Review on Irwin 2-Inch 29-Hole Steel Drill Bit - 12092 by David Ross

Not much to say about that. This is a piece of sheet metal with a series of holes of different sizes. You put the bit in the smallest hole it will go through and that tells you the size. Easy. It's thick enough to be thrown. The hole sizes seem to be pretty accurate. The only real complaint is the white letters on one side. I'm in my 50's and my eyesight isn't the same anymore. The contrast of white on black is the easiest to read. However, when I looked at it one day, I noticed that some of the white numbers were obscured. Of course, my first impulse was to rub my thumb over it to see if it was just dirt. The rest of the room is gone! I tried another one and it rubbed off too! Any color they used for white has about the same adhesion as a dry erase marker. Half of the numbers are now simply lost through normal handling. The good news, and the only reason I'm not returning it, is that the numbers on the other side are stamped into the metal so they don't rub off. At least that's how it still works and doesn't become unusable over time. The only downside is that the embossed numbers are harder to read. I thought I could put some white paint on it and rub it off so it just stays in the indentations, but haven't tried yet. In general it does what it's supposed to. I'm just not sure what they were thinking about the color. I almost sent it back when I noticed the information embossed on the back. Of course, they could find something that holds up better. Aside from that, a handy item to have in your toolbox as my 'old' eyes don't get a chance to read the numbers they put on drill shanks which inevitably get smeared as they slip into the drill chuck.