Hmm, seen that Bosch grinder on visit to a surplus and deal event at a major industrial supplier in town. Supply co clearing some surplus out and inviting its partners and vendors to set up their booth and sell tools at nice prices. Pretty good show.
That cordless grinder however....not impressive. In fact...BAD. May have just been the sales model, been dropped too often and all that, but it was vibrating well beyond what might be considered normal. Definitely worse than an old 1990s made in USA corded Dremel, which is pretty good. Much worse. Really bad in fact. Based on that display unit, i would totally not recommend it. And since my friend told me they had the same thing last year....i don't really want to believe it's just that unit. No sane salesman would keep a bad unit for years as his show machine. Probably some outsourced crap inside. Bosch blue is good stuff in general, but everyone makes a mistake, once in a while...
Proxxon doesn't make battery powered die grinders.Though you could buy one of the low voltage units and feed it from a 12v battery through a chopper circuit, that would be a homebrew solution and not what boss man wants to hear.
And the low voltage ones are not that good anyways, only the big mains power ones are better than a Dremel.
I suggest you find a vendor who actually has the Bosch Grinder in stock, perhaps my salesman is just too bloody stupid to have a proper unit on display, i donÄt want to believe that Bosch would dare sell such crap in their blue/professional line (the good stuff you don't get at home despot type places).
Ask to try it, hear it run, fondle its parts
. If they don't like it, tell em what i said. Have a look at it...or no purchase.
Buyer beware, be careful.
