Bare-Tool Milwaukee 2601-20 M18 18-Volt Compact Driver/Drill (Tool Only, No Battery)

I had recently purchased the Milwaukee cordless impact and had been receiving emails from Amazon recommending associated products. This was one of the products that was recommended. Although I wasn't in need of a new drill, I paid attention to the offers in case one came by that was too good to pass up. As fate would have it, two weeks later my drill died and I needed a replacement. I purchased this raw tool because I already had a charger and two batteries from the impact I previously purchased. I paid a fraction of retail and have a tool that works flawlessly. The seller shipped the item immediately and it arrived days ahead of schedule. Excellent product and excellent service!

This drill came with the 5 tool kit that i bought a couple years ago from home depot. The other tools have been great, except that the impact driver seems a little under-powered compared to similar brands. This compact drill may be fine for home use, but is not built to the same quality of the rest of the M18 line and I would not recommend for any serious work. The motor would overheat easily with paddle bits of any size, and recently the motor failed after two holes with a fresh 2" hole saw (which this tool is rated for in the manual). The Makita compact drill on site finished the other dozen or so holes with no issue. The motor on this model is framed which leads to poor cooling and higher temperatures; after disassembly i found the resin bonding the coil to the motor shaft and fan had burnt and cracked apart. The other drills and impact drivers in this line have different frameless motors.

I bought this tool to replace the original one I recieved in the combo pack that broke on the jobsite. Within 2 days this tool had the same failure. When drilling holes with a Milwaukee hole saw, the drill locked up on slow speed and will not switch to 2nd gear. Now I have a 2 drills that only work in first gear. Apparently the torque of hole sawing is too much for the gear change