Customer Reviews

Milwaukee 48-32-1500 Quik-Lok 38-Piece Hex Shank Drilling and Driving Bit Set

5 star:		(41)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

One of these bits snapped off on the second use, and I've used it only to drill into douglas fir, avoiding any knots.

Worse still, Milwaukee customer service does not live up to the company's vaunted reputation. I sent the bit to the local authorized service center, as directed by the website, only to be told the Milwaukee warranty doesn't cover bits.

Not satisfied, I contacted the company directly, who said they would cover it if it was defective, but I'd have to send it to the regional service center (not the same place I sent it already). I contacted the place I sent it to originally, but have not been able to get them to return it to me (despite having enclosed a return envelope, postage prepaid, when I sent it to them).

All in all, I would say the entire experience has been very disappointing, and I will not buy another Milwaukee bit.

By the way, do not imagine that you are buying domestic just because of the name - like nearly everything else, these bits are made in China.

I have owned this kit for 6 months now and I'm down to 3 out of the 5 drilling bits. The 2 offenders snapped off like twigs.I have never broken a bit until now. Also, the case does not hold bits in there place when transporting. (I keep mine in my tool bag which gets moved around daily). Every time I open the box bits have slid all over the place.

I have broken most of the drill bits. Often the first time the drill bit was used. The quik-lok will not release one of the driver bits making it useless.

My hobby for the past eight years is woodworking. I try to buy the best tools I can afford so I do not have to replace then a year later. I have a number of other Milwaukee products and have been pleased with the performance and quality. However this bit set is junk.

The package contains several bits that come in handy, but the 1/4" drill bit broke on the first use. I rate the quality of the drill bits as having poor metal quality. The hex bits are OK. However, I will not buy another kit like this from Milwaukee.

Very nice set, but as other reviewers have stated the drill bits are pretty weak. I have snapped 2 of them off using them in wood. I know that bits break, but this was just a little to soon and in soft material. If your going to buy this for the bits i would look elsewhere, but if your mainly going to use the tips its a great kit to have.

The product content selection of this kit caught my attention. I already have lots of bit kits, but couldn't resist picking up another kit to keep with my new Milwaukee M12 tools. The case looks and feels like quality with the rubber over-molding. But sadly my case won't stay latched and always opens up during transport, unless I put a rubber band or Velcro strap around it. My Dewalt kits always stay latched and those latches have increasing friction as I close them so they stay shut during transport, unlike my Milwaukee case whose latch slides freely up / down with gravity alone.

I only used the drill bits a couple times before a couple of them ended up breaking. I think cheap bits from Black and Decker have served me better! I called Milwaukee to have my drill bits replaced under warranty, but that didn't get me anywhere. I finally ended up returning this kit and will try another just in case I happened to get a bad kit. The new kit should be here next week.

My older drill bits continue to work without any issues. I just wish Milwaukee would have put more quality into this kit, especially for what it costs. Come on Milwaukee, get your act together again cause this was a let down for me and this kit could have been very nice if the drill bits and case were of higher quality.

I was very excited by this set. I bought the Milwaukee 2401-22 12V 12-Volt Li-ion Sub-Compact Driver and really liked it. I thought this would be a great combo so I could leave it in the house while having my larger bit sets and bigger drill in the garage. This would be handy for quick around the house projects. Well, I still like the drill and the quick-lok concept for smaller jobs, but the drill bits in this kit break extremely easily. I've never broken a bit before, and this one snapped with hardly any pressure being applied. To me, the real quality of a business is not that they never make a mistake or defect but how they handle resolving it when they do. Milwaukee did not handle this at all. I called customer service and was told the bits are not warrantied. Also, there is a part number for the bit, but its not sale-able. So, they can't replace my bit because its not under any sort of warranty,and they can't sell it to me either. I guess I'll just keep using this kit until all the bits are broken, and I'll throw it away and buy a different brand.

I hadn't really tried to use this set of drills and drivers, but I found that one of the drill bits (1/4 inch) would not fit into the Milwaukee Compact Driver. I called Milwaukee Customer Service to ask for a replacement part, and was told that it was under a 30 day warranty and I needed to send it back to the vendor (Amazon).

I complained that it seemed unreasonable to send the whole set back because of one part, but they said that was my only option to get the part replaced.

The power tool is excellent but I will be getting driver bits and drill bits from other sources.

I recently picked up a Milwauke cordless drill, and needed a set of drill and screw tips. this set comes with a special tip that allows you to change out drill bits and screw with ease, making that tip the essential part of the set. My experience so far has not been great with that tip, finding it difficult to eject and replace these tips. My old Ryobi set came with a much easier to use tip, which made changing tips much easier than the Milwauke.

I purchased this set when I purchased my Milwaukee 2610-24 18-Volt Drill/Driver Kit.

The short story:
I _LOVE_ my drill and 3/4 of this bit set. However, I think I would have been better suited with a case that either was smaller due to the removal of the drill bits or included a message that said, "This space intentionally left empty as you are better off than with the drill bits that COULD have gone here."

The longer:
Simply put, the drill bits are worthless. I sheared 2 of them on my first project that consisted of drilling a hole through drywall to sink a molly bolt. (No, I am not exaggerating.) This leaves little to the imagination at to how they would have handled catching while drilling though metal with a drill of nearly 55 lb-ft.
As the bit shafts are supposedly titanium and the chuck is S2 steel, there must be a problem in the marrying process of the two because every one of the bits has sheared right where the titanium bit meets the chuck...not the typical separation where the bit starts spinning inside the chuck.
As of two weeks after receiving the kit, I removed all the broken bits and placed 7 equivalently sized bits from a different kit in their place. Not the best way, but at least I have some usable bits in this case.

Everything else about this kit is decent. I like the 'Quick-Lok' mechanism as I can quickly swap out the Phillips and standard bits without messing with the drill's ratcheting chuck at all. The magnetic screw guide and insert bits are quite useful as well.