Milwaukee Electric - M18 Fuel. 2-Tool Combo KIT

Why it's worth it

This pairs a brushless hammer drill with one of the fastest impact drivers you can buy, and both run on M18 packs that fit hundreds of other Milwaukee tools. It's heavy for a two-tool kit, but it's the one you buy once and keep feeding.

Buy this kit if you'd rather stop thinking about power. Pro Tool Reviews' bench testing of Milwaukee's M18 FUEL hammer drill put torque above 1,200 in-lbs, near the top of the combo kit class. That's more than you need for shelf brackets. It's exactly what you want when a spade bit binds in a wet joist and the drill has to keep turning instead of stalling out on you.

The impact driver is the reason contractors keep buying this pair. Milwaukee claims the fastest driving speed of any impact driver, and the mechanical clutch keeps that speed consistent across fastener sizes. Sink two hundred deck screws and you'll feel the difference in your wrist, not just the clock. It also means fewer cam-outs, which matters more than raw numbers when you're working off a ladder.

From our review of 8 cordless power tool combo kits

What we like

• +Buy this kit if you'd rather stop thinking about power
• +The impact driver is the reason contractors keep buying this pair
• +Then there's the platform
• +The build quality shows up in the boring places

What to know

• –It's heavy. The kit weighs close to 16 pounds packed, and the hammer drill is the bulkiest of our picks
• –The listing doesn't state the amp-hour rating of the included batteries, which is frustrating when runtime is the whole point
• –This is also the most expensive two-tool kit here