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Dear Craftsman and Apex,

Good job. You made a bit driver "for speed" that takes up the same amount of space as a drill.

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I have a few of these useless tools in my collection. This is one I'm not sure about. Someone will probably get me one for Christmas. Why:dunno:
 
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It might be useless to you but those have their place. The craftsman is meant to be gimmicky but the klein one was made for a specific task. Calm down, just because you saw one craftsman add on youtube youre not an expert on a tools use. It's not 2 handed and if you look the video shows it being used 1 handed.

The klein ones were meant for an electrician that is installing a million screws. The get paid by the job so a couple of saved seconds per screw means $$ in the end. They work 1 handed and are pretty slick. To some it might be easier to keep it in your shirt pocket than grabbing for a screw gun.

I would rather have the fixed blade to cut down on the weight though.
 
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stratman977 said:
The klein ones were meant for an electrician that is installing a million screws. The get paid by the job so a couple of saved seconds per screw means $$ in the end. They work 1 handed and are pretty slick. To some it might be easier to keep it in your shirt pocket than grabbing for a screw gun.
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I have the Greenlee version of this for this purpose. It works well, is much smaller than my electric drivers and allows the hand-feel that my Milwaukee M12 drivers don't have.

They are great for driving those screws that hold the receptacle to the box.
 
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My electrician buddy swears by these types of "speed-drivers", but I hate them (I mostly work on cars). Must be an electrician thing.
 
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Those are the greatest things since sliced bread for an electrician. I have never used one with interchangeable bits, but they beat the heck out of putting in plate screws with a standard screwdriver. On a trim out (where you put the devices in and hang the luminares), they get almost as much use as a pair of Klein's and a drill. I generally carried 2, 1 3/16 flathead and 1 #2 phillips head. They are also awesome when doing service work and bringing in a dirty tool bag and drill box into a customers nice clean home is more hassle than it's worth. Just my $.02.
 
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I have a set of kleins, they do have their place. Usually I don't have mine on me when it would have sped the job up.
 
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I use my Kleins like that all the time, usually for jobs like running in screws on switch plates and outlet plates, or door knobs. Believe it or not, you just don't need a 24V impact driver for some jobs. But I kind of like the idea of having interchangeable bits, which is something the Klein doesn't have - yet.
 
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GSMotorrad said:
My electrician buddy swears by these types of "speed-drivers", but I hate them (I mostly work on cars). Must be an electrician thing.
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Yep.

If you've never seen one used in the field, you won't get it.
Doing electrical panel work they are priceless.

I buy used ones at the flea for electrician and tel-com installer buddies whenever I see them.

They are far from a gimmick.

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The video should say "This bit driver is equiped with a 90 degree break over handle...that delivers 50% more torque...to round out stubborn fasterners."

Other that that, I'd agree they can be a time saver and it isn't the worst item out there.
 
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I have 2 of the Klein version of those rapid drivers. They are incredibly great when changing out a lot of outlets/switches. 10x faster than a normal screwdriver.
 
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I'm just disappointed that the OP didn't post a link of where to buy one. I've been doing a ton of electrical work in my garage lately and this would have been nice!
 
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I love my Kleins. I use them all the time when I am reattaching interior trim and dash screws in vehicles. Saves me time, but I don't have any concern with a driver stripping the threads on whatever plastic or metal piece I am screwing into.

BTW .. Klein does make one with an interchangable bit. I have a couple of them .. a KLN-67100

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redwrench60 said:
Somebody's cranky this morning. I don't understand responses like this. If you think this post is useless then add something constructive or tell us what use that tool really has or maybe just leave it alone?
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But he did add information to the thread, information and knowledge that the OP was clearly lacking. :dunno:
 
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B-Man84 said:
Those are the greatest things since sliced bread for an electrician. I have never used one with interchangeable bits, but they beat the heck out of putting in plate screws with a standard screwdriver. On a trim out (where you put the devices in and hang the luminares), they get almost as much use as a pair of Klein's and a drill. I generally carried 2, 1 3/16 flathead and 1 #2 phillips head. They are also awesome when doing service work and bringing in a dirty tool bag and drill box into a customers nice clean home is more hassle than it's worth. Just my $.02.
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Agree:beer:
 
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Now if this thread was about the Mach ratchet Sears brought out, it would be a different story. But then again, there's already a bunch of threads on that one...
 
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Not as bad as the battery powered tape measure my dad once bought me. That thing was HUGE! I think it was Black and Decker, can't remember.
 
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Tucko said:
Not as bad as the battery powered tape measure my dad once bought me. That thing was HUGE! I think it was Black and Decker, can't remember.
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Hahaha! I remember that B&D ************* from when I worked at ACE Hardware in college. We had one for store use becuase the managers finally gave up on trying to sell them. They ate batteries and were the size of a brick.
 
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gipraw said:
I love my Kleins. I use them all the time when I am reattaching interior trim and dash screws in vehicles. Saves me time, but I don't have any concern with a driver stripping the threads on whatever plastic or metal piece I am screwing into.

BTW .. Klein does make one with an interchangable bit. I have a couple of them .. a KLN-67100

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I've used those a bunch. Perfect tool for replacing outlet and switch covers.
 
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lol, I'm guessing this thread did NOT go the way the OP planned it would! :p

I don't own one like that, but I can definitely see uses for it.
 
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monomach said:
You made a bit driver "for speed" that takes up the same amount of space as a drill...
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I almost choked to death laughing after reading your posting. Best laugh in a while, thanks! :beer:

I never did like those. Those goofy things have been around for a long time. I can see the tip slipping out of the screw and leaving a four inch gouge in the dash cluster, or the radio face plate, or the polished simulated wood trim around the (fill in the blank).

The basic design and function of a screwdriver has been the same for a very long time. There may be a reason for that! :lol_hitti

thanks!
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