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No dings or scratches on this drill when it came. And they didn't charge me. Very happy with the drill and the price compared to brand new. This drill has been great. But as far as the drill works, it is great.
It was a factory-reconditioned drill, but I wouldn't have been able to tell except for the stickers that said so. I did have to change the 90 degree attachment around because it was on the faster setting and I wanted the slower setting. That wasn't to easy because I couldn't remove the chuck. I had to take it to a motor repair shop where they removed the chuck fairly easy because they have the right tools.
I have not used it much yet but like what I have This tore right through a series of joists (end-to-end of an attic) followed by some doubled up studs at an awkward angle -- stuff that would have destroyed prior drills I have. All of these items are the trade-offs for getting a pretty solid tool that will stand up to a beating so they do not detract from the star rating at all; just worth knowing.The only item I found annoying was someone's initials scratched into the handle -- easily corrected by scratching them out but that is the other trade-off for a cheaper, refurbished drill. So far this thing is solid -- the other reviews are on target.I wanted to get the version of the drill with a slightly higher RPM but opted for the much less expensive refurbished version.The pros:Solid milwaukee drill - this type of corded tool is right in milwaukee's wheelhouse as far as what they do well.The cons:It is pretty heavy, corded, and you need a wrench to change the direction of the bit or swap the chuck. Per the description you can change the RPM by reversing the right angle chuck.
If it weren't for the reconditioned stickers on the case, I would have thought it was new.The only niggles that I have are that the hex key for the screw that secures the chuck was missing, and that the design of the rotation collar makes it difficult to loosen and tighten the bolt nearest the drill body. Generally I have found reconditioned products to be superior to factory new. I purchased this reconditioned drill due to the combination of capabilities and price. They have had personal attention and been gone through at a level that doesn't normally happen on the assembly line. These are very minor flaws in an otherwise superb product. This drill arrived looking like new.
I bought it for use with self-feed bits for drilling through joists, etc, and it has worked out very well. But for my purposes, I leave it on Low all the time anyway. Not a quick operation. I'm very satisfied with this drill. It feels like it will last the rest of my life, if not longer. As far as speed control, it is true variable-speed (trigger controlled), just as you'd expect, but I wasn't 100% sure on that from the description either. It wasn't immediately obvious to me from the description that the High/Low gearing is not selectable with a switch -- instead it involves removing the right-angle mechanism, removing the chuck, putting the chuck on the other side of the right-angle mechanism, and re-attaching.
It seriously cut my job time in half. AWSOME. Nothing bad to say. When it arrived, it was not brand new, but as close to new as you could possible get. Saw my electrician using it (while i was hacking through studs at 5min each with my cordless).
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