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If you are reading this review and are not sure whether to buy these or not, I can say with my hand on my heart that you will not be disappointed! Hit the buy it now button and relaxing knowing you have done the right thing. These are more than capable of doing all your home/garden DIY tasks as well as most if not all bigger builders type jobs. Exceptional quality, really light and easy to use and you get two 2Ah batteries which seem to last forever. I have had a few other well known brand drill/drivers in the past that have been similarly priced and did not last 5 minutes.
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This is pretty good for DIY but no good for trade. It cannot last the day even under light load. There are other problems with this. Makita has decided to do a one box fits all approach with the linings being interchangeable and champions this by saying that the boxes are "stackable". The boxes do indeed stack - presumably that is important to somebody - but not me. Try and get the middle one out of the stack? The old boxes stacked if you need to trolley them upstairs for example, and you could just slide the middle one out by the handle whilst holding those above. Try that with these boxes - there is no handle when stacked and they don't slide anyway! Furthermore - whatever happened to good design? I can understand their drive to get a one box solution - but the linings should at least fit. These sit a few millimetres up from the box and all the little drill bits roll behind never to be seen again. Clearly their designers have never been users. They are also a cheap and brittle plastic - have four openers (the only part that ever failed on the previous boxes) instead of the two needed and they have become much noisier - particularly if stacking and made even worse with the little bits rattling about. Makita should send a letter of apology and offer versions of the old boxes to those who bought these ones. I've always sworn by Makita - now I swear at Makita.Read full review
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Start with a word of warning for those not overly familiar with the entire Makita range, which includes me. They offer two seemingly similar kits - this one, the CLX201 and another called the CLX202. Both contain the TD110D Impact Driver but where they differ is with the drill, the 201 offering the DF331D Drill-Driver while it's the HP331D Combi that comes with the 202. It was the latter I was after and didn't spot the difference till it arrived. A minor point and now I have a basic kit with batteries and chargers, it's easy enough to pick up a 'Bare' HP331D without breaking the bank and - like clamps - sometimes one can never have too many drills. I bought this kit partly to replace an ageing drill and partly to avoid having to constantly switch between drill bits and driver bits. My old faithful is an 18v Ryobi monster which is great when drilling into walls but the batteries alone weigh 1kg each which can be telling after prolonged use. Bit cumbersome in confined spaces too. With that in mind, last year I bought a Festool CXS which does almost anything the 18v can do. If money was no object, I'd have bought a second one, they really are that good. However, as a hobbyist I couldn't really justify that cost, especially not when I could get this kit for around half the price of the Festool. So how do they compare? First off, being 10.8v - as is the Festool - they are much lighter than the Ryobi, and much better suited to a smaller hand (mine are not at all shovel-like!) and much of a muchness with the Festool. They're very compact so much easier to handle all day and a lot easier to use in tight places. Like the Festool, they has built in LEDs which come on at the first touch of the trigger and help to illuminate the work area; the older Ryobi hasn't got such refinements! One thing I like about the Makita LEDs is they seem to come on before the motor turns which helps line everything up before it starts trying to drill / drive and they stay on a little longer after releasing the trigger which is handy if one wants to check progress. As mentioned, the slide in battery is 10.8v so is much smaller and lighter than the 1kg Ryobi 18V. They are also smaller than the the Festool version although both are 2.0Ah. A nice feature of the Makita batteries is the charge indicator. Press a button and some red LEDs will light up to show how much l'strength' they have left. Both arrived with a minimum of one LED, which was adequate to run some tests. The TD110D worked great driving home or removing screws and bolts with utmost ease. The DF110D struggled to drill a 3mm pilot hole into breezeblock, something which Ryobi and even the Festool managed with ease. That said, both were running freshly charged batteries and on checking, the 3mm bit was a bit rounded! Charged the battery up to full and tried again with a new bit and it managed it easily enough. Not sure how long it took to charge, seemed very quick. I've now charged both batteries and meant to keep a closer eye on charge time for the second but failed to do so. I'm guessing around 30 minutes. Festool is the same, Ryobi an hour and a half. The units, two batteries and charger all came in a Makpac case, similar to a Festool systainer. I suppose these things are a good idea if you work on location and need to transport gear safely. I don't so everything has been removed from the case and placed on a shelf ready for use. I know from past experience anything housed in a box will likely remain in the box and these were bought to be used. Hitherto, it's a case of so far, so good. Only time will tell if they last as well as the Ryobi has or Festool promises to do. They're light without being lightweight and while I might not risk breaking my toes should I drop one I'm not sure they would stand up to rough handling as well as the robust Ryobi might. Lots of 'soft-touch' moulding to improve handling and comfort but it has to be noted it's of a material that has magical dust-magnet properties. Festool is the same and as soon as they're handled for the first time they have that 'used' look about them.Read full review
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Ok. It's 10.8V and never going to drill 8mm holes in concrete. However, what it does do is work incredibly well with wood. The batteries last ages. The drill is all metal gearbox and will drill 16mm holes no problem. The impact driver will drive 12 guage screws 125mm length in no problem. It's light, maneuverable, accurate etc etc. Get one, you won't regret it. I paid £128.99 for mine from Axminster :)
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I purchased these as n addition to the 18V twin pack by Makita. The reason being that there are times that the bigger units being larger heavier and more powerful, it is good to have an alternative. E.G drywall screws the impact unit is lower powered and has mor control when you need to be just sub flush.
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