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Cordless tool market overpopulated?

JFink | Posted in Tools for Home Building on May 14, 2009 06:57am

Check out a recent ToolHound blog entry:

http://finehomebuilding.taunton.com/item/7486/has-the-cordless-tool-market-become-overpopulated

Justin Fink – FHB Editorial


Edited 5/14/2009 2:01 pm ET by JFink

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    Dam_inspector | May 14, 2009 07:19pm | #1

    And all that will be left is the Ryobi One system.

    1. DanH | May 15, 2009 01:34am | #3

      Nah, it'll be that B&D system with the battery sticks.
      The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith

  2. frammer52 | May 15, 2009 01:26am | #2

    Read it the other day.    I think I agree with you about the number of choices.

    1. FHB Editor
      JFink | May 15, 2009 02:11am | #4

      you read it and didn't comment? how come? (i'm just curious...we're working the bugs out)Justin Fink - FHB Editorial

      1. frammer52 | May 15, 2009 02:14am | #5

        I can't remember my sign in info!<G>

        Old age, I guess.

  3. oldbeachbum | May 15, 2009 02:15am | #6

    I'm waiting for the one with the cell phone and beverage cooler/latte maker attachments...................

     

    I'm not flippin' you off.........just counting cubits

  4. leftisright | May 15, 2009 03:28am | #7

    Justin,

    Are you getting paid by the hit on FHB.com's hoem page now?

    :o)

    Lefty-Just wondering....

    P.S. The is no such thing as too much any kind of tools....

    1. GregGibson | May 15, 2009 05:08am | #8

      I saw a piece where the cell phone industry has agreed to a common charger beginning in a couple of years. Supposed to save a bunch of waste from cords that get trashed when one gets a new phone.What a great idea for the tool market. Common, interchangeable batteries. Greg

      1. robert | May 16, 2009 05:59am | #13

        We have the "Cell Phone Charger"drawer at my house. we go thru two phones a year and maybe half of them have chargers that we don't already have.

    2. FHB Editor
      JFink | May 15, 2009 04:01pm | #9

      Ha, I wish! No, it's just that in an increasingly web-oriented world I see a really cool opportunity to share news about the newest tools on the market. I get FLOODED with information in my office, and I can only put a very small percentage of that in the magazine. Therefore - we created ToolHound. Trouble is that nobody knows it exists yet - so, I'm posting about it here to get people's attention. The goal is to get some good conversation flowing under the posts - I'd love to hear what people think about these tools, because ultimately it will influence if/how/why I test them and consider them for the print version of the magazine. So get commenting!Justin Fink - FHB Editorial

      1. leftisright | May 15, 2009 06:08pm | #10

        Well if you really wanna know....

        I'll send you my address and then be looking for a big old box from FHB...

        You never want the tools back right? :o)

        Lefty-Thinking of the possibilities....

        P.S. Does this fall under the area of no commercial speech here or do you have an exemption 'cuz you own the place?

         

        1. FHB Editor
          JFink | May 15, 2009 06:13pm | #11

          (I have an exemption!)Justin Fink - FHB Editorial

          1. excaliber32 | May 15, 2009 08:21pm | #12

            Id say that is one of my biggest reasons for buying FHB. New methods or re-thunk old methods for building, and the newest tools and materials. When I get to new jobs, and the saavy home-owner has the latest and greatest decking or underlayment or whatever, I'm just that many more steps ahead if I've already done a little research on it.

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