Hilti has announced a new cordless drill driver with exchangeable chucks.
The new Hilti SF 8M-22 (03) cordless drill, part of the Nuron 22V cordless power tool system, can be used for drilling, driving, and right angle applications, and also thread tapping in steel.
This is all the information, details, and images that Hilti provided us with. If you have any questions, maybe Hilti’s influencer partners, who attended an exclusive event and have reviews up on social media, can help.
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Features include:
- Access more applications with a shorter metal specialist drill driver
- Drill, drive, thread tap and right-angle in one tool
- Get more work done with up to 135 holes per charge
They did not provide any details about its torque, speed, operating modes, how the multi-head interface works, or even what the different swappable chucks.
You can find Hilti tools at Home Depot. Hilti hasn’t shared any information regarding when the new drill will launch. One of the TikToks or Instagram reviews I’ve seen from Hilti partners indicated that at least some of the new Hilti tools won’t be launching until 2027.
The chuck is probably removed from the drill in a similar way as the Bosch FlexiClick.
Different brands have had multi-head drill/drivers available for years. Shown here is the new Dewalt Atomic, which has a handy dock for keeping track of the different tool heads.
As the Hilti has a rather large auxiliary handle, I’m guessing it delivers higher torque.
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Thread tapping is a challenge and something most cordless drill makers have avoided. I know Metabo has a tapping drill, there could be others. Hilti has not provided any details about whether the drill has an auto-reverse mode for the tapping chuck, or how thick it can cut threads into steel.
Alexk
I hope Hilti sees how little feedback there is on this his site. If there was more info, I think there would be lots of comments.
Rog
Or, unfortunately, the opposite which will confirm their belief that TG isn’t the right place to include in their marketing efforts.
Stuart
Average engagement (comments) tends can be a metric of interest or content performance. Some brands do play close attention to this. But the reality is that it’s variable.
We’re in holiday season post frequency mode now. Triple the post count doesn’t mean triple the comments. But yes, there’s not much to comment on when there are more questions about a product than answers.
I found this Hilti multi-chuck drill news interesting, based on its presumed high power (unless the side handle is for show, which I doubt), and the rare tapping chuck. It should be reported on, even if their partnered and sponsored influencers were given hands-on review opportunities and I was provided with a single blurry image and 3 talking points.
For a tool news post these days, timeliness is directly related to content performance and reward on the time invested. In other words, posting NOW even with limited information was the only option.
Rather than wait months for Hilti to provide more resources, or simply not post about it, I decided to make do with the media support provided to us.
The resources they provided were much appreciated and better than nothing, which is what they provided last time.
Joe
This actually gets me excited – love the multi head drills. It appears to be a 4-speed. I hope it can put out higher torque than the SF 10W-22!
Saulac
What is a thread tapping drill? Super slow speed setting? Anti kickback? Special chuck? Auto forward/reverse mode?
Stuart
Great questions! Hilti has yet to discuss any of this. Hopefully it has anti-kickback, but I’d think they would have said so.
MM
I’ve seen corded “thread tapping drills” for years, and I used to own one. Bosch has made several. They typically have a special chuck to hold square-shank taps, this often swivels a few degrees to compensate for misalignment. The machine automatically reverses when you pull back on it to remove the tap from the hole. I don’t see any special tapping chuck on this drill though. Perhaps that is one of the attachments? It’s possible that they have a purely mechanical tapping attachment, like a Tapmatic head, that fits on the nose of the drill. That would be quite interesting actually. I like those a lot for power tapping on stationary machine tools. They have a built-in mechanical clutch that avoids tap breakage and they also shift into a higher gear when you pull the tap back out, which speeds up work. I suppose it’s also possible for them to have just a special tap chuck and then use electronics in the drill to do some kind of tapping cycle?
Robert
Judging by the auxiliary handle and steel tapping, this drill is in the beast category. I wonder if it was designed to take advantage of those new possibly tabless Hilti Nuon batteries. I’ve had a Metabo SB 18 LT -3 BL1 Q1 (whoo) hammer drill for a number of years, and it is in the beast category. It has a quick change chuck that can take a number of accessories like a right angle head and an off set head.
Saulac
Thanks! Used to work at a place where we had to chase hundreds of threads per shift due to welding spatters and paint overspray. Mostly done by the new guys with a tap on a cordless drill. Lots of broken bits. The worst part is to help them extract to broken parts out. I wish I new this back then.