![]() ![]() I currently have 2 CAS sizes, 12 & 18V, Bosch 36v garden tools (mower, hedge trimmer & rubbish mini-chainsaw) plus old 36v circular & recipro saws, SDS & 2-speed drill, & a handful of assorted old well-used 18v Bosch tools. I absolutely detest using a multitude of battery & tool platforms. If I was into precision installation work, then it'd have to be either the Fein or maybe Bosch range of cordless Starlock Supercuts &/or Multimasters together with both their best-quality & flawed range of other tools. If I wanted to sand cordless all day (as if anybody would!) then I'd be forced to use Festool's little system. Having such excellent quality (Metabo) Drills & (Mafell) Saws makes up for many perceived flaws of some other tools. Sure, there's better Grinders out there, & SDS, Impact Drivers, Multitools etc. So minor that I personally consider them trivialities. ![]() Let's not forget either that the CAS still uses the world's best battery system, for all their flawed sliding reluctance, release buttons & any other minor inconveniences. The single charger system fits the whole system & both sizes (18 & 12V) of batteries. The (Mafell, but not Metabo) saws are great, Metabo's drills are the best (currently using 3-speed drill-only, tapper & 12V 2-speed), SDS's & Grinders are sort-of-OK (have both 18 & 36V), Impact is good, but not as great as the best, & I have access to extremely useful alternate tools (Rothenberger Compact TT Plumbing press) that use industry-standard, readily available fittings. Since I've retired, I really like the CAS system. Bosch & maybe Milwaukee still make the best Cordless Recipro saws around, too.įor heavy construction, maybe the new small range of Milwaukee 72V uber-duty tools are required. If I was still doing Commercial & Industrial Electrical installation then it'd be Bosch due to their clearly superior double-whammy of the best Cordless Grinders & SDS Hammers in the business. Mid-priced good quality tools with unrivalled after-sales service, plus the best range of Impact Drivers (still?). If I worked construction, then I'd be packing Makita. Makita, Milwaukee & Hitachi-Koki seem to have huge ranges covering all possible contingencies (& then some - Cordless Coffee Maker - any takers?), yet still there's always compromises to be made. From too-few tools: Festo & perhaps Fein, to perhaps marginal performance: maybe Ryobi & other "cheapies", maybe a reputation for unreliability: Milwaukee et.al., to sub-par battery performance: Makita. I wouldn’t like it as much with the bulkier batt.ĪLL branded cordless systems will have their limitations. ![]() I have a Multimaster that is well balanced with the 2.5 Ah batt. Metabo has the autobalancer system which is intended to reduce vibration and also wear of the disc. They have a few attractive promotions at the time (at least in Germany). Looking at the spare part numbers, the stator is the same. It is possible that the motor runs with the lower voltage all the time and with 18 V the pwm is adjusted accordingly. If the regular 12 V can do it, maybe the 18 V does not need the power the batt can deliver and is able to perform the same with 12 V. I wonder if the rpm and torque drops when 12 V batts are used. Which is basically the 12 but intended for 18 V batts. There were 18 V drills about the same size. But 4 speed up to 2500 rpm with relatively high torque. Back than, it was about the biggest 12 V class drill. ![]()
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