Flex 24V Tool Review | 5+ Flex Tools Tested

24V Flex Tools are coming to a Lowe’s near you and they’re preparing to shake up the premium cordless tool market. Bringing power, Pro features, and a 5-year tool AND battery warranty, these tools are positioned to go head to head against the top dogs in the industry, like DeWalt, Milwaukee, Makita, and other premier power tool brands. We’ve been testing several of Flex's newest 24V power tools so we can give you an idea of what to expect from the brand new line-up. We've got a bunch of their tools, but for today, we'll start by looking at their hammer drill, impact driver, circular saw, reciprocating saw, and oscillating multi-tool. Out of the gate, Flex has 4 available batteries. It starts with a compact 2.5Ah pack and moves to 5.0Ah for most of your drills, impact drivers, oscillating tools, and other handheld power tools. But, for higher draw tools like circular saws and reciprocating saws, 8.0Ah and 12.0Ah batteries take center stage. We’re sure one of the big questions is going to be: “Are Flex 24V cordless tools any good?” With what we’ve experienced so far, they’re a legitimate contender among the best names in the business.

MODELS FEATURED:
FLEX DRILL DRIVER KIT: FX-1151-2A
FLEX IMPACT DRIVER KIT: FX-1351-2A
RECIPROCATING SAW KIT: FX-2271-1C
7 ¼“ CIRCULAR SAW KIT: FX-2141-1D
OSCILLATING MULTI-TOOL KIT: FX4111-1A

[prestigemechanical]

I use Dewalt for 20v and Bosch for 12v tools. A FLEX sales rep was at Lowe’s when I happened to be looking around at tools and had me sold. With the Lifetime warranty for anyone who buys the tools this year and registers them within 30 days is a no brainer for me.
Been using them for nearly 2 weeks and notice how you don’t feel the tool vibration like you do with other tool brands. It’s more of a luxury tool and luxury tool feel.

[ccadama]

@Pro Tool Reviews. Thanks Kenny for the quick initial review of these new Flex tools. It'll be interesting to see your PTR tests in the coming weeks and months where you don't hide what's being compared to what. It'll be also interesting to see how well the Flex rollout happens for the remainder of 2021. There's still tool availability throughout the year including Christmas and the repair and service info. Because tools break down how good will we be able to find and get service, repair parts, and service times? Time will tell. And we'll also see how well the other tool companies like Makita with their 40VMAX, or Milwaukee and Dewalt roll out whatever new tools they have planned this year.

Hope you, the staff at PTR, and your families stay safe and well.

[Burnzmatic]

I am impatiently waiting for your head to head comparisons. Very well edited video 👍

[RayW]

Everyone else 2 hours of Infomercial, PTR 7 minutes... Much better👍

[glasssteel]

I lent my flex impact to a couple friends they actually framed a 1200 sq ft extension with them. No compressors no hoses they said they absolutely loved them. They built it in 7 days they were chilling 😎 they said it was very easy. From my experience the turbo impact really shine with lumber nothing can keep up except the mlwkee 2853. . . for interior commercial work nothing more comfortable & precise than makita xdt14 for driving self tappers & lightweight metal framing.

[Fire-hqrm]

There’s something I realized, you need to do a showdown on the flex hammer drill and impact driver against the dewalt power detect (hammer drill) and Milwaukee gen 3 brushless impact driver.

[GreatMelancholy]

So Chervon got smart and rebranded the xtr kobalt line instead of trying to fix the kobalt name. Smart move that no one seems to have noticed. Batteries are the same, even the 24v text on the side is the same, just not in italics. And the recip saw is literally an XTR with the brace adjustment button moved. No hate, I run Red for work because of the expanded line of tools but I have XTR at home and it definitely sinks faster and harder. Guess we just gotta see what these new kobalt tools can do.

[kencooper]

I look forward to see how these do in head to head with the other premium brands.

[hhsaoutdoors]

I got almost all of the Milwaukee cordless m12 and m18 tools and I am impressed. I'm kind of thinking about buying a full set of these tools. Also great review 👍👍

[BK-gcjm]

I'm a flex tool fan on the residential contractor and really like the tools but I have a problem now every time I go to Lowe's which I do everyday I noticed each week they have a too long clearance and it gets lower I bought it collated drywall screw gun originally it was 159 it was on sale for $79 so I bought a couple of them it would be $200 for the same dewalt gun. I want to Lowe's yesterday it was on clearance for $39. I bought for $399 the rear handle circular saw with the 10 amp battery. A few weeks ago they had it on clearance for $159 with the $280 w charger and a 10 amp battery The battery's worth $300 alone. I bought the tool sold the saw kept the battery. I'm just seeing more and more of these tools at Lowe's being on clearance really low it doesn't make me feel comfortable that they're basically being given away it makes me think combined tools that Lowe's doesn't want to sell anymore or is dropping the line they have a small display at Lowe's nothing big compared to dewalt or anybody else. It just plainly doesn't make me feel comfortable I don't mind buying them when they're really cheap and I have batteries and putting a $1, 000 investment into these compared to my to my DeWalt investment that's tens of thousands of dollars. I'd like to buy the $249 tripod light but I won't spend that for it so I'm hoping that will go on clearance and then what I do is I buy a few of these tools each and it buy a lot of batteries and I just put them away. All I can tell you guys is go to Lowe's every Friday and see what they have on clearance and buy it. And the small print they have stuff that if you buy this tool you get this battery set or battery for free with it I bought the vacuum for $129 and it came with for free a 3.5 amp stack battery The stack battery is worth $179 do the math on that it doesn't work out right they're doing something to basically give their tools away to get people to buy them. Don't get me wrong I think that they're great tools but the downside of their tools are they're very heavy their batteries are really heavy. On some of the tools I use I wish they made a two amp battery or a 1.5 amp battery the 2.5 is even heavy it makes me go to my Milwaukee 12 volt tools and use it for amp battery and it's so much lighter. I will tell you this on the vacuum if you put a 2.5 volt battery on it it works good if you put a 10 amp battery on it it works like it's turbo or supercharged Good luck everybody I hope they stay around I'll keep buying the clear and stuff it just doesn't make me feel comfortable that two months earlier I bought it for full price or half the price and now it's at third the price oh nevertheless to say I bought a drywall cutter that's a little tool that's like a zip tool it's $99 I bought it on sale for $34 a couple weeks ago now they have it on clearance for $24 Go figure

[jojojo]

I see you review the Hex quick eject driver as great....heck all the flex tools seem great but i can't wait for its Head to Head Comparison vs the Milwaukee Fuel Surge driver. Great videos!

[therunemeister]

“1st generation tool”...Chervon bought the German FLEX brand 8 years ago. That company been making tools since 1922, and was renamed FLEX back in the 90’s. This is a different line of tools, but they didn’t just pluck it out of thin air.

[MiscerVids]

Dewalt made an impact that used that chuck release button. I bought it 8 years ago and its still going strong to this day. I'm surprised it never caught on

[ericnichols]

Got the Multitool it's Freaking Awesome

[interman]

Great video, they look like good tools, but I'm fully on board with Dewalt, absolutely no complaints.

[JeremyDean-qkqd]

I watched video about flex tools, done by another YouTuber. I won't mention their name. But he has a platform about the same size as yours, maybe slightly larger. But anyway, one of the first things he talked about was how he didn't feel that the tools were really geared towards pros, but that they "looked" & "felt" more like an "at home" tool line-up. But I must say that I don't agree with that, not at all. In my opinion the tools have a very good build quality, and seem extremely well put together. I also want to mention that the power they deliver, to me at least, is very impressive. I will say that the individual I'm referring to did also mention that he can't stand Lowe's, or something along those lines. Which I'm thinking may have skewed his overall opinion of the brand. Plus he didn't even have the tools in hand to do a review on, because in his words, he will never have flex tools on his show. Any way, thank you for what seemed to be a very honest and good review of these tools. Im definitely debating on switching to this lineup in the near future.

[DeVriesCustomMillworks]

When you test these against Milwaukee, try using the high output batteries because they perform much better on those and I think the flex batts use the 21700 cells as well.

[IppiopaidFEEDBACK]

You left out the two Flex tools I would actually buy (even though I have Milwaukee and Ridgid) the variable speed grinder and a 6 1/2 inch circular saw.

A variable speed grinder seems so practical cutting and grinding everything from metal to masonry. And a 6 1/2 inch (In-line blade)circular saw with the same cutting depth of a 7 1/4 inch circular saw Would be so practical on the job site. Do you know how many times people refuse to use my Ridgid OCTANE saw because it was so big and heavy. Instead running an extension cord 10 feet in the air just to use a plug-in 6 1/4 inch circular saw.

[Jrome]

Can u make a video for the multi speed impact. Explaining all the gadgets on it and tips and trick on it. I’m a metal stud framer and it took me a while to get used to the speed for different gauges. I just wanna see more in-depth details for it. Thanks

[gregorymandile]

I love my Flex tools.The buy more save more deal they had was amazing.500 worth of flex tools for 350, also lifetime warranty.y would u buy any other tool brand