I missed that you wanted the impacts. I could not edit my post damn netgear router.
Which Cordless Impact ....??
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My input:
I work every fall at a seasonal attraction, building a Haunted House. The entire structure is built from scratch every year, mostly held together with deck screws of various lengths. We go thru buckets of screws. A couple of the guys have the Ryobi P230C impact drivers, and I have a Makita BTD140 (18V LXT Li-Ion). My Makita will SMOKE that Ryobi in terms of power, durability, and mostly battery life. Notice that it also weighs about half what the Ryobi does. They also fail to mention that the Ryobi doesn't have the VERY handy LED light and glow-in-the-dark ring on the front like my Makita does. There is no comparision.
Consumer Reports needs to have professionals do their tool reviews, people that actually get out of a lab and USE the things. There are at least 2 significant flaws in that report. First, well of course an impact driver is going to be slow at drilling holes. It's not a drill! Duh!! Second, the noise is just not an issue. I've never felt the need to wear hearing protection.
I work every fall at a seasonal attraction, building a Haunted House. The entire structure is built from scratch every year, mostly held together with deck screws of various lengths. We go thru buckets of screws. A couple of the guys have the Ryobi P230C impact drivers, and I have a Makita BTD140 (18V LXT Li-Ion). My Makita will SMOKE that Ryobi in terms of power, durability, and mostly battery life. Notice that it also weighs about half what the Ryobi does. They also fail to mention that the Ryobi doesn't have the VERY handy LED light and glow-in-the-dark ring on the front like my Makita does. There is no comparision.
Consumer Reports needs to have professionals do their tool reviews, people that actually get out of a lab and USE the things. There are at least 2 significant flaws in that report. First, well of course an impact driver is going to be slow at drilling holes. It's not a drill! Duh!! Second, the noise is just not an issue. I've never felt the need to wear hearing protection.
Good points on CR - they are not very good at at rating anything for professionals, just the general public who may not know anything at all about anything but still think they need to buy something.
I like the Makita new generation tools, LiIon is worth it just for the weight savings alone.
the CR results do show a lower run time (NiCads). Their best buy is not the *best* tool regardless of price, it's the best value for the buck in their opinion. This is of course highly subjective and depends on the intended use. Not too many folks out there who put in buckets of screws in a day, especially with an impact driver...