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I stock up on driver bits when they are on sale. Often dewalt ones which aren't bad. The worst I have bought were ryobi and the seccond worst have been the pricey milwaukee ones they are especially disappointing regular or impact versions. I have kobalt ones from lowes and they are towards the lower end.
The best out there imo are apex bits. They are aircraft tools and been around a long time and their bits fit the screws very well. As for the quick change part most are all the same.
FYI ace hardware has some of their dewalt driver bits and drill bits for 9.99 this weekend including the 90* driver. I picked up a couple of the 90* units as they are over twice that price at depot. I rarely buy anything from ace but every so often there is something in their flier that's a good deal.
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IMHO it's better to have a second drill and use standard bits . the small ones break to easy to buy the quick change style.
I buy jobber bit packs
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Gary G™ said:
The Lowe's Kobalt really suck.
Yes to this. I bought a set, and bought at least 3-4 individual bits over time to replace the ones that broke. On some of them the bits fell out, on others the pot metal hex part just shattered. I finally threw the rest of the set away, and went back to individual bits.
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Gary G™ said:
The Lowe's Kobalt really suck.
I haven't found any that don't. Great idea in theory. The execution...not so much. I'm a two-drill guy for this when the operation is repetitive.
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