WEBVTT 00:00:00.256 --> 00:00:02.219 Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van 00:00:02.219 --> 00:00:05.014 Freedom. This is my DEWALT D W 00:00:05.077 --> 00:00:07.297 thirteen sixty-one drill-bit set. 00:00:07.381 --> 00:00:09.259 It lasted longer than some cheaper sets 00:00:09.259 --> 00:00:11.264 I bought, but many smaller bits and 00:00:11.264 --> 00:00:13.086 a couple of larger ones still broke. 00:00:13.086 --> 00:00:14.878 That experience changed what I am willing 00:00:14.878 --> 00:00:16.863 to pay for a drill-bit assortment. 00:00:16.926 --> 00:00:18.974 The D W thirteen sixty-one is a 00:00:18.974 --> 00:00:22.042 twenty-one-piece titanium-coated pilot-point set. 00:00:22.166 --> 00:00:24.193 The case organizes different sizes, 00:00:24.214 --> 00:00:26.134 and the set includes duplicate bits in 00:00:26.134 --> 00:00:28.651 some sizes. The number of pieces is 00:00:28.651 --> 00:00:30.892 not the number of distinct hole diameters. 00:00:31.083 --> 00:00:33.046 The matching product picture shows the set 00:00:33.046 --> 00:00:34.633 recorded in my tool list. 00:00:34.810 --> 00:00:36.773 My bracket photographs show the sort of 00:00:36.773 --> 00:00:38.843 fabrication work behind this review. 00:00:38.992 --> 00:00:40.869 I drilled small mounts for the light-bar 00:00:40.869 --> 00:00:43.765 connections and worked on camera-mount brackets. 00:00:43.929 --> 00:00:46.020 Some attachment holes needed adjustment as the 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:48.047 hardware and brackets came together. 00:00:48.238 --> 00:00:50.414 These are my actual drilled pieces and 00:00:50.414 --> 00:00:52.804 bolted connections, rather than a separate wear 00:00:52.804 --> 00:00:53.988 test for this set. 00:00:54.105 --> 00:00:56.153 Repeated bracket work is more than choosing 00:00:56.153 --> 00:00:58.500 a bit. There is measuring and marking, 00:00:58.542 --> 00:01:00.292 holding the piece, drilling, 00:01:00.462 --> 00:01:02.255 then checking where the hardware sits. 00:01:02.425 --> 00:01:04.973 The sequence diagram separates those stages. 00:01:05.217 --> 00:01:07.777 This workshop footage illustrates layout and holding 00:01:07.777 --> 00:01:10.721 a workpiece, alongside the actual bracket photographs 00:01:10.721 --> 00:01:13.110 from my build. Small-bit breakage was the 00:01:13.110 --> 00:01:14.463 recurring problem for me. 00:01:14.463 --> 00:01:16.127 I have not found a drill-bit set 00:01:16.127 --> 00:01:17.535 that stood up to my steady use 00:01:17.535 --> 00:01:20.842 without breakages. This DEWALT set lasted longer 00:01:20.863 --> 00:01:22.080 than some cheaper sets, 00:01:22.143 --> 00:01:23.466 but that did not mean the small 00:01:23.466 --> 00:01:25.670 bits survived. A couple of the larger 00:01:25.670 --> 00:01:26.737 bits on the right side of the 00:01:26.737 --> 00:01:27.954 case broke as well. 00:01:28.017 --> 00:01:29.916 My buying decision now is to choose 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.430 cheaper sets when they get the work 00:01:31.430 --> 00:01:33.726 done. Based on my experience of continuing 00:01:33.726 --> 00:01:35.518 to break bits, I would not spend 00:01:35.518 --> 00:01:37.203 extra on this DEWALT set. 00:01:37.265 --> 00:01:39.270 That is different from saying it never 00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:41.298 worked: it did the drilling work, 00:01:41.318 --> 00:01:42.706 but I did not find enough value 00:01:42.726 --> 00:01:44.447 in the premium to keep paying it. 00:01:44.546 --> 00:01:46.423 My page compares the Bosch C O 00:01:46.423 --> 00:01:49.602 fourteen B cobalt set and the IRWIN 00:01:49.708 --> 00:01:53.890 three-one-six-zero-one-five cobalt set. Their matching pictures show 00:01:53.890 --> 00:01:55.819 two other assortments and cases. 00:01:56.041 --> 00:01:58.260 They offer a different bit-material choice from 00:01:58.260 --> 00:02:01.140 this titanium-coated set. They are buying alternatives 00:02:01.161 --> 00:02:04.255 here, not extra firsthand breakage comparisons. 00:02:04.489 --> 00:02:06.579 Thanks for watching. I'm Steve Smith with 00:02:06.579 --> 00:02:09.264 Camper Van Freedom. My full DEWALT D 00:02:09.284 --> 00:02:11.162 W thirteen sixty-one review, 00:02:11.332 --> 00:02:13.616 bracket pictures and current Amazon buying options 00:02:13.679 --> 00:02:15.879 are linked below. My takeaway is to 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:17.500 plan for the sizes I use and 00:02:17.500 --> 00:02:19.059 the replacements I keep needing, 00:02:19.165 --> 00:02:20.871 rather than assume that paying more will 00:02:20.871 --> 00:02:22.792 solve the breakage I experienced. 00:02:23.090 --> 00:02:24.046 Until next time.