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As the title asks, are you still buying corded power tools?
What kinds? Which brands?
Or have you fully converted over to all cordless power tools?
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Cordless power tools have come a very long way over the years, to the point where corded tool development seems to have all but stopped.
There are still good reasons to buy AC-powered tools. Corded dust extractors, for example, eliminate concerns about runtime.
Cordless air compressors are compact and portable, but there are no options yet for larger models with higher capacity air tanks that can support multiple simultaneous users.
Similarly, there are cordless table saws, but not many larger-sized models with 10&#; blades.
Going with a corded tool means one doesn&#;t have to worry about managing batteries &#; especially outside of any cordless systems they have already invested in.
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But oh boy are power cords annoying.
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Brands talk about how many of their cordless power tools deliver corded-like power or performance. Most of the time now, cordless tools don&#;t skip any beats, and in some cases best AC tool performance.
Corded tools can be far less expensive. Metabo HPT has a popular angle grinder that&#;s $39 at Amazon right now, and a 10&#; miter saw that&#;s $119 at Amazon. Cordless versions of these types of tools cost considerably more since you also have to buy the power source and a charger.
Cordless tools have advantages aside from the freedom of working without a cord to trip you up. You&#;d be hard-pressed to find a corded drill or hammer drill with an adjustable torque clutch, a feature that is built into nearly every cordless model these days.
Cordless has become king, but there are still reasons to buy and use corded tools.
I&#;m interested in hearing about the corded tools you guys might still be using, and the types you might still buy today.
The last time we talked about this was a good 8 years ago &#; When is the Last Time You Bought a Corded Power Tool? Cordless? ().
I still use certain corded power tools, but I can&#;t recall the last time I bought a new one, or was even interested in buying a new one.
This goes against the grain of most pros here but as a hobbyist, I prefer corded power tools when they make sense. I&#;ve had to use my reciprocating saw exactly twice in the last year. My hammer drill about 6 times. Each use was for a few minutes total.
I bought a nice Bosch hammer drill and a us-made Milwaukee sawzall. Maybe I&#;m naive but at my current use rate I expect they&#;ll still work in 50 years.
If I bought them as cordless, there is no chance they&#;ll last even half as long. The batteries will die, even without use, and they&#;ll be new and better batteries that won&#;t retrofit in the old cordless tools.
The one cordless tool I do have and prefer cordless is a regular drill. The one I have now is a makita that cost me $100 and if I have to replace it every ten years it&#;s cheap enough, but I don&#;t want to replace ALL of my power tools, especially the ones I don&#;t use often.
What prompted this thread is I was reading up on corded impact wrenches and how they suck compared to cordless. 1/3 the torque for corded. So for that, it makes no sense to have a corded impact wrench. And since I don&#;t need one enough to justify a cordless or a compressor and an air tool, I just go by hand.
It seems like corded tools are going the way if the Dinosaur and I&#;m convinced st least some of it is to force hobbyists and homeowners into replacing their tools every decade with forced obscelence.
So I want to get a few more corded power tools over the next few years before it&#;s impossible to get a good one with a cord.
Any suggestions? For one, I think I want a regular corded drill. At least as a backup to my cordless drill if the battery dies. And maybe when my makita eventually dies completely, if I am still a hobbyist corded I buy now becomes my primary drill alongside a future drill press.
Second, what corded tools are just crap like the impact wrench.
Third, what corded tools are gradually getting worse and I need to buy sooner rather than later?