20 Best Cordless Tools For Mechanics (2023 Updated)

I am very happy with my impact wrench purchase. I was borrowing my friends Milwaukee Impact wrench to help remove the rear differential fill plug (which i could not get to budge with a breaker bar). The Makita XWT08M packs a lot of torque.

Care should be taken when removing rusted bolts, Tighten a little first before reversing out as the gun can and will break bolts if they are seized. So far so good using this tool. Ive never had to use the second battery since I use this only for high torque applications like taking off axle nuts, brake pad carrier bracket bolts, differential fill plugs, etc.

it is heavy but for the torque output, its understandable. Its been over two years since i purchased this tool on July 2016 Its still running strong. It will take axle nuts off with no problems. I recently use this for the replacing suspension components (struts, control arms, control arm linkages, wheel bearing hub assemblies) which helped remove a lot of large diameter bolts.

Get a decent sent of impact sockets with these kits (wobbliers included) and the DIY job becomes that much easier.

I bought it to run the leveling jacks on my toy hauler camper. It has power to spare for that. Also works great for changing tires and mower blades. My only complaint is the batteries are not compatible with my older LXT tools.

Price of progress I suppose. Highly recommended.

Works well. Helped make short work of replacing front break pads on a Ford F150 truck.

I bought this tool on sale and for the price I paid I am happy with it. I did not have a cordless impact before and find it very useful. This model does not have great power. It does struggle with some vehicle lug nuts.

However, I was surprised that it was able to loosen all the nuts and bolts on my 25 year old rusty truck when rebuilding the front end on one amp hour batteries. The tool is a good size and fits in small spaces but new offerings from the competitors and even Dewalt offer much more power for only a little bit more money.

My husband loves this. His craftsman that he had for about 12 years bit the dust in the middle our chicken coop build. I remembered getting an email from tractor supply a few hours earlier saying that DeWalt tools were on sale.

I pulled up the email, placed my order and picked up his new tools the next day. I think he’s pretty impressed with the drill and driver. It’s speeding along this project.

People are buying this for removing wheels and getting disappointed. It can remove lug nuts but if they are corroded or overtightened it may not work. I torqued a wheel nut to 190 ft/lbs, and it was able to remove it, but it was struggling and took a bit.

I think this is good as it was 40ft/lbs over it’s rated torque. I used a brand new 2ah battery. I tried an older 1. 5ah battery and it spins faster with new battery. I think it’s overpriced for torque output/old technology, but it does seem ok for other jobs other then wheel nut removal, and it’s small so it would be easier to work in tight spaces then a huge impact.

All in all I think it is a good tool, but if all I was going to do was wheels, I would buy a more powerful model. Dcf889 is only a little more money and is capable of 400ft/lbs but is phisically much larger.

I have both, and they both have their place. I hope they last a long time, I haven’t had them long enough to say they are durable.

This impact driver is very powerful. I have 1/2″ pneumatic impacts that this 3/8″ battery power puts to shame. This tool will remove lug nuts with ease, even with a small 2 ah battery it will remove all four wheels with plenty of battery to spare.

It has four different modes that handle anything. Removing lug nuts I just used the bolt and nut mode. This mode also has a useful feature that when backing off nuts it slows the RPM down once the nut is loose which is helpful in the fact that you can back off nuts and have more control not to drop the nuts.

I used this to drive 8″ long 5/8″ lag bolts into 4×8 timber and it drove them without breaking a sweat all the way in. I am very impressed and may not need to use my 1/2″ battery powered Dewalt impact it is that good.

Taking off the lug nuts, it did it just as easy as the 1/2″ Dewalt did and its much lighter. I highly recommend this tool to anyone. I have also used it in some tight places where my larger DeWalt was to big to fit, removing rear axle on an F 150.

It removed all the hardware without a sweat and it was less tiring than using the much heavier 1/2″ drive.

Bought this at the beginning of April to add to my battery tools at work (automotive). I use the red brand for most of my work but some tight spaces require a smaller profile impact. This one has the best torque ratings for its class so I was especially happy to have it in my arsenal.

It gets much less use than my daily impact so I was very disappointed when barely 2 weeks in, the impact failed. I went to use it and when I squeezed the trigger, nothing happened. No forward or reverse.

Tried the direction switch a few times but nothing. The LEDs and setting display both worked however the trigger did not. I have captured the problem on video, however, I can only post videos from YouTube, what’s with that ?? I really want this impact to be better and am hoping it’s just a bad unit and not something to expect from this tool.

I will get it exchanged tomorrow and hope the next one lasts better than this one did.

I have had this 1/2” impact for a few months now using it in new construction setting lag bolts and anchor bolts as well around the garage. the impact has a selection of setting depending on the task.

I have found I pretty much just keep it on the driving/lag setting for most uses. For my application I didn’t find the bolt setting to be useful as it kept making me think the impact was broken. It would rotate and stop and rotate and stop.

not really sure of the true function. However on the lag setting I found it useful. I do feel it is slightly under powered. Being a 1/2” the torque just isn’t really enough to break lug nuts on a tire, but is enough to set lag screws and anchor bolts which is really what it is designed for.

So if your going to get this compact drill for auto mechanic work, I wouldn’t recommend. For construction it works fine. I do find that I tend to carry my standard impact with 1:4” and 1/2” adapters and find that as more my go to than this.

It is nice to have. I would say if your a deck contractor it’s a perfect tool.

I have used my impact on car projects. it has performed well with the four amp battery. also purchased a quick charger for faster recharge times. well worth the money.

Use this a lot and really like the feel and weight of it. It is easy to use and very strong. I would recommend it to anyone looking fir a driver.

Great impact. Its not a 1/2 drive but is super helpful when you cant drag out an air hose. Its a super helpful tool in my mechanic line of work.

I bought this 1/2-in drive impact wrench because I had used it numerous times at my buddies shop and love it. I use it mostly to work on my cars and has really saved my back, versus using hand tools only.

The specs on this mid-range impact wrench (20-Volt Max XR) is what I really like about it. DO NOT expect this mid-range tool to do a job that’s meant for the bigger brother DCF889B. Also do understand that it makes a world difference when using the right batteries – I will not recommend anything less than using a 20-Volt MAX XR 5.

0Ah battery pack (DCB205) for increased efficiency and runtime (at full charge). I have noticed a drop 70% of power efficiency from advertised when batteries are running mid – low charge. Be mindful when working on projects this should NOT be your ONLY TOOL – I used it as literally my “BACK SAVER” when I have to loosen or tighten rusted or hard to remove bolts/lug nuts when working on car.

Just bought mine today for $199. 00 Home Depot. I was gonna go for the bigger brother DCF889B but decided to get this (DCF894B) little guy for everyday work on small cars and midsize truck tires. Haven’t use it yet so I can’t really tell how well it it will performed.

After reading some of these reviews from other people and seeing how they’re quite disappointing with this little guy. I don’t think some of you people even know what the heck you’re talking about. Seems like you all are expecting this little guy to do a job that’s meant for the bigger brother.

Do your homework before you buy things for a job that it was meant for and not what it wasn’t meant for. Doesn’t take a genius to figure that out if you just do your homework.

This product is very good,i have had dewalt for years. The impact is very strong i am a mechanic so i basically use it every day. It is small yet powerful i would recommend this product to anybody from who is a mechanic to job sites to people who just want to work on there cars.

This product has three switches the low, medium, and high which is the max torque it can deliver. Though it does not replace my big air impact i still like it because it is small and portable package.

I would recommend getting the dewalt 5 amp battery or the flex volt battery, the stronger the battery the longer and the more powerful it works. This product is brush less which means that is does not drain much power from the battery.

In all it is a very good product.

I’ve had this for a few months now and still look forward to using it. The modes are awesome for not over torquing lugs/bolts and reduce the chance of fasteners flying off and hitting something or someone.

You can start slow enough to not have to worry about cross threading a lug which is a nice time saver. Lighter than I thought, more power than I expected and its built with the quality you’d expect from modern Makita tools.

You’ll be glad you bought it, especially if you’re coming from a air powered tool.

I have owned this impact wrench for about 2 years now. There is no fastener that this wrench has not been able to remove. I’ve used this wrench with a 6. 0ah and 5. 0ah battery and have not noticed any difference in power.

I’ve used this to remove the most stubborn of Honda crank pulley bolts with ease. Another well built tool from Makita.

I have no way to gauge the torque it puts out but would guess it’s as advertised. I like the variable speed and the battery seems to last a long time. I like not having to deal with an air hose. My only complaint and the reason I only rated it four stars is that it’s heavy.

I was aware that it weighs almost 8 lbs. before I bought it. That doesn’t seem like a lot until you’ve used it for awhile. I’m accustomed to a pneumatic gun that’s much lighter.

Still the best and most reliable battery powered Mid-Torque impact on the market. I’d been wanting this particular mid torque for a while but waited for a deal. Milwaukee tools are great but they aren’t the cheapest.

I appreciate that as I know you get what you pay for. At this time some impacts are starting to catch up in terms of Ft-Lbs of torque however looking at the release date of this tool and practicality I don’t believe there much I can’t do unless you’re working on ships or 18 Wheelers consistently.

Even if other companies are starting to put out stronger impacts I trust Milwaukee and this product. I’ve used the warranty and still amazed at their ability to diagnose an issue and have your tool back in your hands fixed or replayed in a week.

That puts Milwaukee at the top in terms of their warranty and without even having to register your device you’re still covered. Any company that pays attention to detail in such a way should be trusted to handle the small things.

As for use if you pair this with the 6AH High Output Battery or the 8AH you’ve essentially moved into High Torque teritority. Like I said there’s not much this tool can’t do. For most taking off lug nuts and small engine parts won’t even heat this tool up.

Enjoy! Personally I can’t wait for the next release. Until then this is my go to mid torque impact.

Good unit to have when you do mobile work. About as heavy as a standard unit, but the mobility is a huge plus. Also has the ability to adjust settings via the OneKey app. I have setting 4 as the “torque” setting.

Automatically limits torque to 450ft lbs for putting on lug nuts. I will say that I had to send it in for repair. I believe one of my guys dropped it on the ground or threw it in the back of the shop truck and caused a battery connection to become loose internally.

It stopped working unless you held the battery in a certain way, then stopped altogether. But!!! I contacted customer service and it was warranty repaired, they paid shipping both ways and it didn’t cost me anything!! Overall its a good unit and I’ve only had one set of lug nuts that it didn’t want to remove, but arguably my old school IR wheel gun didn’t want to remove them either.

I love the m18 and the m12 tools!!.

Man this thing is the core to my tool set for auto transportation. I run a small tire shop in sc are called All World Tires. We do otr Service calls and this thing is perfect for side of the road interstate calls.

I normally hate running my 1/2 inch air line then 3/8 inch air line. That makes set up time dangerous and longer than my liking. with this i just have run 1 hose and bring the gun. Air the jack up ans then zip 10 lugs off.

This tool keeps me off the side of the road and between traffic and my work truck. , which to no surprise most drivers dont slow down and get over into the left lane. Anyways that and the torque spec auto shut off js awesome too.

I used to also have a privelm with breaking or over toghtening the lug nut but not with this thing!.

To start a have many Milwaukee tools I have 4 1/2 drive 18volt fuel impact guns in my tire shop. The 1/2 will do what this does Iam using a 12 amp battery on it and it is terrible. My 1 in drive harbor freight air impact rates at 1600 ft.

Lbs puts it to shame. We ran some lug nuts on and verified with a torque wrench it wasn’t even putting out 600 ft lbs. the other thing that really has me upset I have called Milwaukee and left a message to call me back it’s been 1.

5 weeks I emailed them about it it’s been 1. 5 weeks nothing. I love Milwaukee tops and really want it like or brag about this gun but it is a disaster. I was not going to write a review until I gave Milwaukee a chance to figure out what is going on and they have failed on that front as well so here is my review.

Iam going to return it and better get 100% refund. Very disappointed.

This thing is amazing! You can retire your pneumatic 1/2 inch drive wrench once you have this. Takes off lug nuts without breaking a sweat. Axle nuts, no problem either. Almost unbelievable this much torque can be had in a cordless tool.

The battery lifeobviously depends on what size battery you use but overall battery life is good to great. Most of the guys that I work with swear by the high priced tool truck brands but afyer seeing this thing in action, they always ask to use my Milwaukee impact when they have a stubborn bolt to loosen.

Head to head, in shop trials and the Milwaukee runs away with it every time. I had put off buying this because I alrighty have the mid torque model (2961-20), but WOW, the difference is night and day.

It is not the best for 18 wheeler sized lugnuts, for that, move up to the 1″ impact (2867-20)(2868-20). That being said, this 1/2″ model is all the torque that a car and/or pickup mechanic will need.

This has quickly become my go to impact for most jobs. Words of caution for people not used to using a tool with this much torque, be easy with the amount of time that you let it hammer when tightening.

It will snap off smaller bolts before you even realize it. Highly recommended for any “shade tree” or professional mechanic. Another homerun from Milwaukee!!.

It hits just as hard as any pneumatic we have in the shop and and 5 or 8 amp battery will usually do a whole job from start to finish on one charge. People will grab these now over the other air tools and are a no brainer when we have a field break down and don’t have to try to get the service truck as close to run an air hose.

Cons would be that the batteries are as or if not more expensive than the tool it’s self if you get a larger one. It’s also heavier than most air guns especially the titanium IR. Only other gripe is it will switch power settings on its own maybe as the battery gets weaker or if it has a load sensor to only use what it needs to save juice? Who knows.

You gotta fumble with the button if you have gloves on so that’s sort of a pain. Overall it kicks butt and seems like Milwaukee is making some really good stuff for the automotive or heavy truck side that you don’t see in other brands.

THIS IS THE WORST TOOL I OWN FROM THIS COMPANY. I HAVE HAD MY FIRST 2767-20 SENT OUT 3 TIMES FOR HESITATION AND UNABLE TO REMOVE LUG NUTS. THE 3RD TIME I RECIEVED A NEW UNIT. THE NEW UNIT OUT OF THE BOX WOULD NOT REMOVE LUG NUTS AND THEN QUIT WHILE ATTEMPTING THE 5TH.

I HAVE VIDEO OF THIS EVENT. THEN SOME HOW WHEN I SENT THAT NEW TOOL BACK IN FOR ANOTHER NEW REPALCEMENT I RECIEVED MY ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE TOOL BACK. AGAIN STILL NOT WORKING CORRECT. CALLED BACK AND WAS TOLD THAT WS A MISTALKE AND I RECIEVED ANOTHER NEW IN BOX 2767-20 TODAY 7/18/22 I ATTEMTPED TO USE THE TOOL.

I CAN HOLD THE SOCKET AND THE TOOL WILL JUST STUDDER. THE TOOL ONLY WILL INSTALL BOLTS AND IMPACT. ON REMOVAL OF ANY BOLTS THE TOOL JUST SITS, HESITATES AND STUDDERS. THIS TOOL IS JUNK. IM VERY FRUSTRATED THIS TOOL SEEMS TO BE A LEMMON.

IM SO TIRED OF THE BACK AND FORTH. IM READY TO TRADE IN ALL MY MILWAKEE M18 AND M12 AND SWITCH.

This is an ok light weight impact wrench. It is not even close to the heavier impact wrench that other brands offer. I only purchased it because all my other tools are Porter Cable. Every other PC tool I own are amazing however this one fell a little flat.

I wish they offered a more powerful choice for real but busting strength.

Very nice addition to my Porter-cable collection of tools. Very grateful Tractor supply has Porter Cable at a great deal! When I bought this item it came will large battery, charger and free choice of another porter cable product.

As an agricultural mechanic, I am used to having plenty of bolts big enough to crack (used on bolts from m8/13mm-head to m22/32mm-head) all week long. Let’s say that impact gun will not get its best performance with cold (<7°C), too hot temperatures, discharged, with faulty or too small batteries.

It’s been more than 3 years that i am using the previous one and now, i got to renew it not for loss of torque but mainly for erratic behavior that brings to under-tightening or sheering of bolts. (i think it doesn’t arrive to recognize in which speed it is anymore).

It was a perfect fit for my needs, it gives enough torque without being insane for most of the job (I was not using it just for breaking bolts but also for tightening, so not too much power allows you to insist a little bit more to get the torque you are looking for in speed 2 or 3 mainly).

It will not break overtighten/completely rusty-bolts bigger than m16/24 head. By experience, that impact gun might look big and heavy but it needs that weight to avoid fatigue from vibrations when hammering on hard bolts.

I would always prefer using 5ah batteries in the right temperature range and in good condition: (meaning they are made of 5×2 cells in parallel, due to the vibrations or previous use or misuse, some cells could get defective or the welds in the batteries gets broken.

That makes you lose all power output on your battery. Especially due to the fact that impact gun “shakes” your battery when in use making it lose any power it could produce while hammering, A thing that you notice less with a drill.

Also, what brings you the “breaking power ” is the fact your gun spin really fast, so any damaged battery or small battery will loose voltage fast and the gun will have no go. Last thing: the detent pin system works better in the long run to hold the sockets.

Short review: Dewalt fails to undo 17mm wheel bolts on first use. Long review: Home mechanic who uses Dewalt drills at home and at work and has been impressed by them. Seeing as I already have Dewalt batteries and after much research online I chose this impact wrench as I have a cambelt change to do and really don’t like to be held up on a job with difficult to undo nuts and bolts.

I already have a low torque rated electric impact wrench (350Nm), but wanted a more powerful one as have been caught out once with it not being tough enough for the job in hand. The first time I use my new Dewalt DCF899N is on my friends car.

We need to remove a wheel and after initially trying to use a breaker bar on the 17mm bolts and struggling I thought it time to break out the Dewalt and a freshly charged XR 18V 4. 0Ah battery and show off its muscle that I’ve seen in the online videos and read in the Screwfix reviews.

I slip on a 17mm impact socket and slide over the first bolt. I double check that it’s set to loosen and that I am on speed 3. I slowly pull on the trigger. It fires up and loudly starts hammering away on the bolt.

Nothing is turning so I give it a full squeeze on the trigger. A few seconds pass and still there is not a hint that the socket and bolt are turning. I release the trigger and try again. This time for a longer period – about 6-7 seconds.

The noise is very loud and I start to see dust/corrosion particles floating away from around the socket. Still the socket and bolt do not shift at all. I try the same thing on the remaining 4 bolts. The same thing.

None of them budge at all. I try a different 17mm impact socket and go back to the first bolt and try again. Nothing. We’re on a tight time schedule and if wasn’t for that I would have persisted. Perhaps I needed to leave it impacting away for a much longer time? So we give up and drive to a well known fast fit centre and ask nicely if they will undo the bolts and then retorque them back up for us.

Happy to oblige the guy gets out his battery powered Milwaukee Fuel, which looks about the same size as the Dewalt, and I watch him spin the bolts off with the minimum of fuss! The tightest bolt took about 3 seconds before it shifted, the others about 2 seconds.

He also went around and did the same with the other 3 wheels in case my friend needed to remove those in the future. The other 15 bolts also came out without a fuss so it wasn’t the case that I had loosened up the 5 I had originally attempted.

Back home and I am able to use the Dewalt to remove the 5 bolts that had just been done up. It only takes less than a second to undo each of the recently-torqued-to-140Nm bolts. So for me an utter disappointment with this Dewalt product.

I would have been more forgiving had I seen the competition also stuggle to remove the bolts, but this wasn’t the case. Were the bolts really tightened to more than the maximum 950Nm limit that the Dewalt is rated at? Unfortunately, more than 30 days has passed since purchasing it otherwise I would take it straight back to Screwfix and change it for a Milwaukee.

I’ve now no confidence in its ability to be able to remove the super-tight crankshaft pulley bolt in my car when the time comes to change the cambelt. I’m going to have to be ready to buy something else when the time comes if it won’t remove it.

If it does, and I am able to, then I will update this review.

I see many praising this tool as I once did. However, The durability and quality have severely changed over the past 2-3 years. This tool used in a manufacturing environment used to last 1-2 years. Current life is 6months.

The tool is used doing the same job for well over a decade. Now the anvil’s break repeatedly. We started buying replacement parts to repair these tools. This year we started having multiple impacts having bearing problems on top of the anvil problems.

They are out of service more than in service. The cost of purchasing new ones continues to soar as the quality gets worse and worse. The cost of repair is close to purchase price. Buy the warranty – your going to need it.

This tool was a real game changer. Its far more powerful than any of the other impacts in the garage I work at. The battery life is far better what I expected from it. At the end of a busy week I still have 3/4 of the battery charge remaining.

I usually put it on the charger at the end of the week, but as a test, Im on my second week without charging and havent hit 50% yet. Excellent build quality and the halo light is a very aesthetically pleasing touch.

A very large factor in choosing this over Milwaukee was for the halo light. A bit overkill in a good way.

Ok guys. This is the moment you all been waiting for. This heavy duty impact gun is a complete beast. The crankshaft pulley bolt broke my breaker bar extension after hours of techniques to break loose.

With the gun & lisle harmonic 19mm socket in less than 15seconds this was out & in hand as the pics showed. Super awesome tool. Thanks Ingersoll Rand for giving us great tools. This gun should be called The Hulk.

lol.

Well I been using this gun for about 2 weeks. From doing a brake job on a sterling street sweeper to swapping shocks on a yukon. This is a very versatile tool. It has enough torque to brake loose lug nuts on a big rig, yet the settings make it really easy to snug bolts or to torque them between 80-120 ft-lb.

battery life is really good, and the light really helps when Im doing jobs Under the car like removing flywheel. It is a heavy tool but I rather deal with the weight than to deal with a air hose.

First of all I should say I love Dewalt 20v tools and have many of them. I bought this 883 for it’s compact size and CLAIMED 130ft lbs torque spec that should be plenty for simple lug nuts and such around the vehicle.

I run it with fresh 5Ah 20v batteries, and I can’t get any lugs at 100ft lbs to break. I tried them at 80 and I can’t even get them to break. In fact every bolt I have tried them on, save for anything under 50 ft lbs requires manual breaking.

So now what I find this useful for is to snug up lugs to what seems to be about 75-80ft lbs max, and then finish off with a torque wrench. Honestly I regret buying this and wish I had gone with the bigger model, which I hear is does in fact work at the claimed torque levels.

This cordless impact wrench is compact yet powerful enough for DIYers and construction professionals. It is rated at 130 foot pounds of torque. I believe this is fastening torque and the “nut busting” torque is probably a little higher than this.

This will fit into tight spaces and the tri led lights enable visibility in dark spaces. The hog ring anvil enables quick change of impact sockets. I have used a Dewalt one inch deep impact socket with this wrench without trouble.

I removed the lug nuts on my passenger car to change a flat tire with the Dewalt 7/8 inch deep impact socket and the task was easily accomplished. I envision usage of this impact wrench for DIY mechanics working on passenger cars and trucks, small engine work (lawn mowers), and construction professionals using impact sockets in place of an impact driver to drive large fasteners (i.

e. lag screws, concrete anchors) into various materials. This is not part of the brushless line of tools, but I believe it still performs well. It does not come with a belt hook which would have to be purchased separately.

I purchased this particular DeWALT 20-volt impact gun since I knew that I probably wouldn’t be using it to remove fasteners torqued to much over 65 lbs ft (or ft lbs. ). My lug nuts were tightened to 65 lbs ft using a torque wrench.

When it came time for another periodic wheel/tire rotation, this DeWALT made the tedious job of breaking lug nuts loose with a socket and breaker bar much simpler and faster. It made quick work of removing 4 lug nuts (and one wheel lock removed and installed by hand tools) on each of the four wheels on my vehicle.

Each nut came completely off the wheel stud in 2 to 3 seconds. For this particular lug nut torque setting, the battery felt like it could have done many more sets of wheels. I haven’t yet found out how useful the LED lights are but when the time comes for under vehicle maintenance they may come in handy.

I see that Home Essentials Direct’s price at the time of this writing is $22 cheaper than what I paid in September 2018. An even better deal! I’m pretty happy with my purchase. NOTE: This DeWALT model does come with two Lithium-Ion batteries, a charger, and hard plastic case.

Some earlier questions were posted to Home Essentials Direct by people wondering if it came with one battery or two.

Dewalt. I have been a Dewalt Fan since I got married and my dad made sure I had a 4pc Dewalt Kit Jobsite Radio to Match. He wanted me to have quality tools since so was a newlywed 1st time home owner.

Dewalt has only gotten better over the last 20 years. The batteries have gotten smaller lighter but the have 60x more power. They make high quality products that preform and are super durable and quality.

It’s worth the money to have quality tools. Yeah you can buy much cheaper tools at Harbor Freight that have a “lifetime” warranty. So that means you will be spending you valuable DIY saturdays in line returning a junk power tool for a new one that will last ten minutes and once again your driving back to exchange.

Buy quality and buy Dewalt. They are the very best power tool available in my opinion.

I bought this to change summer/winter tires and rotate tires on a Honda Accord and Pilot. Was on sale so purchased to make life easier than having to use a breaker bar on every nut. First three tire it worked flawlessly and I was delighted.

Last tire, it could not release two bolts and I had to look for and dig out the breaker bar. I could lube the bolt stems perhaps but I purchased this to NOT have to do any monkeying around. I tried random bolts on the Pilot and they came off no problem, but I couldn’t shake the disappointment I felt when I could not get those two bolts off.

Returned and ordered the dcf899B (higher torque rating) from another retailer as CTire did not carry. So the first three tires were awesome and if you lube bold stems you would likely be ok for pedestrian use.

I think it would work for most this way. CT was awesome with the return.

Purchased this impact wrench to use for changing tires on our vehicles and was uncertain what to expect as far as the performance of the wrench as well as how long a battery would last. Initial impression was very good.

Using a 2Ah battery, changed all 4 tires on two cars. Worked very well, didn’t need to use a wheel wrench to start backing the lug nuts off, also the 2Ah battery was still going strong when the job was done.

Cool but not as powerful as I hoped for. Weak AF. When you go to tighten a bolt like that is already tensioned down it doesn’t even power up. The battery light indicator flashes at you. I find that the tool useful when you’re using a deep wall socket to get a lug all the way down those threads at a decent rate, it’s not even fast to be honest with you.

But then when you get to the bottom where it starts to get tension with the base of whatever you’re tightening to it just doesn’t want to do anything. You’re better off at that point grabbing combination wrench using some actual muscle to get it done.

I’m not exactly sure what they say the torque is on this or what pounds per square inch you can take a bolt to but I’m pretty sure that if they’re not talking about something really small that they’re lying about it.

Let me put it to you this way. I’ve used it to assemble two stands, the rigid universal miter stand and the DeWalt job site portable table saw stand. I had to use a combination wrench to actually tighten the bolts once they were towards the bottom.

I also made a knee creeper for what I’m doing trim work and it didn’t want to tighten the bolts into wood at all. I had to use my regular socket wrench to get any kind of actual tension on the bolts.

It’s a cool idea, but if you’re trying to like I said above, make something really tight this is not the dude for you. I mean like you would think that it would perform something like an impact driver with a socket attachment but it performs nothing like it.

It’s like as if you were to take a Black & Decker drill, and compare it with literally any other drill at Home Depot or Lowe’s. It will get crushed and you know it. Well unfortunately the M12 cordless 3/8 in ratchet it’s like a Black & Decker tool.

I don’t think it really should be sold with the way that it performs.

I own an 18v Milwaukee impact driver, but I find myself reaching for this 12v model more often than the 18v one. It has a lot of power and can easily sink deck screws into wood plus it weighs half as much as the 18v model.

I pair mine with the 6. 0 battery pack and find that to be a great combination vs the smaller packs (definitely has more fastening power vs the 2. 0 batteries it came with). It even has enough power to sink 5/16 inch GRK structural screws, which are way bigger than deck screws.

In addition to construction, it also is great for more delicate work including automotive panelling and small stuff around the house. It has replaced my dewalt electric screwdriver. I own a few milwaukee tools and have to say that the 2553-20 is one of the most versatile ones I have owned/used.

It won’t out perform an 18v impact driver, but it will accomplish most of what and 18v can and it’s way smaller. Definitely a must have tool.

I’ll start by saying this is the smallest, lightest, most powerful impact driver that I have used. The things I do like about this impact is: it’s strong enough to take the lug nuts off of my Ram 1500 and it’s very fast with spade bits drilling into wood.

However taking lug nuts off isn’t why I bought this. I have the fuel 3/8 impact for that. I bought this for the sole purpose of driving screw and honestly this is the worst experience I have ever had trying to do that.

No matter what setting I used I found it frustrating and difficult to drive a 5 inch exterior deck screw. Setting 1 just didn’t have the power. Setting 2 had enough power and it would eventually drive the screw but only after the bit slipping of the screw head a few times and me having to put most of my 200lb body weight on the impact.

I stripped 3 good dewalt impact rated bits driving 2 screws. The reason, it takes a ridiculous amount of resistance before this impact will start impacting. It just wants to spin like a drill except this has a lot faster rpm and the bits just cannot stay on the screw head.

I’ve used just about every big box stores impacts on the market and no other impact requires much resistance before it impacts allowing the tool to do the job and drive a screw. With this Milwaukee impact driver the tool doesn’t do the job and it’s very frustrating especially for the money I paid for this.

I just recently converted over from Kobalt power tools to Milwaukee because all you hear is how great Milwaukee is and how their the king. I like my other Milwaukee fuel power tools but this impact driver really let me down.

I’m starting to second guess the investment of switching platforms as I had every single kobalt 24v power tool. Hopefully Milwaukee gets this along with the collet issue fixed with the next generation.

Bought this to compliment my 1/2″ M18 mid torque impact for when I need something smaller with some punch in tighter spaces. This impact is lightweight and balanced well in your hand even with a bigger battery but not too heavy like it’s M18 cousins.

Using this gun for extended time does not cause fatigue and makes completing projects a breeze. I thought that I would be mostly using this impact for auto repair but I soon found myself using it for not just auto work, but other projects around the house.

It packs a whopping 200 ft lbs of torque which is more than enough for most repair jobs using a 3/8″ drive. If it cannot break the bolt free, then you might have to reach for the 1/2″ to get the job done or use a breaker bar.

I tried this impact on several different sized lugs, on several different vehicles, and it did not let me down. Cracked those nuts on every one except an old Ford tractor. This baby can handle almost anything you throw at it.

I recently built a storage shed with my dad and we were driving 1/2″ x 10″ lag screws all day with this beast. It did not fail us one time and we only had one issue and that was a defect in the lag screw itself.

This impact performed so well, I bout another for my dad for his projects and one to keep in my truck in case of emergencies on the side of the road. It certainly makes changing a tire in the middle of winter much easier with this weapon of torque destruction!!!.

I bought this some time ago but haven’t had a chance to use it until yesterday. I needed to change a rear strut on my Toyota Highlander. It worked flawlessly. Removed lug nuts no problem. I was skeptical that it would remove the strut to knuckle through bolts so I doused them with a hefty amount of PB Blaster.

This little stubby zipped them right off. Now it’s worth mentioning that this is a 2004 vehicle in the rust belt and those bolts have never been removed before. It also removed the stubborn sway bar links.

My only gripe is that the 3/8 inch doesn’t have a through hole on the anvil to attach a retaining clip. If you’re trying to decide between 3/8 or 1/2, go with the 3/8. Use an adapter to go to 1/2. If you try to do the opposite you’ll be breaking adapters fairly regularly.

I’m very happy with this tool. Now I just need Milwaukee to make a 12volt impact hammer that compares to the air hammer.

I’ve used both M12, and M18 tools at work for years, in a dirty industrial environment. They have always held up really well. When I started building my own tool set at home, I was already confident in what the M12 system could do.

This Stubby is very impressive, and does what I need it to. It handles lug nuts just fine on my sedan, and minivan. I was renovating an old wooden swing-set/playground, and it drove lag-bolts in without breaking a sweat.

Any DIY homeowner should have one of these! I don’t have anything bad to say about it – it is a lot of power in a small package. I really like the 4 different settings, which make it easy to snug bolts up, before properly torquing them with a wrench.

Bought this tool Aug 2020 Was a Lowe’s special Used on automotive projects 2 batteries, charger, tool, carry bag First impression: Nice tool, very compact and light Bought to replace a craftsman impact driver with the 3/8 driver bit.

Compared to that, it’s a night and day difference. Fits tight spaces and doesn’t stress your arm. Can spin bolts off with a quick zip Battery life is great, and the extra battery sweetens the deal Variable speed is decent (I’ll explain) Cons: Light and compact- ehhh doesn’t mean torquey Struggles with bolts that are torqued- great once bolt is broken loose or any interior bolts Variable speed is a nice add-on, the fastest speed is pretty much set because any speed lower makes it useless.

DEALBREAKER! The HOG RING- my god This is my breaking point with this tool The HOG RING is used instead of the retainer pin to keep the sockets in place. Yes! Very tight fit maybe a bit too tight! Makes a constant battle swapping sockets I have to jiggle, wiggle, tug and use my mechanic vocabulary to free the socket.

I’ve greased it, tried many forms to finesse the socket. Just needs brute force Today- November 23 2020 Picked up my tool and noticed my hog ring went missing, don’t know when- don’t know how Now tool is unusable, sockets will just slide off if not held in place.

I ordered a new ring, so will see if that remedies that. Couldn’t figure out how to check my warranty or even use it. Past my 90 days buy back so I’m stuck with it now.

I use this professionally as an assembler. It is constantly working along with my other 12v tools. I started with DeWalt’s 20v line only to discover that A. It’s heavy, and B. it’s large. On break at the store I was working at, I happened into their tool corral.

One thing lead to another and I bought an impact driver kit. The weight difference alone was worth the switch, but I can get it into a smaller space than the 20v, It runs just as long as a 20v with a 3ah battery, and it puts out all the torque I need.

Since these are far less expensive to buy on eBay vs a retail store, I’ve bought the rest of them here. (5 impact drivers).

I bought this for the compact size but was blown away by the power it produces and how tough it is. So much so that I have pretty much bought the entire 12v series. I have thrown all sorts of jobs at these from home projects to a vintage Jeep restoration and it still keep ticking.

It has good breaking and driving power. Occasionally, i find a nut or screw it won’t break loose but I don’t expect 100% from it. I usually have to put a breaker bar on those anyway to get them loose.

When I get grease on it, it actually cleans up well. It is a convenient size for tight spaces in the restoration where other impacts wouldn’t fit. Also it is lightweight enough to work overhead while on your back under the vehicle or reaching out without straining yourself.

I know most people go for the 20v which are really nice but don’t overlook these champions in the process. I’m hoping DeWalt will put more tools out in this line.

I am a DIE HARD Milwaukee fan. Got rid of everything snap on and have over 40 Milwaukee products. I bought this gun thinking I was going to blow my 3/4 snap on air gun out the door. This gun has no power.

I tried all the settings and I couldn’t break free one lug nut. I put my 3/4 snap on air gun on it and it blew them off in seconds. Please tell me I’m doing something wrong !!!.