Cordless rattle guns and drills that aren't shit?

[Rdyno]

well if the wurth is a milwalkee i will get the milwalkee

i have a bosch 1/2" 18v the old style with less power it go's allright but my air tools flog it the wurth one i used on demo fucking owned my air tools

ps i won the bosch in a mechanic's comp i cam 4th out of like over 200 ppl

[denmaster]

muz's deal on the bosch is good. I'll buy it if I can shift my lxt gear as I don't like the step down transformer for the charger.

[snelens]

Our guys (Electricians) are all slowly switching to Milwaukee (AEG?).

They have tried Makita's, Metabo's, Bosch's, Panasonic's & Hitachi's. The Milwaukee's & Panasonic's are the only drills still working without major warranty work but the Panasonic's don't offer the battery tool kit versatility of the Milwaukee's but are the lightest & sexiest to use.

We use them in construction & the killer is drilling out pine stud work with spade bits. The Milwaukee's are the only ones with gearboxes that last, are stress free with warranty but can be heavy. All of my guys run multiple battery tools for drilling, driving, hammer drilling etc.

That's my .20c worth based on 20+ years observation & use so I suppose the same principles would apply to impact wrenches.

[fro]

I really like my Hitachi impact wrench... good for wheel nuts and such, but also really good for general work being small enough to get into all sorts of places. I'd reckon mine spends 25% of it's time doing wheel nuts at events, but the rest of the time is being used for pulling things apart/putting back together again.

I've also got a DeWalt which is great for the wheel-nut duties, and the times I need a high-torque duties (hub nuts, crankshaft pulley bolts), but spends most of it's time in it's box because it's just too heavy and unwieldy for most jobs.

I know of a lot of rally guys that have the Hitachis from the last few years, but have seen a lot of guys moving towards Panasonics and Makitas for their replacement.

[bthology]

Our guys (Electricians) are all slowly switching to Milwaukee (AEG?).

They have tried Makita's, Metabo's, Bosch's, Panasonic's & Hitachi's. The Milwaukee's & Panasonic's are the only drills still working without major warranty work but the Panasonic's don't offer the battery tool kit versatility of the Milwaukee's but are the lightest & sexiest to use.

We use them in construction & the killer is drilling out pine stud work with spade bits. The Milwaukee's are the only ones with gearboxes that last, are stress free with warranty but can be heavy. All of my guys run multiple battery tools for drilling, driving, hammer drilling etc.

That's my .20c worth based on 20+ years observation & use so I suppose the same principles would apply to impact wrenches.

You might be interested in reading this.

http://www.routerforums.com/tool-rev...aeg-tools.html

[Rdyno]

You might be interested in reading this.

http://www.routerforums.com/tool-rev...aeg-tools.html

from what i read it was unclear about if these milwalkees are the trade gear if so there must be a difference to the wurth tools as wurth warrents thier tools the wurth guys come round to my work shop we are a big customer so if i get a warrenty it will be replaced within a week maby this is why they are extra and maby they spec thier tools with better parts entirly possible

i will ask the wurth guy about warrenty

[Dave]

Rtard

[BigMuz]

TTI are the absolute biggest fuckwits in the world. We dealt with them for years and it got worse and worse.

Try ringing them- they WILL NOT answer the phone. They only service Bunnings and Masters.

The first series of V28 batteries we went out and sold hard and had a 100% failure rate on dozens of them.

Milwaukee
Ryobi
AEG

All are now basically unsupported by service agents and they won't warrant shit. If you must buy one of them do it at Bunnings where Bunnings will swap it over for you.

[Mister Black]

So the Hitachi is not up to crank pulley bolts you thing? That's a shame. I might need to reconsider.

I really like my Hitachi impact wrench... good for wheel nuts and such, but also really good for general work being small enough to get into all sorts of places. I'd reckon mine spends 25% of it's time doing wheel nuts at events, but the rest of the time is being used for pulling things apart/putting back together again.

I've also got a DeWalt which is great for the wheel-nut duties, and the times I need a high-torque duties (hub nuts, crankshaft pulley bolts), but spends most of it's time in it's box because it's just too heavy and unwieldy for most jobs.

I know of a lot of rally guys that have the Hitachis from the last few years, but have seen a lot of guys moving towards Panasonics and Makitas for their replacement.

[snelens]

Well fuck Milwaukee then...
Ahh the power of forums.

Its all anecdotal until proven by science.

[CT]

No one has mentioned ('cept Fro) the 1/2 inch Dewalt - buy from ebay - had mine for years now, brilliant unit. Have their 18v hammer drill and 3 batteries too, brilliant setup.

[Kyle]

That's because it has been said previously in this thread that DeWahle are shit

[St00ge]

That's because it has been said previously in this thread that DeWahle are shit

My impacts 2x1/4"drives 1x1/2" , sabre saw, circ saw, 3 drills, grinder etc all are going fine and some are 4 years old and some of this gear had taken big drops from scissor lifts. The new batteries shit over the older ones but that's understandable... But the thing is like everything everyone has their favourite brand based on experiences, guys I work with have been through most of the gear out there and use Makita mostly now after Hitachi's just turning to shit after a while (batteries dropping out) and the lack of other tools with the Panasonic range. The makita stuff is good but stuff like my sabre saw has shit loads more guts than theirs but the new makita 1/2" impact had more guts than my dewalt (4 years old tho) taking off wheel nuts after a race the mak had less impacting to undo them but at the end of the day all these latest tools from Dewalt/Makita/Bosche/etc are pretty fucking good these days..

[snavy]

Makitas ratings at sort of bang on, you gotta watch out for a lot of manufacturers that over quote.

[snavy]

Good point, I don't actually have a wife. I was just using that as an example. I always use a torque wrench myself as well.

I ended up picking up a ryobi one mostly due to already having a battery for them. Got the square drive 265Nm one for about $150. She whips the nuts off very quickly. F1 style pit stops incoming.

I have a Ryobi one as well, and anything above 120nm forget about it.