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Thank you so much for taking the time to expose this drill bit for what it is. You saved me some hard earned money. I'm optimistic myself with stuff like that and have had my share of wasted cash on them. Great watch.

After watching this video..I am inspired to buy a 24 ton gas powered log splitter. Thank you sir.

The bit fits in a heavy duty rotary hammer drill. If you're going to use a rotary hammer drill to split wood you might as well turn off the rotary function and use chisel bits as a wedge splitter instead of risking serious injury from the rotation.

The end on that bit is SDS. It's meant for big hammer drills that make your corded drill look like a cute little toy. Also they're available in cordless.

That looked like so much more work than a splitting maul or axe! Thanks for reviewing and saving some people some money!

This is such a fantastic example of what the internet can really accomplish: I was ready to buy a couple of these for Christmas gifts after I saw their pop-up ad, but when I flashed on your video review and learned the whole story, i.e. that they were using only the most positive aspects of the tool for advertising and selling it, and I actually saw the short-comings of it in your video ---- hey, that's all it took for me to save my money and to not give a questionable tool as a gift! Thanks very much........

I was curious and somewhat hopeful about these. Thanks for saving me the time, money and disappointment. 2 years and your still helping people. Subbed. 👍

I bought one of those splitting bits 6 years ago. Had the same results. Borrowed a Hilti hammer drill from a friend with an SDS chuck. It worked a little better but was more work than using a splitting maul. I still have it. I use it as a makeshift plumb bob

Those are SDS bits. Looks like SDS Plus, but SDS also comes in SDS Max. Max is just a larger more powerful version of plus. SDS stands for slotted drive shaft and fits a special drill called an SDS drill. They normally perform a few functions. Hammer drill, drill, and hammer. It's kind of like having a mini jack hammer. Great for breaking and drilling thru concrete, brick, and other masonry products etc.

That style drill shank is used in a rotary hammer drill. If used in the correct drill the hammering process provided will help drive the bit deeper into the log with less force. Note this may improve the effectiveness of said bit but either way this is an impractical and more importantly (dangerous) means of splitting wood. Best of luck and always stay safe.

Thank you for making an update video to this one. I feel like you then gave it a fair shake/ more accurate real-world test. Looks like the guys who were having success with it, are using it on less dense woods, I would imagine!

I wondered about those things. Cant imagine a drill would have the power to split much of anything really. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Right now i feel this is the best you tube video I've ever watched!! I just saw an ad for these drill bits on another channel and i thought they were a miracle. I almost plopped down the 40 bucks right there. But i searched for a review first and yours was top of the list. Not only did you save me money and potential injury...but you totally cracked me up!! Educational and entertaining too. I see from the comments that this product sucks for everyone who has tried it. Thank you so much for posting!!

Hello Brock, thank you for saving me three things - $ spent on this tool, disillusion, and probably a broken wrist! Your video is brilliantly watchable and so honest. All the best from Tasmania Australia. ❤️🇦🇺

Thank you for this video. I have two of those drills and I use them in tandem. They will easily split softwood but have a tough time with hardwood. When one gets stuck, I use the other to get it free. I have split maple up to eight-inch diameter, pieces up to two feet in length.

Thank You my Brother, I had just seen an advertisement for this product and was ready to purchase one. I found the video you posted on it and thankfully you helped me save money. Not to mention frustration due to disappointment.

LMAO 🤣🤣 "hey look guys, we split wood with it". That was awesome! Made me laugh and made my day. Thanks!

It would’ve been great if you could’ve just told us the deal and shoulders if it worked. Never had to do so much fast forwarding to see if something on Facebook was real or fake

Hoping to get my dad a wood splitting device for father's day. This was very informative! Thank you!

Thank you for your honest review - I was thinking the same outcome but did not test them. I am a forensic engineer and could not see how the forces could be generated enough to split a decent size piece - thanks

Thanks for the video. You just saved me some money. I live in Texas and the only thing I use firewood for is my BBQ pit. I use oak and sometimes mesquite. I usually let it sit for a year before I try to split it. I have been using an old metal handle, metal shaft hatchet, and a 4 lb hammer to split it. I thought one of these screw thingys might be the answer for me but after watching your video I will take a pass on it. Glad I watched your video first. Thanks again.

Thanks for your efforts in producing this review. You've saved me both time and money!

I use a half inch impact driver and it works great for splitting kindling wood. I have seen large versions that split firewood but they definitely have some safety issues.

Okay. Your impression of those bits is accurate. I bought them too to test out on some small wood stove sized firewood. I had the exact same experience as you. Caveats: The wood was NOT seasoned wood. It was fairly fresh cut and green/wet. I had the same issue with the bits shaft coming loose in counter clockwise attempts to remove the bit. So I took the bit and secured it into my shop vise pipe clamp portion of jaws, tightened the jaws down and then used an impact wrench to securely bolt the shaft to the bit. Also. The cordless drill seemed to work just a little better when it was in low speed high torque settings. Overall, however, it’s not worth what we spent on the bits. The best thing to use these bits for is dried seasoned medium hardness type wood. I would not recommend using on hardwoods like Bois de ark, or black locust or sweetgum or red or white oak.

Thanks for the review - the promos always used such wimpy wood I kind of expected something like this. But it was great you used cordless then corded small piece then big piece. Looks like you could easily do some wrist damage using this.

Those bid ends are designed for "impact drills" often used to drill holes in concrete for anchors, but they do have a straight drilling option and also impact.

Big thanks for the consumer testing and information. You makes difference

After breaking my nose with a flying off cut of wood last new year I thought I’d invest in something a little less dangerous than an axe. Saw this and got the girls to get it be as a stocking filler for Christmas. And that it did! After the frivolous day that is Christmas Day , entertaining the family, friends, cooking, drinking, eating ( I love pigs in blankets with a Jamie Oliver pork and chestnut stuffing), working your way from A to Z in the cocktail cabinet etc,( who can say no to a Snowball followed by that clear Grappa!!) Boxing Day came and time for some me time. Time to try out my new log splitter. Using my dewalt SDH323T2GB with 5.9Ah fully charged battery I eagerly , excitedly made my way down to the bottom of the garden in crocs and lounge pants to my hallowed, sacred spot that is my log pile. Log selection , simple I thought,before moving to true logs start easy, start with a simple piece of well dried decking board 12” length to split into kindling. Setting up of the board to be executed was quite easy, lay flat off we go…. First attempt, absolute delight 12” x 1” stick formed in less than a second - no effort at all. Going in for the 2nd split, lovely. Best present ever this. I’m gonna get all my log pile split up today. 3rd , 4th splits - good times, next piece of wood please ! Same again 12” plank of well seasoned timber… what happened next could only be described as that scene from Misery. In the blink of an eye the wood spun round with the full full force of the SDS set to speed 3, and twatted my left leg. Instantly bring a boiled egg sized lump to emerge on the front of my shin. Silly bugger I thought, moved my leg back, reset posture and went again. Bang! Have that! Wood bit, full 620rpm rotor blade into the right ankle taking me straight to ground better than a Stuart Pearce tackle. Result both legs looking like a bunch of black grapes , lounge pants have 2” rip in them on one leg. Right croc has the go fast strap ( ideal when chasing ice cream man ) ripped off and I’m sat with germolene on my wounds in front of an empty log burner. Packaging : 5⭐ lovingly wrapped in recycled brown Xmas paper topped with a pine cone and waxed red/ white parcel string, topped with dried orange segment and set lovingly within the Christmas tree. Quality: 5⭐ quality steel with several drill bit attachments for Standard 3/4 “ Chuck , SDS, HDS drills. Instructions and Safety precautions : 🫣 must have been displaced. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ would buy again

I agree with you. I was thinking about getting one. It looks like it would take forever to cut wood with that toy splitter. You did a great analysis. Thank you.

Thank you man. You saved me a sum of money. You were spot on in all questions I would ask myself about that tool. I had a doubt because I didn't believe that it works and you proved that there is no real value in that tool. Thank you man for spending your time and thank you for your honesty

Thank you for taking the time and making the effort for the video and giving a real review.

Great video! Thanks for saving me the aggravation. FYI Just broke my hand 4 months ago using a bigger older style drill that spun on me violently drilling my fork. Watching you drill gave me PSTD. Just got back to almost healed.

It was splitting the small pieces just fine until you drilled and took your leg off of the piece. Then you act all surprised. I've been using one of these for years while camping as well as an axe. They work great on pieces for making kindling. That's all it's meant for. I keep a 24" piece of 2 x 8 in my camper with some nails in a straight line. I just put the wood I want to split against the nails so it can't spin out. Works great. Try it sometimesince you already bought the bits. Also, use a hammer drill.

I was thinking of getting one of these to help split firewood. I hoped one of my cordless drills could do the job out at my wood pile, not only did you show that doesn’t work you also showed a corded drill won’t work either! I wanted help splitting 18” long rounds into fire wood. My maul and axe do a much better and easier job. Thanks for saving me time and money on this gimmick!

Both the bit and the drill aren't enough. Thank you for taking the time and saving me money.

If you look closely at ALL of the wood used in any of the wood splitting videos, they use really dry Poplar with no knots in it. For those of you that haven't split much or any firewood, Poplar is the easiest type of wood to split. If a device will split Oak or Hickory with knots in it, BUY IT! The shank on the bit is known as a SDS shank. It's for medium duty drills.

I purchased this tool hoping it would be easier than using a maul. My husband used to do the splitting but I recently lost him. I should have known better. I thought I just didn't have the upper body strength that a man would have. I'm glad to see in your video that you also had difficulty.

Thank for the video, good job. Daughter and I were talking about one of these last week as a Christmas present for her boy friend and I told her that I thought that it might bind and told her he probably have to use a corded drill. I told her to save her money and get a manual sliding log splitter or maul and wedges for him. Looks to me that if you had a real powerful corded drill and it binds out you could break your wrist. Gonna have her watch your video. Thanks again and have a Merry Christmas.

Thank you. Just spotted this ad on Twitter and got curious if this is bad. This did not disappoint me.

I normally wear a lot of safety gear but I'm only making one cut. famous last words

I had the same results although after using a fully charged Dewalt cordless, I went to a fully charged Dewalt impact wrench with minimal success. I returned mine.

Thank you for your service

I bought those also, A 5 tonne electric log splitter is perfect for making kindling in the garage and splitting larger logs.

They can be useful and effective when used to split kindling from dry split wood. My 110 lbs wife uses one right in our living room when she has to start a fire. I cut a ton of ash and it splits ash very well. Perfect tool for our purpose.

I haven’t bought one these splitters yet, but was planning on getting one until I saw your video. and am glad I didn’t. One thing I believe it might be good for is splitting only very straight grained dry wood, just like in the advertisers video. Any gnarly wood grain would not give in to a bit like this. And of course neither would it give in to an ax head either, so there you have it; straight grain wood only.

Thanks for the test. I had been interested in this for some time, but hesitated because it looked gimmicky. Glad I didn't waste any money.

Thank you. Your frustration saved me from experiencing my own.

That crazy looking bit shank is for a heavy duty masonry drill. Thanks for sharing!!!

I was looking into buying one of these, so searching for HONEST reviews of them, not just commercials, and I have to thank you profusely for yours. It's everything I was afraid of, and a little bit more. LOL One thing I did note from another video reviewing these is that they seem to work better on the slowest speed. Which your drill sounded faster. M a y b e that makes a difference? Either way, I can't see why I would buy one. LOL And the theoretically useful changeable bit seems to actually be a flaw in the design when they get stuck. LOL So ... yeah. I'm sure there's some brilliant idea for such a tool, but these ain't it.

Thanks for the review and test

Thank you for posting! To be honest what you experienced is about what I thought every time I’ve seen the video.

Unfortunately youre bang on - I almost broke my hand the first time I used it as the drill spun. Took some time to recover the bit and tried again, and again, it was hopeless and should not be sold as an answer to log splitting, of any size, its dangerous for an ordinary bloke like me. Another internet scam!

In my experience of owning one of these bits. #1 don't overwork the drill , burns up the motor. #2 great for small scrap kiln dried lumber (untreated) or sticks about an inch or two in diameter (depending on species). #3 brace the wood , little sticks can hurt . #4 use at the ends or edges avoid knots. It can be "satisfying " to use but also obsolete due to its limitations. Regarding safety and efficiency a hatchet and 2lb hammer are much more practical.

EIGHT minutes in, which I forwarded to, you FINALLY see the tool!!! Got to love these KZfaqrs and how they TRY to trick everyone into staying on their video for money and wasting everyone time…

Thank you. You have been very helpful because I was going to buy this product.

We have a splitter similar to this that hooks up to the PTO of our tractor. We ALWAYS have to split wood going in through the side of the wood so it splitting it perpendicular with the grain. You NEVER go in to the ends exposing the rings. All that does is, like you found out, make the drill splitter literally screw into the wood and get stuck. Insanely dangerous for legs, hands, face, etc. on our tractor one if the chunk slides off the brace bar for it. That wood starts spinning like yours did and you have to get out of the way, shut the tractor off and get a pry bar or take another piece of wood and wedge it to widen the bar.

They actually work great for quick access door lock defeaters, gaps the deadbolts bolt from the door jam perfectly. Every firefighter should have one in their arsenal. As a log splitter though? LOL, have fun at the ER! They just need to market it towards something it actually works for. I am certain there's other uses besides being a key to the city. Would love to hear them, being as how I have one and don't need a door defeater very often, and I have lock picks for that.

Thank you for this video. I have seen this ad too and from time to time get neighbors who give me wood they cut down for my fireplace. I was almost going to buy one of these for those logs, but I will not waste my money thanks to your video.

Very helpful , brilliant to see someone come up with the same hassles i would LOL!......i will forget about these as well . Thanks .

I bought 1 of these just to split kindling wood for the wood stove, it’s works good in a cordless impact driver on small dry wood, like pallet skids for kindling, it makes it a bit easier instead of splitting with a hatchet. However it doesn’t work on the really hard woods like Oak, but the softer hard woods like poplar with the right drill it seems to work fine on small dry logs, provided you got the cone speed tight on the bit, I put mine in the vice and really cranked on it, to prevent the cone from unscrewing in the wood. But I didn’t order the ones that are advertised on KZfaq, Facebook, and like places, I got it on eBay for like $8, which was way less than the other sites. I figured if it didn’t work I could either send it back or find other uses and $8 wasn’t a bad loss. So its a toss up, but I wouldn’t suggest buying it for someone that wants to split a log bigger than 6-8 inches in diameter, small dry logs and dry kindling wood great, other than that save your money and rent a log splitter.

I’ve split wood with several different hand and power tools. I was interested to see if this would actually work. The best splitter for mass usage is the hydraulic splitter you tow behind a truck. The electric comes in at second. The maul comes in at third. For kindling, the hatchet 🪓 takes some skill and seasoned wood, but is still the best.

That bit is made for Bosch SDS usually a medium duty hammer drill. Not the biggest but very common in construction/destruction industry.

Thanks. I had my doubts before I saw this video. I will pass on buying it.

I've been seeing this on my feed..ty for reviewing👍

I wonder how a half-inch impact driver would have fared, like my DeWalt DCF899. But the biggest issue I see is that no matter WHAT tool is used, a design flaw in the bit is that you can’t back it out with your tool (because the shaft unscrews). Maybe if you welded the shaft to the bit…

Great video RF! I was actually thinking about purchasing one of those. Thanks for saving me a few bucks and aggravation along the way! 👍👍

I watched both videos. It was great to get an honest video without an agenda. Thank you.

Thank you a million times over for sparring me the expense of buying this product, my finances are very very tight and I can use the money for something else. I really appreciate your help, keep doing it your way.

It's also going to depend on how dry your wood is. When it's dry, it's much more brittle than when it's wet and will split much easier. Judging by how wet the ground looks around you, your wood was probably pretty wet.

My results were similar. I used a cordless, a corded D handle and a Boesh hammer drill and no luck. I was tempted to try a 1/2 impact but It just seemed like a failure. I prefer an axe.

I figured that this thing was going to be a complete failure when I saw it. I'm glad to see a professional do it instead avera everyday KZfaq where that's never worked in their life. Thank you for your time I'm subscribed.

Thanks for the demo. You not only saved me money but time.

I tried a couple of these before I realized they had backwards threads. If you run the drill in reverse they work great. Even the cordless. At least for me.

Hey brother I think this bit is supposed to go into a SDS style hammer drill and the hammer drill is supposed to run on hammer only which drives it into to wood like a log splitter which would be much much safer. Try that out and let us know how it goes.

Thx for the heads up on this fail product

I was gonna get one, glad I watched this first...Thank you!!!

My wife bought me one of those splitters for the drill last year. I had the same results as you did trying to split some oak wood. I even used a very heavy duty 1/2" drill and got the same results. I am not impressed at all with this splitter at all. In my opinion, they are a waste of $$ money! Maybe it will work good on a stick of butter, I haven't tried that yet!

That shank is for an SDS (rotary hammer) drill. Seems like just a flat bit would work better if you had a rotary hammer drill anyway.

Funny, as I watching this video, the ad for the splitting drill bit came on. Of course, in the ad, it was effortless to split logs. Your video shows the reality.... Thanks for the video.

I was considering getting one of these. But not now. Thanks for this video !

Just use a maul. Exercise and like woodcutters say, "Splitting firewood warms you twice."

I split wood with a maul ... My guess is the tool is too small in the first place to split anything larger than soft pine shelving planks for kindling. Even if you had the worlds strongest drill to use this tool on large logs, only 2 outcomes would possibly result. 1. the tool would bury itself into the log till the chuck and nose of the drill made contact with log stopping the operation from drilling further and result in no split. 2. The torque strength would break your grip from the drill and possibly sprain your wrists, thats if the log didn't spin first.... also no split. This only makes sense with those big screw cones people put on their old car axles as far size, weight and power needed for splitting logs. It's simple physics all around, don't waste your money people! Fun to watch this tool being put to the test though so great video!

Thank you so much for this video. This product showed up on my feed. Look like they use a large drill and looked like super dry fire wood. I'll check out the other videos before making my final decision, but this video showed my exactly what I thought. thanks again

Ha! I bought one of these things and had the same experience. Glad to see it wasn’t just me

Good review Brock... Chalk it up as a loss for that thing....LOL

I would still really like to believe that with some nice straight green firewood and the proper impact drill this would work for campfire wood but I haven't found anything supporting it yet

The fact that you patiently kept trying 😤😂😂😂 I give it to you bro !

Oddly enough a year after you made this video KZfaq decided it was a good video to endorse this very product. 8 minutes in this bit was advertised. I was thinking of getting it but now I don't think i will be getting one thanks for the video.

Great video man! I've seen a couple other reviews that came to the same conclusion because I was very tempted to buy on of those bits on Amazon. However, I did notice the advertisement video where it looks like the drill being used was HUGE! I'm not sure what size/kind of drill it is, but it definitely looks like a heavy duty industrial type.

we made one of these at community college but much larger that fits on a wheel of a truck , worked great until one large piece slipped and flew off the tapered screw , taking out 3 large overhead lights and sending about 15 of us diving for cover

Many thanks for putting this video ;) saved me some money.

Thanks for showing. I was curious about those things. I think you pretty much settled my curiosity

That "end of the shaft" shape detail is for DeWalt and other brands of Hammerdrills. All Hammerdrill bits have a slight bit of slack that enhances the power tranferrance from the Hammerdrill motor to the bit. RE: Like a hammer pounding in a nail.

Love your tractor/loader setup! If you would have handheld the wood the splitter would have worked fine. I could see at the start that you were drilling into the stump. Also, I prefer shorter videos of this nature. Keep on improving! Cheers

The shaft and I drill bit goes into a rotary hammer drill I use those types of drills all the time to do termite work drilling into the foundations of homes but they do not advertise that you need a rotary hammer drill to make this product work I really do appreciate your video I normally have to split smaller pieces of wood just for an outdoor fire pit I have in my backyard and it's always a big pain in the butt I was thinking about buying this product but after seeing your video I realize it's just a gimmick thank you for showing us we really do appreciate it

The slots in the bits are SDS bits for a Rotary Hammer Drill. There is a difference between just a hammer drill and a rotary hammer drill. Hope that helps.

The worst thing about that bit are all the fractured wrists from backspin.

KZfaq is where I always go to see if something is legit or not. Thanks for offering that service!

I was curious about these! Thanks for sharing!