Milwaukee M18 FUEL 1/4" Hex Impact Driver - No Charger, No Battery, Bare Tool Only

Why it's worth it

An impact driver drives screws faster and with less wrist strain than any drill, and this one is small enough to work one-handed on a ladder. Pair it with the hammer drill and you've covered most of what a home or a jobsite asks for.

An impact driver isn't a drill with a different name. It hammers rotationally, so the screw goes in and your wrist doesn't twist. Deck screws, ledger boards, long structural fasteners — this is the tool for all of it. Owners who drive screws all day describe it as small but disproportionately strong, and that's the right read.

Size is the real selling point. It's roughly eight and a half inches long and weighs about two and a half pounds bare, so you can run it one-handed while the other hand holds the board. On a ladder, that's not a convenience, it's the difference between doing the job and not. The quick-release hex chuck lets you swap bits with gloves on.

From our review of 8 milwaukee tools

What we like

• +An impact driver isn't a drill with a different name
• +Size is the real selling point
• +It shares batteries with the hammer drill, the SAWZALL and the circular saw, which is the point of committing to M18 in the…
• +This is a bare tool, so the listing includes no battery and no charger

What to know

• –Impact drivers are loud
• –The hex chuck takes 1/4" hex bits only