We spent hundreds of man-hours on cordless drill reviews and impact drivers with hands-on objective testing. We also rated the most powerful cordless drills through head-to-head comparative testing. All 12V, 18V (20V), and 36V models go through our testing rig, and we rank them for their respective categories. When Pros want to upgrade their systems it’s often difficult to know where to go. While you may have your favorite “color” or brand, we seek to help you understand the competition. We understand the tendency for Pros to choose favorites. Our cordless drill reviews and our impact driver reviews seek to avoid bias by using standardized testing methods. Without an objective testing source, you may find yourself purchasing a tool that can’t get the job done. Pros Can Trust Our Cordless Drill Reviews We not only test power, we look at run-time, vibration, and ergonomics. The best cordless drill for one may not be the same for another. Our drill and driver reviews take that into account, testing various torque and speed scenarios. Our individual cordless drill reviews are thorough, and break down the build quality, features, feel, and performance of each tool.
We’ve tested dozens of the impact drivers currently available to find out who makes the best impact driver in multiple classes. There are some impressive new players entering the scene that look to challenge the traditional powerhouses. When it was all said and done, the biggest names still stepped up to the plate. Our impact driver reviews […]
Bosch 18V 3/4-Inch Impact Wrench Brings A New Level Of Muscle To The Tool Box Professional industrial mechanics know the frustration of encountering seized-up nuts and bolts, especially when there’s just no room for a breaker bar. The Bosch ProFactor 3/4-Inch cordless high-torque impact wrench is one of several heavy hitters on the enhanced Bosch […]
DeWalt Atomic Impact Wrench Squeezes Solid Muscle Into Tight Spaces It’s the ever-present quandary for impact wrenches—how to get more torque into tighter spaces. The DeWalt Atomic 20V Max impact wrench sets its sights on solving that problem once and for all. DeWalt Atomic 20V Max Impact Wrench: Compact Power At first glance, it’s clear […]
DeWalt Announces Their Shortest High-Torque Impact Driver Ever DeWalt adds to the Atomic Series of 20V Max tools with an updated edition of the compact impact driver. The DeWalt DCF850 boasts an almost unbelievably short length. That should make it even easier to work in tight spaces. That’s not the big deal, though—what surprised us […]
We love testing drills on the PTR Test Track, but we’re ready to start pushing them a little harder. Today, we decided to run a rough-in challenge with drills from DeWalt, Makita, and Milwaukee Tool to see what they can do. Buy Here DEWALT DCD998 – https://amzn.to/3sij51u MILWAUKEE 2804 – https://bit.ly/3uNBvZK MAKITA XPH14 – https://amzn.to/3tngRzh […]
We brought our top-performing impact drivers into the shop for another challenge. That’s right, it’s DeWalt vs Makita vs Milwaukee. This time we wanted to see which of these impact tools is the fastest impact driver out there, and we did so by testing how fast these models could sink 8” RSS Rugged Structural Screws. […]
Makita Brushless Right Angle Drills for Rough-in The Makita XAD05 and XAD06 18V Brushless Right Angle Drills have the sorts of features and performance that gear them toward electrical, utility, and plumbing Pros. They come in two flavors – one with a 1/2″ chuck and the other with a 7/16″ hex chuck. Both can drill […]
Ridgid revamped their cordless tool lineup to streamline things, and we have their new 18V brushless drill and impact driver to run on our Test Track. Can these new, more compact tools match up to the performance of Octane and others? We decided to pit Ridgid Brushless vs Octane in a head-to-head showdown. Even better, […]
Your Hammer Drill and Impact Driver may be Capable of More than you Realize We’ve written about the differences between an impact driver vs hammer drill. This time we put them to the test. Using a Metabo HPT MultiVolt hammer drill and a MultiVolt Triple Hammer impact driver, we go head-to-head to see how effectively […]
It used to be so easy—drills took care of holes and that was that. Now that we have impact drivers, however, it gives us more options than we often know what to do with. many people have asked us recently about an impact driver vs drill and what’s the difference? In reality, how and when […]
