HILTI - Made in China!

[edl]

I have a German Bosch 5" rat tail grinder that I was fortunate enough to be able to buy recently at a very nice price. It is an awesome machine. It is also the only German grinder I have seen.

Festool (German) makes a tremendous grinder - it is known mostly in the wood world and not the metal world, but a grinder is a grinder - oh, by the way, because it is made in Germany and because it is tremendous, it costs a ton - they sell alot, so people are willing to pay for quality

the shame about these US/China threads is the assumption is China is **** and US is good - I remember when they used to talk about Honda and Toyotas that way - lucky that was when we were making the K car back then and not now or we really would have been embarrassed by what a POS that was compared to Japanco Autos

where us product is actually good, it still sells and sells for a premium

so i guess what i really wish is we still had trade schools, vocational degrees and a workforce that knows how to make good products and not just provide not so great services - sorry for the rant!

 

[american lockpicker]

That's right I also have machines from Taiwan and China, which still work. On all my machines, only 6 of them are manufactured in Asian countries. These machines are not my main instrument and does not saddle every day. When hard work does not know how many will last!

Incidentally, I received a call from the headquarters of the Hilti with a proposal to replace the machine with one produced in Germany.
I'm happy!

Nice. Good to see they take care of their customers. BTW whats some EU made tools I kinda want a Hilti now.

 

[Monte]

Incidentally, I received a call from the headquarters of the Hilti with a proposal to replace the machine with one produced in Germany.
I'm happy!

at no extra cost ?

 

[Monte]

@SHL:

i was at the Hilti store today - they have the "Hilti days" today and tomorrow where you can try out some tools.
Extra for you i looked at the country of origin of some tools they had on display there:

Hilti "Made in China": TE 1, SIW 22T A, SF 22A, SFC 14-A, TE 7C, TE 4-A22, TE 6-A36, WSK 22-A

Hilti "Made in Austria": TE 30-C, TE 70, TE 500, TE 706 AVR, TE 1000 AVR, TE 1500 AVR,

Hilti "Made in Switzerland": SIW 144-A, SID 144-A, SFH 144-A

Hilti "Made in Germany": DCG 180-P, DAG 230-D, DEG 125 (the other angle grinders probably too)

Hilti "Made in Italy": VC-20 U (vacuum)

Hilti "Made in Lichtenstein": DC-SE 20 (also jig saws)


Battery packs (14.4Volt Li-Ion) "Made in China", 22 (21.6) Volt battery packs "Made in Poland" , battery charger for the SFC 14-A "Made in Slovenia", HSS drill bits for steel "Made in Spain", screwdriver bits "Made in Germany" + "Made in czech republic", rotary hammer drill bits "Made in Germany", chisels for rotary hammers "Made in Hungary" , nutdriver sockets "Made in Taiwan", diamond cutting discs "Made in Korea"


I didn´t dare to ask if i can take some pics so i only made one from the entrance and from the outside

 

[SHL]

at no extra cost ?

Will still pay about 55 euros.

*Great work you have given to describe these parameters! Thanks!

 

[Vinko]

Their Jigsaw (Lichenstein) is the best I've ever used. I haven't tried the Metabo, but the Hilti beats the heck out of the Bosch for balance I think.

Here's what was made in western Europe from my HD:

PD-4: LASER RANGE METER

TE 30-C-AVR: ROTARY HAMMER

DEG 500-D: 5" ANGLE GRINDER

SFH 144-A CORDLESS HAMMER DRILL/DRIVER [I have an earlier model and like].

and (2) jigsaws.

There might have been other things, but I didn't see them. Also I was surprised how expensive some of the Hilti made in PRC stuff was.

 

[catfish]

There might have been other things, but I didn't see them. Also I was surprised how expensive some of the Hilti made in PRC stuff was.

You pay for the brand , not where it's made.
Price wouldn't have dropped when they moved production from Austria to China.

 

[Monte]

Their Jigsaw (Lichenstein) is the best I've ever used. I haven't tried the Metabo, but the Hilti beats the heck out of the Bosch for balance I think.
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Please try the Mafell P1 cc or the new Festool Carvex

 

[Vinko]

Forgot that the SID- 144A CPC Cordless Impact Driver was also Euro-made.
I'd get these over a SO anyday. Better warranty. Probably better built, from my (admittedly superficial) comparisons of the two.

@ Catfish :

You pay for the brand , not where it's made.

. Yes and No.

 

[SHL]

The machine has changed!
Here are new for which I paid a further 170 leva (around $ 125)

 

[Monte]

nice !!!! Looks much better than the other one !!
The price is good too ! in germany it cost 275.- €

 

[american lockpicker]

Looks nice! I noticed theres a Hilti dealer in town a few days before Christmas I'll have to look him up and give him a call.

 

[Monte]

some Hilti products can be bought online
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...hilti&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

[Monte]

not China but....

 

[phy6]

When I buy PITTSBURGH I want it to be made in CHINA!

hmmm..wait a second..