Is the CRAFTSMAN V20 compact drill actually worth it for tight spaces?

How the CRAFTSMAN V20 brushless drill fits small spaces without losing power

Here's what's actually happening under that shorter housing. A brushless motor doesn't use physical brushes to carry current to the spinning armature, so there's no friction, no sparking, no bulky commutator eating up length. CRAFTSMAN uses that saved space to shrink the whole tool head down to 6.2 inches, about a quarter shorter than a standard drill, which is exactly what lets it turn inside a cabinet or duck between studs where a bigger body just won't fit. Shrinking the housing usually costs you torque too, that's the trade most compact tools make. This one avoids it because a brushless motor is also more efficient watt for watt, so CRAFTSMAN can squeeze up to 40 percent more power into the smaller package, enough to bore through electrical rough-ins without stalling halfway. The 2-speed transmission and variable speed trigger handle the rest of the range: low gear gives control for driving screws without stripping them, high gear pushes toward 1,900 RPM for actual drilling, and the trigger lets you feather between them instead of committing to one setting for the whole job. The built-in LED matters more than it sounds, because tight spaces are dark spaces, and a light mounted anywhere else just throws your own hand's shadow over the hole. At 4.4 pounds with the battery in, and a 12.7 millimeter chuck that still takes standard bits, this is built to be the drill you reach for because it's already in your hand, not the one you dig out for a bigger job.