Vecturo decision

[Mismarked]

After buying my first Festool a couple of months ago, I have been steadily replacing all of my older power tools with Festools.  I discovered that my better half doesn’t complain about the buying side of the equation if I give the older tools to her nephew, and I have recently been looking at getting the Vecturo and giving up the old Dewalt reciprocating saw.  I have never used an oscillating or multi-tool before, but it seems like one of those tools that you don’t think you need until you have a sudden need for it.  Last week, I was trying to repair some damage from our dogs, which had eaten the corners off of our stairs and also chewed some holes in the sheetrock, but I couldn’t really reach some of the spots with the reciprocating saw.  Peter Parfitt’s review of the Vecturo made it seem like the perfect tool.  I am wondering if there is anything that you can do with a reciprocating saw that you couldn’t do just as (or more) easily with a combination of the Vecturo and the Carvex (which I bought recently).  Any thoughts?  I would use it a lot, as this is probably the fifth time I have had to repair dog holes in the sheetrock.  They also eat baseboards, furniture, and anything else made out of wood, and especially like Sipo dominos.

 

[Joe Jensen]

The oscillating tool is very different from a reciprocating saw.  I am in the middle of a gut/renovate master bath and I used my new Vecturo a ton.  I cut the subfloor around the perimeter with the Vecturo and it worked a lot better for that purpose than I expected.  I had a Fein like 20 years ago and never really found it useful.  I ended up giving it to my brother. 

I also have a big Milwaukee Reciprocating saw and a small Bosch 12V battery one. I use the small Bosch for tons of things.

Very different tools.

 

[AlexThePalex]

I am wondering if there is anything that you can do with a reciprocating saw that you couldn’t do just as (or more) easily with a combination of the Vecturo and the Carvex (which I bought recently). 

They're not in the same league.

A recipro saw is a lot rougher tool than a Carvex or a Vecturo. The recipro is mostly used for demolition work like replacing windows or cutting out pieces of wall, that's where it shines due to its power and the long blades.

Tools like a jigsaw or a multitool are much smaller and more precise, and better suited for smaller jobs where you build something instead of demolish it. That's what I think.

For example, the other day I was doing a remodel on an apartment, and some company came to replace a window with its frame, they cut it out with a recipro saw and an angle grinder. Now that something you don't do with a jigsaw or a multitool. But when it was time to fit the new window, they only used their jigsaw to cut all the aluminium and plastic pieces to size.

I myself can live without a recipro saw. But not without a jigsaw. And I've got the Fein MultiMaster now for some time, and it slowly but surely is becomming one of my most used tools.

 

[Frank Pellow]

I can't think of any tasks that I do with my reciprocating saw that I would choose to do with my Vecturo.

I sometimes do choose to use my Carvex with a long blade instead of my reciprocating saw but there are many tasks (such as the one in the photo) that can not be done with a jigsaw. 

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They really are three very different tools.

 

[Mismarked]

Thanks.  And thanks for the photo.  Holy cow!  I have a small battery powered reciprocating saw that I have used for small odds and ends a couple of times a year, like cutting holes in sheetrock or cutting PVC and the like.  Never done any demolition and would have never even thought to have used it on a tree like that.