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I noticed water and dust getting into the sealed battery box. I had the saw in the back of the truck today and it rained hard on the way home. I checked the battery compartment when I got home and found this (below) The lower part of the battery was completely submerged. Just wondering if anyone else has this issue? The seal was clean and saw sitting upright. Love this tool btw!

So a 6ah Hilti battery still takes over 40 minutes to charge with the 350w charger. This isn't much quicker at all than a dewalt fast charger, metabo asx ultra or husky qc330 for example. The qc330 charges my BLi300 (9.4ah) in just under an hour and a half. Your batteries are of small capacity if they are charging so quickly and you are getting the benefit of extra Wh by using 36v tools as opposed to 18v tools. Let us know how the new kit works out!

Just wondering if anyone has this vac and has used it while connected to any tools as a form of dust extraction? I know the CFM output is quite low and the bin is small compared to other cordless dust extractors but occasionally I would like to connect this up to sanders, mitre saw etc when doing small projects. Any feedback would be great! meth

I even notice a difference with the 9ah as opposed to the 6. Wish they would hurry up and release the 12!

Looking at getting a paddle mixer to mix dry mortar. I have a cement mixer but was looking for something good for small jobs. The mix is usually very dry (6 sand - 1 cement with no slump) Has anyone had any experience mixing dry mixes with a hand held paddle mixer? I have seen a 'bucket mortar mixer' online which looks like a small auger bit but it only suits a chick style drill, I was hoping to use a paddle mixer with an m14 thread. Any info/experience would be appreciated.

Second that. I've never owned any other cordless planers other than the dcp580 and as Babysaw mentioned, I've done cross grain through jarrah at full depth and it worked well. It feels nice to use, adjustment is solid also. I've only got flexvolt batteries in my collection so I am not sure what it is like with standard batteries though.

Your Hilti charger would have to be at minimum 10 amp output to do a 5.2ah battery in 35 minutes. Your batteries are shot.

Example, milwaukee claim 700ft lbs of torque which equates to approx 950nm of torque using convertunits.com for their half inch m18 rattle gun. I have a festool/protool 1 inch electric gun that has 280nm printed on it.

I was also looking for it in our latest local catalogues and it's not even available for pre-order. As far as torque numbers go, I never believe any of milwaukee, dewalt etc for cordless impact drivers because most of the time, a 1/2 inch impact gun will be rated having for example 5 times more torque than a corded 1 inch, high quality impact which makes no sense at all.

There is no way a 4A charger will do a 5.2A battery in less than half it's rated time. Even if you use 100% efficiency in your calculations it is still well over an hour until full charge. My flexvolt 6/2 charge in less than an hour. Something is wrong with your batteries and/or chargers. Hilti is good quality, but if it was "that" much better to the point the batteries last twice as long, chargers charge twice as fast and tools are cool while others are smoking I'm pretty certain the other brands would fail to succeed. These days even a ryobi home use tool wouldn't even perform that poorly against a well know commercial branded tool. The build quality of Hilti is exceptional but their batteries, motors and chargers aren't twice as good as the competitors at the same level.

Was just about to say the same thing. It's a normal charger, nothing special. You were only 20min off your original estimate 😄

Formwork decking here for suspended slabs is a maximum of 1mm thick (the most common used) I just did a search online and found the thickest to be 1.27mm (American made). Like I said it would be unmanageable on a big site to be lifting 3mm sheets. If someone in .au can point a out a link to some specs of bondek type formwork that is >1.5mm it would be great.

You would be much better off having a dedicated plunge router for the accuracy with depth stop etc. You can buy them reasonably cheap these days if you aren't worries about a large style or certain brand.

When you talk metal deck roof what exactly do you mean? There certainly aren't any metal deck roof sheets I've seen here in Australia that are >1mm in thickness let alone 3mm thickness? You wouldn't be able to lift the sheets.

Looking at my batteries I noticed some are made in Japan, some Korea so maybe this has something to do with it? I've never been a fan of the whole "Made in China to xxxxx strict specifications".

Just wondering if anyone else follows this guy? https://www.youtube.com/user/powwersupply He tests batteries under constant load, 40A, 80A draw Etc. Just watched the flexvolt 9.0 drawing a constant 100A. The battery got to over 100 degrees celcius and worked out at 7.61Ah. If someone could translate the rest of the text it would be great! He tests various brands, metabo, dewalt, Bosch etc.

Did you ever end up timing the charger? If it charges a high capacity battery in 15min what was the model number?

My flexvolt batteries are the only dewalt batteries I've ever had and right from day one I always felt like the battery casing and release are cheap. Metabo and milwaukee batteries feel much more durable, even AEG feel better than dewalt. In saying that, I've dropped my batteries from 4m directly onto a timber floor and they bounced like mad and still work fine. I've never opened one to see if the grade of plastic is the same as other brands, it looks more brittle. I am not a fan of the button release, it feels unguided and seems to twist when pushed. The batteries have never come off the tools, even hold well into the sabre saw which is the worst tool for vibration back and forth.

Sparky channel annoys the absolute hell out of me, Oz Tool Talk do good comparisons without talking too much shit.

Nice work 👍 what did you use to clean out the grease? It is good to see quality tools cared for. I recently repacked my metabo cordless 5" brushed grinder housing also. Funny enough the grease seems to mostly spin off and leaves almost nothing on the gears but I doubt that would be an issue as all it really needs is a film, which probably melts on and off with heat. I used high temperature/pressure moly grease which we use on our excavators/trucks and after a few minutes of letting it run it feels brand new again (also sanded the armature, cleaned out the motor which was packed full of magnetic dust which kept putting it into overload protection mode) Photos are of when I had just opened it all up. You can see how the gears look as if they have been wiped clean.

The dewalt framer seems to be liked by a lot but I've never used one. I myself have paslode guns and other than the fixing gun which jams more often than it probably should I have only ever used the Hitachi which is as powerful as my Senco SN4 pneumatic gun but with the bonus of cordless and no gas. No gas nd cordless is a big saving but it comes at the cost of a lot more weight. I personally dont mind weight in cordless tools but with Hitachi being a lot newer than the Dewalt and the two operating by completely different mechanisms, it's not really a fair comparison. All guns were tested for speed, power, runtime and ergonomics on a YouTube video and paslode was still the favourite.

No one wants us to have fast charging, that way we all have to buy more batteries which have the highest margins 😝

Or you could go hybrid 😁😁 Milwalt, Dewaukee, either way, works a treat! And the dust catcher fits with the 9.0 and adapter as well! Only went this option because Dewalt are so slow to release tools here in Australia.

I have some corded milwaukee recips that have the problem. A real PITA at times. The side tab like on metabo/dewalt etc is much easier to use as chuck position is not relevant.

Just wondering if anyone else prefers the metabo design of having the battery release on the tool as opposed to on the battery? I've only just realised how much more I prefer this for ease of use when disconnecting the battery from the tool. What other brands share this feature? Nothing else I own does?