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   bk24 | Dec 13, 2009 01:21am | #1

   I've got the 10.8 Bosch
   I've got the 10.8 Bosch driver and impactor. I got them cheap when they relabeled the tools from 10.8v to 12v. I haven't used the Milwaukees or the Makitas so I can't say how they stack up to one another, but I know that I like the Bosch's a lot. I would not hesitate to buy them again.

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   Matt | Dec 13, 2009 07:05am | #2

   Is the Bosch driver variable speed?

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   sisyphus | Dec 13, 2009 08:59pm | #6

   I've got several of the
   I've got several of the makita 10.8 compacts. I am very happy with them so far. The only question I have is durability and that will be revealed in the fullness of time. There are two ranges of variable speed and a adjustable clutch for the drivers which are rated at 200 inch/lbs of torque vs 100 for the Bosch IIRC. I haven't tried them side by side with the boschs yet so ...? The impacts work well except like all the impacts I have used after a while the noise gets irritating.

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   sisyphus | Dec 13, 2009 09:10pm | #7

   OOPS! I posted the same comment twice. Now I have replaced that iteration with this confession (I hope).

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   RichMast | Dec 14, 2009 08:47pm | #10

   Same here. They are not the same as big guns, but handy for those jobs where you need to keep a drill in pouch or pocket. I just used the driver with a drywall bit for tacking up ceiling sheets to be screwed off later with a real corded gun and it was a lot nicer working overhead holding up the sheet with one hand without having to have a heavy driver in the other.

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   rvieceli | Dec 13, 2009 04:47pm | #3

   Milwaukee, Makita, Bosch and Hitachi make them. Lowes stocks the Hitachi and the Bosch lines. home Depot stocks the Makita and the Milwaukee lines. , if you want to hold them before you buy.

   They seem to be about the same spec wise. The Hitachi has a different style battery that looks like a regular larger tool battery only shrunken. They have a bigger base and can stand upright. the others have a round battery that fits in the handle.

   Most of the drill/drivers are available with either a real chuck or a 1/4 hex quick release chuck. Most of the impact driver have about 800 lbs of torque.

   I believe that only Bosch and Milwaukee have an adjustable angle head driver tool available if that is important to you.

   I think that the drill/drivers are usually two speed and the impact drivers are variable speed.

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   calvin | Dec 13, 2009 06:28pm | #4

   Submitted by rvieceli on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 16:47.

   I think that the drill/drivers are usually two speed and the impact drivers are variable speed.

   Really, in the larger size panasonics of which I'm a user, the impact is two speed, the drill motors are variable. Maybe a thought flip there?

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   rvieceli | Dec 13, 2009 07:19pm | #5

   Naw, I just didn't say it
   Naw, I just didn't say it right. They are all variable speed triggers but a couple of the drill/drivers have a two position range switch like 0-350 rpm and 0-1200 rpm.

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   xxPaulCPxx | Dec 14, 2009 04:07pm | #8

   I had the Bosch 10.8 for over a year, then they got ripped off. I just replaced them with the white Makita 10.8v. Right now I think I like the Makitas better EXCEPT the battery is a bear to get out for me - lots of fingertip strength needed. I like the metal box they came in too.

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   Piffin | Dec 14, 2009 06:46pm | #9

   forget which, but one of the last two Popular Mechaniccs Magazines had a test comparison on these mini's