Makita drill/driver

Heyseed

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I have owned a Makita drill for over 7 years. I love it and so when I needed an impact driver I bought the set (cost as much as just the drill originally)I really like the feel and function of them, but the impact driver kills the battery at least twice as fast as the drill. Do they draw that much more current? or could this one have other issues?
Not wanting to start an argument about this brand vs. that brand, just curious about power draw.
Thanks
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I have the same set and really like the impact. The battery on mine seems to hold up pretty good. I guess the impact has to work harder than the drill. I haven't really used them together to compare.
 
I have the Hitachi impact and the drill and the battery lasts longer in the impact driver than in the drill.
 
Same here. My antique 18 volt drill died so I bought the set. I bought the highest rating battery they have for the impact and use the smaller ones in the drill so I have not compared them. Still, a good outfit in my opinion.
 
I love these tools, I just did a deck that took 3000 screws, every one had to be pre-drilled. I had plenty of side by side time, the impact ran down faster every time no matter which of the four batteries I used. (two new, two from my old drill)
Thanks for the comments.
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I have 19.2 craftsman drill and half inch impact. The drill would go over a week fixing fence til the 2 speed went out this spring. The impact had better have 2 batteries to tighten down 8 lug nuts.

I haven't run the 18 volt DeWalt drill enough to run the battery down but the impact driver driving the same screws as the craftsman drill will go 2 weeks.
 
And I will also say Makita customer service is right on the ball. Ordered two sets of brushes for a 1 inch impact and had them in 2 days, with nothing but the model number off the impact. Called DeWalt for the flange nut that holds the grinding wheel on a grinder and took a week to get a nut that goes somewhere between the motor and gearbox.
 

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