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Makita TD020DSEW

Price range:

$79.99 - $119.00

Summary: This 7.2-volt model from Makita has a 1/4-inch chuck and one speed. It comes with two Li-Ion batteries and a smart charger.

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Type: Cordless impact drivers

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Smoken Joe

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Kansas City

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Almost perfect

1/14/2009

Pros

Easy To Store

Easy To Use

Powerful For Size

Versatile

Cons

Noise

Best Uses

All rounder

Comment:

Not a direct replacement for the big drills with large jobs but surprisingly effective for lite to regular duty. I have the Hitachi DS18DL drill and WH18DL Impact Wrench but I always tend to go back to the Makita if I can anyway. It can screqw a 2 inch screw into a 2x4 not as fast as a full sized drill but impressive for the size. <br /><br /><br />The big drawback is noise if it had the same power without the impact driver noise it would be a 5 star and then some. I wrapped it with some foam tape and that eliminated most but not all the noise. You need earplugs if you use it hard for long.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

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