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I'm a big guy so the weight of this drill is not an issue. It's nice to know the torque is there when needed.The two batteries are plenty to keep you going as long a day as you are up to working. We live so far north that we have summer days with sunlight from 3:30am to 10:30pm. I am building with rough cut birch from a saw mill that went out of business years ago. "Rome wasn't built in a day, but you can move a lot of cement in a day". Having this drill has increased my productivity tremedously on these jobs that require the 600#'s of torque. I too purchased this 28v hammer drill/driver as part of Milwaukee's four piece kit.
I've built a 6' fence, and am working on a playhouse / storage shed. Between the 100 year old fir and this well seasoned birch my smaller drills lacked the torque to sink screws consistently.Since I purchased this 28v drill, I have yet to meet it's match. I'm a DIY guy, not a contractor. You can get a lot done in a day with this tool. I own a big 100 year old place. It has never failed. Yes, I love it.
When going to a smaller drill, the smaller drill does feel very light after using this one.
I have been lucky enough to find it when it fallsout nearly evertime and i just put it back in. I bought this drill approximately one month ago and since that day have had the trigger sticking on a daily basis and have had the chuck screw fallout numerous times. Dont buy this drill if you want to keep your fingers and dont wanna waste the 400$ this high priced finger hazard of machine will cost you. Hope this drill changes my mind but as far as im concerned this drill is a safety hazard and its not just an isolated incident. I use this drill everyday, and i can tell you its a powerful drill. My supervisor owns the same drill and had to send his in for repair for the same problem but when his fell out so did the chuck and the chuck then broke.Well now i have lost the screw this time and decided that this is enough. BUY A DEWALT Brought it back to the store i bought it from for an even exchange.
This tool delivers what it says it will. This tool is not a wimp, it is designed to work, is heavy but delivers. If you want a tool that is going to work as hard as you do, make working a pleasure and have the safety and strength to continuously deliver, buy this tool.
The 18 volt was better by far I used the 28volt for the first month and it was fine but after that the charger stopped working and the batteries together stopped holding the charge. NEVER AGAIN. And believe me I take care of my tools, out of the cold when it's cold and charged properly as I do.
The torque this thing has is incredible, close to a corded gun, well not the ones we had, they'd snap your wrist if you weren't careful, but this has torque, 2x stronger than Dewalt in my book if not more. That's why I gave it a 4 out of 5, the boss ended up replacing it with a refurbished model, worked just as good, he never sent the damaged one in for repair though always wondered why. I reviewed the regular 18 volt by mistake so I copied the review and pasted it here. If I had the money right now I would buy this gun, no questions asked. The gun I had was the model with the hammer drill setting I used this gun for work, drilling into 1/4 steal colums as well as concrete on a daily basis and work it did. Its not easy for any cordless gun to drill into concrete, even if they say they have hammer drill capabilities. If you charge it correctly to start these guns hold power, light work a battery could get you through a 10 hour day, heavy work, like hammer drill mode you would need 2 in a 10 hour day, which is great, guys with dewalts usually had 4 batteries and 2 chargers cause they needed it.
I had used Dewalt when I worked with the Teamsters years back, it was a good gun but it can not compare to this machine. The veratility this gun has was a great advantage not to mention the life in its battery pack. My 12 year old Dewalt I have at home has seen better days. I would of given this thing a 5 out of 5 but I blew the clutch after a year of hard abuse.
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