The Medway Handyman wrote:
wrote:
It's interesting to see over the months how you've come round to
buying pro tools. I think your road to Damascus was when you finally
tried an impact driver.

Yes, agreed. It was actually the Makita jigsaw, reinforced by the Makita
impact driver. I won't buy anything but Makita from now on, it's just so
good and 'does exactly what is says on the tin'.

Its certainly a safe way to know you will get something that is at a
minimum "good" and will last (and I have never been disappointed with
any of my Makita kit), but don't discount the other quality brands since
each will have tools that come out as "best of breed".

For example, the Makita portable planar thicknesser is a very good
machine, but I think my DeWalt DW733 has the edge on it in a number of
small but important details. The big 9" Hitachi circular saws are very
nice, as are Trend and Freud routers etc.

You just don't realise the difference until you use the kit every day. It's
not just the longevity, its the way they do the job.

I think the jigsaw test is an ideal way to convince anyone who doubts
the value of decent tools. The Makita in particular is just *so* much
better than most peoples experience of a jigsaw as to be really quite
surprising even if you are expecting it to be lots better.


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Cheers,

John.

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