A visit to see Hilti, some of the tools, fastenings and technology and I met the Boss!!! 

Your very blessed to go to beautiful places and meet amazing people!!! I love hilti tools !

The honesty with which the two gentlemen answered your question was very refreshing to see from a company it wasn,t just for the camera Well done to you and Eddie for bringing this content to a wider audience much appreciated

Thanks Robin for bringing us along, and especially in the question session of the higher ups. 👍🏻

Your videos are so well presented. It is amazing the factual information as most of us out here don't even consider Hilti due to price then you introduce us to lease concepts. Thanks Robin and Ed for your sterling work.

Good informative video .. how much tools have advanced is amazing to see

brilliant filming Ed and a brilliant episode robin keep ya channel going robin love it..

Interesting video Robin. I did not know you could Fleet manage tools. Hope some of those developments make it to market plscr once patents run out. Tools look amazing

23:54 thought they were blowing on waste pipes 😂

Each to their own but where history is concerned it's a really good idea to check all the facts and circumstances of the time before making statements about the background of a company. Back to your video, the tools look great, the company ethos is great and as ever Robin you're 👍

I work in the film industry and we've been using exo-skeleton rigs for years. Check out an Easi Rig.They're made in Sweden, but there are cheaper Chinese versions. Camera operators on dramas and commercials have to carry heavy camera packages to shoot hand held if they're not on a tripod or camera dolly, and the Easi Rig does that. I don't know what the Hilti set up costs, but its exactly the same thing.

I’ve been in Civil Engineering all my life, and if you want a proper tool for a job, it’s always Hilti!! Like Vacuum for a Cleaner, it was always, the Hilti Drill !!

I started using Hilti in 1974, good old TE17

In the US you can buy Hilti at certain Home Depot stores. My local one used to sell them but not anymore. The Hilti store is close enough to me anyway

When I first started in the building game Hilti was a tool you could only really hire, they made all the 'big' tools their quality cannot be called into question but...as a single/self employed 'contractor' their pricing has always been out of reach to most, I still feel they are for the larger firms especially on 'lease' which is a great idea. From where I sit the rise of Festool in the top end quality tools has made them go into the 'lower' end of 'hand' power tools (Am I right in thinking Hilti were 1st with SDS bits?) (Robin covertly try to sell his roofing square app to Hilti, if only you square has a motor on it and was battery operated :)) Props to Hilti to offer up not only the Owner but the board to ask questions to! How before Festool start offering the 'leasing' deal? or do you think their sales are where they want them to be. very informative video, at the age of 62 I just watch which wonder of what the future hold with the technology involved.

Clearly the fleet management/van lease analogy makes a lot of sense for the bigger firms. I think a lot of one man band traders still buy their van outright and run it until it dies, same with tools. I think there is a massive hurdle in the trades in that there is a very closed mindset to new ideas, the "well that's how we've always done it" brigade is a reason a lot of the workmanship quality seems to be at an all time low.

They already have had those crane things for cameramen for absolute years, called the Easyrig. Actually rrally helped with carrying heavy tv cameras all day and allowed you to 'shoot from the hip' more easily. Can see how it would be useful in heavy construction despite all the hate.

Hilti in Norway is sold not by Hiti, but a store-brand which sells Festool and Hilti exclusively

Exoskeleton is something out of a sci fi movie amazing

Whatever Hilti tools I have ever used. They have been good tools. And as you say the distribution in house. Back in the UK in the late eighties I started leasing my work vehicle. On a three year lease. And yes you can lease Hilti tools. This probably works in a lot of places. But by only doing self distribution they are drastically reducing the access to their tools. In Qld Australia where I now live. I can drive an hour to my closest tool shop. In fact an hour will get me to three of the biggest tool shops we have. The nearest Hilti outlet about a two hour drive. And it isn't very big. I guarantee they would not have loan replacements. I would also bet it would likely be weeks to get the tool back. Not days. And there is no service to get the tool back to me. So would be a four hour round trip to go and collect. The tool monitor system probably would also be useless. As a lot of areas I work have no phone coverage. So in short you may have good tools. But the premium service you are paying for is not available. If I lived in Brisbane a bit more so. But to get the full benefit you would probably have to live in Melbourne or Sydney. So by limiting outlets this has reduced the full potential sales area to one corner of the country. Not sure about Perth.

Ive being using hilti products for over 25 years the cost has always been expensive compared to your mid range tools like dewalt, makita. Bosch. What you do get in return is a no argument back up service and in the worst case cant be repaired a replacement tool for free . I recently had a drill that needed fixing got repaired but then it managed to get lost in re delivery back to the store. As it had being missing for a month i did avengly say i wasn't happy about it and could i get it replaced for the new version as i was on the old version but had started to get some of new platform nuron tools. From the point of asking it was changed the next day. The drill was a year old and im not on fleet management as i prefer to pay out right with out the worry of having a tool bill every month.

@22:55 ..."Sure...My vacation has been swell".....😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

carried yourself well in the meeting robin. And i been looking at rear handle milwaukee saws recently after watching this checked out hilti.. 190mm battery saw (not rear handle) with 2 batteries and charger is £1200+VAT.. £1500 is a lot. That's basically 3x the cost for a m18 version. hmmm

Never been lucky enough to own a hilti tool but worked for a guy with a gun that fired nails into RSJs. You couldn't pull them out.

I like Hilti tools but there so expensive they make festool prices look reasonable 😂

As usual highly professional presentation Robin, I am not a fan of their tools. Makes my back hurt just looking at them. Further, those high torque drills are extremely dangerous for your wrist. I'll keep my Festool & interior grade work any day of the week! Month or Year. -JD

I knew I should have waited for the Nuron 360 green laser. Oh well I guess Ill just have to save up and buy another the Nuron version.

No need to have included Lee & Reuben, they have their own channel!!🤣🤣🤣

Any idea of when the uk will see the new tools

So we can expect to see you only using Hilti tools in your videos in future.

Very interesting, I always assumed they were an American company.

Do they have any solutions for theft? How does it work with the fleet management option?

Top secret “production” is selling other tools under Hilti name (at much higher price of course).

9.11 the sign says CLUNGE 😹

If anyone uk based is looking for a good deal on hilti tools they are doing black Friday deals from 20th to 30th plus selling of many display items from the nuron range. Like the te6 which retails for around 620 for around 320 bare unit plus battery pack for 220 with 2 batteries plus a charger which is usually around 100 per item. If anyone is interested it would be best to get in touch with there local store

When is the mitre saw being released?

Getting more and more like QVC this channel!

are hilti the bug eaters of the tool industry ?

Hilti’s mostly cheaper than Makita and Milwaukee in my part of the world.

The executive board seems distant from the field and again seems under the stress of realizing the sales budget. HILTI seems to be going south.

Not about carpentry or HILTI. I still try to figure out how come you are looking clearly younger than 5 years ago (Skill Builder) videos???

Bosch invented sds. Hilti, Mafell etc have always been marketed to businesses rather than consumers, hence the price of the majority of their tools is out of reach for your average Joe. Festool markets to consumers, so their pricing is lower, and their tools although decent are more gimmicky.

you WILL own nothing AND be 'happy'...

What about if it gets stolen, that’s what happens to most of us

Look at the movie industry, they've been using exo-skeletons for donkeys years, a knackered back isn't something to brag about

Sadly, Hilti in the UK have lost the plot. Tools are fine, but spares department is in Germany and even consumables like springs, o-rings, gaskets, etc. take a minimum of 10 days, with no sense of urgency! Appalling! I have lost almost 2 months this year with tools not working for trivial spare parts...

The tool lift is copied from Stihl.

Sorry Robin, but this company, and especially its founder and son, should first admit and take responsibility to its crimes during WWII.. the fact that the company is so advanced and wealthy does not come from great engineering in the first place, it comes from forgetting and denying to build weapons for the nazis and forced labour.. even the whole country Liechtenstein refuses to work through the past of this company…

What the hell are people going on about the Second World War for. What’s that got to do with tools. Get a grip you lot.