DEWALT Review

9 models tracked · 37 model-level owner comments · 6320 brand-level owner comments

3.5 review-weighted average of DEWALT model scores

Should you buy DEWALT?

Shortlist DEWALT if

  • power matters (18 positive mentions)
  • compact matters (15 positive mentions)
  • value matters (13 positive mentions)

Look elsewhere if

  • noise is a deal-breaker (1 critical mentions)
  • durability is a deal-breaker (1 critical mentions)

Most positive and most critical owner comments

powercompact
“My go-to impact is the DCF850.”
owner comment via r/extra_c_Tools_sep16-24.jsonl · 2026-09-18
noisedurability
“My dcf886 finally died after 10 years so I replaced that with the dcf860.”
owner comment via r/Dewalt · 2026-02-27

What owners say about the brand overall

metal drilling
“The Dewalt brand ones are my favorite.”
owner comment via r/Machinists · 2025-09-10
“I use dewalt or Milwaukee and I’ve had chucks fail but never a shaft bend and I use them as a router and a hammer all the time I misuse the crap out of my drills and have never heard of or seen this happen at all.”
owner comment via r/Tools · 2026-05-22
metal drillingvalue
“I've taken apart some other drill like DeWalt, but I've never really taken apart the front bearings on anything but my own...”
owner comment via r/Tools · 2026-05-22

DEWALT lineup, best first

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DEWALT 20V MAX Atomic DCF850 Impact Driver

3.9 (10 owner comments)

$169.00 (price as of 2026-11-07)

powercompact

“As for an impact driver, check out the DCF850.”

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DEWALT FlexTorq Impact Ready Screwdriving Bit Set

3.6 (1 owner comments)

$19.89 (price as of 2026-11-07)

“Regardless, this is the right angle head I bought and love https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-Flextorq-Right-Angle-Drill-Attachment/5001612883 Not to s”

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DEWALT 20V MAX XR DCF860 3-Speed Impact Driver

3.5 (11 owner comments)

$199.00 (price as of 2026-11-07)

powervalue

“The DCF860 is fantastic, but it's so powerful it's almost absurd.”

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DEWALT 20V MAX DCF787 Impact Driver

3.5 (1 owner comments)

$132.58 (price as of 2026-11-07)

“DCF845 > DCF787 Generally 8xx drills/impacts > 7xx.”

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DEWALT MaxFit Screwdriving Bit Set

3.4 (1 owner comments)

$15.87 (price as of 2026-11-07)

durability

“I’ve used the 3-inch DeWalt Ultra Maxfit with no issues, I actually just got a new one because my previous one broke after three years.”

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DEWALT 20V MAX XR DCF845 Impact Driver

3.4 (3 owner comments)

$170.00 (price as of 2026-11-07)

powerbattery life

“DCF845 > DCF787 Generally 8xx drills/impacts > 7xx.”

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DEWALT DW1587 Impact Ready Step Drill Bit

3.3 (1 owner comments)

$15.99 (price as of 2026-11-07)

“Love my dewalt step bit.”

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DEWALT 20V MAX XR DCF887 Impact Driver

3.3 (6 owner comments)

Price varies

valuecompact

“Runnings has the newer DCD999 + and the same DCF887 with two 5Ah batteries + DCL040 flashlight with the same fast charger for $219.”

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DEWALT 20V MAX XR DCF840 Impact Driver

3.3 (3 owner comments)

$275.00 (price as of 2026-11-07)

speed modes

“I actually love my 1.7’s, but they primarily only stay on the dcf840 or 850.”

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Price range observed: $15.87 to $275.00.