Makita BTD144

Find Makita BTD144 18-Volt LXT Lithium-Ion Cordless Impact Driver Great driverBy orangekayI dearly loved my old Makita impact driver and never thought I'd have any reason to replace it before it died, but when I found out the latest and greatest model let you downshift into less power, I had no choice but to trade up. The first thing I did with it out of the box was sink a 3.5" deck screw into the end of a fir 2 x 4 (pre-drilled for about 2" with a tapered countersink bit) on the highest setting. This was not a task my old driver ever balked at, but with the 144 the screw was sunk almost instantaneously. If you blinked, you would have missed it. I tried another one on the medium setting, and that was more along the lines of what I was accustomed to--a truly respectable amount of power, but it took a couple seconds and a decent bit of pressure. Shift down to the lowest power setting, and the screw is tapped in pretty delicately, making it safe to use around much smaller screws and finer woods. I'm not sure if it's safe enough for drywall as ... » More Information about Makita BTD144 18-Volt LXT Lithium-Ion Cordless Impact Driver.

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