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   bill_1010 | Jun 06, 2003 04:56pm | #1

   I have a makita.  The general attitude over at the taunton breaktime board is also the makita.   Id say roughly of all the impact driver owners over there 85% makita, 10%panasonic multidriver and the rest the other brands.

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   Sancho | Jun 06, 2003 05:14pm | #2

   Breaktime has numerous threads on this subj.

    

   Darkworks:  No Guns No Butter squilla and the bling bling.

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   bszydlo | Jun 06, 2003 05:36pm | #3

   Thanks for the information.  Breaktime has a lot of good information on the Makita but very little on the Dewalt.  Does anyone have any experience with the DW?

   Bill

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   Sancho | Jun 07, 2003 04:46am | #4

   No but I think Katz over at JLC did a review of them. I have a Mak so I cant really give any info on the DW 

   Darkworks:  No Guns No Butter squilla and the bling bling.

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   CAGIV | Jun 07, 2003 05:39am | #5

   I have the mak 12 v and love it.

   I can't make any long term claims, I've only had it since christmass, the one thing I can suggest is to make sure the one you purchase comes with the 2.6 ah batteries, mine came with 1.3 ah and they do not last as long.  I bought the 12v mak drill just to get the 2.6 ah batteries, the cost of 2 more batteries was almost as much as buying the drill, the drill is also very good.

   I've driven 6 in screws into pine 2x with out predrilling and with out any sort of problem, they went in like a knife through butter.  Mine is used mostly for remodeling work.

   One word of caution, it has A LOT of torque, it will break off screw heads with out blinking if you try to go into hardwood with out predrilling, it can also snap the head off a small torx bit as I have found out 5 times to date..

   Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals build the Titanic.