Cordless drills and impact drivers are a mainstay of modern construction and the foundation of any cordless-tool platform. Hoping to get new users hooked on their platform, manufacturers offer competitive prices on two-tool cordless kits that include an impact driver, a hammer drill, and two batteries. Fine Homebuilding magazine recently tested two-tool brushless kits from six major tool manufacturers: Bosch, DeWalt, Hitachi, Makita, Milwaukee, and Rockwell. All of these tools have brushless motors, which offer extended run time and smaller housings. So how many structural screws can one of these modern brushless impact drivers sink into a pressure-treated 6×6? Watch the video to find out.
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Great survey! Really throws some light on the price:performance ratio. This actually deserves a whole new section of your magazine(but that might be too costly for you, ha)
Worthlessi video - comparisons between drills not made!!!
It's time for a review of the quality of these tools. Both of my DeWalt brushless tools (driver and drill) have chucks that wobble way too much just after one years medium duty work.