Black & Decker AS600 6-Volt Alkaline Battery Cordless Screwdriver
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Black & Decker AS600 6-Volt Alkaline Battery Cordless Screwdriver
Customer Review: Great Cordless Screwdriver uses regular AA batteries
Summary: 5 Stars
Here's what I like about this electric screwdriver:
1. Unlike most Black & Decker electric screwdrivers, this uses four standard AA batteries. This means that you don't have to worry about using B&D re-chargeables that are always dead when you need them. I load mine with Eneloop low-discharge rechargeable AA's, which retain their charge for up to a year. When they go dead, I just replace them with another set and I can continue using it.
2. It is smaller than other B&D electric screwdrivers.
3. It has a manual mode that allows you to use it as a regular screwdriver.
4. You can switch the bit from flathead to phillips.
Customer Review: Great cordless screwdriver
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this little thing. It mentions to use alkaline only batteries, but I have been using rechargeables, 2100 mAh NI-MH batteries, generally meant for long life camera use. This thing runs forever with those batteries! They were a bit of a tight fit, but wow this thing performs. I am a computer tech and I use this little guy every day taking apart and putting back together computers. It saves a lot of hand/wrist strain and increases my efficiency.
It would be a great tool for around the house. With 4 AA batteries this thing puts out enough torque to where I cannot stop it with my hand squeezing as hard as I can. For the price and quality, you can't beat it.
Customer Review: Great screwdriver
Summary: 4 Stars
First off, this is NOT rechargeable. It runs off two AA batteries. Of course you could use your own rechargeables but you get the point.
That being said, I really like that fact because when it runs out of juice, you just pop in new batteries rather than having to charge it. I've owned a lot of powered screwdrivers before and I like some better but this one is still great.
I find it awkward to use the forward and reverse buttons where they are located. I prefer the kind of switches where you push the same switch forward or backwards, but that's just personal preference.
The reason I gave it 4/5 stars is because for the price, you can get a similar item with a tilt head and this one doesn't have the torque of higher voltage similarly priced items.
Customer Review: Great tool
Summary: 5 Stars
I have somehow ended up with 3 of these through moving several times. Got my first one back in the 90's, and it still works great. Being able to put new batteries in once it starts to slowdown is great when I have a lot of stuff to screw in (like rooms worth of Ikea funiture). It takes all the standard driver pieces from any multi-driver, so I use it instead of the little allen wrenches that come with ikea/saunders furniture.Customer Review: Handy little item
Summary: 4 Stars
I build computers, and this is a real handy tool. It works well, the build is solid, and it uses batteries--a great feature considering most batteries in rechargeable battery tools tools "poop" long before the rest of the tool.
I wish it were a little faster, or had a speed control. I also wish it had a magnetic tip to hold screws securely.
All in all, though, a nice little tool.