February 21st, 2010 | 
Author: First off, I’m a professional fabricator, and i’ve been typically really hard on my tools, especially cordless tools, but these have far exceeded my expectations. I bought this setup when i was in a jam, my heavy duty Makita LCT300W 18v Milwuakee crapped out after only 2mos of service, and only a week back from its first warranty repair (I’m no longer a milwuakee fan, sadly). Well, needing to finish a project for monday, and stuck looking for a new driver/drill on a saturday night, I picked up the combo kit at a Home Depot minutes before closing, figuring it would get me through the project, and the impact driver might come in handy for some light duty projects later on.
Well I was amazed after working with these for 4 mos solid. So small yet so powerful, and far more rugged than i would have expected for their light weight and plastic-y feel. And wow, did i say they are small? I mean i can put the impact driver in the side pocket on my cargo shorts, or back pocket of my carhartts and comfortably climb a ladder like that. They seriously lighten my load when I’m lugging a bag of tools to a gig outside the shop, too.
The only drawback I’ve found is an entirely acceptable compromise for the light weight and easy handling, which is short battery life between charges. But LCT300W makes up for this by including a sophisticated and fast charger.
In short, this works really great for the sort of work that cordless tools do well for; tough intermittent tasks where access is tight. Sure it doesn’t have all of the brawn of some of the full-size Makita LCT300W 18v line, but really when i need that sort of power, I’ll want to be using something Pneumatic or AC-driven.
Buy Makita LCT300W if you need a lightweight tool for intermittent use. If you need something to replace a corded/pneumatic tool out in the field, you might want to bump up to the full size (lxt) line.
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