****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
Been debating this purchase for a while, finally bought it for a job where I need / wanted the offset feature. I’ve also got a stable of M-12 tools, so buying the Bosch version wasn’t an option. Trying to stick to two battery platforms; period.My greatest frustration is this specialty tool, for that price, needs to fit in a Packout container vs the canvas container it comes with. I made it fit a Packout box, but it’s not efficient. Milwaukee needs to do a better job building tools that more effectively fit in the Packout family, or create another Packout choice that can effectively hold 1-M-12 tool with accessories and say 1 battery.Canvas bags for cordless tools immediately go into the trash, as they don’t store or stack with any efficiency and are difficult to label.Milwaukee invented the Packout craze, most all manufacturers have a clone system now. The next step is to make Milwaukee tools better fit in a single Packout. Buying the “steamer trunk” Packout and dumping a handful of tools in it does not work for me. One tool per Packout w/ some accessories is my organizational design. Extremely convenient, easy to find, stack snd store brilliantly, and reduces the need to carry, roll and / or hoist a full steamer trunk of tools; I’m too old for that approach.The forward - reverse switch on the tool is definitely a painful new habit to form, but for the convenience of carrying one Packout with 4 drills vs carrying multiple tools; I’m liking the purchase.The most helpful and unique head is the offset, but it’s not a locking offset, so bits and drivers do fall out. Let’s go Milwaukee, fix that shortcoming asap.
