| Earlier this year Panasonic released there lithium line of | | | | the Georgian era, and looking at the condition of they |
| power tools including the new Panasonic 7440 Li-ion | | | | stairs, so are they. The impact driver whizzed 2 of the |
| Drill Driver. The Panasonic 7440 has been selling like | | | | screws out no problem, however the third one was |
| hot cakes since its release, so I thought I'd follow the | | | | sheared by a combination of the power of the 7540 |
| crowd and buy one for home. | | | | and the age of the screw. |
| Panasonic are like the power tool industries best kept | | | | Having elegantly removed the old banister, with a |
| secret. Most of Joe Public think they just make big | | | | combination of the impact driver and a big hammer, I |
| plasma TV's and Hi Fi's, but not professional level | | | | set about in my work installing the new one. Perhaps |
| power tools! However as the more astute know | | | | not the most heavy duty of jobs drilling pilot holes into |
| Panasonic do indeed make power tools, yet unlike | | | | pine, but the 7440 performed well, letting me complete |
| every other manufacturer, they only make cordless | | | | all the work require of it in one charge. You have to |
| tools. | | | | love Lithium Ion. |
| Panasonic don't broadcast the fact they manufacture | | | | After a brew, I finished the work installing the new |
| tools, so that makes you wonder why they sell so | | | | banister and set about finishing off the job. |
| many. It would appear to be because they are actually | | | | All in all the Panasonic kit performed really well on this |
| very very good. | | | | job and I think it was a great purchase. think the only |
| When I was buying the Panasonic 7440 I noticed there | | | | downside of the kit is the 7440 is a dill diver not a |
| Panasonic also did a combo kit of the 7440 and a | | | | hammer drill, so masonry will be a problem for future |
| 7540 Li-ion Impact Driver for not much more money | | | | jobs. That said I do own a Makita HR2470 SDS, so I |
| than the Drill on its own called the EYC140. Having | | | | would no doubt use that. |
| been a huge fan of impact drivers for years I decided | | | | In summary I would recommend the EYC140B kit to |
| to buy the kit. | | | | anyone, needing a new cordless drill driver, as it |
| Last weekend I used both the drill driver and the | | | | basically comes with a free impact driver. If you |
| impact driver to replace the banister on the staircase in | | | | already have a hammer drill or a combi, get this kit. |
| my new renovation project. Let's see how well they | | | | However if your going to be drilling into masonry often |
| performed. | | | | you would perhaps be better looking else where, such |
| The old banister was held on to the post at the top of | | | | as the Makita LXT202. |
| the stairs with 3 long wood screws. The house is from | | | | |