On 2010-03-06 Matthew D. Smith, wrote: I got a Milwaukee drill for Christmas this past year, the M18 2601-22 Kit, it was a total surprise to me and I was very excited about it as prior to this I did not own a drill that I could call my own, I had been borrowing my Father´s awesome year old or so heavy duty cordless Milwaukee, well I am pretty sure he got sick of that and told my uncle to get me a damn Milwaukee drill because I loved his so much! Anyway I won´t talk about the drill too much here but focus on this bit set, so obviously the kit came with everything I needed except bits, they didn´t even include a SINGLE Phillips bit which is pretty lame IMO but maybe they assume everyone has tons of them laying around. I did happen to own a few hole saws and regular drill bits already but nothing for screwing so I wanted to get a nice decent set with a good variety of screwdriver bits, I was not so concerned about the drills bits it came with to be honest.
When looking at different brands in the store this one caught my eye for a few reasons, one it was Milwaukee and the color matched my drill case haha, secondly it had a great mix of screw bits ranging from Phillips, slotted and Robertson (Square ones) it was really only missing Torx and Hex bits but I dobut I will ever be using my power drill on torx bits as they are usually very small and found on laptops. In addition to this it also included the 7 drill bits which I have only used a few times thus far and it included the magnetic extensions, socket drivers which are sweet and the Quik-Lok bit which is sweet as well. I figured I would have ended up buying a lot of this stuff separate anyway and for $25 this kit was the way to go. Most of kits either have too many screw bits that you will never end up using or just contain all drill bits, I found this set to be a good balance of both plus some convenient goodies. If you are a contractor and use this everyday yeah I am sure a few of the bits, esp the drill bits will break, it costs $25 for a 48 piece set what do you expect! My dad is a contractor and he even loved this set and said it should be more than enough or what I will be using it for.
A few random comments/observations, the case they come in is very nice, very sturdy with a good strong latch and heavy rubber on either end of the case to protect it from drops. Also the bits stay in place tightly in my case, I have dropped mine already and only 2 or 3 popped out of their slots, maybe that is because it is new. The Quik-Lok system is great and the bit has not come out of my drill since the got this set except to use hole saws, another review mentioned you need to hands to release a bit from it, that is not true at all, you can easily do it all in one monition with one hand. Overall I thought it would be a fairly unless novelty feature but I really do love it for screwing jobs and it holds the drivers much tighter than I expected it would, making switching bits that much easier and it accepts pretty much every single bit that comes in the kit so you can team it up with the magnetic 1/4th hex and then be able to switch between the small screw bits ever quicker! Hell you can even put the Quik-Lok extension into the Quik-Lok although you would never want to do that haha. About the only thing I do not use the Quik-Lok for is the drill bits, I have tried it a few times and it worked fine but with the bigger bits I feel like there is too much of it sticking out too far and it puts undue stress on the bit. Again I didn´t buy this for the drill bits and if they break oh well I plan to buy both an actual drill, I have yet to determine if it will be made my Milwaukee but right now I do have my eye on the 7-Piece Big Hawg Hole Saw kit for only $50 at Home Depot right now (Normally $100!) these are supposed to be a must have as far as using hole says to cut thought anything thicker than an inch or so with a cordless drill and are much more efficient at cutting than a bi-metal saw from what I have read thus far. They sell at about $25-50 and go all the way up to 6´ in size I believe. Well that was a long review I suppose I hope some people find it helpful!
. And summed up by saying Great starter drill bit set with lots of useful bits for the money, plus convenient Quik-Lok system!. Currently Milwaukee 48-32-1500 Quik-Lok 38-Piece Hex Shank Drilling and Driving Bit Set has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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