DEWALT DCK299P2 20V MAX XR Cordless Hammer Drill & Impact Driver Combo Kit with 5.0Ah Battery & 14-Piece Titanium Drill Bit Set - Perfect for Construction, Woodworking, and DIY Home Projects

I can’t say enough good things about this Dewalt drill and driver combo. I do a lot of woodworking, home projects and use one or both of these several times a week. They just work and work well. They work in tandem well. I’ll have the drill drilling holes and the driver driving the screws and go back and forth between the two. I have the larger 5amp batteries on both so they last forever. I can go through a full day of heavy usage and still have plenty of battery left. I was at a point about six months ago where I needed to replace several power tools. I had never owned Dewalt before but a buddy raved about them so I purchased this combo. They have worked so well I’ve moved most of my power tools to Dewalt. It is so nice to have everything using the same batteries. This kit sold me on Dewalt.This combo is a fantastic deal. I loved my 5 year old 18V lithium Ion drill driver and it still worked great but the batteries were starting to go. A direct replacement of the old style batteries was $99! It didn't make sense to spend nearly $200 on batteries for old tools when I saw this combo which was only $279 in June of 2020 my mind was made up for me.My DeWalt cordless 18V drill/drivers have always been the tool I use most as a DIY guy. This is my third such item and it is a huge improvement on my last 18V lithium ion. Speed, torque, size, the sureness of the chuck are all dramatically better. The hammer setting my previous unit was kind of useful not a big plus, the hammer performance of the DCD996 is probably the biggest upgrade as I see it so far.It's not a lot smaller or lighter than my previous drill but enough that I feel and see the difference every time I use it. I've got pretty bad arthritis in my left shoulder an my right shoulder was recently replaced with titanium components. Point being, it's very painful working at or above head level and the reduction in weight has allowed me to get things done with a lot less pain. That's a deal I'll take any day.The DCF887 impact driver is a beast. It's kind of like a genetic experiment that combined the most aggressive traits of a honey badger, a wolverine and a tasmanian devil.It's been a while since I'd used an impact driver but I was completely unprepared for the power and speed of the tool. On first use I drove 3 1/2" deck screws through 3/4" pressure treated ply over pressure treated 2x4 so fast it was 1/2" below the surface before I could release the trigger. That was entirely my fault. I had it on top speed and leaned in just as I did with my older drill/driver. The three power settings and the variable speed trigger make it very easy to apply just the right amount of speed and power for any job.It's size make it easy to maneuver in tight spaces. I utilized it's size and power to handle 80% of the nuts a bolts when I recently did a complete remove and replace of the front suspension of my Honda CR-V, (everything except the knuckle and wheel bearing, which I replaced last year). In combination with my monster DCF899P1 impact wrench(which I really love), the DCF887 made the job dramatically easier. No scraped or smashed knuckles. No straining to get enough torque on a breaker bar. Just pull the trigger and the nut/bold comes off... every time. It helped make the job much quicker and nearly stress free. Bad thing is that the tool was only a month old and already looks live a veteran of many rears in the garage. It cleaned up a little, but avoid accidentally grabbing the wrong rag and getting any brakleen on it. The lettering will come right off. I found that out the hard way.The two XR 20Volt Max 5 amp hour batteries are fantastic. I've used these tools extensively for 10 to 12 hours in a day and they have never dropped lower than two lights on the three segmented charge meter.With an adapter they make by old style 18 Volt recip saw run better than ever.My only gripe about this entire kit is that the batteries don't snap solidly into the tools. There is a good bit of sloppiness and rattle. They have never come loose and for all I know this may be a feature rather than a error. Just something that dampened my enthusiasm a bit.I see this combo has gone up dramatically in price. Hopefully they will have sales or special buys to bring the price back down.Since I got this set been using it heavily framing and drywalling in my Maintenance job. It's been putting in work. Not here to convince anyone what to buy, just to say I am happy with my decision to stay with the XR Series of tools to add to my personal Inventory. I appreciate the quality of build. Y'all have a good one and keep up the Quality work DeWalt.I've had Dewalt drills and other tools before (still do), and I have always been very pleased. The last set of drills I had was a comparable Milwaukee 18 volt set that I used for the last 8 years or so. I bought them when I started building my new house. They worked very well, and I have no complaints. Lately though they stared losing battery power (both batteries), so I decided to get new drills. The drills I got are the extra run time 20 volt set. One of the reasons I decided on the extra run time (the larger batteries on both drills opposed to one large and one small, shorter run time battery) is because I already have the 1/2" Dewalt 20 volt impact driver with the same batteries. Now I have 3 batteries, and 2 chargers, all the same.After reading some of the other reviews, I was hesitant to get these drills because of complaints about loose batteries, switch problems, and the chuck apparently not tightening down (or whatever). On those things I have comments.On the loose battery issue... I see that the battery moves around a bit by about a 32nd of an inch. After having the impact drill already with the same battery setup, I never noticed that until it was suggested in the reviews on these drills. I went out to my shop and looked at it, and sure it does that, but it is not noticeable at all (like I said, had it not been suggested, I would not have noticed!). So when I got these drills, they are exactly the same movement; no big deal (not even a small deal).On the switching issue... I have been a contractor for 20 years building aluminum patio covers, etc. I have used many different brands and sizes of cordless drills over the years. I have never had one that didn't need to be turned on for a second to get the gears to sort of "mesh" (for lack of a better term). Every drill I have ever used, period. When building those patio covers you are running in hundreds of screws a day, and drilling hundreds of holes, every day switching from speed to torque. There is no issue here.On the chuck issue, I cannot speak for the drill that apparently has an issue, as the chuck that came with these drills has the black, all steel, knurled chuck (vs. the one with the black plastic grip and the shiny chrome looking chuck. I believe those are the ones that get the complaints. Mine works perfectly.I am no longer a contractor, but (besides building a lot of stuff) I am in the process of converting a 45 foot bus into a motor home. This will be about a 2-3 year project, and I am looking forward to using these new drills. They are nice and heavy, and balanced (even with the extra run sized battery, the drill motor is heavier than the battery, providing good balance). Keep in mind that a heavy drill doesn't kick back as easy as a light one (when the drill bit suddenly gets stuck in the material). Also, I don't know how necessary the "3 speeds" are, but I'm ok with them. I don't want to forget to mention the little LED light that comes on when you drill. I LOVE the 3 brightness levels. The highest one puts me in mind of those high powered flashlights. It is VERY bright, and will come in handy.I highly recommend these drills. Thank you, GlennmanI've used both of these a number of timesfor small projects and they work great, battery life is very good.Son un super combo de herramientas, ambos de mucho poder, en cuanto al taladro, hay que tener cuidado cuando se usan brocas de grandes dimensiones, por que si se opera sin la manija que trae, puede lesionar la muñeca seriamente.Las baterías duran para los trabajos más exigentes que se puede pensar.El portafolio que traen muy resistente.El precio me tocó cerca de los 9000, pero de repente baja a los 6500, o sube a los 11000, es cuestión de esperar y estar atentos.Estaba en búsqueda de un combo de destornillador y taladro con función de rotomartillo y estaba dudoso entre varias marcas, al final me decidí por éste combo porque lo bajaron a $6,800 ya con el descuento, si haces cuentas, las dos baterías, el cargador rápido, el destornillado y el rotomartillo cada uno por separado salen bastante caros, simplemente cada batería de 5Amp cuestan como $1800, el destornillador es super potente, pensé que iba a ser muy estorboso porque estos modelos son el tope de gama de la marca, pero le puse una batería de 2Ah que tenía de otra herramienta DeWalt y así es super práctico, el rotomartillo es muy potente también, en una perforación en la que estaba batallando con un Bosch, el DeWalt salió al quite y si pudo terminar de perforar, solamente que el rotomartillo si es mucho más pesado.Contras:- Al igual que los que mencionan en otros comentarios, las patitas de las baterías están chuecas y yo creo que por lo mismo tiene algo de juego, sin embargo no impide su funcionamiento.- El cargador rápido también tiene un problema de juego, no embonan bien las baterías, pensé que era mi modelo pero ya busqué en youtube y es un issue conocido de los cargadores DeWalt, en este caso si afecta el funcionamiento ya que tienes que ponerlo muchas veces hasta que embone bien la batería y comience a cargar.- Las calcomanías de "USA" son chafisimas y se despegaron nada más abrí el empaque, creo que mi otro taladro inalámbrico Bosch tiene mejor calidad de ensamble y de plásticos.- Habría preferído una bolsa de tela en vez de la caja de plástico ya que se ve un plástico muy barato.- Me da la impresión que quizás el producto que me enviaron es reconstruido o de pacas que compran en USA porque la caja de plástico llegó muy dañada.Como conclusión son herramientas super potentes, pero desde mi punto de vista no tiene la mejor calidad de materiales ni de ensamble.Dewalt is my go to brand , and this drill set would be phenomenal, if I had recieved what's on the box.I have shopped warehouse deals carefully reading descriptions, and this time got burned hard , no battery's. A db107 charger not a db115, and the basic drill and impact from before the xr line .I dont know who inspects these items and puts a sticker on the side, but amazon should step up their game , what a waste of time and effort .I've been burned on small stuff before , but for this amount of money it's ridiculous.Realmente es una buena herramienta (buen Combo) en cuestión de Diseño, costo y diseño, el Rotomartillo es algo pesado, pero en cuanto a funcionamiento y potencia es excelente y el sonido que genera la herramienta, si es un poco elevado, pero como toda herramienta de potencia es normal, trae tres potentes niveles de LED.En cuanto al atornillador de Impacto, también es una excelente herramienta. los led alumbra bien el área de trabajo.En general lo recomiendo ampliamente, es una buena Herramienta.Ahí menciono un pequeño detalle donde va acoplado la batería, refiriéndome al atornillador de impacto, pero al parecer no afecta el funcionamiento. Adjunto varias fotografías, para que se den cuenta que no trae detalles en cuestión de estética.This set is mostly used for woodworking building hardwood furniture and general home repair.Pros:-Very powerful, effortlessly drilled through oak hardwood using a 1/2" spade bit for building a shelf. The impact driver has no problem driving 1/4" lag screws into pine 2x4s. With the 5.0A battery, easily feels as powerful as my corded drills.-Precise operation, there's 3 speed settings on the drill and impact driver along with a variable speed trigger this was useful when I need to drill into soft or delicate things.-Huge 5.0A battery, drilled holes and drove screws all weekend without a recharge.Cons:-The 5.0A battery is a bit heavy. The weight does help prevent the drill/driver from tipping over when putting down the tools.-The drill itself is pretty big so it's a bit awkward when trying to drill a hole in a tight space. The impact driver is compact enough to not be an issue.-I experienced the slop in the fitment of the battery. The first set I got had such a poor fit I had to return it. The replacement was better but still a bit annoying. I think this issue may be isolated to the drill/driver since i took the batteries from this set and didn't have this problem when I used it with both a Dewalt 20v flashlight and a Dewalt USB adapter. Surprising given that this is a MSRP $450 drill set and it has worse QC than their $19 flashlight.The drill is probably overpowered for my purposes but I picked this up on sale and it's a fantastic upgrade from my Ryobi 18v. I also looked into the Bosch brushless drills, I chose this over the Bosch because my previous experience trying to get warranty support here in Canada has been terrible. I compared this against the Makita brushless drill/driver combo too.. the Makita felt like it was built better but it was also twice the cost (even after sale price).