Comparison Cordless impact wrenches
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EddieWalker
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Never had a cordless impact wrench, but I've had a few impact drivers for screws and lag bolts. Makita is by far the best I've ever come across and I highly recomend them. Dewalt and Milwukee are fine for mild use, general home owner usage.
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Welcome to TBN and like Eddie, I use cordless impact drivers Bosch 18V LI that have been very good. I looked at the true cordless impact driver 1/2" and they are spendy, the torque they generate vs a air impact wrench is less and the air impact wrench is much more cost effective.
Depends on what you are trying to do if you must have cordless, both Dewault and Milwaukie are very good brands.
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Depends on what you are trying to do if you must have cordless, both Dewault and Milwaukie are very good brands.
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I just got a cordless extension (cord) for all my cordless tools...
I have an older 18V Milwaukee and use it for quite a few things besides just lug bolts. It drives fence screws, lag bolts and stone guard bolts on my haymower. It has plenty of power. I use it more often to break bolts because on some of my older machinery and windmills. It takes less battery time to snap them than to unravel them. It can break a non-impact socket, so you need to have a set of them on hand as well as a spare battery or two. I don't recommend using it to remove finish mower blade bolts because it can cause the blade to spin around and cut you somewhere. I also use it to true up threads on bolts that have some thread damage. It runs a nut up so fast that it cleans the thread very well. Yes, you can do all of this with air, but when you are out in the middle of nowhere changing a tire, you thank your lucky stars that you have one. Mine has enough grunt to change out all 6 nuts on 4 wheels on my truck and put them back on before it starts to tire. I got a 4 pack of the newer higher capacity batteries on eBay. The Milwaukee batteries tend to be more expensive, though. A friend of mine buys the cheaper 18v batteries at the box stores (Dewalt) and changes them out into the Milwaukee cases. I've not had to do that yet. I don't run the batteries down far enough to let one flip signs and cause volyage problems.
Mine is well built and sturdy. It's survived a few 30' falls from the windmill towers. Yes, its kinda heavy.
brain55
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My Snap-On 18v 1/2" drive impact is awesome. It has gotten to the point that I rarely fire up my compressor to use my air impacts, and more times than not if my cordless won't do the job, I end up having to use my 3/4" gun.
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Yes they are spendy, but they can absolutely take a beating and have a ton of power.
EddieWalker
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I use my Makita almost daily, and some days, all day long. Read the reviews on Amazon before buying. There are several tool sites that do reviews also, but I like Amazon the best because it seems to have the best blend of buyers instead of being influenced by paid advertisers.
My 18v Makita is rated for 1,400 lbs with a fresh battery. I drove 32 4 inch lag bolts with it over the weekend without any problems. After years of using it, I'm still amazed at how easy it is to use. It's not an impact wrench, just a driver for screws that you can put an attachement onto it to do bolts.
I never buy phillps head screws if I can find star head or square head. Star is the fastest and easiest by far, but both are far supperior to phillips heads. It's night and day.
I have several tractors and have broke down all over the place. When I need something bigger, Sometimes I use a portable air compressor and generator if it's a huge job, but most of the time I just use a breaker bar with a pipe and do the rest with my impact driver.
You wont go wrong with any of the name brands, I just like Makita a lot better then anything else I've had. With all cordless tools, you are really buying the battery that you will commit to and then adding with more tools that run off of those batteries.
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My 18v Makita is rated for 1,400 lbs with a fresh battery. I drove 32 4 inch lag bolts with it over the weekend without any problems. After years of using it, I'm still amazed at how easy it is to use. It's not an impact wrench, just a driver for screws that you can put an attachement onto it to do bolts.
I never buy phillps head screws if I can find star head or square head. Star is the fastest and easiest by far, but both are far supperior to phillips heads. It's night and day.
I have several tractors and have broke down all over the place. When I need something bigger, Sometimes I use a portable air compressor and generator if it's a huge job, but most of the time I just use a breaker bar with a pipe and do the rest with my impact driver.
You wont go wrong with any of the name brands, I just like Makita a lot better then anything else I've had. With all cordless tools, you are really buying the battery that you will commit to and then adding with more tools that run off of those batteries.
Eddie
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I like my bosch 18v LI.
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I should get one too...
18 volt power? I'm partial to Makita cordless tools have used them exclusivly for years but boy the prices on OEM replacement batteries for them has always been high. I see there is an adapter to use the new li ion batteries on the old ni cad fitted tools. Cant beat those new lithium battery packs
Just was looking online I saw Bosch 1/2 inch impact 14.4v 1600in lbs w 2 lithium batteries, charger, and case for $120..hey at least its blue
18 volt power? I'm partial to Makita cordless tools have used them exclusivly for years but boy the prices on OEM replacement batteries for them has always been high. I see there is an adapter to use the new li ion batteries on the old ni cad fitted tools. Cant beat those new lithium battery packs
Just was looking online I saw Bosch 1/2 inch impact 14.4v 1600in lbs w 2 lithium batteries, charger, and case for $120..hey at least its blue
My first choice would be Snap on. My second choice would be Ingersoll Rand. Amazon.com: Ingersoll Rand W7150-K1 20V Cordless 1/2" Impactool, Charger, 1 Li-ion Battery/Case: Home Improvement
CurlyDave
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I have a DeWalt and while I only really used it hard in driving about 150 concrete bolts into 1/2" holes in concrete, it has done the job on every other task I have tried it on.
I started out with a couple of cordless DeWalt tools and sort of got trapped into getting all DeWalt, because the batteries are interchangeable.
I think all of the major brand cordless tools are going to be at least OK, so once I had a few from one brand, I just kept buying the same brand.
The other advantage of DeWalt is that every once in a while they will have a sale on the batteries, two for $99 instead of the usual $89 each. Whenever I see a sale, I get two batteries, which can be used in all their tools.
I started out with a couple of cordless DeWalt tools and sort of got trapped into getting all DeWalt, because the batteries are interchangeable.
I think all of the major brand cordless tools are going to be at least OK, so once I had a few from one brand, I just kept buying the same brand.
The other advantage of DeWalt is that every once in a while they will have a sale on the batteries, two for $99 instead of the usual $89 each. Whenever I see a sale, I get two batteries, which can be used in all their tools.
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Who makes it for Snap-on?
brain55
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I have no idea, I am assuming they are making their own, I haven't seen the design anywhere else, but I could be wrong.
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Snap on does not make their own electrical tools.
