The PBD40 has a weeks in my application. For the decision to buy the compact design and ease of use was crucial. The device could be a quite passable part of the price (Internet), were it not for some will say unfortunate flaw: The laser cross is rotated for some unknown reason to odd about 22 degrees to the plate axis intersects good one millimeter in addition to the drill center, which can not even be balanced with feeling because of the angular displacement. The lines are already so wide and at the Kreunzug a flickering skein, which prevents more than help you to make a penciled drilling. The LED light is a bit more helpful and the drilling location is lit from fairly well. Better, however, would be a light from the front, so the side of the operator from. The stop is not even as long as the bottom plate is wide and shifts the hard place with the two screws so much that an exact adjustment is very difficult. I'll have to build me a sensible construction. The workpiece clamping device can not be found above and falls during workpiece loading uncontrollably down, I have already reinstalled me a brake. The clamping lever for the depth gauge I realized just around a half turn backwards, because he was to tighten the factory to the front, while just a finger's breadth on the housing passes by, which led to repeated pinching of the finger. The locking screw for stable Bohrständerrohr pulls the housing from the central position, whereby the drill no longer meets the hole in the plate centric. Such avoidable blunders I did not expect at a not cheap Bosch tool. The display is easy to read, controls and switches are easily accessible, the power switch has also emergency stop function. Unfortunately, the display does not save the last shot but first always shows the speed. Interestingly, however, the depth that must be therefore reselected every time. The manual is very brief, the part numbering very messy, but the device is almost self-explanatory.
For the "electrical part" can I forgive four star. The mechanical parts are indeed processed very clean, but in many places apparently following a rigor primitive constructs. If even a laser is integrated, which could be very helpful, should this exact, show with finer lines and at right angles to the worktop, which would also be controllable whether a workpiece rests parallel, since the stopper without guidance, which also does not pay. This inadequate "mechanical" solutions deserve a star. Taking into account the non-slip finely grooved worktop the handy scroll wheel and the stable structure can I forgive together just three stars.
