This seems like a bit of a bargain to me.....
http://www.festool.com.au/epages/too...roducts/767467
http://www.festool.com.au/epages/too...roducts/767468
The second one is the hammer version
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This seems like a bit of a bargain to me.....
http://www.festool.com.au/epages/too...roducts/767467
http://www.festool.com.au/epages/too...roducts/767468
The second one is the hammer version
Nice find :2tsup:
Fastest $249 I've ever spent.
I bought one as well, I was astounded at the price when I saw it. I was looking for a new charger for my C12 drill as mine appears to be on the blink and I was surprised they were on special as well for $45 so all round I reckon I have done well. Festool and cheap don't seem to go together as a rule.
Thanks Chris. Just ordered mine.
Stewie;
Good Morning Chris, Élan and Stewie
Rang a local Festool agent to order one and they were most insistent that the Protool DRC 18 Compact was a conventional drill/driver and not an impact driver. Confusing, but still a great buy at that price.
Website seems a little equivacable.
How are your drivers ?
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Graeme
I am very pleased with mine, I ordered a conventional one not needing the hammer option so I can't comment on that part. For an 18V drill it is compact, well balanced and light for what it is. Beyond that it drills holes and drives screws, something I most probably will never use it for as I have the C12, above that I use pneumatic drivers. It does not have the Centrotec removable chuck option so anyone buying it with that in mind will be disappointed. I mainly bought it for use when we go kart racing and it will live in the trailer.
Quite right Graeme, it's the PDC 18 that is a hammer drill (look to the right and down slightly and you'll see a link - they are also $249). I have the similar version to the DRC and I have to say it's a helluva drill, and very quiet by comparison to my Makita. The whole product reeks of quality.
I am sorely tempted to buy another at that price........
No, Brett
An impact driver is quite a different critter from a hammer drill. The impact driver has a"micro-hammer" action and is brilliant at loosening recalcitrant screws and also drives screws better than a conventional driver.
The Festool ad referenced by Chris's original post describes the protool DRC 18 Compact Drill/Driver in large orange print as being "compact cordless impact driver but with lots of power". This seems to be misleading advertising as it does not seem to be an impact drill.
Not questioning that even as a standard cordless drill that it is great value for money.
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Graeme
Yes, sorry Graeme, I assumed you made the equivalent of a typo when you said "impact", but I thought you just meant "hammer".
The PDC is definitely a hammer, not an impact.
To be honest, I don't think they are trying to mislead, I think these are just careless mistakes, which are contradictory and very confusing. The following is from the DRC which is neither impact nor hammer:
"Compact cordless Impact Drill but with lots of power
For an allround cordless hammer drill, the DRC 18 Compact is the perfect solution.
Now there is no such thing as an Impact Drill: by convention it's either a Hammer Drill or an Impact Driver, but this one is neither. Note that there are no beats per minute mentioned.
"The integrated light ensures you can always see in the dark areas"
Be aware that whilst this light has an excellent spread and brightness - it has to be turned on and off manually - no trigger starting (unnecessarily disappointing).
They are bloody noisy and hard to tell when a screw has reached the point where it needs to stop. I do have a small Bosch because working inside cabinets installing drawer slides etc it does have its place but I have to wear ear defenders when I use it. Any half way decent cordless drill these days can break most screws that the average woodworker will use. Any real big stuff I use a pneumatic driver with reluctance but again it is the tool for the job and I have never seen any coach bolt that will stop it. One reason I have never gone beyond 12 volt tools is the size and weight, I am totally won over by the Protool as it is not much bigger than the 12 volt C12 Festool I already have.
Drills have clutches to stop the screw action and not snap wrists but I think most of us develop a feel for these things. It is one complaint I have about the Festool C12 though other drills might have the same issue, the clutch setting is speed sensitive and I can't recall my old Panasonic being the same but that was many years ago. I honestly can't see the need for a big impact drill in a normaly workshop scenarion, certainly no fastener that would be normally used would need it to be driven into any timber I know. Getting into construction is a different thing altogether, but apart from that I think it is marketing hype to sell something that is not needed.