Cordless Impact Wrench? what to get?

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Thanks Dan,

In a more rational moment I bought the brushless hammer drill and impact driver with 2 x 6 Ah batteries and a new charger as a kit for $600, and a twin pack of 5 Ah batteries for $200.

Both tools have an awesome amount of grunt. The batteries fit my old German 18v drill as well.

Milwaukee are made in the same factory and the AEG batteries fit them too.

DL

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Milwaukee mmmm my 10 month old 18v twin cordless kit impact driver and drill just got returned for a warranty claim.
Funny thing is the bloke at total tools i dealt with showed me a video on his ph of his 2 month old Milwaukee charger going up in smoke .
Funny as he has gone to Bosch cordless now .
He also said they get alot lot of Milwaukee returns but he said they also sell lot`s really depressing when i thought id bought a quality product

Agreed.

This is the ITH job:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/09/659.jpg

Which looks liek the metabo Brushless SB18LTX jobs:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/09/660.jpg

With the torque multiplier unit in place of the 'Quick chuck' arrangement. Probably just an instance of one company having a device, but not wanting to vertically integrate into tool manufacture as well as fastening technology.

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Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Agreed.

This is the ITH job:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/09/659.jpg

Which looks liek the metabo Brushless SB18LTX jobs:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/09/660.jpg

With the torque multiplier unit in place of the 'Quick chuck' arrangement. Probably just an instance of one company having a device, but not wanting to vertically integrate into tool manufacture as well as fastening technology.

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I'm pretty sure the design process involved a "stick to what you're good at" step.
ITH make torque and tension units, so it made sense to get another manufacturer to supply the driver.
Everything forward of the trigger is made in house at ITH in Germany.

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Milwaukee mmmm my 10 month old 18v twin cordless kit impact driver and drill just got returned for a warranty claim.
Funny thing is the bloke at total tools i dealt with showed me a video on his ph of his 2 month old Milwaukee charger going up in smoke .
Funny as he has gone to Bosch cordless now .
He also said they get alot lot of Milwaukee returns but he said they also sell lot`s really depressing when i thought id bought a quality product

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Thanks Chris,

As previously posted, I've had a lot of good experience with German made AEG, there is no way I would have touched Milwaukee even though they are made in the same factory as AEG these days in China. I don't do 'tradie' fashion statements, was more a comment about the supposed superiority of Milwaukee.

There are differences between the warranties and battery sizes with the two brands. Ryobi are owned by the same mob and I wouldn't touch them with what I do.

We'll see how these things go and my old German 18v hammer drill has a new lease on life.

cheers, DL

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Originally Posted by d2dave

It would be good if it was.

I rate Metabo as one of the best.

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I have about 6 or 7 corded drills, one of which is a largish Metabo hammer drill and I love it.

Also have a Metabo cut off saw that is a bit agricultural and was made in China.

Does the job though.

DL

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Thanks Chris,

As previously posted, I've had a lot of good experience with German made AEG, there is no way I would have touched Milwaukee even though they are made in the same factory as AEG these days in China. I don't do 'tradie' fashion statements.

We'll see how these things go and my old German 18v hammer drill has a new lease on life.

cheers, DL

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They are all crap really. From my experience as someone who uses cordless tools everyday, (I currently have Milwaukee, it OK but not flash) the 12v Milwaukee stuff is really good, and the dewalt (12&18v)stuff seems to last. But they are all a much of a much ness, some tools are great from some brands, some a rubbish.
I will be going dewalt next (again), it just seems to keep working for some reason.

We are currently switching to Milwaukee......been good except for the chuck on one drill, replaced under warranty as the retaining bolt could not be removed.

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Originally Posted by weeds

We are currently switching to Milwaukee......been good except for the chuck on one drill, replaced under warranty as the retaining bolt could not be removed.

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Left hand thread :)

DL

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Left hand thread :)



DL

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Yep......we couldn't budge it with a 1/2" drive pneumatic rattle gun.

Repair agent couldn't remove either (socket was stripped by this stage) so they had to order a new gear box.

Kinda funny how I know the retainers are LH thread considering all the quality comments in this thread.

I only know the retainer is LH because it fell out of the most expensive corded drill I have....... Metabo. :D

Vern is half on the money with the 'crap' comment about tools.

I only have one Dewhat? thing and it doesn't consume power. It usually has a big Makita saw (not the latest) sitting on top and both are way ahead of any similar things.

cheers, DL