After working alongside our contractor in a recent renovation on the house, and enduring his sniggering diss at my Old School corded Makita electric drill, I decided to follow his lead and step up to the Makita impact driver. I ordered it separately, then realized I could have the driver AND the Makita LCT300W in a set for just a few dollars more. (Sent back the driver; ordered the combo.) If you have never used an impact driver, they are amazing. For running in, say, deck or drywall screws it is a miracle cure. With my regular old drill I would have to seriously push while driving in the screw, hoping to keep the bit from camming out and ruining the phillips head about a 1/4″ shy of being driven home. The impact driver makes the same clattering sound as it drives in the screw, but it’s doing absolutely no harm to the screw head. You have to see it to believe it–like butta! I love the drill, too. It has a very good clutch: set it to drill, as such, with no slippage; or set a very low slip point to put in hinge screws without stripping out the soft pine doorframe–and any setting in between. The lamp is, in my experience, real close to useless. It came with two bulbs, one of them installed. The first one blew out in about 5 seconds. Second one is okay, but I could not find the same bulbs at Depot. I’ll keep looking, but if this is some hard to come by specialty bulb, what’s the point? I would just as soon have had the kit at a reduced package price, minus the lamp.
I am a 1st time home owner and a 1st time DIY’er. I had to install wall cabinets in the garage and with this kit, it was a piece of cake. As another reviewer said, I too will never drive wood screws with a drill again. The Impact Driver is just what I needed. Power system in a really small package. The battery life is good too. I worked all day with the drill and impact driver on 1 recharge each.
The LED is also a nice touch and useful in blue corners. What’s cool is that the led remains on for a few secs after the drill/driver has stopped and the recharge time is only 15 mins
The spotlight is a nice addition to the funtastic kit. A national retailer had the Makita LCT300W (comes without the light) priced higher than this kit on amazon.
All in all, a great value for money.
Bought this drill and couldn’t be more happy with Makita LCT300W! Battery lasts a long time, a lot of power (esp the Impact Driver), and the price was the best I could find. My last Makita drill was purchased 10 years ago – I’m only replacing because the old batteries don’t hold a charge (and I really wanted an impact driver). It looks like I have another 10 good years ahead of me with this drill!
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