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The LED light is nice but not a necessity for my purposes. This is a very nice piece of equipment. It is a bit expensive but it is truly a professional quality tool. I live in an RV so there is not a lot of room to work in many cases and this drill makes those difficult to access areas a breeze to work in. It would be nice if someone made a set of short drill bits to go along with it as many times the standard length bits are just too long to use.
The gearing is not set up for finessing screws snug without over driving or bunging up the heads. This is a very well built tool and it can get into really tight spaces. It does a great job drilling but be aware that using it to drive screws is tricky just like most other corded drills. You can do it with the variable speed control but it takes a nimble touch. Not easy, but doable.
The cooling nan ports air to where you are drilling, which blows stuff out of the way so you can see what you are doing. I washed there was an alternative, but after thinking about it I came to the conclusion this is the best solution. Could use it a tad bit brighter. Still the moror is probably much more powerful. You have to actually press the trigger to turn on the light.
There is no cluth, but I havent found a cluth to be useful anyway (I use a touch on the trigger and go slow, and it bogs down the motor when the screw gets tight). But the cord likes to walk into the way. The cord is prettty long, but could have used even longer. Also, a speed cuck on an angle drill might be more of a hazard (I am surprised we dont hear of more eyes being put out by speed chucks).
A speed chuck would be nice too, but apparently they take up more room (and it looks like they designed it to be small). It feels very well made (sound and feel). The twisted wires inside must be doing it. The angle head is the smallest I have seen, so there is even more room in tight places. (1)There is virtually no "feel" to how tight a screw is (compared to 18V drill). LED LIGHT:The LED light is fantastic (I wish all my tools had it).
It is cumbersome to keep unplugging the thing to change bits. If it had a switch, or some kind of smart electronlcs it would increase the chances something would break. This is the best drill I have ever owned. This doest work with the makita well, because even at slow speeds there is a lot more torque than I am used to. (2) The dang cord wants to coil up like a phone cord (so there is a fair amount of cord management; rather than drilling mgmt).
Possibly a fluke.
Still, twist the led itself would make a good switch.
The trigger is very easy to turn on by accident (as are all drills of this type I believe).
The only bad thing is when you are drilling stuff you shouldnt really be drilling (you get more stuff airborne).
But one more switch means one more thing to break.
If it were designed to stay on all the time, it would be a pain to unplug when done.
CONS:I gave it 5 stars, so these cons are just being picky.
(3)I wish there was some kind of switch or lock to use when changing bits.
bobbler
Compared to my Milwaukee angle drill it is lighter and more compact, and will replace it for most uses. I got it in the mail the other day and immediately put it to use. The Makita does heat up if over worked. It has more power than I thought. It drilled holes and drove lag bolts with the same ease as even my 1/2 drill. Your hands will bump against your work as the drill finishes (which makes the speed limiter essential) so the Milwaukee with its separated head is still more useful for many locations in existing studs. The chuck wrench holder is too short and made changing from drill to nut driver really annoying.
This little drill is a replacement for one that was purchased about 20 years ago and finally gave up the ghost--wouldn't have any other but a Makita.
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