view. But when I look at the competition, there's always like 4-5 nailers in their line-up and I'm always left thinking how annoying it is that you have to buy seperate machines.
 
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