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ASSTASTIC posted:I was a fan of DeWalt...Now I'm starting to convert over to Hitachi: Note that the warranty would appear to not cover battery degradation, and "lifetime" means "the period during which all components are available". I'm sure that all battery powered tool warranties would be similar in this regard, but just pointing it out.
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| # ¿ May 3, 2011 09:30 |
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| # ¿ May 19, 2013 08:13 |
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If it's such a an important safety case that they should mandate it come on all products then surely it's important enough that the government could free the patent to anyone who wished to implement it on their products. Oh wait, that won't happen because the guy crusading for the former is the guy who owns the latter.
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| # ¿ May 26, 2011 07:17 |
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Rd Rash 1000cc posted:I forgot to share the best utility knife. Now I've carried an expensive bench made but I really worried that if I lost it I would be out $80. So I found this at a local hardware store. I haven't found one similar to it. I'm not a fan of Stanley and to be honest that slide mechanism doesn't look that brilliant/long-lasting to me. Surely the plastic parts are going to wear and then you have to chuck it out? I know you said you don't like fold-outs but for anyone else interested I have a strong attachment to my Superknife. http://www.superknife.com/ That said the website is looking pretty sad these days. Wonder if they went out of business? Obviously the replacement blades are all the same so you could put them in anything but theirs are way better than Stanley brand ones besides.
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| # ¿ Dec 13, 2011 13:11 |
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Rd Rash 1000cc posted:The whole thing is metal, I don't think any part of it is plastic. And one knife i've been using over a year. The I lost one on the job site. The thumb lock on the slide mechanism looks like that brittle plastic in the pic, if it's not the I retract the statement.  Dunno what's so great about the SK2 then if that Stanley is also all-metal. I guess a good design and sentimentality.
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| # ¿ Dec 16, 2011 15:24 |
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I've only been to cash weddings so far but I'm definitely remembering that little tidbit for if one of my friends decides to use a traditional gift registry.
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| # ¿ Jun 27, 2012 04:06 |
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| # ¿ May 19, 2013 08:13 |
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Noctone posted:It's just the way of the tool world. Hell, I remember seeing HD selling a DeWalt 12V drill/impact kit for $199 at the same time that they had a 12V drill/impact/recip kit for $179. And the drill & impact in both kits were the same. I've noticed that AU toolshops are importing drill/driver sets from the US, selling the individual tools in their stores (without 120V chargers) at a profit, then selling the batteries on ebay. Presumably this keeps them in the good graces of the manufacturers as well as a tidy profit on the side. And the batteries are actually cheaper than Amazon's or fake's, too.
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