Anyone had experience of the Bosch 10.8v impact driver. I already had the normal driver and it is an excellent tool with loads of power so I bought the impact driver and it is a bag of sh*te. I've read reviews and many people rate them but a few say the same as me. It appears that the odd ones come out with no power. Any comments?
i do think the ratchet kick in a bit early so on all but the smallest screws the rachet a lot pick a size off screw between no8 and no12 and up to 4" [or metric equivilent]screw it into pine leave your results and i will try and replicate and see how mines performes in comparason also try it with the driver and i will also replicate is yours a single or double speed driver!!! big all
Agree with op....not impressed. The normal driver seems to drive the screws in quicker and further. All the impact does is make more of a noise..!! having said that i've only tried it for one day (then slung it in back of van). I'll try what BA says and see what it's like
I have a Dewalt 12v impact which develops 115 Nm of torque and it is a truly amazing tool. The Bosch 10.8 supposedly delivers 100 Nm and there is no comparison. My Dewalt 12v driver even pis**s all over it on a dead battery.
http://www.screwfix.com/talk/thread.jspa?threadID=113631&tstart=120 check out my test results on the second page ive now got the makita 10.8v hex drill with 2 speeds, its more compact than the bosch and a lot more useful with the faster speed also just as powerful as the bosch driver
Got all the Bosch 10.8 stuff, the impact driver is the weak link in the range, all noise and little action. Got the Makita 10.8 drill driver and impact driver too, much better. The two speed on the drill driver makes all the difference.
ok have done a test with an 8x3"screw bosch 10.8 impact just bosch 10.8 single speed just bosch 10.8 2 speed little bit left bosch 10.8 angle driver no chance 2"about max bosch 14,4 impact easy peasy then 12x4" no probs and quick so the additional 3.6v or 33% more power is greater performance say 50% will copy this post to the other one big all