Handheld power tool having a shiftable mechanism

A handheld power tool, comprising:

• a gear comprising at least two gear stages and a shiftable mechanism which is adjustable by a user control element between a first of the gear stages and a second of the gear stages of the hand-held power tool;
• and
• a coupling spring which acts on at least one mechanical component of the shiftable mechanism and is embodied as a metastable coupling spring which in a first operating position assumes a stable position and in a second operating position assumes a quasi-stable position, wherein in the quasi-stable position the coupling spring exerts a lesser spring force than in an intermediate position between the two operating positions.