DEWALT DW983K-2 14.4 Volt XRP 1/2-Inch Heavy Duty Adjustable Clutch Cordless Drill/Driver Kit Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased the new Dewalt 14.4 cordless drill a couple of weeks ago, locally this time I'm afraid, I just saw it listed in my new Tool Crib catalog. Thank you for such a great selection of tools, if its new and out their The Tool Crib will probably have it.Just a thought, in order to entice more people to purchase on line from you and have them willing to wait for their product to be shipped you might want to offer a deal, something more then the competition, or at least a bonus for buying from you.
As for the drill itself I have had nothing but Dewalt cordless drills for porbably 10 years or so.I tried another brand once but returned it immediatly and went back to a Dewalt.Dewalt may be alittle pricey on there cordless drills but for the professional who uses it as much as I do it is in my opion, hands down the best on the market.This new line of heavy duty Cordless drills are amazing.I was needing to build a 45' wheel chair ramp and had a lot of 4' lag bolts to drive.I was amazed by the torque of this new 14.4 drill it drove the lag bolts with so much power I snaped my socket adapter off.I was going to get an 18 volt this time but decided that I would get the 14.4 heavy duty and try it since I already had an old 14.4 and could interchange the batteries, I also just like the weight and size better. As for the power I think this new 14.4 is capable of most jobs, I still wish the batteries would last a little longer though.There are 2 other little things that I'm not sure of and that kept me from giving this drill a 5th *.The drill is so powerful that when driving the lag bolts the housing of the drill felt like it was trying to come apart.I need to check the srews that hold the housing together and tighten if nessessary, maybe that's all it is.The other thing is the key less chuck.I'm not convince it is better then the old model.It slipped several times when I did not have the hex shank of the bit aligned properly, I did not have this problem on my old drill and making sure the bit is aligned properly is kind of a pain and takes more time, this also worries me about round bit shafts.To sum it all up though, Dewalt is still the best out there and this drill just got better.The 14.4 is perfect in balance and weight and now the added power makes it a perfect choice.Oh, one more minor thing to Dewalt, the old style drill had 2 spots on top of the drill for your screw bits and now this new model has just one on the bottom by the battery.Some times the saying "don't change a good thing!"SHOULD BE LISTENED TOO!!CHANGE IT BACK!! (there are more then 1 type of screws!!!)Over all though, an excellent drill as usual from Dewalt!!

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