impact wrench advice

[Random13]

Hello,

I am thinking of getting an impact wrench .

looking around I think dewalt, makita and ryobi are good.

I have seen them for £200 upward on screwfix an b&q etc but around £40 £50 on amazon.

is it just the case high street shops are more expensive ?

what brands would you recommend?
how long do they normally last when charged.

It is just a bit expensive and want to do research and get your opinion before shelling a pile of cash out

many thanks

[Aff]

Unless you have some serious $$ to spend on a decent cordless and a few backup batteries, I wouldn't bother having the rechargeable ones.

I used a really nice Snap On 1/2" cordless and was well impressed, so bought one of the £100 jobbies and found it useless.

I have ones of these and its a million times better.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CEW1000-Electric-Impact-Wrench-Clarke-1000W-Impact-Wrench-with-4-Sockets-/170918226795
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[stinkwheel]

Or go pneumatic.

If you were thinking of spending £200, get a compressor for £150 and a series of pneumatic tools for the remaining £50 including a burp gun for £25 that'll work better than any electric one you care to mention.
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[Ste]

Electric can be a lot more convenient than pneumatic. But an air compressor can do lots of other things.

Swings and roundabouts. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

[Raffles]

I 'won' one of these on the bay.
I seem to remember paying around £30 for it and so far I've not encountered anything that it couldn't shift.
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[stu_m]

I got a cheap one as a present about 6 years ago

It was only £20 from argos or somewhere like that

Its still going strong and has never failed to remove a but or bolt

Edit: forgot to mention its a 12v corded one and runs off your car/bike battery

[dydey90]

I'd always say get a windy gun if you're looking for speed, but if you're using it because you're struggling to undo bolts then don't bother at all. I've only used the Snap-On one and found that a 12lb persuasion tool worked better.
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[marlc0]

I've got a clarke 1/2" drive 240V gun, it's the nuts. I would go for either a 240V gun if thats all you want, or go down the air compressor route if you think you could use other air tools for stuff.
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[Landy-Pilot]

Hi Chaps!

My first post on here! I thought I'd take the opportunity to contribute as its something I actually have some experience of!

So...I have a sealey cordless impact gun. I've probably had it for about 10 years. Its uses a Nicad battery which like on anything can be a pain (memory etc) if not looked after. I messed one up charging it in the cold I think and had to shell out £70 to replace. The gun itself faultless though and easily removes wheel bolts off the land rover.

They are handy for working on seized stuff because its the impacting/shock that makes the difference not necessarily the torque. Though I have sheered seized 8mm bolts a few times.

If buying one now I would go down the lithium ion route for the batteries, try looking at a few and comparing torque ratings there is vast range. Milwaukee make some strong ones as I am sure snap on do, my local tyre shop uses a couple of snap on ones, though I've noticed they are nicad.

Another option that I would have thought would be adequate for motorcycle use and also a handy tool to have would be an impact driver, basically a cordless screwdriver that impacts they have a quick release collar that accepts standard sized screwbits rather than a 1/2inch socket end. I have a metabo 18v lithium one, and you can get adapters for 1/4inch, 1/2inch sockets etc. If you have never used one have a go, they are amazing, and make the screw driving abilities of even the most powerful cordless drills look limp by comparison.

Another point to note get a good set of impact sockets so you don't destroy your standard ones!

Hope this helps!

[69chris]

iv got an 18v Milwaukee gun and its been powerfull enough to remove anything its been aimed at, it'll also happily destroy nuts and bolts if your not careful

dunno if mine was a wrong un from new tho as i had to replace the charger after about 6 months after it had a melt down

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[Major Doss]

Don't EVER use a standard socket with an impact wrench/driver, it will fail, possibly with catastrophic bad karma for your health. Only use specific impact sockets, easily differentiated as they are dark, matt grey in appearance.
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[Dazbo666]

Clarke brand has already been recommended--- I usually get my Clarke tools from a local MachineMart (also available online), and never been disappointed with any of the tools I have so far
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[Random13]

many thanks