Impact driver.

[Guss109]

I use the makita 18v lion impact driver and it's the dogs danglies well worth the money and you can use the batteries in there other tools. Best bit is the batteries charge in 20 mins

[Ty Unnos]

I went for this:

 

Makita BHP452RFW 18v LXT Combination Drill

 

Best bit of kit I own!

[Mark Bolam]

That looks good Ty.

 

I still don't understand the difference between a drill and an impact driver?

 

I've mangled enough screw heads with my nasty and gutless B&Q drill.

[Guss109]

A drill will just turn the screw to either go in or out but the impact driver kind of hammers the screw in at the same time. If you can imadgen it like trying to drill concrete with a normal drill it's slow and hard work but if you switch it to hammer it's a lot easier. Hope this makes some sense lol

[Woodworks]

That looks good Ty.

 

I still don't understand the difference between a drill and an impact driver?

 

I've mangled enough screw heads with my nasty and gutless B&Q drill.

 

An impact driver works very differently. When the load is light it spins fast but when the load increases it works by giving very short burst of power. This stops the screw bit camming out of the screw head and puts almost no twisting load onto your wrist. I also have a 55NM Dewalt cordless and I have hurt my wrist with the torq it transmits to your arm. By comparison the impact driver I have is 155NM so 3 times more torq but so easy to use and much lighter.

[Mark Bolam]

So can a drill/driver effectively do both?

 

It's not a piece of kit I'd use every day, but I've always believed in buying quality.

 

(Apart from my POS B&Q drill ).

[Woodworks]

A drill driver is more versatile as it is much better when drilling, the impact driver is aimed at putting multiple and large screws in quickly. The Dewalt drill driver I have can drive large screws (4"-6") in when needed.

[RDB logs]

I have an 18v makita and its awesome been driving m10x 200mm long coach bolts today in to sleepers, I also use it to put wheel clamp on trailer as it has so much more power than drill. It is 1/2 weight of drill so for good using above your head all day. you cannot drill with it though as the clutch just chatters. Best tool ever:thumbup:

[john meehan]

I've got a Ryobi ONE impact driver it's pretty :thumbup:good, not overly dear either

[Ian Leach]

I've got an ryobi 18v impact driver and drives in hex drive screws 150mm long all day long. It's seen a lot of abuse for the last year for decking and sleeper and hasn't missed a beat yet.