Cordless impact gun

[ACEngineering]

Would you mind sending me the number of the repairers if you still have it as my impact wrench died the other day. Thanks

http://www.cjsinclairltd.co.uk/

 

[madmatt]

Thanks all for the replies, still mulling over all the options! But think 1/2" drive is sufficent for us. I may also consider a cordless grinder in the future any recommendatiins on them?

 

[Shovelhands]

Thanks all for the replies, still mulling over all the options! But think 1/2" drive is sufficent for us. I may also consider a cordless grinder in the future any recommendatiins on tgem?

You know what my answer will be

Go for the brushless Makita, it's an absolute weapon!

 

[Bury the Trash]

no idea what tgem is but i have hitachi cordless excellent using plasma discs or flap wheel to sharpen hedgtrimmer flails one of the most usfull tools (along with the drill for battery swopsies) ive ever bought ... well that and the clarke 24v rattle gun ive got

 

[RWG Contracts]

Thanks all for the replies, still mulling over all the options! But think 1/2" drive is sufficent for us. I may also consider a cordless grinder in the future any recommendatiins on tgem?

Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee

You know what my answer will be

Go for the brushless Milwaukee, it's an absolute weapon!

Fixed it for you

 

[bovrill]

I may also consider a cordless grinder in the future any recommendatiins on them?

Pick whichever tool is the most important to you, then go with your favourite brand of that. Once you've selected that, then whatever other tools you get , stick with the same brand, as then all the batteries and chargers will interchange.

Having gone down the Metabo route, partly because of their very good grinder, I find myself limited to a 600Nm maximum impact gun, but that doesn't worry me, as I've got a 1" drive air spanner that runs off a road compressor.

 

[rhifsaith]

Bought this today. £225 plus vat.

 

[powerontheland]

https://www.milwaukeepowertools.co.uk/m18

 

[Shovelhands]

Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee




Fixed it for you

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[Hilly]

You na

Afternoon all,

I am thinking of busting the bank account soon we have lits of nut and bolt jobs coming up and i am sick to death of hearing a compressor run, also a fair few jobs are away from the workshop so i have been lookiing at the options i am sure this has been discussed before but i cant find the dam thread,

I think i have narrowed it down to this one

https://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product...953-1-2In-High-Torque-Impact-Wrench-2-X-5.0Ah

Does anyone have any experiance of this tool or a better one to get?

You narrowed it down to the correct make !

 

[roscoe erf]

Has anyone tried a Dewalt dcf899?On paper it's as good as anything else and looks a good buy,£325ish Inc vat

yes I've got on its very good better than my old air guns and far better than my snap on one

 

[madmatt]

Pick whichever tool is the most important to you, then go with your favourite brand of that. Once you've selected that, then whatever other tools you get , stick with the same brand, as then all the batteries and chargers will interchange.

Having gone down the Metabo route, partly because of their very good grinder, I find myself limited to a 600Nm maximum impact gun, but that doesn't worry me, as I've got a 1" drive air spanner that runs off a road compressor.

Lol that dont really work sadly as we have always ran Bosch but their impact gun dont look to have alot of grunt on paper.

 

[tinman]

Had warranty claim on my angle grinder and couldn't have been easier, phoned the people I bought it off they said no problem call this number who are authorised repairers, gave them the serial number they looked it up knew all my details as its registered online for the full 3 years warranty they sent a courier next day to collect within 7 days it was returned fixed no hassle at all. Couldn't fault it TBH so far my first and only issue although I think I need a new trigger on my old impact gun but that must be coming up for 4 years old now? still works but bit iffy at certain points within the triggers range.

i bought a sds corded drill and as i said earlier it packed up within a few weeks, it shouldnt of happened but these things do.
what rattled my cage was this.
at that time if id of registered the drill as a diy user then the unit would of been replaced for a new one there and then.
but because it was registered as a pro user then that warranty didnt apply so as in your case it had to go away for about 2 weeks all in all to get fixed.
the dealer wasnt allowed to open the drill to see if it was something simple (which id say it was) even tho they did repairs themselves and if i had of opened it, it would of void the warranty.

now i may be awkward but i like the common sense approach too,
if i was diy then shurley i wouldn't have my tongue out for it,
but if im pro then i obviously bought the damn thing because i needed it for work and i sure as hell didnt want to be standin round for 2 weeks waiting for it.
the whole thing was upside down to me.
there is no doubt that they fixed it hassle free, but i needed a drill.
so i bought a bosch sds the same day and when the walkee came back i offloaded it to a friend.

When I did my research on 3/4" drive most of the reviews were from across the pond and I R had electrical trigger problems, but in tests shown on YouTube ( if correct ) was very similar to the Milwaukee on performance. That was over a year ago now and other makes may have over taken since.

they are much of a muchness really and as you say, the IR seems to be the far side mostly.
the warranty is good on the milwakee and as much as im no big fan, is say if i was buying one it id probably be it.

You know what my answer will be

Go for the brushless Makita, it's an absolute weapon!

AvE stripped a few makita grinders in his videos on the tube, he has stripped a right few other brands of grinders along with a whole load of other tools.
he likes the makita engineering, their grinders at least pass his test.
but back to impact wrenches...

 

[ACEngineering]

i bought a sds corded drill and as i said earlier it packed up within a few weeks, it shouldnt of happened but these things do.
what rattled my cage was this.
at that time if id of registered the drill as a diy user then the unit would of been replaced for a new one there and then.
but because it was registered as a pro user then that warranty didnt apply so as in your case it had to go away for about 2 weeks all in all to get fixed.
the dealer wasnt allowed to open the drill to see if it was something simple (which id say it was) even tho they did repairs themselves and if i had of opened it, it would of void the warranty.

now i may be awkward but i like the common sense approach too,
if i was diy then shurley i wouldn't have my tongue out for it,
but if im pro then i obviously bought the damn thing because i needed it for work and i sure as hell didnt want to be standin round for 2 weeks waiting for it.
the whole thing was upside down to me.
there is no doubt that they fixed it hassle free, but i needed a drill.
so i bought a bosch sds the same day and when the walkee came back i offloaded it to a friend.



they are much of a muchness really and as you say, the IR seems to be the far side mostly.
the warranty is good on the milwakee and as much as im no big fan, is say if i was buying one it id probably be it.


AvE stripped a few makita grinders in his videos on the tube, he has stripped a right few other brands of grinders along with a whole load of other tools.
he likes the makita engineering, their grinders at least pass his test.
but back to impact wrenches...

I don't really see what your problem is? it wouldn't make any difference what brand you bought if it needs a warranty repair you have to take it or get it collected by a service centre, if its on a courier then by time collection is organised and its in transport then back again that could easy be 4 days then they got to strip it and repair it etc plus at some point a week end is bound to be involved so 10days to 2 weeks is going to be a reasonable turn around time.

 

[gav0994]

lads I know with Snap on guns say warranty only 12 months on this type of tool

you can get the Snap On guns refurbed through your Snap on dealer for about 100quid - comes back like new. Saying that, local Snap on dealer has recommended the Milwaukee guns over his as they are miles better and far better value for money.

 

[Hard Graft]

i am looking at getting a cordless impact wrench, as well changing all the other tools from panasonic to Dewalt (i fond a drill in the middle off the road) or Milwaukee dewalts new grinder looks good but they dont do a 3/4 " drive gun

 

[tinman]

I don't really see what your problem is? it wouldn't make any difference what brand you bought if it needs a warranty repair you have to take it or get it collected by a service centre, if its on a courier then by time collection is organised and its in transport then back again that could easy be 4 days then they got to strip it and repair it etc plus at some point a week end is bound to be involved so 10days to 2 weeks is going to be a reasonable turn around time.

yes, i agree,
But,
what ticked me off (as i said earlier) was if i had of been a DIY'er then he told me id of got a new replacement there and then.
but because i was Trade (when they registered it) i had to wait for the one i bought to be fixed.
you may think that's fair, but i dont tbh, imo, it should of been the other way round.
i wouldnt mind, it still looked brand new.

if it had of been 11 mths into its life then i wouldnt of passed any heed of it but i bought the drill in good faith and by that i mean i expected it to do what it said on the tin, not lie down on the job 2 weeks in.
it hadnt of been out of the case three times for a few holes before it did that.

 

[ACEngineering]

yes, i agree,
But,
what ticked me off (as i said earlier) was if i had of been a DIY'er then he told me id of got a new replacement there and then.
but because i was Trade (when they registered it) i had to wait for the one i bought to be fixed.
you may think that's fair, but i dont tbh, imo, it should of been the other way round.
i wouldnt mind, it still looked brand new.

if it had of been 11 mths into its life then i wouldnt of passed any heed of it but i bought the drill in good faith and by that i mean i expected it to do what it said on the tin, not lie down on the job 2 weeks in.
it hadnt of been out of the case three times for a few holes before it did that.

Sorry i see what your getting at now.
Its all to do with consumer rights etc i think. As trade your classed as a commercial customer i guess not general public.

 

[tinman]

Sorry i see what your getting at now.
Its all to do with consumer rights etc i think. As trade your classed as a commercial customer i guess not general public.

it might only be in my own head but you see my point.
one would of thought that if i was pro, then id need it and its a good idea to keep the customer happy id of thought, especially the one that ill be buying more gear.
but thats corporate for you eh.

i wasnt in the store since til the other day i was passing by it , thought about the conversation here about the impact gun and decided to see one in the flesh so rolled in.
turns out he isnt doing milwakee any more, his own words were that the service backup was crap and they just couldnt work with them anymore.
he dose de-walt and makita still but no walkee.

he did say de-walt had brought one out to match the walkee,
this cookie.
http://www.its.co.uk/pd/DCF899P2-De...shless-Impact-Wrench---5.0Ah-_DEWDCF899P2.htm

now my jury id be out on de-walt stuff tbh, i had a bad experience with the first (dewalt) cordless i ever bought, it was a dear one too.
it made it 13mths before spitting the dummy out royally.
i bought a bosch gsb24ve2 after that, back 15 yrs ago it was a dear drill at €700 but by god was it worth it, it got dogs abuse for the best end of 10 yrs before it even sniffled.
ive replaced that with a festool 18v T3 cordless drill and i must say, for the size of it, it always leaves me gob smacked.
so far its been an excellent bit of kit.

 

[ACEngineering]

it might only be in my own head but you see my point.
one would of thought that if i was pro, then id need it and its a good idea to keep the customer happy id of thought, especially the one that ill be buying more gear.
but thats corporate for you eh.

i wasnt in the store since til the other day i was passing by it , thought about the conversation here about the impact gun and decided to see one in the flesh so rolled in.
turns out he isnt doing milwakee any more, his own words were that the service backup was crap and they just couldnt work with them anymore.
he dose de-walt and makita still but no walkee.

he did say de-walt had brought one out to match the walkee,
this cookie.
http://www.its.co.uk/pd/DCF899P2-De...shless-Impact-Wrench---5.0Ah-_DEWDCF899P2.htm

now my jury id be out on de-walt stuff tbh, i had a bad experience with the first (dewalt) cordless i ever bought, it was a dear one too.
it made it 13mths before spitting the dummy out royally.
i bought a bosch gsb24ve2 after that, back 15 yrs ago it was a dear drill at €700 but by god was it worth it, it got dogs abuse for the best end of 10 yrs before it even sniffled.
ive replaced that with a festool 18v T3 cordless drill and i must say, for the size of it, it always leaves me gob smacked.
so far its been an excellent bit of kit.

isn't festool part of the Milwaukee group bit like AEG? I have certainly seen a impact screw driver badged up as a festool but was actually identical to my Milwaukee one apart from the colour.