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Doctor Drivel wrote:
In that link, the Chav making a typical fool of himself. I was the
first too mention Impact Drivers on this group.

Indeed. Must be nice to have so much spare time to look at catalogues. Was
the counter quiet again?

Only about two others had heard of them and one actually used one of
them. No one knew what they were thinking you smacked it with a hammer.

And you obviously had never heard of an impact driver. Which have been
around for many years - long before any cordless tool.

they now seem to be a the latest DIY must
have tool, have you bought one yet
or

"Nor do I feel the need for one. I've never had problems driving in
any type of screw into anything. For pro use in a specialised field
they may well be wonderful. But this is a DIY group, and there's many
tools I'd want long before one of those."

DIY or not they are superb. If your drill/driver packs up then buy one,
as the price has dropped substantially. They can be used as a drill
too. Using hex shaft drill bits. There are also duel
drill-driver/Impact Driver models.

For most a standard drill is of far more use if you can only afford one.
Hex bits are very expensive - and inaccurate.

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