Bosch GO 3 cordless screwdriver ZDNET's key takeaways This pro-quality screwdriver has held up to heavy use for over six months
Fast charging and a large battery keep it running all day
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When it comes to some things, a review when something is a few weeks old really doesn't do it justice. You need time to put it through its paces to make sure that it really is as good as it seems.
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At the beginning of the year, I got my hands on Bosch's latest cordless screwdriver, the GO 3. I used it for a few weeks, was very pleased with it (it's a follow-up to an earlier model that I'd found to be excellent), reviewed it, and then carried on using it.
Seven months later
Here we are, about seven months later, and I keep getting asked about this one more than any other screwdriver I own. (I have a lot of screwdrivers -- and write a lot about them.) Well, that screwdriver looked new in the photos in that review, but it now looks quite a bit different. It's definitely dirtier and now covered in some metal particles following a grinding job.
This has put up a few fences, assembled a fair few bits of flat-packed furniture, been in the engine bays of many cars, left outside overnight a couple of times, and it might have rained on it (yeah, don't do what I did because the manufacturer doesn't make any claims about this being water resistant), and been used as a hammer more times than I care to say.
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