Bosch recently announced a whole lot of new cordless power tools and hand tools, with some being first-ever offerings for the brand.
Let’s check them out!
To start off, there will be new Bosch 18V cordless nailers.
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Bosch launched a new concrete nailer in the USA last year, and more are coming – at least in Europe.
Judging from the fastener specs, it looks like Bosch is launching the equivalent of a 15 gauge angled finish nailer, 16 gauge straight nailer, 18 gauge brad nailer, and a narrow-crown stapler.
They also have a new-looking 18V compact brushless impact driver and a heavy duty impact wrench.
Here’s the new Bosch 18V brushless band saw.
Bosch USA has not yet shared any details or information, but we’ve seen preorders for a similar deep-cutting model in the USA, GCB18V-5B26, with 5″ cutting capacity.
There is also a new 18V brushless planer.
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And… insulated wrenches?
Bosch is apparently launching an entire new line of insulated hand tools – wrenches, cutters, pliers, and screwdrivers, and also new pipe wrenches.
At least some of the new Bosch hand tool set will come with L-Boxx tool case-compatible foam trays.
I have tried some of Bosch’s hand tools before – I purchased some of the blue-handled tools shown here – and found them to be both inoffensive and unremarkable.
It will be interesting to see whether their new pliers and insulated hand tools will be competitive within the European market, and if they’re destined to launch here.
Bosch also has new Expert accessories packaged in clear-lid cases.
We’ve seen similar to these cases before, and also the Bosch Expert hole saws – both seem to strongly resemble similar offerings from Diablo, which is a Bosch company.
The announcements were made in Europe. Bosch USA has not yet shared details or information about any of these tools, and so USA availability is not yet known.
A ToolGuyd reader – thank you, Ken!! – discovered that some of the new released are available for preorder on Amazon.
TonyT
” band tools” = “hand tools”?
Stuart
Sorry, thanks, *fixed*!
CA
I always liked Bosch drill bits but I’ve never used the phillips bits etc. I always like Dewalt for those accessories. I should try Bosch. I rarely use phillips in a power tool any more…mainly torx but I think I will try em out. Already locked in on red for the batteries and no looking back.
JR Ramos
Until recently most of the Bosch bits were high quality USA-made (not sure who they got them from). They’re nothing special really. I’ve come to prefer the Makita bits because they have a really excellent fit on most Phillips heads and the others are great as well…HD often has great sales on a couple of Makita hard case bit sets and it’s a nice case, too (maybe not the one with the big hinge storage tube). Their silver color is also a bit easier to find if you drop them in the grass. Milwaukee and Crescent have been good…personally I thought Dewalt was the worst I’ve used (recent years but also 20+ years ago) – too much deformation and breakage and for Phillips I never found any of them to fit well. Old school Vermont American or Ivy Classic bits are also excellent if you want to hunt them down (Cripe Distributing is a great source…HJE sometimes too).
Ken
Since you’re talking about new Euro tools, I have to add the one I’m most excited about: a cross-cutting track saw. A video is available on YouTube with English captions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdJmxfWuWCU
I really hope they bring at least the guide rail to the NA market because I own the corded track saw.
Also, the cobra-style (Knipex) pliers you have pictured above are surprisingly expensive from Amazon Germany at 35 Euro. That leads me to believe that they may be made in Germany for Bosch by Knipex or someone else rather than China/Taiwan. Perhaps true of all these new hand tools?
Seth Naffziger
That would be pretty awesome. Knipex is the best, as an electrician I got a couple pliers and I’ve gradually replaced my entire kit! My kliens are in the tool box at home for my wife if she needs them now 😅
mark
Knipex over Klein any day on my end haha.
I used some straight ballistol (yeah I should have diluted it technically) on a pair of Klein linemans recently as a tool oil and it stripped the black (oxide? Ecoat?) coating off. Came off in flakes, but not completely. Like the coating was improperly adhered to the surface. Never had a single other tool do that. I’ve used ballistol on all these other things: alllll sorta of knipex pliers, Milwaukee sockets, channellock pliers, old craftsman adj. Wrench, Midwest tinsnips, witco slip joint pliers, proto breaker bar, husky socket+breaker bar, gear wrench + Armstrong + craftsman sockets + ratchets+ combo wrenches, Benchmade knife, buck knife, buck bros chisels, grip on locking pliers, pbswiss nut driver….that just rubbed me the wrong way. Lol
Tor
The track that fits with this saw, will not be compatible with other saws. The saw will fit to Bosch FSN and all brands who use Festools surface on theirs tracks.
The GKS 18V-57GX cross cut saw will be for similar applications as theese saws from mafell and festool.
https://www.festool.co.uk/products/sawing/portable-circular-saws/577679—hkc55-5,0ebi-plus-sca-gb#Overview
https://produkte.mafell.de/usa/sawing/cross-cutting-system/cordless-cross-cutting-system-kss-50-18m-bl
Chip
This has been out for a while.
I run a Metabo saw on Bosch and Metabo rails…Mafell uses the same rails.
Metabo has 3 different sizes of the crosscut, I have the longest which cuts 17″.
Don Julio
The insulated pliers and screwdrivers look like they have Wiha DNA.
farahan
I just picked up the new 18v Bosch fixed base jigsaw and its a very nice machine. I also purchased a Fein ampshare multimaster to replace my corded Fein, and that is very nice as well!
I’m interested to see some more of Bosch’s new offerings like the connected rail saw (mentioned above) and the forthcoming 18v router.
Tony
Thanks for the update on Bosch. Just my 2 cents, but I don’t think that putting those hand tools in an L-Boxx is a good use of space. That is, I couldn’t imagine myself lugging around a bunch of L-Boxx’es for just a few hand tools. But it does look nice, and it is a good use of (Lean) 5S principles as far as organizational ideas go.
Stuart
I agree, but the question is whether or not it’s good for users to have the *option* to do so. I’d likely use the foam tray in a tool box drawer, but L-Boxx compatibility is good to have. It certainly doesn’t harm anything.
Tony
Good points. I hadn’t thought about repurposing the foam tray within a tool box drawer.
Sky
Insulated wrenches could fair well on battery jobs on boats, golf carts, solar, etc.
Michael F
It might just be me, but those nailers do not look to utilize air spring technology. If they use a flywheel or similar design that would be a shame, air springs just make for a much better cordless nailer in my opinion.
David
Yeah they are flywheel guns, which I don’t really get. I somewhat understand DeWalt doubling down on them, but I just don’t see any advantage. The air spring guns have gotten much smaller and lighter, the Metabo brad nailer isn’t much bigger than my regular air nailer.
mark
Interesting. I just saw a Bosch cordless planer (tool only) in the clearance area of my local Lowe’s for I think 40-50% off. (~$50). I wonder if that has anything to do with the likelihood at least these new power tools will come here to the US
Luis
you might have seen the 12V unit which has been out for a while.
The 18V planer, band saw, 3/4″ torque wrench and a 450 CFM cordless blower are already found in the US page,
Lincoln
There is also the new GLF18V-8 cordless trim router coming soon, I know a lot of people have been waiting for that one. Odd that the marketing for the new impact driver shows the older style battery pack, maybe just to reiterate that older batteries can still be used. I wonder if there will be a new GDX hybrid driver/wrench version too (apparently I’m in the minority but I really like the functionality of my GDX).
Also, the insulated wrenchs are definitely interesting.
JR Ramos
Shoot. The 18V trim router was the one item that Bosch was lacking and that finally pushed me onto Milwaukee 18V where I now have a bunch of tools. I’d like to see what they came up with for it…if it’s better than the excellent Milwaukee version I might just buy it. I wonder if they’ll go for a full sized cordless 1/2″ router like Milwaukee did – that’s an impressive tool.
JR Ramos
Good to see the update on the 3″ planer – that was sorely needed. I’ll have to see it in person first but may buy that one. They do such a great job with most of their ergonomics and the newer tools are quite the performers. The Milwaukee 18V planer isn’t all that great, imho…I did get their new 12V 2-1/4″ planer and it’s a little beast, quite handy and great performance.
Ken
The cordless nailers have appeared on Amazon Germany. So expensive! The 18 gauge nailer (B0D2HTCGCR) is 750 euro / $815 USD. That’s crazy.
I know its not apples-to-apples, but Ryobi’s brushless 18ga nailer is currently $199 during HD’s “Ryobi Days” promo and includes two 4Ah, one 2Ah, and a charger.
Luis
Euro prices are always more expensive than North America, I haven’t seen these nailers posted in the Bosch US page, but every other cordless tool featured here is now available . For example the cordless planer is available in Acme tools for $229 while the Amazon.de website listed it for 359 Euro which is over $380.
Same with the 5″ Bandsaw being $349 at Acme while being 564 Euro (~$620) in Germany
Robert
I’m glad to see Bosch expanding their power tool line as well as hand tools. The new 18v impact driver and finish nailer I’m especially interested in.