Pro Tool Reviews: My love affair with Makita low-voltage tools continues with a new stick impact driver. You’ll find this Makita 7.2V impact driver with the model number TD022DSE. Now before we dig into the features and specs, allow me to make the case for having a low-power drill or impact driver in your toolkit.
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I have been looking for a good drill for a little while now and something I have never come across is this small version of one. Although I don’t think I would ever buy it I think it can be pretty useful. I personally would just go for an old-fashioned screwdriver before I went for this but I see why it might be much nicer to use than one of those old-fashioned screwdrivers. I have been in situations where a drill is too large and I have a lot of screw I need to put in in this small space. I figured out a way around it but this tool would have made that job easier. I don’t tend to find myself in these types of jobs all that much but something like this around isn’t a bad idea. As for things like cabinetry, ill probably stick to a manual screw driver, I just like it better but I’m sure this is a tool many people would want because of what it does offer.
This Makita impact driver seems to be really good, it has a lot of the same things as other impact drivers I’ve seen. It’s a little concerning that the light isn't placed efficiently enough to have good light for the last inch. The drills we have at school have a really good placement for the light where you will always have illumination no matter what you’re doing. And in theatre, there are a lot of times where we will be working in the dark either because lighting is focusing and it’s dark time or you're under the deck screwing in stud walls or in another enclosed space where you can’t get light. The lockout is nice, but don’t most drivers have the intermediate stage between forward and reverse that locks the driver from running? I suppose this separate switch would be less likely to disengage during travel. The design of the driver is very strange. The pivot action is nice to convert it to a pistol grip, but I feel like any operation with it straight would be very straining on the wrists.
Often times I have been highly critical of anything less than an 18v cordless tool, this is mostly because my first interactions with cordless tools were when 12v was the most powerful thing out there. These 12v tools had no battery life to speak of and would not hold up to a day's hard work. However, in today's toolkit, I think its time to give this another thought, mostly because the writer of this article provides some excellent points. The most significant thing for me was to realize that it is not meant to be that replacement of the big powerhouse of a tool that is used to last the whole day or most of the day, it is meant to be the one that gets where the big ones cant get to. In this instance, I would say that this tool being small and compact would be a great addition to help get to those places where one can not often reach directly.
I think this is a pretty nifty design. I havn’t really seen any prograde versions of this tool. I guess I saw that gyro tool I think dewalt made, but I consider that something else. I think this stable, robust, and straight forward screw driver (I feel weird calling it and impact driver) is a great addition to a power tool arsenal. Now, I am impressed that it is actually an impact driver, and one with 220 in lbs of force. So my predisposition about this being a screwdriver is clearly wrong no matter how weird it feels. There is no torque limiter on this tool, no clutch, just a variable speed high torque driver. I can’t think of too many applications where I would have used this, but I suppose that is because I didn’t know of it at the time, not because I wasn’t looking for a low profile, high torque drill option. I would love to see a drill version of this, something with a thin profile, standard drill chuck, and sufficient tourque.
I love the little low voltage tools, they are just so handy and easy to use and have around, not to mention that a lot of the drilling we do for assembly purposes does not require a bunch of torque. I had the earlier versions of the Makita low voltage tools, both pistol grips, and they were awesome little things for a growing carpenter but the batteries were not awesome and died within the year. I hope Makita has done something to beef up the life expectancy of their battery life and that 3-year warranty sounds pretty good, too. I also like the addition of the LED light at the working end, as it is always better to have an onboard light since you never know what little spaces you would be working in or around that would not be very well lit and getting a second device in there just to light it may be tricky.
This seems to be a good model to consider. I have been wandering for a model that has great quality at reasonable price. Though this model is a bit pricey, it has features that can surpass the money. I am impressed with its compact design, powerful performance, accompanied by utilities that make it one of the best available models. It will definitely be on my list, thanks to your review.
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