Amazon.com Customer Reviews
Probably a good deal for the money, but... - Review written on January 25, 2008
Rating: 2 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.
Over the years my drill bits have gotten scattered, damaged, and lost. This kit seemed like a good way to get a comprehensive set of bits that I could keep together and find when I needed them.
My kit arrived today. Like everyone else's many of the pieces were rattling around loose in the box when it arrived. After sorting everything back into place I was missing 2 bits. Not a big deal, and the kit had duplicates of the 2 missing pieces, but still disappointing.
The kit seems long on driver bits and shorter than I would like on specialty bits. I'll probably never use up one T40 bit and don't need 3 of them. On the other hand, I'd have liked a wider selection of paddle bits (it inexplicably skips from 7/8 to 1-1/4, omitting the 1" bit). Similarly, the hole saws jump from 1-3/4 to 2-1/8, skipping the 2" size.
My original intention was to replace the bits in this kit with good quality bits over time as I wore them out. Rather than 5 separate 1/16 bits, I'd have rather had 1 or 2 good ones.
The masonry bits look somewhat fragile and only go to 1/2 inch. In all fairness, I only got the kit today and haven't used any of the bits, but I'm not optimistic about their durability. I suspect they'll get me through a project, then I'll have to go out and replace the ones I used. As noted, that was my original intention anyway.
Fortunately there's some extra space in the top of the box. I'm going to need it for the 1 inch paddle bit, a 5/8 and maybe larger masonry bit, the more comprhensive set of hole saws (I'd like to go up to 3 inches or better), and the other items I probably won't realize I don't have until I need them.
I'll probably keep this set, but what I'd rather have is a more comprehensive set with fewer pieces (not so many duplicates) of higher quality. I'd happily pay 2 or 3 times the cost of this set for something like that if I could find it. If anyone knows of such an item please post a review and let me know. I'd swap this one out in a flash.
Incredible Value With Good Packaging - Review written on January 07, 2008
Rating: 5 out of 5
I put this item on a wish list and received it this year for Christmas. While some reviewers said that pieces were everywhere, I didn't find that it took me more than a few minutes to put some the screw bits back in order that popped out (and that's with the people who gave it to me turning it over a few times). Those little drill bits you wouldn't want to snap in, or they'd be too hard to pop out. Where it does make sense to lodge the pieces in, Denali did that and there was no loss of contents.
Of course the biggest reason I really like this set is that I can be confident that almost everything I need in terms of drill bits is in one organized place. In fact, I wish I could get a second case like this one with different molds (i.e. security bits, full socket sets, etc.). I would like to get rid of my other little cases floating around and a case such as this would be useful for keeping them organized.
If I were to make some suggestions, it would be to have a back-stop on each tray, to prevent it from coming all the way out accidentally, and to find a better way to attach the handles to each tray. I may super glue the metal rims to prevent them from coming off.