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Post by thehandyman on Jun 25, 2018 0:39:23 GMT -5
kozn: there is an improvement running the high drain tools for sure! I was a bit sceptic but I was surprised. I haven't even tried the largest battery on the KSS40 yet. On recommendation from Huntsgemein I have been running the 5,5 LiHD and runtime and power has been great. Don't read too much into my ergonomics comments as that is highly subjective and I envy the guys that are fine with most if not all grips. I wish I was, life would be soooo much easier. At the end of the day I still use the best compromise available though I still wish and hope for the ultimate drill. Some are quite close! KSS 40 with the 7.0ah is woke. It's a beast. Was slicing through 8' rips of Advantech subfloor like butter. 7 rips and no bars lost. |
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Post by kozn on Jun 25, 2018 6:54:56 GMT -5
I just bought the 4Ah LiHD so I can compare it on my grinder and jigsaw with the "normal" 4Ah batteries. There's a nice price on the 7Ah LiHD for the moment at FFX but like I said I have enough bats for the moment. henrun: Yes, I was allready that far with your ergonomic comments and I'm not a pro. I do use my tools at work but I'm not a builder or something like that so it doesn't happen a lot that I'm drilling all day. Although it is really lovely to use a machine like the KSS40 or 80. Just the way these tools are balanced is just... Everytime I pick em up and put them on the workpiece they just sit right where you want them. It's so easy to put em at the place where you need to cut. The bare tool is sold out at ffx, I'll wait awhile longer and hope they don't jack up the price when it gets back in stock or I just order it in Belgium. What bits are you all using in your impactor? I'm using the longer impact proof wera bits coupled with that converter piece from square to hex to use my impact wrench as an impact screwdriver. But the bits all sit loose, even that magnetic bit holder from wiha and wera sit loose. BTW: I really love those bitholders for overhead work, the magnetic sleeve slides up all the way to the head of the screw and it really keeps the screw in place. So for overhead work or when you need the other hand to keep the workpiece in place these bitholders or just great. |
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Post by henrun on Jun 25, 2018 14:09:29 GMT -5
What bits are you all using in your impactor? I'm using the longer impact proof wera bits coupled with that converter piece from square to hex to use my impact wrench as an impact screwdriver. But the bits all sit loose, even that magnetic bit holder from wiha and wera sit loose. BTW: I really love those bitholders for overhead work, the magnetic sleeve slides up all the way to the head of the screw and it really keeps the screw in place. So for overhead work or when you need the other hand to keep the workpiece in place these bitholders or just great. I have the Wera impactor bitholder and a few others. Tried some Milwaukee bits but the bitholder was crap. The Wera bitholders are usually good but it seems that with most impacts the longer bits are a little loose. I have the Wera "square to hex bit" wolder and it sits secure with most quality bits.
The best ones I have are still the Wera and the Wiha though I have not tried the Bosch impact rated bitholder - I am not sure they make them in their own factory.
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Post by yetihunter on Jun 26, 2018 14:59:45 GMT -5
My best (wire detent) bit holding socket is a Stahlwille one. Just wire + magnet, but boy do you need pliers to get the bit out.
I wonder if they make an impact rated version? Don't take no power bits, though.
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Post by Kozn 2 on Jul 2, 2018 8:24:25 GMT -5
Received the impact this morning from ffx and they threw a metabo impact bitset! It's a nice little tool but I just screwed around with it for a bit so I can't say much about it yet.
I also got the 4Ah lihd and honestly I can't feel the difference ergonomic wise between the older 2row batteries. Can't say my tools feel lighter in in the hand. Don't notice much more power on my grinder and jigsaw but they do seem to keep the power better as the battery drains. Haven't tested it yet on my kss40. Don't think I m gonna switch yet to lihd unless I can get a good price for the ssw and my brushed grinder with batteries and charger.
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Post by henrun on Jul 3, 2018 16:43:22 GMT -5
I think the main difference is going to be with the high drain tools and the KSS40 will benefit from them for sure.
I can also testify to the fact that Metabo 3,5 LiHD lasts a lot longer than the Hitachi 3 Ah battery. And that is comparing the impact hammer which is supposedly the same machine. That 0,5 Ah advantage should not mean much but in reality the Metabo has run much longer per charge so far. The Hitachi is not too bad but the Metabo batteries have lasted a very long time.
On the other hand I did try the Hitachi multicutter with a 5Ah battery and it lasted a very long time with continuous cuts, quite impressive and very little vibration on the machine. Had quite a few cuts and not the most aggressive blade on so I did expect having to switch batteries but I made the entire job with the one battery. Still juice left at the end of the day. Unfortunately the Hitachi batteries only have two bars on them so once I was down to one bar there was no telling just how much was left. They could at least have had three bars on the tool like Makita. Four bars is nice to have.
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