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FWIW battery powered everything seems unnecessary to me. Unless you work on sites prior to the installation of power.
I agree with you to a certain extent here. I won't be going for a cordless mitre saw for example. But the convenience of not tangling myself up in cords when I switch direction plus the ease of tidying stuff away without having to kink up a cable to get it into a case means cordless is just really convenient, even for the home DIY-er.
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I do get frustrated with the cables but it was a lot worse before switching to Festool and the plug it system. Largely you keep one cable plugged into the hoover and switch between them at the tool end. I forget that other tools don't have that.
For years now I've been working with a hoover on pretty much any job I do so that's where most of my frustration gets directed. Having to deal with hoover hose and power in tight spaces is a pain.
Airhead
De Walt seems to work pretty well. I've been working with a friend who does a lot of their own work and although they have a few of bits of Festool they use De Walt for everything else. We joke about it but any time I've used one of them on site it's been fine for the job.
Pro De Walt users I've seen struggling with batteries despite having a charger plugged into every socket on site and the entire workspace covered in battery less tools. At least that's where my feelings about them as pro tools come from.
FWIW battery powered everything seems unnecessary to me. Unless you work on sites prior to the installation of power.