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Makita 6935FDWDE 12-Volt NiMH Cordless Impact Driver | List Price: $420.00
Discount Price: $219.99
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Brand: Makita
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - Powerful efficient impacting 103.3 ft./lbs. (1,240 in./lbs..) for industrial applications
- Impact resistant magnesium alloy gear case for increased durability
- True variable speed for smooth increase in speed and complete control to match all applications
- Powerful (2.6Ah) Ni-MH batteries have greater capacity and longer run time than any Ni-Cd battery for finishing extended jobs with less downtime
- Two-piece D-28R motor with dual ball bearings and externally accessible brushes for longer tool life
Excellent tool but unhappy with service on rebate [Posted on 2005-05-01]
As others have said this is an excellent tool. Drives roofing screws into 24 & 26 gauge metal roofing for hours before needing to swap out the battery. Charger is excellent too.
Case is not as heavy duty as it should be but I am all right with that.
What I am not all right with is the promise of a 14.4 volt cordless drill driver as a value added rebate.
I put in my paper work on 1-3-05 & have yet to receive this drill.
I have written & called Makita only to be promised again & again that it is on its way & they don't know why it has not arrived yet.
I am a General Contractor & based my decision on the reviews & Makita reputation. This is not what I expected. With the price as high as it was I justified it with the value added by receiving this drill as compensation.
I think Amazon should also take some responsibility for this since they advertised it as such & sent me the paper work to submit.
This by the way is the only reason it is a 3 star review.
If the tool had to stand on its own merit it would be 5 stars with 1 deduction for the case.
True variable speed [Posted on 2005-05-03]
Makita has two 14.4 impact drivers on the market. The older one is the 6932 and the newer the 6935. While both are priced about the same, the older is widely promoted packaged with a drill/driver unit. I chose to forgo the allure of a free drill/driver unit and bought the newer 6935 model. While both units are described as "variable speed", the newer was advetised by Makita to have "true variable speed". I took the addition of "true" to mean that torque would remain constant even when rotational speed was reduced. The quick and easy way to acheive variable speed is to reduce speed by modulating power. The draw back is that reducing power also reduces torque, to maintain full torque high speed is necessary.
The 6935 has meet my expectations. With the 6935, when driving a long screw, you can start fast and as the surface of the wood is approached, slow the speed and have the constant torque to continue driving the screw to the desired level. Of course, the deeper the screw goes, the more torque is demanded. and for shorter screws, the declining torque provided by an "untrue" variable speed driver will still get the job done. With longer screws, more demanding operations the need for full torque comes into play.
I think I made the right choice and passed on the free drill/driver that comes with the older model. The with the 6935 there is virtually no need for a drill/driver unit. The 6935 is far superior as a driver whether driving screws, nuts, or spade bit. And as a drill it has greater rotational speed than the drill unit. For me its better to carry one tool rather than two.
To complete the comparison, the 6935 has more the 10% greater speed and torque than the 6932, or for that matter other 1/4" impact drivers on the market.
As much as I like the 6935, and think it was the best choice at the time of purchase a few months ago. If I where to be in the market today and knowing what I know now, I would be hard pressed not to go for the new Panasonic 12 volt which permits the choice of three different torque levels. While the 6935 permits good fingertip control, it requires close attention and a mistake can be a broken screw or an over driven screw. It would be helpful to choose a maximum torque.
Tool review. Not a UPS or decal review. [Posted on 2006-05-12]
Why are people rating this tool badly for the shipping problems of UPS? Everyone knows UPS has the worst reputation for breaking things in shipment, dropping plasma TVs off the truck, giving you packages with tire tread marks on it etc. As for crooked decals on the case... really, who cares? Also, this is not the impact driver that is part of a kit. The reason it is priced lower than the drill/driver kit is because it is NOT that product. This is just the impact driver.
This impact driver rocks! Very fast. So far I have only driven a lot of 3 1/2" screws and it was never so easy even with damaged heads. Battery lasts a lot longer than my 12v panasonic. I have used a 12v. makita impact driver with 3/8" lags and that worked well so I imagine this will be fantastic. (update later, I just wanted to review the tool and not the shipping and decals.). I also bought a palm nailer so now attaching things is practically effortless.
Great quality [Posted on 2006-05-18]
I have used Makita tools for years and was first introduced to them by my father who thinks they are the best out there. I agree with the old man. Damn good drill.
Doesn't even scrape the paint off the screw heads! [Posted on 2007-03-02]
I just got this impact driver yesterday, so I had to test it out. Both batteries came fully discharged, so I had to wait an hour before I could try it. But it was worth the wait! It was the first time I had actually used an impact driver, but I'm very impressed with it so far. Thanks to a great Amazon sale, I paid less than what a Ryobi would cost at the big orange box, and got a much better tool. It actually has metal parts in it!
To test my new toy, I found some scrap 2x4's and started putting screws into them. I drove some 3" exterior deck screws in and out of the wood a few times. I was amazed that compared to when I've used a drill on the same screws, the impact driver didn't cause any damage to the screwhead. Usually if I overdrive a screw with a regular drill, it will scrape off the exterior coating/paint from the head. Not the case with this Makita impact driver. Plus, when I pulled the screws out of the wood, the screw itself was cool enough to touch, which isn't what I've experienced with a regular drill. This thing is also extremely light, especially compared to my 14V cordless drill. Speaking of light, the LED is really useful. I can see it coming in handy in dark spots. You can't disable the LED like the Hitachi models I looked at, but the LED is also in a much better location compared to the Hitachi's, so I don't see why you would need to disable it. This thing is a little noisy when in use, but not horrible. I would recommend ear protection though.
I'm looking forward to using this for my projects this year. I have a garage to fix, a bathroom that needs to be built, and another bathroom that needs to be renovated. I'm pretty sure this Makita can handle it!
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