An Installation Drill/Driver by any other name

Sometimes I'm late to the party when it comes to tool stuff.  I know, how can any self respecting tool addict be out of the loop so long.  It happens.  🤦

The reason I post this is because I FINALLY put 2 and 2 together and realized where my Worx Switchdriver fits in.  It's in the installation drill/driver category. 

Milwaukee and DeWalt have installation drill/drivers with interchangeable chucks.  Those are pretty cool.  But, my Worx Switchdriver has dual rotating chucks that while not as versatile as the others, still has been very useful to me.

Also, in light of where does this tool get used, I do use it almost entirely in installing and mounting furniture, shelves, cabinets, and other similar things.  

Whether it's going from drill to driver when mounting items or swapping between screw driver bits and nut drivers while assembling items, it has found its niche in those areas in my day to day toolbox.  I use my cordless hammer drill for more drill focused tasks and my impact driver for the more intensive driver focused tasks.

I don't know why it took me so long to make the connection of the Worx Switchdriver as an installation tool in regard to terminology.   But whenever people ask me how it fits in as a work tool, that's the role I always describe it in.

In fact, having recently shot the "Switchdriver in Action" video to demonstrate its abilities,  I realize I probably should have done the tests more specifically focused on those kind of tasks rather than the general drill/driver things I ended up doing.


Hmmmm 🤔, live and learn as the saying goes.   

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