Remember those window treatments I blogged about the other day?
Well, part of our 2012 DIY Blog Squad duties involved trying out a new tool from True Value, and since we used it to put those window blinds up, I thought this would be a good time to blog about it. It’s called the Swift Driver, and it’s made by Master Mechanic…
We recorded a little video to show how much easier it made the un-fun task of hanging blinds…
Pretty handy dandy, eh?
To be honest, when we first got it, we were sort of thinking it was just going to be one more unused tool in our already jam-packed, mess of a tool room. But we’ve used it several times since the day we hung the blinds, and we’re thinking we can probably just get rid of the 8 million regular screwdrivers we have laying around because this thing works so much better than they do.
Which gives me an idea. (Literally just hit my brain as I am typing this.)
Kev! Let’s give away a couple of Swift Drivers! (I just yelled that to him from my desk.)
(He just responded, “Okay!”)
So- if you’d like to enter for a chance to win one, just leave us a comment on this post (if you’re reading this in an email, you’ll have to click over to our blog to leave a comment) between now and Monday, July 16th (9am CST) and we’ll randomly select a couple of winners sometime after that. Good luck!
This post is part of our 2012 True Value DIY Blog Squad series.
Nester at Nesting Place
Roeshel at The DIY Showoff
Kate at Centsational Girl
Allison at House of Hepworths
Sarah at Thrifty Decor Chick
Chris & Bruno at Man Made DIY
Marian at Miss Mustard Seed
Taylor at Maryjanes and Galoshes
Cassity at Remodelaholic
We look forward to seeing what our fellow squad members cook up this time around, too!
So cool! That would be a great and super handy tool to have!
That is pretty gosh amazing! I am deaf, so even without the dialogue, the video was impressive! 🙂
LOVE this tool! I have SO many potential uses for it!
OMG I would soooo love one! I’m moving next month and that would make life so much much easier not to have to drag around numerous screwdrivers to get the place ready 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!
I have been drooling over this tool–it looks like it would really help with furniture assembly! Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks awesome! It would make a great gift too! Thanks for the giveaway. 🙂
I am not sure it would work well enough. Would it get my hubby to actually do some of the things on our list? hmm…
Would love to win one these to use in my many projects I have started!
Thanks Layla & Kevin!
Those look so cool! I’ll bet my husband would love one! Love the blog, ya’ll!
I would love this tool!!!
That angle thing on the screwdriver is very cool. I enjoy the how to vids you guys do. Very helpful!
Lisa
I know hubby would put this to good use, thanks for a nice giveaway!
This is SUCH a great little tool! Would LOVE to win one! so please count me IN!!! Thank you for hosting!!!
Thank you for the opportunity! Looks like a neat tool! 😉
That is a really cool product! Haven’t seen one like it here.
Thanks for the chance to win one
Nifty! I’d love to win one, but I’ll probably buy one for me and one for my guy anyway 🙂 Thanks for the heads up.
I swear, I might actually buy this thing if I don’t win it 🙂 looks cool!
I love the ratcheting action of this tool! I have several projects I’d love to use it on. Fingers crossed 🙂
We have blinds to install in the near future – this would be great. 🙂
Thanks!
Oh, we’re ordering new blinds for our house soon! This tool is a great idea! thank you!
bring on the awesome diy tool baby!!
I’d love to be included in the drawing. Since finding photos from The Lettered Cottege on Pinterest, I’ve been inspired by the crisp, fresh white cottage-y look to try to tackle some room re-do’s. My hubby isn’t quite on the same page as me as far as all this paint & decor that I have planned ~ but he loves him some power tools, so if I won this for him, I think he’d be inspired to help me. 🙂
I could totally use one of those!! Got lots of goodies to hang in my freshly painted dining room and a guest room revamp on the horizon. 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway, Layla!
xo Heidi
Thanks for the chance at winning one of these bad boys!
Hot dang! I like it! Seriously will need to look into that. I hate those angles when you just can’t quite get in there. Often that’s the time I have to usher the little one out of the room so the “noise” coming from hubby doesn’t get picked up by the “repeater”. 🙂
This would give me a good excuse to get the Mr. finishing so many projects that are at a standstill around here. 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
dang..I’d love to have one of those gadgets..
instead of my DIY girlie toolset (A high heeled shoe and a butter knife)
seriously.. i need a reliable GOOD screwdriver!!
make me the WINNER!
hugs..
Loui♥
I would LOVE one of these….my son and I were just talking about one almost like this that my Dad had in the 60’s….everything old is new again!!!!
OH MY GOSH!! I didn’t even know something like that existed. I’ve hung curtains and blinds several times over the past two days. And I NEED that tool. I’d love to win one! I’ve got much more curtain and blind hanging to do. 🙂 Thank you!!
I’d love to have one of these. I have bought ratcheting screwdrivers in the past, but they always break. I have way too many screwdrivers and screwdriver tips. It would be nice to get rid of them.
That looks really neat! Please throw my name into the hat!
Love this….my drill battery never seems to be charged. This would be much easier for when you don’t need a lot of heft. Pick me!!
My Hubby just today was putting up a shelf for me with an awkward hard to get at angle and this tool would have been perfect for him. We would love one! True Value rocks!
I would love to get rid of the 342 screw drivers in our tool closet! We just bought and moved into a 1928 est. beach cottage. It has a Model T garage! 🙂 I could hang some curtains and blinds…
Well isn’t that the coolest thing! Really – the turning either way to put a screw in or take it out has got to be easier on the old wrist. The angle thingy really hung in there when he was cranking down on that screw too!
I’ve got 4 of those exact blinds left to hang so I know ALLL about those brackets.
Thank you Kevin for another great demo and thank you Layla for thinking about us….pssst….he is the cutest fellow…but you already know that. 😉
One more thing….do y’all have a new button that I need to replace over at TLPC?
xo Lisa
My husband is a tool junkie and would love something like this to use on some of the items on the “honey do” list. 🙂
I could sure use that tool. Nice for a couple of screws instead of getting out the drill, which doesn’t always fit anyways.
Husbands birthday coming up in August…he would love one! War Eagle!
Oh, This looks so swell, I could cross lots of things off my ‘to do’ list!
I want it! I have a screw driver that was my Dad’s 20 years ago!! I need some new stuff!!
This looks really great. Would love to win one! Thanks.
That looks so cool! I’d love to win one.
Who couldn’t use another screw driver? This one sounds great!
Need to upgrade from my $10 ikea tool set.
🙂
This looks like a fantastic tool and I’d love to win one!
Just love this tool, I am starting my own tool box from my husband’s and this will be so handy instead of having to have someone else help. Great idea
What a neat tool. I’ve been working on my little cottage for several years and know how tricky those odd angles are to reach. Thanks for the opportunity to enter the drawing. 🙂
Oh what a neat tool!! I am always the one usually to hang blinds, curtains, etc.. as it’s not my husband’s favorite thing to do. I’d love to use this to help make the job a lot easier for me!!
Looks like a neat tool. Would love to add it to the hubby’s stash!
I would love to win this handy dandy new tool!
Thanks Layla and Kevin!