I am interested to hear the opinion and experience of others here about Centrotec drill bits, etc for their Festool drills. I could go to Festool Owners Group, but that site is understandably biased towards Festool.
I have two cordless drills, a Panasonic 12v which I have used for 25 years, and a small Festool C12 10.8v which I have had for 5 or 6 years. Both do good duty in a furniture building shop. Recently I began to look around for a replacement for the Panasonic, something compact but with a touch more oomph. I picked up a second hand, little used Festool 18/4 PDM, which is one hellava drill. My concern is that it is not really a shop drill, more like a 4wheel drive on the freeway. In practice, with a smaller 3.1 battery pack, it is as light or lighter than the C12. I tried it with the single Centrotec drill bit I have, and went “wow”. Replacing the chuck with the dinky Centrotec head turns this drill into a frisky sportscar.
Now I need to decide on purchasing Centrotec drill bits, which is spendy. Before I do, what are the opinions of others on these bits?
Regards from Perth
Derek