Brushes?? We don’t need no stinking brushes! Aside from being the motto of the Telly Savalas Admiration Society, that’s the trend in cordless tools—brushless tools are entering the marketplace in increasing numbers. One of the latest additions is the Hitachi DV18DBL (BL for BrushLess—clever, eh?). It’s an 18 volt Lithium-ion unit in standard Hitachi green that Hitachi recently sent us to review. [Read more...]
Review of Hitachi DV18DBL Brushless Hammer Drill
Tool News Nirvana – New Tools and Contests from Channellock, Wilton Vise and Frog Tape
If you’re still feeling the pain of this lousy economy, step right up folks; we’ve found four contests that could bring you camping gear, $5,000 of Wilton Vise gear, an imperial blue Chevy Camaro SS coupe, or, from Frog Tape or Genie, even $5,000 clams (dollars, not the mollusks). Plus, just for sending your photo and story to the Wilton contest, you’ll get a C-clamp worth $84, whether or not your story sucks is not a winner. [Read more...]
Mean and Green – Hitachi DS18DL Drill Review
Let’s just jump right in and address the most obvious topic of concern with this drill: It does sort of have a Green Hornet Off His Meds/Statue of Liberty Sideways Crown vibe goin’ on. Undoubtedly, Hitachi has a highly skilled stable of graphic designers, who spent months agonizing over this design, and since red, yellow and blue were already taken (and pink, purple and mauve, whatever that is, were vetoed, thankfully), that left. . . GREEN! With Squiggly Black Lines! There’s more to this tool than, um, unique color and design though. [Read more...]
