Heavy Hitting Demo Hammer – Hitachi H65SB2 Review

Guest review from friend of Direct2Trade Paul McCormack

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Hitachi H65SB2
42.0J Heavy Duty Demolition Hammer

Over the Labour weekend I decided to tackle a landscaping project at the back of my property that has been on my mind for about 18 months. The mission was to lay about 900 landscaping blocks and create a low maintenance feature garden along the entire length of my garage. This mean busting up the footpath that ran down the perimeter. With 3 days to complete the project and the concrete demolition being a potential time drain I enlisted the help of the Hitachi H65SB2.

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Hitachi’s New WF18DSL 18v Cordless Collated Screw Gun

WF18DSL(SML) (2)Rave reviews about the new Hitachi WF18DSL screw gun have been coming thick and fast and I thought it would be great to let you know some of the details and great technology built into this new tool.

Hitachi Power Tools New Zealand launched this screw gun several months ago but  it may have slipped by you so have a read below and see how this collated screw gun can make site life easier.

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Cordless Power Tools 101 Pt.1 – Batteries – Voltage, Chemistry and Amp Hour

google1At Direct2Trade.co.nz we sell many different products but by far our most popular sellers are cordless power tools so I thought it might be useful for some of our non tradie friends to cover off some of the main cordless power tool types in a 101 style series.

Before we start looking seriously at the tools though let’s discuss the bits that power them – Batteries.

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Bright Future Ahead for Hitachi Cordless – UB18DEL Review

Lets face it, there are many suppliers of power tools and accessories in the New Zealand market and all have their strength and weaknesses. We chose to align ourselves with 2 strong brands, one of them being Hitachi. We like the way they operate and the value and innovation they bring to the customer is first rate. Hell they are so good they won Supplier of the Year in the 2013 Hardware Awards. Continue reading