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Nice and light wieght. I really like it how ever it does not have enough torque and will not run screws all the way in.
It seems they have engineered this to turn slow and steady, delivering lots of torque without having lots of friction, both conserving battery and giving you a lot of torque to work with (enough to cam out of a size 3 phillips screw if you're not pushing on it). Years ago I swore off battery-operated drills. While you sacrifice some flexibility with the hex-chuck (especially for drilling large holes), and may need to buy a set of bits that fit the hex chuck, I think the convenience of the well-designed chuck makes up for it (adding and removing bits is easy with one hand). But, once my corded drill died, I decided to give it another shot; battery technology had improved quite a bit. This thing has almost as much torque as my old corded drill (it doesn't have anywhere near the same max rpm; I would not attempt to stir paint with it). Lastly, this thing is extremely small, and can get into a lot of places you'd never be able to get a corded drill.So, if you'd like to have something small and extremely convenient for your light to medium-duty DIY type drilling/driving, this is a really good way to go. If you have heavy duty work too, I'd get a nice corded drill with a Jacob's chuck (getting a cheapo one with barely more torque is probably a waste of money; if you mainly need the ability to use round drill bits, they sell a hex-to-3/8" chuck adapter that people seem to like).
This drill only takes special bits. Instead, you have to buy special bits that aren't cheap. This would be the best compact lithium drill on the market except for one thing: IT CAN'T USE STANDARD DRILL BITS. Don't have the one you need. OK, you're on the jobsite and you need to drill a hole. You have the right size bit, but wait. You either have to drive to the hardware store and pay through the nose, or you're SOL. The clueless marketing exec who made the decision to go with this worthless chuck design ought to be downsized.
I have only had my driver for about a month, but have used it on several jobs. This lightweight driver seems to offer the same great quality. I was extremely pleased with the compact size and have been pleasantly surprised with the power and battery life of this driver. I also own a Milwaukee 18V hammer drill which has performed extremely well for me. I did some comparison shopping before buying from Amazon, and they had by far the best deal on this driver. I would certainly recommend this tool to others.
I bought this sub compact to everyday installs. I had a 18V drill prior, and that was way to heavy to hold up while doing installs. I use this every day. This drill is very light and powerful. Nice led light, to keep work space nice and lit. Only bad part is hard to find hex drill bits.
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