@ what would you recommend for a good handle for them and 1/4 inch bits? I have a small vessel ball handle. But you can only put the longer 1/4 inch bits in it. Thanks for any help.
Great explanation. Malco has been a leader in marketing innovative fasteners and tools. I hadn't seen their new multi socket system yet. Always enjoy your videos.
Great review. My first impression was that this tool seemed a little too confusing, but the more I’ve seen it, the more I like what Malco did here. It’s easy to criticize the Philips bit, but when you realize that you could ignore that completely and this still does everything the Milwaukee does (plus you get the nice compact sockets, with low wobble you showed) - it’s a win for me.
It’s strange that Malco shows this in an impact driver in their marketing material, but it doesn’t actually lock into an impact driver when you’re using the Phillips bit. Maybe Malco will fix that in version 2.0, and offer replacements shafts for when the bit wears out. Thanks for the thorough review. 👍
I wish I could swap from a different pair of bits without taking the whole tool out of the impact. In solar I am switching from a 5/16 to a 7/16 to a 9/16 but all of these have those on different flip pairs and I have to remove the whole tool from the impact.
With the "old style" drivers, you put the bits you needed in a pocket and ran with it. With the sizes you need, the flip-sockets don't sound to be an advantage.
Malco should've made the opposite end of the shaft with a magnet to hold any bits like the Klein. Kinda limits the Malco. You can make a "MEGA screwdriver" with the KLEIN 14 In 1 and the flip sockets, the versatility is endless. You can't do that with these Malcos. Malco was a frontrunner with these flip sockets, but they're quickly falling behind with Milwaukee, Klein, and Dewalt making their own versions of it.
It's a miss in my book if they would have stuck to the conventional setup that they and other people did with shorter sockets ot some minor improvements that's what people wanted. They didn't want someone to reinvent the wheel. Maybe 2.0 or axe this version fast and get something people want. They have plenty of time to recover on this one.
I have the Klein version. Standard and metric. They are in my edc sling.
Good deal. I've been using the Malco and the Klein. Malco is great of it's smaller size.
@ what would you recommend for a good handle for them and 1/4 inch bits? I have a small vessel ball handle. But you can only put the longer 1/4 inch bits in it. Thanks for any help.
Great explanation. Malco has been a leader in marketing innovative fasteners and tools. I hadn't seen their new multi socket system yet. Always enjoy your videos.
Malco does make excellent tools. Thanks and thanks for watching! 👍
Great review.
My first impression was that this tool seemed a little too confusing, but the more I’ve seen it, the more I like what Malco did here. It’s easy to criticize the Philips bit, but when you realize that you could ignore that completely and this still does everything the Milwaukee does (plus you get the nice compact sockets, with low wobble you showed) - it’s a win for me.
I was thinking the same. Just ignore the Philips and it is more compact. Though I think the shaft could be shorter. Thanks for posting!
Great video. Very thorough. Thanks
Thank you and thanks for watching! 👍
It’s strange that Malco shows this in an impact driver in their marketing material, but it doesn’t actually lock into an impact driver when you’re using the Phillips bit. Maybe Malco will fix that in version 2.0, and offer replacements shafts for when the bit wears out. Thanks for the thorough review. 👍
It does seem unusual. Thanks for watching!
I wish I could swap from a different pair of bits without taking the whole tool out of the impact. In solar I am switching from a 5/16 to a 7/16 to a 9/16 but all of these have those on different flip pairs and I have to remove the whole tool from the impact.
I agree. That would make it a lot easier to use. Solar is a great example. Thanks for watching! 👍
With the "old style" drivers, you put the bits you needed in a pocket and ran with it.
With the sizes you need, the flip-sockets don't sound to be an advantage.
So it wasn’t just my impact 😂.. Good video 👍👍
No it wasn’t just your impact lol! Thanks for checking it out. 👍
Malco should've made the opposite end of the shaft with a magnet to hold any bits like the Klein. Kinda limits the Malco. You can make a "MEGA screwdriver" with the KLEIN 14 In 1 and the flip sockets, the versatility is endless. You can't do that with these Malcos.
Malco was a frontrunner with these flip sockets, but they're quickly falling behind with Milwaukee, Klein, and Dewalt making their own versions of it.
They probably didn’t do that due to a patent. I think they would have been better off making a great 6-in-1. Thanks for watching! 👍
It's a miss in my book if they would have stuck to the conventional setup that they and other people did with shorter sockets ot some minor improvements that's what people wanted. They didn't want someone to reinvent the wheel. Maybe 2.0 or axe this version fast and get something people want. They have plenty of time to recover on this one.
I agree. Making the tool more compact and to better tolerances than competitors would have been enough to drive demand. Thanks for watching!
I don't like the PH2 bit on the end.
Yeah, I’m not sure what to make of it. Thanks for watching. 👍