Do You Really Need An Impact Driver? Comparing Lithium Drill/Drivers to Impacts

In a previous post Impact Driver – It’s not what you think. I showed you what an impact driver is and a few examples of the drivers available. Impacts have been getting a lot of press lately and many of you are wondering if you need one. In this article I am going to compare an impact driver to a drill/driver and let you decide which one is best for…
Read more...Impact Driver – It’s not what you think.

What is an Impact Driver? This is the perfect tool if you are going to drive a lot of screws, say build a deck or drywall a room. An impact driver will greatly speed up a large construction project. But they are not for everyone. There is a lot of confusion over the new impact drivers. These cordless tools are not for removing nuts and bolts, but a tool for…
Read more...A New Category of Tools – Impact Driver Sockets and Bits

There are dozens of “kits” available from all the manufactures that have hex drive screwdriver bits in them. They work well in your screwdriver and fairly well in your cordless drill, but when you use them in your new cordless impact driver they don’t last long. The next thing you know, the bits are stripping out the screws. To fix this DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Makita have come out with better…
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