Portable Power Tool Reviews

Drills are well built and easy to handle.  The chuck opens and closes readily to release or grab either a driver or drill bit, respectively.  The batteries are easy to insert and release and last a long time.  We fully discharge the battery before recharging to maintain its long life.  The batteries are quick to recharge.  The drill is well balanced and has a good grip.

Amazing little screwdriver, absloutly love it. get the drill bits with the hex bottoms, and it does double duty!!

Using this for small jobs is just right. I put together a small

computer stand with many parts and it did very well.

The light was great, the torque was sufficiendt and

compact sixe is okay. 

I purchased this belt sander because the more inexpensive model I originally wanted wasn't available off the store shelf. I needed a sander right away to finish a solid-core door installation - a simple material removal (on the door bottom) where the new solid-core door scuffed against an uneven floor. Usually I simply hand-block sand the material to be removed, but needing to remove more than just a "bit" of material this was not an option.

The belts purchased (also at Sears) went onto the sander easily, and after a few quick "hits" of the switch the belt had been adjusted so it tracked straight...

Great electric screwdriver.  This unit has plenty of torque, but needs some practice adjusting the power setting.  It will strip screw heads if you use excess torque, so there is pleanty of power.

Battery lasts for hours of on and off use. 

Cons:  fairly heavy and awkward.  The design flaw is in the handle.  The handle has a push button adjustment to allow the screwdriver to be used at a 180 degree or a 90 degree angle.  Unfortunately, this does not work in tight situations.  It would have been a simple matter to allow this adjustment handle to swivel through 360 degrees, so that the tool...

An amazingly powerful drill for the price it is listed at, and being part of the 19.2-volt line makes it easy when it comes to maximizing up time. A Hi-Low setting sits on top of the drill, which helps when you start holes on a low setting then drill at a higher setting. I've drilled through concreate and never had to struggle with this tool, and with a quick bit change you will go from drilling concreate to driving screws into an anchor in no time. It comes with 3 setting, hammer, driving, and drilling, which give this tool many uses for the user. The dept stop rod that comes with the drill makes...

Okay, I'm not an expert biscuit joiner user, and this is my first one after reading about using this method in varius woodworking and handyman magazines. I figure let me give it a try. Bought it, read the manual, read online material websites and youtube videos on how to use a biscuit joiner in general.  The jointer is very good quality sturdy to the touch and feel. Well made, no cheap material feel or any breakable cheap plastic used here as expected from a Craftsman product. Felt good in hand, used it first for a small two cube shelf unit and made many biscuit cuts with no problems of skipping...

We have several of these in our shop, the small compact head helps when working in tight spaces.  The 12 volt battery last and the impact part keeps the screw from stripping out. 

So far so good.  For occasional use like i do they seem to hold up quite well.  I'll never buy Bosch cordless tools again, that's for sure.  For non-pro lines i like Craftsman for the value. Hitachi is another brand i'm impressed with but not sure about their cordless tools.

I received this unexpectedly for Christmas.  Had never had one before, and initially wondered where I"d use it.  Lo and behold, a small demolition project came up at church.  At the last moment, I thought to bring the saw with me.  Another guy brought his Milwaukee saw, and I initially stepped back and let him have at the work.

In short order, however, he was having problems.  I stepped in and my Sears saw was the hero of the day.

As with another reviewer, I found the "headlight" effectively useless, but I was impressed with the power and the maneuverability of the saw in general.

I've not...

This set is awesome and has most everything you need.  the size is easy to handle and not bulky and heavy.  as a woman I really like it.

I purchased the impact driver seperately after owning the excellant Autohammer (2) however the combo price of the impact and drill made me purchase these two and return the impact driver unopened. The impact driver helped me quickly fix my minivans brakes after it had been making weird grinding noise for the past few months. I loosend my wheel nuts by hand and used the impact to remove it since 800lbs of torque wasn't enough to loosen them. Found out that the auto repair shop didnt tighten the two bolts that hold the brake itself!. As a result one of the bolt fell off and the other, I removed by...