Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Its in the hammer action, not in the fact it says 'SDS' on it.
However, SDS has become a convenient shorthand for "pneumatic impact"

Has it?

Pneumatic 'conventional' hammer drills *were* once available at a vast
price, but are any now? Can't see the point since SDS works so well.


My real point is that 'SDS' is simply a name, and has no actual
relationship to drill *quality* other than it specifies a certain form
of chuck/drill interface.

Which is why I am unhappy that everyone says 'get an SDS' rather than
'get a Makita XYZ 5000'