Denali 136-Piece Titanium Contractor's Drill And Drive Bit Accessory Set

List Price: $69.99 Discount Price: $29.13

Features:

• Designed to meet the everyday needs of professional contractors and serious do-it-yourselfers
• Features titanium-coated drill bits and a full lineup of quick connect accessories
• Fully ground high speed M2 titanium-coated drill bits and S2 screwdriving bits
• Set includes: titanium drill bits, quick connect hex shanked drill bits, nut drivers, 6-piece socket set with quick connect socket drives, 2-inch & 1-inch screwdriving bits, magnetic drive guides, and two removable small parts/bit carrying cases
• High-impact carrying case with strong metal latches features removable bit stands and two portable screwdriving bit cases with belt clip

Accessories:
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Customer Reviews:

find it is a good value for the $30 price  [Posted on 2008-01-25]
I was impressed with this product upon opening the box. Now as I have used the bit's, I am still impressed.

I find it is a good value for the $30 price I paid for it. The travel case was much maligned by others. However, I find it is a much better box than any others I have seen of this type. I must be fortunate as the latches and boxes are all still performing well.

The specialty adapters and bits are great. These are not common with other sets. Oh yes, the everyday bits are here too, in spades. Your cost averages about a quarter for each bit and the cases are free. Can't beat it! If the case goes bad, throw it away. it is Still a good deal!

Unacceptable Quality! [Posted on 2008-03-15]
The Denali 136-Piece Titanium Contractor's Drill and Drive Bit Accessory Set was on sale as a Gold Box Special recently. For the price, I figured that even if the drill bits and the accessories weren't of the best quality (I didn't expect them to be), that I should still be able to get more than my moneys worth out of most of the set. I was wrong.

The set arrived and the case was in good condition. Upon opening the set, I discovered a few bits loose in the case from being shipped. That wasn't a problem since that seems to happen on most sets packaged this way. The finish on the tool and drill bits (especially the titanium drill bits and sockets) looked good. At that point, I was pleased with my purchase and I had a couple of small projects to do so I would be using the set soon.

I needed to put a new registration sticker my vehicle's rear license plate, so I grabbed this kit and my Makita driver to do this small job. I needed to remove the two bolts from the license plate frame (7/16" bolt heads) in order to remove the rear license plate and remove the old registration sticker before applying the new one. I grabbed the 7/16" socket from the Denali set, connected it to my cordless driver and was ready to get this job done. To my disbelief, the 7/16" socket would not fit on the bolt head! I don't know if the size was cut wrong or if the socket got over-plated with chrome, but there was no way it would fit. I tried the sockets on either side of the 7/16" socket and, of course, one was too loose and the other too tight. I just shook my head and went back upstairs to get a Craftsman 7/16" socket and then proceeded to finish this small task. I wasn't happy that the socket was so out of spec that it was unusable since a already had a full mechanic's socket set so no big deal, I still figured I could use the rest of the bits so I wasn't too disappointed.

I was looking forward to using the titanium drill bits (the main reason I purchased this set), so I grabbed the set to do another small project. I had received a product that had the holes in the wood drilled too far apart for another piece to fit, so I filled the holes with industrial strength hot glue and let it sit for a week before re-drilling the holes. I grabbed the 1/4" titanium drill bit and chucked it up in my cordless Makita drill. I had already remarked where I was going to drill the two new holes and used a center punch to mark the spots. I didn't have the wood piece in a vice since the wood wasn't hard and it would be q quick job just to drill the two holes.

When I started drilling the first hole, I was disappointed that the titanium bit didn't just auger right into the would. I had to apply a little more force and it took a little longer to drill the hole to the proper depth. By now, I'm starting to get unimpressed with this set. I went on to drill the second hole and it drilled much like the first one. When I went to assemble the metal piece that I had to re-drill the two holes for, I was shocked to find that the holes were too large for the metal piece! I am meticulous about measurements and even used digital calipers to determine the proper hole size - and even used a drill bit that was just a hair undersized so the metal piece would be a very snug fit.

I went to unchuck the Denali 1/4" titanium drill bit and as I was doing that, I noticed that the tip of the drill bit looked like it wobbled a little. Once I had removed the drill bit I rolled it across a flat surface and the 1/4" titanium drill bit wobbled as it was rolling. The drill bit was out of round! That was inexcusable - no matter what the cost of the set was. I removed the rest of the Titanium drill bits and rolled each of them across a flat surface. I discovered three other bits that also were out of round - one wobbled so badly that it wouldn't even roll across the flat surface.

I was going to have to refill the holes I had drilled in the wood and re-drill proper sized holes at a later date. I purchased the Denali set primarily for the titanium drill bits and I could always use some extra driver bits, however, twice I tried using this set and twice I was let down. The quality of the set I received was so poor; it was worthless to me. Drill bits that weren't straight and a socket that was too small to fit over a bolt of the same size just confirmed to me that my set was a piece of junk! Based on what I had discovered, the only items that MIGHT be useable would be the driver bits. Even with the Gold Box price, it wasn't worth paying that much just for the driver bits - which may or may not have been straight or hardened correctly.

Even though it was a pain to do, I packed the set up and returned it to Amazon for a refund. Since I didn't have the outer cardboard sleeve the set came with, I'm only entitled to receive half of my purchase price as a refund. As far as I'm concerned, I'll take the half and never again buy a Denali brand anything! It's possible that I just got a bad set, however, there was no excuse for the socket not being the right size. That indicated to me that the quality control at Denali was virtually nonexistent. This wasn't a complicated product with a motor or moving parts - and still they got it wrong. As far as I'm concerned, the Denali brand tools are worthless (at least to me). Your mileage may vary.

Quantity, not Quality [Posted on 2008-04-05]
This set has tons of drives, many of them duplicates, so you shouldn't need to buy any more for some time. There are not 136 unique items. I think I counted 27 phillips head drives for example. I think it's a pretty good example of quantity vs. quality. The case hasn't fallen apart like others have reported, but it is cheap and I don't expect it to last for long. Still, for the price, you get lots of stuff. The titanium parts total about 8. Don't be fooled into thinking they are all titanium. Still, all in all, not a bad deal.

Excellent Product [Posted on 2008-05-30]
This has Everything you can possably need. When I opened it up I was amazed. It' great to have it all right in front of you at your finger tips. I have used it 3 times so far and no complaints. For $30.00 bucks and free shipping you can't beat this no where.[ASIN:B000NJEU54 Denali 136-Piece Titanium Contractor's Drill And Drive Bit Accessory Set]

Great tools for the price!, Really great!  [Posted on 2008-10-02]
Denali must have stepped up their QA since all the negative comments because I have a rock solid set that the rest of my work crew is envious about. Great quality for the price. Heck Great quality if it were triple the cost.

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