Earlier this year Panasonic released there lithium line of power tools including the new Panasonic 7440 Li-ion Drill Driver. The Panasonic 7440 has been selling like hot cakes since its release, so I thought Id follow the crowd and buy one for home.
Panasonic are like the power tool industries best kept secret. Most of Joe Public think they just make big plasma TVs and Hi Fis, but not professional level power tools! However as the more astute know Panasonic do indeed make power tools, yet unlike every other manufacturer, they only make cordless tools.
Panasonic dont broadcast the fact they manufacture tools, so that makes you wonder why they sell so many. It would appear to be because they are actually very very good.
When I was buying the Panasonic 7440 I noticed there Panasonic also did a combo kit of the 7440 and a 7540 Li-ion Impact Driver for not much more money than the Drill on its own called the EYC140. Having been a huge fan of impact drivers for years I decided to buy the kit.
Last weekend I used both the drill driver and the impact driver to replace the banister on the staircase in my new renovation project. Lets see how well they...