What is the difference between "Drill / Driver" and "Impact driver" since they do the same job?
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Drill driver used to drive normal screws, and the impact driver is used for heavy things as in lag bolts and nuts onto bolts.
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When you use a drill you have to fight it as it wants to twist. When it hits a lot of sudden resistance it can feel like it is going to twist your arm off. You can use the torque setting, but that just stops the drill from doing anything. With a impact driver, when it hits resistance it starts hammering it. The big difference is you won't feel it trying to twist out of your hand. So it is much easier to drive into heavy resistance materials. Want to drive a two inch screw into wood without predrilling, no problem. Try that with a drill and you have a fight on your hands. The down side is there is no torque limit, so it is easy to over drive things. Almost too much power. The other down side is the noise. Before it hits resistance it sounds like a normal drill, but once it does hit resistance it starts hammering. Actually the hammers are small and internal, but noisy. Sounds like a construction crew. One other note, the drill has chuck that fits various bits. The impact driver has just a 1/4 inch chuck only. Pull the outer part to put a bit in or take one out. To drill with it, you need special drill bits with the 1/4 inch hex ends. I use the impact driver more then the drill. It has the power, I just need to be careful to stop before I strip or over drive a screw.
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as a garage door installer we use the "impact" drill as it has more torque. a drill would suffice for a homeowner
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I made the same mistake and ordered this in error - I wanted the impact driver (this is the impact wrench) - it works great for bolts etc, but isn't for drilling or screwdriving
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The drill has multiple speeds and is made for use with various drill bits of different sizes with its adjustable chuck. The impact driver is for driving things, e.g., screws and bolts; it does have a variable speed trigger but not meant for drilling purposes.
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The Drill has 3 settings: "Full torque Hammer Drill, Full torque Standard Drill, and "Torque limited Screw drive mode" where you set the torque you want (Note that since this drill is brushless, it regulates torque electronically according your "clutch" setting, not an actual click-click mechanical clutch like older models). The Impact driver is "impact only" (of course...)
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Ron,On my set, the Impact Driver does not have a clutch, but is reversible. The drill does have a clutch and is reversable
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Hi.......... I believe the one you are looking at is a Hammer Driver. The DDB-180-02 is a drill driver.
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In this combo the three speed impact driver hasa brushless motor while the hammer drill has a ttraditional electric motor thus a hybrid combination. The lxt239 come with the brushless hammer drill and the brushless impact driver without variable speed settings.I believe that the lxt238×1 is the only combo u can get the 3 speed impact driver in
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I have the drills and impact drivers both and yes they are interchangeable.
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to my knowledge the only difference between the two is the actual drill bit itself, so the holders should be the same.
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It has a magnetic hex-style chuck, much like impact drivers. Just don't buy it though, its not worth it. It'll just break.
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No difference that I can see...Impact Driver takes all the effort of sinking screws into wood and the drill is basically a drill with variable torque settings. Each tool comes with a LiIon battery. The touch light is just a Cree LED light that accepts the LI battery pack. Does not come with its own battery.
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I do my own computer builds. This is way owerkill. It has a clutch, so you can adjust the power. If you carefull, you'll be OK. For my builds I use ryobi 3.6V, plenty of power for the task. The only thing I don't like about that one is that is one speed, meaning, it does not have button speed control. Bosch does. I don't think impact driver is safe for computer use, period, too much power and vibration, too easy to strip the screws or damage case nuts. My opinion only. Hope this helps.
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Yes...I use some of these bits at work on a daily basis and they work fine with a impact driver.
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Drill/Driver Chuck: 3/8". Impact Driver Chuck: 1/4" Quick connect Hex I answered the same question before. Additional Info: Variable speed (0-800 RPM) 1300 IN/LB torque, 20V My view: great product
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I use the same batterys and charger from my impact driver. Saves big money buying the tool this way as the batterys are interchangable.
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i don't believe either of them are hammer drills. they are both impact drill/drivers and fd01w has a speed selector on the top that dt is missing