This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. To be honest, the world isn’t exactly starved for more impact drivers. But that doesn’t mean the genre can’t be improved upon. And Makita did just that! When we received a Makita XDT14T impact driver kit to review, I was pleasantly surprised to find that not only does this lean, mean, teal torquer have features that just might make some “differently-colored” tools green with envy but, they’ve addressed a couple things that bug me about most of the battery powered drivers I get my grubby mitts on. Needless to say, the XDT14 makes quite an impact! Read More
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Ridgid GEN5X Brushless 18v 4-Mode Impact Wrench is a Heavy Hitter!
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. After testing the Ridgid Impact Wrench (GEN5X Brushless model), I feel like I’ll never hand tighten any bolt with a ratchet again. You know the drill, reaching around, trying to find the nut with a crescent wrench at best, or, more likely, a pair of pliers or channel locks, while you hand-tighten a 5/8” bolt through a tight pre-drilled opening of a truss you are trying to fabricate. All while 16 feet in the air on a sketchy ladder, the 2×6’s pinching. You cuss as you reach for your hammer to punch the bolt through the wood, barely hanging on to the ratchet, wrench, washers and bolts. It gets better. Read on… Read More