Pennywise

Think fein might give them a run for their money, they now have a quad speed, brushless 12v! With interchangeable chucks!. I'm a Hilti man through and through but I need a new multi master too and they have a 12v compatible one now so seems they've almost stolen my heart ?. http://www.axminster.co.uk/fein-ascm-12c-drill-driver-afmt-12q-multitalent-12v-kit-101907?gclid=CIaalbCutssCFa0W0wodqVAIqg

lol I wouldn't buy it! And besides its probably a third party rebranded trolley , as for getting up and down stairs, isn't this why we have apprentices...... .

What's €260 between friends plus it's probably a bit lighter than the dewalt pallet lifter toughbox trolley

Well they do something similar but at a price...... http://produktprogramm.tanos.de/index.asp?idart=364&idcat=32

Hey Sven welcome. Been using Fein for years!, currently got the old incarnation of the corded multimaster, I've been holding out for a year because I was waiting for the lith cordless 18v to land, then I get down to one of the largest tool fairs in the UK a couple of weeks ago and as promised by your staff the year before there it was! Only slight problem, it's still got a brushed motor! And 2.4amp hour batteries. Do you have any idea when the jump will be over to brushless on the cordless?. Thanks

I'd like to see a multitool and as you say a miniature sawzaw like milwarkees! Which we use all the time cutting plasterboard boxes into double tacked ply lined walls in retail units. Killed 2 milwarkees so far lol. Unfortunately I can justify a new line of 12v stuff as I'm tied into the 22v and festool/protool drill drivers. Would have been nice to see a removable chuck system rather than having a separate drill driver and screw gun.

Hilti haven't let me down yet, brilliant customer service and great products. Talking with them at a recent tool fair in the UK makes me a bit excited for 2016. Finally they are bringing out a charger radio!!!!! Lol plus the nail gun and larger capacity 22v batteries the states have already gotten

Used wiha, wera and bahco now onto Irazola, hands down the best drivers I've ever used and I'm using them on a daily basis as an electrician.

I just bought a peli top loading flight case for all my tools, brilliant and tough

The 18v SDS is a real jewel in that range and couple it with the dust extraction unit and it becomes a amazing proposition, we do fight over it at work as we do install equipment and lights once all works have been completed so surfaces can't get dirt on them, I even have to put my Hilti down lol.

In the UK in my opinion makita ruined their reputation a few years back with the whole issue with their 18v lith batteries, they also extended the range of tools far too quickly and managed to dilute the quality of individual tools. As a more positive they do seem to have sorted a lot of the problems but still it frustrates me that they seem to make the tool kit sets of a lesser quality than the individual tools, the apprentice has just got the set including the SDS, impact, drill driver, jig and work light put the impact side by side with the other guys new one and the battery indicator is missing LED work lights aren't as good and the moulding of the plastic looks rougher . If it where my money it would be Milwaukee for sure!.

If only there was a way of getting into the boxes stacked in the middle.....

I have only just been a convert to one make and battery platform, I use to take every tool on it's own merit and all the crap that comes with it chargers etc boxes that don't match! now I've settled on the Hilti 22v platform I don't think I'll ever go back to individual brands .

I'm definitely sold on cordless angle grinders now!, picked this up a few weeks ago

I'm sorry to say that I don't think they offer the same service in the US, shame really as I would have thought it might tip some people over to the blue and green machines.

Yep it's a pretty good deal saves on having to go through insures and the aggravation and all you have to do is register the tool for the warranty agreement and your covered. Obviously it doesn't help losing a potential of $3k worth of festool insurance payout lol. This is the policy. https://www.festool.co.uk/Service/all-inclusive/Pages/36-month-theft-protection.aspx

Nope you can use various types of gauge in the same connector the spring adjusts to the size needed so you mix and match stranded with solid, as long as you use a separate terminal with the different types of wire, ie a three way block with a solid in the first and stranded in the second not both twisted together and shoved into one.

Brilliant connectors, I'm a UK electrician and have used them for about 5yrs, they are more common in Europe and Germany, perfect product and definitely speeds things up.

Those are all his new tools, think he had about $30k of tools stolen in one go he had the festool insurance which means you pay a flat fee of £100 and get the tool back new regardless of it's worth. They didn't find the guys who stole them, it was in Central London they reversed another van up to the back of his and just transferred everything. All his Hilti stuff went too which he still hasn't replaced

Not my stuff but a mate on site, he got all his gear stolen so what a shame had to buy all new tools

I'm thinking if carbon fibre had been a viable alternative to a milled ali box level or cast level stabila would have adopted it way before dewalt. I'd be interested to see how this one pans out, worse case scenario I'll get one and black out the dewalt logo .

Would have liked to have seen it with a plunge cut not pendulum. Most tradesmen are very ignorant when it comes to cost saving and investing in there tools, they either are broke all the time and can't afford to tool correctly and then take the piss out of people that have got the correct equipment or just don't see the benefit as they work around others that just make do lol.

Got this the other day, my world has changed!!

Could be from the uk, in which case he may mean side cutters as in the US dykes

I'd recommend a roll along tool box, I've had a veto in the past and they incourage you to load them up lol.