Sds max has died I need a new one.

[OffshoreGas]

Good to know but I thought you could acutally choose between whether to use 18v & 54v on the Flexvolt range and therefore opt for the extra runtime, obviously not. I've posted a youtube review in the tools section where Hilti whoops the lot of them.

New Tools

That looks interesting hopefully the other big ones will copy the idea / make there own

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That’s possibly a feature they’ve introduced with the new tools, wasn’t an option with the ones I had as far as I know. My understanding is the flex volt thing came about because of battery capacity limits on air travel. They’ve dodge these rules by building 3 batteries into one case and using electronics to connect in series or parallel depending on application.

I’ve gone off Hilti in a big way due to poor service/support. Seem to be another great company circling the pan these days. What support you get appears to be luck of the draw what you get depending on what your local rep is like.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Hilti are awesome. I know that and i do not own any.

 

[OffshoreGas]

Hilti are awesome. I know that and i do not own any.

Not knocking the quality, the service and after sales is pretty poor in my experience.

 

[Scott_D]

Not knocking the quality, the service and after sales is pretty poor in my experience.

I heard they were closing down most of their shops

 

[OffshoreGas]

I heard they were closing down most of their shops

Yeah, they seem to have shut a lot. They only seem to be interested in fleet service agreements wit big companies.

They don’t really seem to have kept ahead of the others in terms of quality either. 15 years ago the DIY Ryobi type brands were garbage. Today they actually make products that work, they might not be the right choice for something you use day in day out but they’re cheap and generally last quite well.