This is my fourth set of cordless tools. As a plumber who uses and bought the Hitachi 4 tool kit at Costco and then added the grinder and this impact driver to the kit separately. The impact driver is just as good as the other main brands like Makita & Dewalt. I even bought the cheaper Ryobi impact driver and it worked fine but the Hitachi is a bit tougher. I tighten 60lb. torque no-hub bands on cast-iron pipe and the power save feature which reduces the torque significantly gives just about the right torque without stripping out the band. Full power mode on the impact will on occasion strip these bands. My fellow plumbers with other brand impacts like
Dewalt and Makita strip bands from time to time because they have trouble guessing the torque exactly. The drill/driver hardly gets used by us plumbers anymore since the impact has come on the scene and the Hitachi is my favorite so far. The tools are more reasonably priced to me and Lithium-ion batteries work just fine. I won't buy Dewalt anymore because they are overpriced and don't even have a lithium-ion battery to my knowledge. They do have the best ni-cads though. Try the Hitachi and you won't be disappointed and it is very light too. Good luck.Get more detail about Bare-Tool Hitachi WH18DL 18-Volt Li-Ion Cordless Impact Driver (Tool Only, No Battery).
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