This turned out to be even better than I expected. The casing is a nicely anodized aluminum alloy. Magnetic everythingāthe docking of the tool bit module, docking of tool bits at the tip, and attachment of bits to the spindle. Nice heft. Quality item. VERY impressed! And the turquoise color? Magnificent. Iād love a flashlight in this color. NOTE: as of this posting, turquoise is back to normal price but red and slate gray are 25% off. Unfortunately, looks like the VIPON code no longer worksā¦ for the moment.
I used mine a couple times and love it so far, the rear bearing is surprisingly smooth. Everything is magnetized. Itās a tad thick for precision work but works well for 90% of the tasks out there.
Did an online chat last week, said it wasnāt delivered, got told it was (!?), and to go look around the house, ask neighbors, etc. Ummm, okay. No joy.
USPS tracking number as-given was 1 digit short. Tried it as-is, nope. Added 0-9 at the end to try 10 more possibilities, all no status. (Began with ā93ā¦ā so would be a valid/usual number on the front end.)
Emphasis that I was told in the chat that it was delivered, even after C&Ping the resulting link to track the as-given number.
Still waited a while, Just In Case it might show, and still nothing, so did another online chat. Yep, delivered, want a refund? Nope, would rather have the meter, as it was at a really good sale price that I doubt Iād ever see again. Mmmyeah, sorry, canāt do anything about thatā¦ want a refund? Fooey, but yeah, goāhead.
First part of the chat, verified that it was delivered like last Thursday or whenever. Okay, but can you verify the address it was sent do? Here, we got number-streets, that can be Street, Road, Lane, Avenue, Crescent, etc., and we pretty much got all of āem in the nabe for the same street number.
āIt wasnāt delivered. I can confirm.ā
Waitā¦ what? First chat, and earlier in this one, it was āverifiedā as delivered, and now you can see that it wasnāt? Sorry, but Iām confused.
Tactfully ignored/sidestepped, and I didnāt push it.
Oh, and I asked my usual mailman mailwoman if she possibly remembers what should be a rather largish box/envelope that came a few days ago (asked last week), and nope, doesnāt jingle any bells.
So, got my whopping refund last night, and no meter.
Well, at least Iām not being offered 10-20 useless āpointsā to my amazon āwalletā that I could never use, so thereās that.
The instructions are not kidding, the batteries in the charger really do get hot while charging. In fact, they
got so hot, I was barely able to touch them when removing them. I think Iāll hold onto the batteries, but only use
the charger when supervised.