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

[demographic]

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?

 

[waho6o9]

All mine shut off quickly

 

[luvmytoolz]

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.

 

[demographic]

Hmm, it's definitely noticeable on the one I have.
I can't believe that the designers would have looked at all the other offerings by other manufacturers and thought they should make a significantly inferior version.

I reckon its got to be a dud, its too much run on.

 

[luvmytoolz]

I couldn't find any references to figures for stop times, but if you feel it's so significantly inferior the best option might just be to return it for a refund.

I could be wrong but I'd be dubious sending it in for repair with the hope of shaving 100-200ms off the current max 500ms stop time will result in any significant difference.