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Review on DEWALT DCF885C1 20V Impact Driver by Jaleel Pruitt

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Makes car repair/restoration _much_ easier and more fun. Get one. The bag is tiny :)

Love this thing. I've been involved with cars for a very, very long time and would like to get one sooner. This makes working with cars much faster and more fun. When you repair or modify cars, think about how much time you spend turning and loosening nuts and bolts. Bolts in a car can be threaded from 15 to 24 per inch, which means you have to turn the bolt 15 full turns to move each bolt one inch. Now imagine if it were almost instantaneous. This lightweight tool has a lot of torque so it can do a lot of work, and it's fairly small and cordless so it can get to many places under a car. For screws that are too tight for this tool, I still loosen them with a wrench and then smack them with this screwdriver because it saves a lot of time. Tightening is the same - I almost or fully tighten (depending on the torque needed) and then use a torque wrench to set the final torque. The bag does not quite match the scale shown. Bringing a sandwich to work is nice, but don't expect to bring a club sandwich or anything with lots of tomatoes.

Pros
  • Great general specs
Cons
  • No automatic