Craftsman Compact Right Angle Impact Driver Review

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Produced by Paul from ToolBoxHero.
This is a long video review of the Craftsman NEXTEC 12 volt Compact Right Angle Impact Driver. This new tool is being promoted as the best Christmas tool for 2010 and I show you if it will work for you or not. You can read more about it at toolboxhero.com.

Oh, After driving all these screws the battery indicator was still green. It looks like you can drive a couple hundred screws on just one charge. You can leave this tool in a drawer for six months and the battery won't self-discharge like the one for you old drill/driver. If you do run out of battery it only takes 30 minutes to recharge.

Disclaimer: The Craftsman NEXTEC tools and C3 tools were sent to me for review by the manufactures. As you know Sears and most other manufactures do not actually make their own portable power tools, they are made for them by other companies. In this case the NEXTEC line is made by Chervon and the C3 line is made by PPT. The Milwaukee and Snappy driver bits and screws were purchased by me.

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• diy
• homeowner tools
• portable power tool
• Craftsman Impact Driver
• Craftsman R.A.I.D.
• Best Impact Driver
• Best right angle impact driver

[TheToolboxhero]

@143mark6275 Both of the NEXTEC impact drivers have twice the power (800 in lbs) of a good drill so they will be able to drive those screws.

[143mark6275]

@thetoolboxhero @moosegroomers can you use these drivers to drive a 3 in screw into a concrete wall? pre-drilled and w/ tox

thanks!

[TheToolboxhero]

@ohnevergoingtoquit I use my impact drivers myself when to work on small engines and other light nut and bolt jobs. These are really designed for woodworking, but a lot of us are finding out that they have more power than the 1/4 and 3/8 air ratchets and are much faster. For auto work never trust them to tighten a fastener correctly. The 12 volt one like this NEXTEC are around 65 ft lbs of torque. (800 in lbs) Use a breaker bar or torque wrench to get it right.

[TheToolboxhero]

@925jdb If you work on a construction site or up on a roof where you need your batteries to last you all day long then the very expensive DeWalt's and makita's are a good choice. If you only need to drive 200 or so screws at a time the NEXTEC battery is good enough. The best part of the NEXTEC is you can buy 5 or 6 of them for the price of one DeWalt lithium battery. For the homeowner six NEXTEC batteries will power all the tools they need.

[925jdb]

dude i know cause my friend has one. the power is power is good. but if you want your batteries to last a long time, i prefer makita or dewalt.

[TheToolboxhero]

@925jdb How do you know? Do you own one of these? For large projects your Makita does have more torque, but that's not always a good thing around the house.

At less than half the price of the Makita, this Craftsman RAID is a much better value for most homeowners.

[925jdb]

i like my 18 v makita better.

[ohnevergoingtoquit]

this stuff really needs to be shown being used on a car, cause a lot of students buy craftsman tools

[4x4dodge2500]

Great video



[metalhead1237]

nice video im acraftsman fan mysefl i buy craftsman and skil and bosch know im going to get mysefl one of the inpact drive i was going to get one but i did not but know im amthe one ill get will be for my c3 kit