"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:47fe4cd6@qaanaaq...
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.?

I saw one on site a few months ago and asked the guy about it as I had never
seen the brand before. Initially I thought it was a DIY cheapo collating gun
(there is no cheapo collating gun), but the look and feel is quality. It
wasn't cheap, but that Impact Driver with the collating attachment is very
cheap when you price up two separate quality units. The Impact Driver has
far more blows than others of the same type. The batteries are Sanyo. I
don't know where it is made.

I don't know what the price of the Impact Driver and collating attachment
is. But it is probably worth it in the end if you require the two tools.