On 2008-04-10 14:19:09 +0100, "Doctor Drivel" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:47fd02fb@qaanaaq...

Makita or Bosch would be much better choices in terms of build quality
and usability.

Why this obsession that only Makita a quality product, when others are
better, like Hilti, Hitachi, Festool or Durofix.

What obsession? Makita has and has had for many years a good range of
drill products. Some of their sanders are OK as well, although Metabo
makes a better random orbit sander. Festool makes a better drill
than Makita in terms of the C12 product but does not have as
comprehensive a drill range as Makita.

Hitachi makes a better circular saw than Makita (has a cast base), but
Festool has a better one.

There is no one brand that is universally better than another within
the same quality level. One has to pick carefully according to
product type.

The other side of the coin as far as cordless single battery systems
like One+ is concerned is that it is also a lock in. Customers are
much more likely to buy other tools in the range because they already
have the batteries. This may mean that they will end up with
something very poor in some categories.


http://www.conceptdistribution.co.uk...s_Magazine.pdf
http://www.conceptdistribution.co.uk/index_main.html

The Durofix Impact Driver and combined Collated Driver is superb.

Do you have one, or is that simply what it says on the distributor's web site.?