Am i wrong in assuming that spiral taps would be more suited to power tapping due to the improved chip ejection?
You are correct. Spiral flutes are much better for power tapping, as they like being held rigidly, and lack the self aligning taper of spiral points and plug/hand taps. They are a bitch to start by hand, but can be done if in a pinch, although I wouldn't recommend it. IMO the old plug/taper/bottoming hand taps of yesteryear are obsolete. And the only reason to still use them is because you still have some, I have a couple different sizes of the old 3tap style, but can't see me ever using them. Bottoming taps still have their place, but if one were to buy one type of tap for eternity I'd be buying spiral points. At home in a mill spindle, tailstock chuck, handdrill chuck, or tap wrench. They do it all. I also grind them flat to make bottoming taps from them when they do eventually dull. It's nice to catch them before they snap off in a hole and cause me an hour detour though.....
Then there are Form taps. I've switched our dedicated CNC tooling over to form taps the past few years, and haven't looked back. The one Paradur tap Don sent looked suspiciously like a form tap at first glance, but when I looked it up, it's just a semi bottoming cut tap. Form taps need different sized (bigger) starting holes. They produce stronger threads in most materials, but do have a slight propensity sometimes to cause cross threading. Our toolmakers pissed and moaned for the longest time when I made the switch, but I eventually beat them into submission.....Some people don't like change. And by some people I mean grumpy old toolmakers.
Some nice variety of taps in the package. I'm starting to design my Belt grinder again, so I guess I'll be using all M8 hardware on it now
. Now I need to head out into the garage to find something nice to send back out......