I want to buy my first impact wrench, any advice?

Pneumatic is the way to go.

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Pneumatic.

get an air compressor clyde

Once you go air impact you never go back...


My Cornwell 1/2" is the shite

If you are only going to be using it on every once and a while, there's nothing wrong with saving some money and buying an electric one with a cord.

If you are going to be using it every day for a job, you must go pneumatic.

I don't like screwing around with charging batteries, so I try not to buy battery operated anything.

Check out the milwaukee fuel electric sets. Ive used the half inch a bunch, its a beast, very impressed. Plus, portable.

thanks bros

I don't know how I managed without one, got a huge breaker bar

but shit is getting old now

some of those fancy schmancy battery ones are like $3-400

Hi, yeah its just for working on my vehicle for repairs

depend on what you need an impact wrench for.

If you are doing something that doesn't require an enormous amount of energy, the battery impacts will work fine.

If you're changing car tires or something similar, then you obviously need a pneumatic impact wrench.

I don't think brand matters too much anymore. Every place has a lifetime warranty on their tools these days.

Yeah I was hoping not to go air compressor route

I heard if you use too long an extension cord it gets weak, so I won't do that

Harbor Freight sells a corded one for like $50 but I'm not sure what I'm getting at that price

I have a very nice ingersal rand top of the line. Give me $50 you can have it.

I like my Dewalt but buy from them and not a box store as its not the same driver. Same goes with John deer and that type of stuff, there is a b quality line sent to box stored and an a quality contractor grade sold by reps of the company or more a commercial type tool store

I would stay away from snapon

But some people love their overpriced junk

Yeah, but a good air impact is gonna cost somewhere in that area too. Plus a decent air compressor which is usually spendy for anything with any actual capacity. And loud. And 3 phase.

Keep an eye out for sales at Home Depot or Lowe's. Sometimes you can buy a small compressor and they throw in a hose and air tools. That's how I got mine.

I'd like to go corded and have it be enough power to loosen lugs, sway bar links, struts, stuff like that

yes, go with strapon instead

Guess since the electrics are similar, I would just get one with a lifetime warranty within the torque specs you think you'll be using. I mean, oil pan bolts are barely 20 ft lbs, and most engine bolts are around 30-40.

Personally I would stay with a corded since torque draw is brutal on batteries.

A can of 3in1 oil.as a machine like that needs good oil,especially pneumatic ones.
Bite the bullet and get half inch,you can always buy a 3/8 adaptor to rip apart small sockets.

That's what this dude employee at the store told me today, he said you can drain it then have to put another one in, or wait for it to charge

he was saying how if I got corded then I couldn't take it with me in my car to loosen my wheels

I can do that with my hands

He was a cool dude though trying to guide a young buck, busted my balls a little

Sounds like you havent used a newer battery impact. The milwaukee 1/2 impact has up to 1100 FT/#s of torque. Ive used one to undue seized 3/4" bolts and it didnt even wince at it, just blasted through it. These newer impacts are beasts and IMHO make old pneumatics outdated

SnapOn or nothing.

what are specs?

The answer has been posted already

good luck

haha, thanks, I've never heard of them

Yeah the pneumatic ones are very good, along with an air ratchet' I consider it to be indispensable for working on a car.

I have a ~575 ft-lb version with a 1/2 square drive, as well as a ~200 ft-lb one with a 3/8 drive. I also have a 3/8 and 1/4 air ratchet and when I'm working on my car I rely on them almost entirely. Generally if I dont mind the hose I use the air tools first.

If you are driving screws or need the portability factor then a battery operated one would be best. The 18v impact drivers are generally intended for screws, but the mechanism of action is the same as the air powered ones. The 18v impact drivers are generally powerful enough, 100-200+ ft-lbs to do many jobs. There are battery impact drivers up to ~700 ft-lbs. There are many instances where the cordless is clearly the right option. Either option will easily threads so always set the torque by hand.

I guess it comes down to what you plan on doing with it that makes the difference. Just dont buy junk.

This.

Except stay away from Harbour Freight. You can do much better than the shit they sell. Harbour Freight is the Walmart of tools. There are some good things at HF, but you have to be careful at what you get there.

Definitely air though. I have both. Electric and air and many times if, for instance, lug nuts were put on with air the electric would not break them loose.

It depends

Who r u gonna use it on?

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Use it on...?

I don't have a sex doll