Autolycus wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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So, in the end, it's a matter of judgement: the manufacturers' and the
users', and I really don't think that a single figure, or a set of
figures, or even a couple of graphs, is going to help anyone a great
deal. So we'll carry on as we do now: marketing departments will
insist on quoting implausible and meaningless numbers, and we'll
carry on buying on the basis of hearsay, budget, and prejudice (or
accumulated wisdom, as some prefer to call it). Oh, and engineering
judgement - but not fancy colours or go-faster stripes.

I'm actually put off of Hitachi because of the Dan Dare design. I
understand that they are extreemly good tools, but they just look plain
silly to me.

Bells & whistles seem to be the favourite way of adding value to cheapo
power tools. Lasers in particular are a bit of a waste of time IMO.



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