I recently gave the BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX* Lithium Cordless Drill with AutoSense a spin to see how well the automatic torque limiting clutch technology that claims to stop driving when a screw is flush works. I was pleasantly surprised.

I’ll admit, I was a bit skeptical at first. I want to make sure a screw is REALLY in there when I drive it, and I just couldn’t see how this was going to drive a screw as deeply as I wanted. I mean, after all, this drill has no torque settings other that drilling or driving.
Here’s the setting for drilling. You simply press the lighted button on top.


You insert a drill bit and tighten like you would with any other cordless.

Drilling worked great, even with a countersink bit. The added LED light was a bonus.

I even gave it a try at drilling pocket holes in 1…