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It looks very cool but hard to operate with your thumb. I will prefer the one with trigger.
"It's not 18 volts. Awesome. it's only 2.4 volts, sounds too wimpy and too expensive". Long battery life and powerful. Been using this product for years and I'm completely satisfied. Wrong. Try it, You'll like it.
I paid 79.99 for a Panasonic EY503B 2.4-Volt Cordless Drill & Driver. It takes so much force to toggle the button that I got an indentation in my thumb. This is a lot of money for a screw driver and I would have expected a professional quality tool for the money. What I got was a hand held tool that has a poorly designed forward-reverse button. I thought the first one was defective, so I had Amazon.com replace the ordered tool. The replacement Panasonic was exactly of the same poor quality.
I compared this Panasonic screwdriver with the Milwaukee 2.4 volt 6547-22. It even comes with a 1/4" Jacobs chuck that fits the driver's 1/4" hex socket.The Milwaukee has a five (5) year warranty on everything except the batteries. It's basically the same screwdriver. The Milwaukee is also made in Japan.With the Milwaukee, you get two batteries, a fitted case, and three bits, including a 1/4" socket adapter and drill bits. The batteries are warrantied for one year.Eveyything is true from the other reviews on this tool and especially the Milwaukee. Further, the red body of the Milwaukee is less likely to get lost than the black Panasonic at the work site.
However, if you use power tools on small items on a daily basis, this driver will more than pay for itself in utility as well as a long useful life. I bought one here at Amazon then took it back to Sears and Home Depot to show the salesmen I spoke with what I was talking about.
It's an impressive tool with great torque settings, two speed selections, and a really comfortable pistol grip. I've used the EY-503 for a couple of years while doing repairs on hardware for a major computer company.
Shame on me for trying to save a few bucks. I work with it on even small items, like T6 bits without worrying about stripping them out.
Not too powerful, but not weak either, it is amazingly useful.When I was looking for a personal driver, I tried hardware stores like Sears and Home Depot but could not find anything that came close. All of them were very impressed with the EY-503 and one I know of ended up buying one.The EY-503 is not an inexpensive tool by any means.
My only suggestion is that under very heavy use, you pick up a second battery.
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