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Hi, Am new to all of this and my cheap tools are giving up fast... so thought its time to invest, first purchase will be a cordless drill, I am looking for a all purpose mostly for cabinet making, any suggestions on which model and if there are any other things to consider when purchasing festool products.
Thanks in advance.
Anne
Hi Anne,
I like the Protool PDC 18-4 TEC drill, it has given me good service over the years so much so that I have bought a second one.
Good battery life, charge lasts for a good length of time for me at least with my intermittent use.
Heres a review by a couple of users.
Protool PDC 18-4 TEC LI AUS 240V Drill Reviews Australia www.protool.com.au
Protool is a Festool company and like Festool is made to the same stringent & excellent engineered standards .
They are not cheap but with quality, as the saying goes buy once and not regret it.
Festool have a good range of drills with a range of batteries to determine for your own needs weight usage etc I have got some Festool drills but the Protool stands out for me.
Cheers:)
Good Morning Anne
Pretty well agree with Johnno's comments, but Protool is even more expensive than Festool.
A word of warning - Festool is addictive - buy one, and you will want another...... and another.......
With cordless tools, it is very convenient if different tools use interchangeable batteries:
- if jigsaw battery is flat, you can use the battery from the drill.
- next tool you buy a "naked" one so you do not hsve to keep on buying multiplr chargers and more batteries. (saves $$$'s)
So, before buying a drill, think about what other tools you might buy later, and whether they can share batteries.
Finally, Festool's smallest drill, the CXS uses different batteries than all other products (I think). So I would recommend another model.
I have an old TDK12 drill - no longer made, and it has been great. Just works better, smoother and quieter than other brands - makes my Makita and AEG drills seem quite crude.
Fair Winds
Graeme
My suggestion would be the festool ti15 which is a 3 in 1 when you buy the combo kit, impact driver mode is great to use on cabinets with its power & speed
Try video below
Festool Cordless TI 15 Impact Driver Official Video - YouTube
Regards,
Kiro Athanasiadis
I concur with Kiro. I purchased the T15+3 but it lacks the higher speed drilling. I then purchased the Ti15 skin only + interface chuck. The speed of 2600 rpm is good enough for almost any drilling application (not in the class of the Protool 4 speed though) and the impact driving is second to none. The Ti15 is a great all rounder with lots of grunt.
Les
AnneQuote:
Originally Posted by annehns
It is likely too late to take up the special offer run by Festool in October - I only saw it a day ago!
My Panasonics (12v and 15.6v) were 15 and 10 years old, respectively. The 12v still goes well, but the 15.6v is slowing despite several battery changes. So I decided on a Festool (encouraged by my wonderful wife, who says "buy once ...").
The choice came down to a dinky CSX, and a larger, more expensive C 12.
The CSX may be ideal for you. It is very light. I went for the larger C 12 as it had more torque.
Regards from Perth
Derek
I have recently bought the little CSX, I was after something small and light and it seemed to fit the bill. Torque hasn't been a problem for the applications it is being used for. The negative is the battery will not fit anything else, although the only battery operated tools I own are drills anyway and will keep the older Makita's with their gradually failing batteries until they fail anyway. The impact drills are fine for tradies but for the random use I have seem hardly worth the bother of purchasing and taking up even more of what is limited storage space.