Hi
Like many others around here, I'm the happy owner of a Makita TD020DSE 7.2v LiIon impact driver. I've just (a week ago) bought Makita's new offering the DF010DSE drill driver.
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Nothing like as powerful as the '20', only 5.6 Nm as opposed to 17Nm, but much greater speed control. 1-200rpm in position 1 and 1-650rpm in position
2, compared to 2,300rpm for the '20'.
At least that's the speed control quoted by Makita, in practise the side mounted forward/reverse buttons don't allow the same speed control a trigger would.
It was this speed control that made me buy it. The '20' impact driver is a fantastic tool, but not that suitable for delicate work, its too fast & too powerful. The '10' whilst not as powerful is much more controllable.
The torque control is simply amazing. I've never really used the torque control on a 12v driver, but I do use it on this. When it reaches the pre set torque it clicks once then the motor stops dead. Because of this, you don't need 100% accurate speed control on the forward/reverse buttons.
My reasons for buying both (apart from liking new tools) was to replace my
12v Makita driver. The 1.3a/hr NiCd's are slowly dying and the cost of upgrading to NiMh is greater than buying new kit.
I regularly used a 14.4v combi to drill and the 12v to drive screws. The
12v was rarely used to drill, so this provides a good alternative, especially if working on a ladder. Obviously not as powerful as a 12v driver, but entirely adequate.
On reflection, I would have bought the '10' drill driver instead of the '20' impact driver had it been available at the time, but I find I'm using both - depending on the job, and they are small & light enough to make that practical.