Black & Decker VPX1101X 7-Volt Lithium-Ion VPX Screw Driver

I just sent this to a treasured friend and he loves it. He was impressed with the light weight and power. This is a nice handy tool for your home or office. I have owned one of these for a few years now and I purposely searched Amazon for this specific model for two reasons--the light weight and the variable speed. I have an 18 Volt power driver which is great when you need super power but it is really heavy. For assembling purchases, hanging things on the wall with mollies, taking down switch plate covers, and other non-heavy-duty jobs, this tool is great. I recently used mine to help a local organization install drywall. It came with a variety of bits and a case which makes it nice if you need it to go. I just love it and I am glad my friend, who received it this week has already used it and had one of his friends use it who also thought it was great. (You can also buy drill bits.)

Eye catching tool, too bad they were discontinued. I can see why Black and Decker discontinued these great tools, they look amazing but at the same time look a little too non-standard. In-fact it kinda looks like a toy, in fact it looks like a tool made for woman, yes it's a little feminine like. But there looks don't do it justice, these are some very powerful tools. I tried driving some very long screws with these and they have more than enough torque even in the fast setting. Again allot of power from such a small form factor. The only thing that I don't like about this particular tool is there is no clutch or variable speed, which are very important if for example you are installing door locks all day long. Stripping/over-tightening/blemishing screws for these types of delicate jobs is very easy to do, specially in the fast setting. The other thing that doesn't help is, after you release the trigger, the motor keeps spinning until it runs out of momentum, so stopping where you want before the screw over-tightens is hard to control with this tool. If they would of put a clutch, a three step variable trigger and had designed the motor to stop immediately when you release the trigger it would be a perfect screw driver. On another note, it's kind of dumb they added a clutch to their screw driver/ drill but not on this tool, you would think the screw driver/drill would be used for much more brute force type of jobs or jobs requiring less carefulness, like for example screws through 4 X 4's or screws through walls or drilling pilot holes. Overall I think they designed a great looking tool but completely forgot about function. I do like their looks very much and love their shape but not too happy about the things I mentioned. They do make a good collectors items for tool freaks, they'd look nice as display models.

I purchased the drill as an upgrade to the 3.6 B&D driver I keep with my field service tool kit. This unit has power and a long battery life. The lack of a clutch makes me nervous I'm going to break a screw head while setting devices into back boxes. Also the ease of the battery to fall out doesn't make it the idea drill to use in elevated areas with people working below. Until B&D makes a version of this drill that addresses these issues I feel this product isn't going to fair well.

My first impression of this tool is it looks like a little toy out of a kids toolbox. I would actually give it to a kid if it was not 42 bucks !The tool is lightweight in a not so good way. Lightweight like cheap.The trigger once pulled starts the tip turning but when you release it there is no brake so the tip keeps revolving a half to three quarters of a turn. Not for precision work.Something like this really needs a variable speed trigger. And at this price point it should have one.After unboxing it went right back in. If you are a homeowner that needs a little screwdriver for putting Ikea stuff together this may work for you.But me personally I would spend a little extra and get some good quality.

These last about a year in daily production use which is not as good as a more expensive tool, but acceptable give the price. It's a homeowner tool, not an industrial tool.

I actually caught this when it was on sale for $26.93. If I had paid $40-$50 I probably would not have given it 5 stars, but for the price I paid, it's a really nice little screw driver. Plenty of power for little jobs around the house. I just used it to install childproof latches on all my cabinets. Worked like a charm. Sure, it would be nice if it had a clutch or variable speed, but it does have 2 speeds which you can select. And speed 1 is slow enough that you can just do little pulses with the trigger for fine screwing. The drillbit/driver set that comes with it is handy. I used one of the drillbits to creat starter holes for my screws. So overall, I think it's a good little tool if you can get it for the sale price. Wish I had bought a few more to give as gifts.

I have always been a Milwaukee tool user but now that most of it is produced in China and they haven't lowered the price I' am looking into Black&Decker.And this Black&Decker has a nice drill system with this drill. I like the case it comes with and the small tool accessories. I' am still using it with the original charge after two weeks. Bought it for it's the size and weight to fit in my tool bag.(and the price wasn't bad too) It has good torque for it's size. It's primary use for me is for sheet metal.But, because it is not variable speed and no torque settings you will have difficulty starting a screw. And I have messed up screw heads because of no torque settings. Other than that I'am looking into other Black&Decker tools.

ive had this item for 7 months and today it died completly, can i get a replacement??? if you wanna use it for a bodyshop everyday use DONT!!!!