Fall Drill Preview: The latest, lightest, lithiummiest
Reading the newest lithium-ion drivers' stat sheets sounds more and more like announcing a welterweight on fight night.
Aaand in this corner, weighing in at 1.96 pounds, a 12-volt Sub-Compact Driver straight outta Milwaukee, with 130 screws on a single charge, 30 minutes on the charger, $130 dollars at the register, the inch and an eighth spade-bit-driller, the screw killer, taking the stage with a full fuel gauge.
I'm getting carried away. Simply put: it's a knockout.
You can buy it in mid-October. Until then, one more beauty shot after the jump.
It fits in a tool belt. The quick-change chuck actually works one-handed, and squeezing the trigger shines an LED (like they all should) on whatever you're drilling. Since this only has 100 inch-pounds, the Impactor is still 8 times torque-ier, but the challenger certainly didn't have trouble sticking some 3-inch screws in a 2x4.
It's totally professionally capable, jobsite-tough and all that, but if I may generalize: the women of This Old House have been cradling this thing like it's the drill of their dreams.
More tools we love: Cordless combo kits, kaboodles
Even more: Toolmonger's preview. And their take on the tools this one's up against.
Posted by Harry Sawyers | Categories: Power Tools | Permalink
(3) Comments
Hi Harry,
I'am sold on the blog, as well as the drill.
-- James & Alexa
PS Thanks for the bar talk and the slice.
Boooooooo!! Impactor T.K.O.'s Milwaukee in the 8th round.
Love this drill. They need to make a compact led flashlight that uses the same battery. bosch drill is worse but they have an impact and flashlight to match there small hand drill.