Pennywise
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Have you looked at the fein vacuum cleaner, brilliant power and large capacity.
http://www.fein-uk.co.uk/en_uk/surface-processing/extractor/
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Maybe it takes a while for manufacturers to get accreditation for a new product to be sold in the USA. A lot of manufacturers are registered in Europe and so we have BS EN numbers so it's compliant across the whole of Europe immediately. Plus maybe brands don't really bother with the US as brand recognition is often low, other than US "made" products or brands.
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I want a new set of super rods for fishing cables. Can't live without them
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My hilmor conduit bender is still going strong built like a tank all 30kg of it lol
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I may be wrong but to me it seems like impact saves the heads...
Must be the animals working for me then lol
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I've banned the use of impacts when I've got some of the guys and the apprentice working with me, they are just too loud don't know how they are compliant with noise regs. My drill driver can pretty much handle anything an impact can, we aren't driving huge slag bolts in, plus they wreck screw heads
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Desperados, amazingly easy to drink and give you one hell of a hangover the next day lol.
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I always find with multipliers that the wire gets caught in the wrong part of the pliers, either I want to cut and it gets a bit in the stripper blades or the other way around lol.
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I wouldn't even use a dewalt for a paperweight
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Your neighbours must have gone mad
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I use KNIPEX for all my bootlace crimpers, for insulated butts and lugs and coax it's KLAUKE. Then the bigger stuff I've got my CEMBRE hydraulics that go up to 150mm2
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We have the same in the uk with sky and BT when it comes to lashing in cables with no consideration. They don't go in lofts as they haven't got the relevant insurance so the cable just get clipped with maybe two clips down the side of the house . When doing installs I end up presenting all the cables for them right by where they enter the house or where the dish goes, they think Christmas has come early, then they terminate it badly and they get shown the door.
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Fluke 117 or Fluke T5-1000, both really good.
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If you don't like down time on tools, Hilti is still worth paying for, my 36v is 6yrs old no issues apart from one battery fault, it was back within 2days. I do manly 20mm holes into re enforced concrete, I have a core drill for larger holes and a corded TE-7 for multiple holes.
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All my hand tools are knipex, I've used nws, CK, bahco, whia, haupa, gedore and a few others but nothing beats them. I defiantly recommend trying them especially if in the electrical industry.
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It's all about Knipex
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Most drills are a much of a muchness these days, the only reason I buy Hilti is for the warranty which is incredible, I'm using the tool everyday and so when and if it breaks down I want it back as soon as possible! They normally have it back with my within 2 working days. In the uk the 18v in your review is classed as a 22v and I've got it with the 3.3Ah batteries, I've also got the 36v too and they both still get blown away by the Bosch 36v lol. Dewalt don't have much of a following in the UK for there cordless SDS,s.
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I've had an empire boat level, for a few years after I totalled my stabila, found it much harder to see the vial with the blue markers and no white surround, so when levelling stuff up, unless the background was light it made for hard work seeing the bubble. Went back to stabila with the yellow vial and white surrounds.
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It's a PROTOOL they've rebranded and changed the colour, as there protool brand didn't take off outside of Central Europe, I've had mine for 3yrs. Yes it is 18vThat looks like an awesome event to attend. Is that the new Festool 18v drill?
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So they where replacing the dust bag after 5m of material, I'd still attach the vac if you've got one, then you have the problem of the vac not knowing when the tools cutting! So you'd have to manually turn it on. Bluetooth please festool!
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A REMS electric conduit threader would be nice, or a new petzel ultra head torch.
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I'm an electrical contractor, work on commercial and domestic premises doing electrical, fire alarms, intruder systems, access controls, AV, data and CCTV. Works pretty varied, I work in the uk and Europe.
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Just bought myself the Hilti TE4-22A brilliant in a word, also just started using my new peli tool case which is standing up to quite a lot of abuse right now. Next on the hit list is a new vcu 40 Hilti vac my old one is looking a little tired and has lost its lustre lol.
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I've had the veto xxl open tote bag for the last few years and have finally phased it out, nothing to do with the quality or performance just I filled the thing up so much it literally weighed as much as me! So with a heavy heart it's been retired for a peli case with wheels and less room to fill with duplicates and triplicates lol
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Little gathering for insurance
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Every now and then I like getting everything together for a group shot, so there are no disputes with the insurance company if things go missing
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Missing kit
Festool t55 saw and rail
Festool cxs drill
Fein multimaster
Hilti VCU 40 vac