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Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2022
La première s'est brisée en quelques secondes sur ma visseuse makita.
Ron Holland
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2022
This is junk. It doesn't work for anything but super light duty work. It binds very easily.
E. P. Mitchell
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021
It was so easy to change door knobs being able to get the screws in and out.
Jason Stein
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020
This does a great job at getting to awkward spots between car parts, cabinetry and plumbing. The other type of these i have doesn't hold its shape, and is only really good for small hands on tasks with a manual ratcheting screwdriver. These are much stronger and hold there shape while smoothly moving at various speeds and torque levels. While portable drills have gotten much stronger in recent years, mostly due to improvements in lithium batteries, there are times where a good old fashioned corded drill is still best to maintain the proper torque needed while using these.These are flexible, but that doesn't mean there only use is in crazy bent angles. Just as you sometimes only need a few inch bit extender, sometimes you need a foot, or 2/3/4. You are not limited to using just 1 at once.The destination can be straight on but out of reach. Maybe you need to drill behind a vent or grate, or you just cant get a ladder close enough to where you need. Near ceilings with a lot of pipes and/or wiring these can help navigate through them. Drilling through rafters, multiple joists, or multiple wall studs to feed/fish wiring or plumbing through to minimize the area of wall/ceiling need to repair/replace during renovation projects.While I have a small telescoping rod with a magnet on its end it isn't flexible, and things seem to fall and roll to real awkward spots. Sometimes with a magnetic bit at end these are great to just retrieve dropped hardware. These can also be used as temporary hooks. Drill into a board and leave the bit in the wall with this connected and bend it upwards.Most common drilling tasks won't need these, but its surprising how many awkward repair tasks come up where these make the job easier. You get 4 of these at a good price, so even if you only need them on an occasional odd project they are nice to have.
dewey
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020
The Muydz flexible drill extension works as long as you don't need to apply much torque to the screw head, bolt or nut. It will, for example drive a 2" decking screw into a 2x4 as long as you have pre-drilled an adequately sized pilot hole. Of course this defeats the purpose of the flexible driver since if you can pre-drill a pilot hole it mean you can get the drill into the tight space and you would have no need for the flex driver. It will not drive a 2" screw without a pilot hole. And it won't drive a 1 1/2" drywall screw without a pilot hole. In all of these cases, when you apply torque from the drill the flex drive begins to curl around itself rather than driving the screw/nut. It is also not possible to hold the bit end of the driver tight enough to apply the kind of torque needed to drive a screw into wood. The flex driver WILL loosen a nut or screw providing the nut/screw is not corroded or too tight. It will also tighten a nut slightly more snug than you can tighten with you fingers. So all-in-all this tool has a very limited usefulness and will only be helpful in very rare situations. Most tool boxes can get along quite well without this addition.
Kelliar
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020
Firstly, you need to understand that simply because this product will reach a location, it doesn't mean you'll be able to use it there. As you can see in my first image, with a compact bit in place, the tightest 90 degree location you can hope to access is about 4 inches in depth. Remember, too, that you are really going to need to have one of your hands in there as well, since you will need to hold the outside of the bent tube (it does not rotate, only the inner shaft does) in order to apply any significant pressure and torque.Per usual, this works best with bits that don't require a lot of axial force to stay seated. I.E. best with torx, hex, square, flat, and pozi drive (note, pozi drive looks almost identical to phillips and is somewhat compatible, but works best with true pozi drive bits) and worst with phillips.I have owned devices like these before, and have always hated them. In the second picture you can see one of my previous such devices which had the disadvantage of not remaining in a specific position when bent, rotating the entire shaft, and having the tiny part that rotates free at the end where you're supposed to hold it with your finger tips constantly come off. Disregard side drill bit that is glued inside of it, since that's a terrible application for such a tool, but did come in handy at one point. These, on the other hand, do not fall apart. The head has a very strong magnet inside to hold both long and short bits regardless of whether they have a detent. Most important, these keep their shape and resist deforming, allowing you to use your hand to really stabilize and guide them with ease.NOT RECOMMENDED: The third picture is of my stress test. I did not expect these to survive, yet they did. Using an IMPACT driver and with the tube at a 90 degree bend, I drove a 3.5" exterior torx screw into the side of a 2x6 until it was fully seated. To my surprise, this thing held up. I don't think this is an intended application, and somehow I feel like it wouldn't last forever against this type of abuse, but it was an interesting test. Again, I had no issue applying enough force to allow the screw to create it's own hole with no pilot pre-drilled, and there was plenty of control to allow me to ensure the long screw got started at a very straight angle.Pros:-Surprisingly Sturdy-You get 4 in case you lose or break any-Low CostCons:-Might not fit where you expect it to-Not going to perform miracles for phillips heads. You'll strip them as always if they are super tight and in a bad spot.
April
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020
I got this extension to remove a metal cover of my washing machine. The cover was very tightly attached to the machine with 2 screws, which were in a location very hard to get access to. Once I received this extension, it took me a few minutes to ge the job done. Great stuff!
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