- Hey, everybody. I'm Burris.
Welcome to "Tool Crush,"
where Lowe's gives us a tool,
we unbox it, we use it, and we review it.
Meanwhile, my boy Brian's cooking up a stress test
to see exactly how far we can push it.
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All right, today we're talking about the Hitachi cordless
hammer drill and impact driver, 18-volt combo kit.
All right, I guess we're gonna unbox this thing.
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Finally to the goods, the good-goods.
So right off the bat, it feels better in my hand
than most drills I've used.
The clutch is smooth.
The chuck's really smooth too.
And this, as soon as I saw it, I'm very excited about.
I mean, that's, like, what, four or five inches.
I mean, that's just absolutely brilliant.
All right, everything looks good,
so let's go see how it performs.
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All right, so we took both drills for a spin,
put 'em through pretty standard testing,
nothing crazy.
So far I'm impressed.
So the things that I tested out on the bench were,
you know, some soft wood, a little bit of butchers blocks,
steel, aluminum, but I was surprised at how easily
it drilled through.
I had to have a little more patience, obviously,
with the steel, but even the butcher block
I thought would be a little bit tougher,
but these held up really nice.
With a full charge, you could definitely tell there was
a lot of power there, but this is three amp power lithium ion.
It's gonna last a long time.
As far as the impact was concerned,
this is something I use not just every day
but almost all day long, so this is a big deal for me.
You know, how short it is here,
I do a lot of cabinet work,
and so a lot of times when reaching underneath cabinets
and trying to put my hand, like, through a drawer space,
so I can mount a countertop or something.
It's not a whole lot smaller than the drill set I use now,
but that little bit of space can make a big difference
when you're working.
So as far as whether or not I recommend this set
specifically, as a pro user, I would say this for me
would be an upgrade for sure, which is good.
I say "good" and then, like, slap my hand.
Good.
All right, now that we've done some rather basic testing,
let's try and do something a little more extreme.
This is Brian. - Hi, I'm Brian.
- What'd you build? - Construction sandwich.
- What's it made of? - Building stuff.
- It looks like it's about four feet thick.
How do you expect to get through it?
- I made some things.
- [laughs]
You ever done this before? - No.
- Would you like to? - Yes.
- Let's do it.
All right, Brian, let's start with the drill.
Are you ready? - I'm ready.
- All right, let's do it.
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All right, you're almost through.
Almost. There it is. All right, you're in the OSB.
- I had to switch it to low.
- Kind of struggling a little bit with the OSB.
- Where are we at, Burris?
- You're still in the OSB.
You're, like, halfway through, maybe.
- Oh, yeah. That was through.
- All right, you're in the particle board.
All right, we're still in the particle board.
- Where are we at?
- You're almost to the MDF.
- It feels like MDF.
- Nope, you're through the MDF.
All right, we're at the pine.
I say we're probably through the pine,
but we're gonna hit that cabinet grade oak.
How you doing, Brian? - I'm doing good.
The Hitachi's doing good too.
- All right, we're in the walnut.
And I think we're through the walnut.
That looks like butcher block.
I'd say we're almost there.
That's cement board.
- Are we to the kitchen? Oh.
- You're stuck, dude. Push!
- That must be the stainless.
- Yeah, you're through the acrylic.
It's just that sheet metal.
It's not-- - Oh, stainless stuck.
- Flexing. Oh, wait.
Here it comes.
Do you need help? You want me to help you push?
- Oh, you want to help me push?
- There it goes! Yeah! Look at that.
- Whoo! - That surprised me.
I think my best guess was somewhere in here.
- We did it. It surprised me too.
- That's pretty amazing. - It was kind of a workout.
- All right, Brian, I'm impressed it made it
all the way through.
I actually didn't think it was gonna get past
this cabinet grade plywood oak, but it did.
- Awesome. - So what do we have to test
the impact driver?
- I made a four foot lag. - All right.
Well, let's try it out.
All right, test number two, impact driver.
All right, first test should be easy.
We got the pine, the drywall.
The 2x4 pine.
We're already through there.
We're going into the OSB.
You're about halfway through the OSB.
It's going slow.
Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
We're just barely moving. We're barely moving.
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I think we might be stuck.
It's just--I mean, it was stopping because
it's saving the drill, essentially,
is what the drill is doing.
You know? Not too bad.
I mean, we made it through the first layer
and we got stuck in the OSB,
but overall, I think I'd call it a success.
I mean, not bad for a 4-foot homemade lag volt.
- Yeah, that's they don't make 'em.
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[drill whirs]
Well, that was fun. - It was, it was.
- I had a great time.
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I'm Burris. - I'm Brian.
- And this is "Tool Crush."
When I was testing these drills,
I used these new flex bits,
and they are awesome.
If you want to find out why,
check out this video for my full review.