I work in HVAC and am always needing a drill to drill small holes in duct and metal cabinets to do testing, so I bought the drill-impact driver combo with batteries. They are SMALL, I mean they are far smaller than anything out there EXCEPT for the Makita 18v sub compact combo, which I also have and use. The batteries on the Makita are 18v so they're a bit larger, but the bodies of the drill and driver are almost as small as the DW 12v sub compacts.
Well, I got home and charged a battery and tried them out, drill worked fine, impact driver wouldn't change impact ranges, it has three, but no go, no lights nothing. It did work in full power mode very well, but no seperate modes. So back they go to Lowe's. 2nd set at home, charge battery and again drill works fine. Impact driver chuck is so loose it acts like there's no bearing whatsoever in the front of the driver. The power modes work fine though. You just can't believe how much play is in the chuck though, it's probably a 1/4" on a 1-1/4" bit, longer, of course, are horrid. So, tomorrow, back to Lowe's.
I have two other impacts, a Milwaukee monster, that is used A LOT and tighter than a drum in the chuck. I also have the subcompact Makita impact driver and it too is tight as a drum, so it's pretty obvious how horrid the quality control is at DeWalt on these new Xtreme tools.
We'll see how it goes.
Otherwise, these are nice small tools to carry for small jobs, so I hope have a set that works!!!
Well, I got home and charged a battery and tried them out, drill worked fine, impact driver wouldn't change impact ranges, it has three, but no go, no lights nothing. It did work in full power mode very well, but no seperate modes. So back they go to Lowe's. 2nd set at home, charge battery and again drill works fine. Impact driver chuck is so loose it acts like there's no bearing whatsoever in the front of the driver. The power modes work fine though. You just can't believe how much play is in the chuck though, it's probably a 1/4" on a 1-1/4" bit, longer, of course, are horrid. So, tomorrow, back to Lowe's.
I have two other impacts, a Milwaukee monster, that is used A LOT and tighter than a drum in the chuck. I also have the subcompact Makita impact driver and it too is tight as a drum, so it's pretty obvious how horrid the quality control is at DeWalt on these new Xtreme tools.
We'll see how it goes.
Otherwise, these are nice small tools to carry for small jobs, so I hope have a set that works!!!