I am always leery of the "New and Improved". I often see it as coming from people who are relatively unskilled with their perspective Tools, be they Handtools or Power.
Tools require an Investment of time, as well as Capital -- Handtools generally requiring far more Time, far less capital, with the tool becoming more, and more accurate, as one's eye becomes more and more trained, the tool also becoming faster, and more efficient as one's muscles grow, as mostions become second nature, as, Finally, the tool and the Body meld, the right tool for the Job, and the right hand behind the tool.
There is less time which needs to be invested in Power Tools, but it is Still there, so much so that, OFTEN, instead of needing a new tool to acomplish a time worn task, what is needed is a little more practice, a bit more investment in skill, and an eye cast to seeing How the more experienced do things. What tools they use, how they use them, and in what order.
