TID 18 impact, running on a bit after trigger released?

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I've recently bought a TID 18 impact driver and after I release the trigger it takes maybe half a second to come to a halt, in both directions and through all the speed settings.

I've come from using Hikoki impacts (more recently the triple hammer one which was a great machine that some barsteward nicked) and they stopped pretty much instantly when I released the trigger, same thing with the Dewalt ones I've used.

Now, as I never bought the Festool TID from new I don't know if they all do that (if so I'm seriously underwhelmed by them) or if I've just bought a dud.

So, do they all do this?
Or should I send it in for repair?
 
Mine stops pretty fast, too fast to be able to measure but might be up to 500ms which seems perfectly reasonable to me.

I did also try it with an extension bar and driver in it and it took minutely longer to stop, I'm guessing the extension and driver bit act like a flywheel and the added inertia adds that tiny extra time to come to a full stop.

Certainly doesn't seem anything I'd be worried about myself.
 
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