Use the screwdriver in the professional use, I am engineer by Philips Service Centres and screw a day out about 500 bolts and back inside this unit.
After 6 months, I can now make my first judgment.
From the company we get equipment from "Kress" provided, however, I myself gained the Makita.
The reasons for buying me were:
2 batteries - quick charge - keyless - High speed (extremely important to me) - Robustness - Extra lamp
So, I can report basically only positive about this device, the speed is in 2nd gear very pleasant because I have a lot of fast and screws for me. In 1st gear there is enough power to sometimes thicker bolts of ner wall bracket etc. to assemble or to solve. Weight is indeed "high" for continuous use, but the screwdriver is well balanced and therefore it does not fall too much on. The slip clutch works great and offers enough fine adjustment when torque for sensitive small screws. The batteries are the best thing about the device for me. The quick charger makes a battery in 15 minutes full again. I generally come loose two days out with a battery in the wrench. Even if the battery is too weak for the screwdriver he still works wonderfully in the lamp.
Now the disadvantages:
- Makita, even after registering a 3 year warranty on the unit and 2 years on the battery, which I find a bit thin for a device which is designed for the professional sector (compared: Kress are as uncompromising 10 years without ifs or buts. incl. free annual maintenance)
- The lamp in the screwdriver is virtually unusable. Beam totally wrong. However, I know of no manufacturer that has the principle of "workplace illumination" so really understood.
- The belt clip is a little too tight, you have the screwdriver really pure press firmly until you get the seat belt. (Perhaps relaxes the over time so little.)
- If you want to turn fast times at the torque is adjusted often mistake the function to drilling or percussion drilling which of course is lethal for normal screws, so watch out here is a must! (No screwdriver to push him once trainees / interns in the hand)
- The keyless you can not lose weight, unfortunately, to get to a normal bit holder (again a reference: Kress makes it better off)
- In case of heavy pollution always increases with an unpleasant odor from the gear (maybe that puts more)
- The forward / reverse button is not so easy to achieve with filigree hands and press on (like maybe sting even particularly my eye since I often use this function yes especially with my little fingers)
In the end, all these drawbacks are just little things that really only noticeable when you use a device daily intensively in all contract documents.
The hammer action is sufficient for smaller holes, a really simple clean 10er hole I've not yet so hingekriegt - but that this wrench was not built.
After the 6 months of continuous use are still no fatigue of the material determine'm excited about the future and on the goodwill of the company Makita if some games breaks outside the warranty period.
The reason I'd rather have taken my Makita as the Kress is simply because Kress me is too clunky and the speed is a maximum of 450U / min, at Makita I'm there with 1200U / min significantly faster.
If you could combine the advantages of both wrench it would certainly be the dream of every craftsman - Love Makita: Give 10 year warranty on your products and makes the quick chuck detachable!
