PRODUCT REVIEW


Collated screwdriving: Cordless style with Flex DW45 18.0-EC


By PETER BRETT


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HIS new collated screwdriver from Flex is part of its move to EC or brushless motors on most of its new cordless tools. The benefi ts of EC


motors have already been explained, so let us skip lightly over to evaluate the driver itself.


On those house-beautiful programmes on the telly, I have seen skilled workers bashing up plasterboard in minutes with a collated screw driver. They make it look so easy with barely a pause between screws as the plasterboard is fi xed into place.


However, when I tried it myself for the


fi rst time a few years ago, I was somewhat chastened as to how many factors on the tool had to be taken into account, so my fi rst eff orts were clumsy to say the least. Fortunately, it was a practice piece and my


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