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  1. #16
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    I have most brands in my trailer, makita, bosch, hitachi, milwakuee, festool etc. I rate the tools based on how little time I get to spend using them, usually because I cant get them out of the hands of the guys working for me. Winner on the battery powered planes is the Makita.

    On a separate note, I do see a strange bias toward festool. I had a guy recently tell me that the only way to get really tight mitre's is with a festool saw. I made box on site using my well looked after makita battery saw and it left his mitre for dead. The tool is only as good as they way you treat it. Makita and Bosch make tools as good as Fesstool, but if you treat it like rubbish then the results will be the same.

    EDIT. Just thought I would add one brand I dont have in my trailer is DeWalt. This was due to problems I had with DeWalt many years ago. One of the carpenters working for me has DeWalt gear. The battery powered circ saw he has is by far the best battery saw on the market without a doubt. Its so good I have been thinking about adding one to my collection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beardy View Post
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    They are brilliant aren’t they Ray, the cordless trimmer and jigsaw are fantastic too.
    x 10 for the cordless trimmer. I don't have a cordless jig saw but been researching them and the XLT Makita gets better reviews than the brushless one because it has variable speed trigger switch but the brushless one only has preset speeds with an overly long soft start. I'm interested on your review of the model you have.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rwbuild View Post
    x 10 for the cordless trimmer. I don't have a cordless jig saw but been researching them and the XLT Makita gets better reviews than the brushless one because it has variable speed trigger switch but the brushless one only has preset speeds with an overly long soft start. I'm interested on your review of the model you have.
    I have a makita jigsaw, not sure if its brushless, but the soft start is a pain in the backside. Not a fan. Unfortunately it does not get enough use, so its hard to justify replacing it with another brand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rwbuild View Post
    x 10 for the cordless trimmer. I don't have a cordless jig saw but been researching them and the XLT Makita gets better reviews than the brushless one because it has variable speed trigger switch but the brushless one only has preset speeds with an overly long soft start. I'm interested on your review of the model you have.
    I have the brushed unit, DJV180 ( probably a newer version available now?) one of my carpenters just did a bit of stubbie work last week and tried one of the new brushless models with the soft start and he said it was very annoying as you have no control over the start up speed, he said he is going to buy the same one as mine as it was a lot better
    Speaking to the sales guy at Sydney Tools and he said the only reason they brought in the brushless model was to match Milwaukee but he also said get the brushed unit as there is no technical gain for a jigsaw with brushless

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    For reasons I can't articulate I ended up getting the Bosch GHO 26-92D Planer. Very impressed with it; much quieter than I expected, the duct bag works well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaded62 View Post
    For reasons I can't articulate I ended up getting the Bosch GHO 26-92D Planer. Very impressed with it; much quieter than I expected, the duct bag works well.

    It should do the job well. (Presume your above model number was a typo and you really meant GHO 26-82D.)

    But I was surprised when you said the duct bag works well. I cannot even remember if a dust bage came with mine, possibly chucked out years ago, but I would have thought that a planer creates so much shavings that the bag would be an absolute PIA after about 30 seconds.

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    I personally trust Makita and Bosch brands. They are always reliable and I never had any issues with non of them.

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    I purchased the Makita planer 8 year old and its working like new.

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