DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Drill and Impact Driver, Power Tool Combo Kit , Includes 2 Batteries, Charger and Bag (DCK240C2)

Why it's worth it

This kit pairs a 1/2-inch drill/driver with a 1/4-inch impact driver, two batteries, a charger, and a bag. It's the set that covers almost every household job — drilling pilot holes, driving deck screws, assembling furniture — without asking you to learn anything.

For most homeowners, the drill-plus-impact-driver pairing is the whole answer. The drill handles holes and delicate fastening, where the clutch keeps you from sinking a screw through a cabinet face. The impact driver handles everything stubborn — long deck screws, lag bolts, rusted hardware — without wrecking your wrist. The Spruce notes that buying the two bundled saves real money over buying them separately, and once you've used an impact driver on a 3-inch screw, you won't go back.

Both tools are genuinely small. DeWalt lists the impact driver at 5.55 inches long and 2.8 pounds, and the drill at 7.5 inches. That matters when you're lying inside a sink cabinet or reaching over your head to mount a garage shelf. The drill's 1/2-inch single-sleeve ratcheting chuck grips bits tightly and lets you change them one-handed, and both tools have LED lights with a 20-second delay so the light stays on while you set the screw.

From our review of 8 cordless drill sets for home improvement, by David Sinclair, Managing Editor

What we like

• +For most homeowners, the drill-plus-impact-driver pairing is the whole answer
• +Both tools are genuinely small
• +The DeWalt 20V MAX platform is the practical reason to buy in
• +Reliability backs this up

What to know

• –The two included 1.5Ah batteries are small
• –The drill here uses a brushed motor, not DeWalt's brushless XR
• –The included charger is the basic model, which takes its time