Tricky Dicky wrote:
On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 11:09:34 UTC, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Chris Green
writes
I have been vaguely looking for a second combi-drill/impact-driver set
to complement my existing Titan 10.8v pair which I love.

However no one (well neither Screwfix nor Toolstation) now seem to
have anything vaguely similar, there's not a single drill that doesn't
have a bulky sticking-out battery on the end of the handle.

The whole beauty of my 10.8v Titans is that the handle and battery are
all the same diameter. They are perfectly capable of driving all the
screws (up to 6mm) that I want to drive and with one spare battery can
keep up well with my use.

I think everyone has gone power mad! I don't need battery capacity
sufficient for a serious SDS drill, I just get my old mains powered
one if I need that. The portability and 'ease in the hand' of my
10.8v drills is what makes them so good for me.
Marketing?

Everyone, including you and me:-) already has an early version of
battery hand tools! Mostly with batteries that are overdue for
replacement.

New sales are based on better performance/features.

The old maxim applies, you can have too little power but you can never have too much.

Yes you can have too much, my Metabo 12v cordless driver (N.B. not an
imapct driver) shears m4 and m5 screws quite easily! :-)

The little 10.8v impact driver is *much* more practical for just about
everything I do. It's still working fine, batteries sound, etc. I
just want *another* so that I can keep it/them in two places.

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Chris Green
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