A Good Enough Cordless Impact Wrench

[cactusjk]

Being able to easily find batteries at Home Depot is definitely nice. Some batteries are very hard to find.

[RangeBrover]

That is true but if you get a lithium battery, they are pretty reliable. You should have a second for a backup anyway.

[RusherRacing]

The C3 setup from sears has been great for me. I started off with a kit like 5 years ago and have added to it. I now have multiply chargers and batteries.
I don't have the impact yet. They didn't have a 1/2" impact available till just recently. Everything works great for my limited around the house use. I use the drill probably once a month and the other items less. But I have a Sawzall, rotozip, circular saw, Drill, light, and even my weedeater is a C3. Its great having all the batteries and chargers. I never have to worry about having a dead battery.

I built a dog kennel/work bench yesterday and when the drill, or saw battery died i had another one charged ready to go.

Now they have the C3 lithium stuff out and I will continue to add that to my collection. The Lithium batteries can work in the older stuff I was told, and the old batteries can work in the new Li stuff. You just need to use the correct chargers. Atleast thats what they told be when I went into Sears last week.


I wouldn't use this if I was working daily with it but I am not. I would go Bosch, or Dewalt if money was no option.


as for options for impacts.. Menards Tool Shop 1/2" drive impact was $49 bucks and has lasted me 3yrs so far.. A good friend as one that gets used very heavily and its still working - just doesn't quite have the torque my less used one has.

[cactusjk]

Leaning toward the Ryobi due to small size, ease of finding parts and overall performance for what I intend to use it for.

[Pedro]

I think you will be pleased with it. They do offer a car charger for the batteries if you intend to leave it in the truck.

I have been using mine for over a year now with no issues. I use the 1/4" impact 'driver' for smaller fasteners when doing maintinence. I basically don't use air tools anymore. And if you were in a road salt area, the impact action keeps the bolts from breaking every time you service something.

[cactusjk]

Okay I now have the same setup. Ryobi Impact Wrench and Driver. Overall, a great system and relatively light weigh with the Lithium batteries.

I think you will be pleased with it. They do offer a car charger for the batteries if you intend to leave it in the truck.

I have been using mine for over a year now with no issues. I use the 1/4" impact 'driver' for smaller fasteners when doing maintinence. I basically don't use air tools anymore. And if you were in a road salt area, the impact action keeps the bolts from breaking every time you service something.

[fishyoo7]

I got the C3 1/2" impact. It goes with all my other C3 tools. Overall, I like it a lot. Very handy tool to get nuts and bolts out when your air compressor is empty and you don't want to listen to it / wait for it. Plus I have a bunch of batteries, although my 7 year old batteries are now not holding a charge for me. I can change all 4 tires on one charge, but I find it is easier to loosen them first, then use the impact to zip them off. It was on sale for $100 when I go it a few months ago.

[HillbillyfromAL]

When I worked construction with my uncle he used alot of Makita cordless tools and they never let us down. I bought a LXT 1/2in Drill/ 1/4in Impact combo a few months ago. I was more than impressed with it. My corded grinder took a dump so I got the Makita LXT grinder and it's awesome to. I'll be getting the 1/2in impact here soon. They are also really great priced if you the bare tools. Just font buy the white tools that Makita makes those are not the same quality as the green ones they sell. They also stand behind their products which is great when you need CS. The 1/4in impacts are the best thing in the world for driving long screws too. It'll cut the number of stripped heads incredibly. The 1/2in impact gets great reviews on a couple of garage forums too.

[Karma]

I really don't get carrying the extra weight of a tool that will rarely be used and, when it is used, could be done with another tool you have already. A 200lb/ft impact isn't really going to undo anything that couldn't be done by hand with not much effort.

HI Anti,
I completely agree. I have sufficient air power on board to run air powered tools but I don't see the need.

Sparky

[HillbillyfromAL]

An impact is the civilized way to change a tire