TID 18. Bought on day one. Given up

Oaklandust

Oaklandust

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I cannot use this tool anymore, something I’m bummed about. I wish I had returned it within the return window.

This was my most anticipated tool launch, ever. I had missed with my colleagues about the need for the BEST impact driver, which Festool should make, long before this came out. I was at the store on my way to work as soon as they opened on launch day.

I ordered the driver bits set, and was really very excited to use it.

After a while, I started noticing a pain in my inner elbow, that went down to my wrist. I did not connect the dots - that this had started when I switched drivers. I still didn’t notice until I was driving a 3 ½” #8 TX screw into glue lam and hit a stop behind the material. The gun torqued my arm, zinging the *exact* places I had been suffering this weird new pain.

I switched back to my Bosch GDR18V-1800C and the pain has gone. My screw sets are more precise, it’s just a much better machine than the Festool.

What a shame.

I’ve set thousands of screws in a day with the Bosch. Never a complaint about back-torque. The Festool is not a viable tool for me.

I did get to love the magnetic bit slide though. That’s something I will miss.
 
put on the classifieds here it'll sell quick and you'll get most of your money back
 
Did you play with the power settings? Magbe your ln full speed all the time without the need?

Just s thought...

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I have used a number of impact driver but not hydraulic ones. From a subjective (old and tired grey cells) perspective the TID 18 is certainly no worse for fatigue or vibration. My wrist (and other very important bits) are very arthritic yet I have had no problems with the one that I have been using.

The 4 power settings really do make this tool very adjustable for the job in hand.

Peter
 
Yeah of course. I drive a lot of screw types in a build, from tiny finish head screws on up.

I did adjust the settings, as I was used to doing with my Bosch (which also features slow start and such.)

My conclusion is simply, it’s not a very good machine for a person who cannot remember the last working day he spent without a screw gun in hand. I think it’s a poor design and shows the nativity of Festool in the sector. After just a few days back with the Bosch, what I’d thought was some weird injury, that was causing an endless nagging pain, is gone.

My second only complaint regarding any Festool product aside from my 18V Carvex, which is just a pain in the ass.
 
Oaklandust said:
My second only complaint regarding any Festool product aside from my 18V Carvex, which is just a pain in the ass.
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Not counting the Kapex's burnt-out motor, the Carvex was the only Festool tool that people I know in person regretted about buying: Way over-priced for jigsawing jobs, they finally figured. I hardly (never?) use a jigsaw for furniture making, so I'm more than contended with my Black & Decker kind of jigsaw.
 
You know, when you're used to using a certain tool for a long time, your hand gets used to that particular shape and can have trouble adapting to a new tool with a slightly different shape. It has nothing to do with the quality of the tool.

I've used a certain mouse with my computer for years and it worked great, but then it broke and I had to buy a new one. I got one as close to the old one as I could find but it was just a few millimeters bigger. My hand was hurting in a week. Then I tried several other mice in, including those with a so called "ergonomical" shape, and they were even worse. Then I finaly found the old type again and all my hand problems were over.
 
The only thing negative I can say about my TiD is WHY DID IT TAKE FESTOOL SO LONG TO MAKE A GREAT IMPACT? There, got that off my chest. This is the first impact I have used that is a great replacement for my 18v Makita LXT impact! The Makita is now getting lonely. Will probably sell it soon. Also, I think Alex may be on to something  with muscle memory playing a role in Oaklandust's problem.

Jack
 
Sorry you do not like it. Love it and I am driving buckets of decking screws with it, from 3-5 inches. love it. My Makitas are now living in the bitch bag of allowable to be borrowed tools.  Just sell it and get your money out of it and move on.
 
Doesn't it occur to anyone that the particular unit that the OP might have an issue ?
I've never felt mine back-torque to my wrist so far

I'd suggest comparing it to another unit back to back, and/or having it checked up by Festool
 
I would check your tool settings? Either that or take an Advil and see if that helps. You might have Carpal tunnel syndrome, I would get your wrist looked at?. I used the TID at a local store. I didn’t drive any screws, but overall felt nice in the hand, and didn’t feel like it would toss me off a ladder? My Makita Impact will turn into a toss it into the dirt  / outside the shop tool.
 
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