Impact Wrench for home uses that is cheap but decent enough quality

USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:14
Last edited 05/01/2024 - 00:16

Hey wondering if you reckon some cheap ones from eBay are decent enough ??

MUST HAVE THE 1/2" or 3/4" drive bits on it.

they all seem to use generic Makita 18V batteries.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/133998106025
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/395108191818
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/134875411116

Dont have much idea about these kinda impact wrenches, or power tools. So wondering your opinion. Dont really use power tools that much but will occasionally use this if I buy at home projects, or like for car wheel removals etc. Bunnings etc. are well over $100 compared to these ones.

thanks

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Comments

  • Hybroid on 05/01/2024 - 00:27
    +1

    Every Bunnings I've been to has the Ozito impact wrench + drill + battery + charger for $99 in-store. I wouldn't go any cheaper.

    • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:29

      the cheapest one at bunnings is - https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-brushless-impact-w…
      without battery without charger

      • Hybroid on 05/01/2024 - 00:35
        +1

        $99 with battery with charger: https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-cordless-compact-d…

        They have the boxes stacked in-store in the dead area just left of the cashier tills at the Bankstown branch.

        There's also a $99 weed whacker and blower combo kit with battery and with charger.

        Have them all and work very well. No complaints.

        • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:37

          as I said " MUST HAVE THE 1/2" or 3/4" drive bits on it. " dont need the another power tool, (that doesnt have 1/2" or 3/4" drive on it).

          • Hybroid on 05/01/2024 - 00:38
            +2

            @USER DC: Socket adaptors are $5…

            • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:43

              @Hybroid: so you reckon using impact drills with such https://www.bunnings.com.au/diablo-1-2-50mm-socket-adapter_p… socket adaptors is good enough for like high torque things ?? wheels, rotors etc too ?

              • Hybroid on 05/01/2024 - 00:44
                +2

                @USER DC: I absolutely do all the time for both car and trailer. Maybe someone will chime in and say you shouldn't… but yes it certainly works fine. See what others say in the morning.

                • mapax on 05/01/2024 - 07:56
                  +2

                  @Hybroid: I’ve tried a couple of cheaper brand impact drivers and they couldn’t budge wheel nuts on steel rims for either my car or the old trailer. I like using an impact driver for oil pans, rocker covers, radiator mounts and things like that. The one I currently have has selectable torque so is also good for reassembly.

              • sumyungguy on 05/01/2024 - 00:53
                +1

                @USER DC: For wheel nuts I use a higher-rated impact driver and more compact ones for everything else

                • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:55

                  @sumyungguy: the item you linked from SCA is impact wrench too (not a driver). but thanks for sharing tho

                  • sumyungguy on 05/01/2024 - 00:57

                    @USER DC: Sorry for my confusion, I thought you were after a wrench with 1/2 or 3/4 drive?

                    • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:58
                      +1

                      @sumyungguy: yes I am after something with 1/2" or 3/4" drive (hence a wrench, just saying you accidentally typed it wrong)

              • JIMB0 on 05/01/2024 - 08:01
                +1

                @USER DC: Those 1/2" adaptors for impact drivers break after a while. Plus you lose a lot of torque as they act like a torsion spring.

      • JIMB0 on 05/01/2024 - 08:12
        +2

        The small Ozito impact wrench won't undo wheel nuts that have been done up at a tyre shop.

        There's a bigger one in the ozito range that looks more up to the job.
        https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-brushless-3-speed-…

  • sumyungguy on 05/01/2024 - 00:41

    I like this Two-in-One Bit/Socket Impact Driver from Bosch not cheap but if you don't have lots of projects it can do double duty

    • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 00:53

      thanks for the link, but yes that pricy is bit too high for normal tasks that I'd do (that too rarely, not like everyday, say one 2 months or so)

      • sumyungguy on 05/01/2024 - 00:55
        +1

        Consider that you won't need both an impact wrench and impact driver. Personally I scrounge around for cheap (brushless) Worx/Toolpro/Rockwell as the batteries are interchangeable.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 05/01/2024 - 08:39
    +2

    How many ugga dugga required?

    • pegaxs on 05/01/2024 - 09:53
      +2

      @ $55~ish, it is only going to have 1/4rd to 1/8st the ugga duggas stated on the packaging…

  • Protractor on 05/01/2024 - 09:31

    "Dont have much idea about these kinda impact wrenches, or power tools. "

    You shouldn't rely on a battery operated (any) impact wrench for the whole process. Finish the tightening manually so they are all correct and consistent. Why fk up wheels studs and crucial components like brakes?

    Why specifically do you need a 3/4" option?

    • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 17:58

      Don't mind tightening by hand and torque wrenches, but problem is usually that the tyre shops etc like jam the wheel bolts, so its like so difficult to get them out, that takes so much force, sometimes even a breaker bar isn't enough of it, have to like step on breaker bar multiple times, or use a pipe to extend breaker bar, and its just so annoying, and irritating doing that for like all 4 tyres, and other stuff too.

      Wont need this honestly if the outside people stop using the impact wrenches to tighten stuff.

      I still prefer hand and torque wrenches, but they are somewhat useless, and so hard to use for such super tightened stuff.

  • pegaxs on 05/01/2024 - 09:50
    +2

    Why the hell do you need 3/4" Are you running a back yard truck service centre? Uncle Ian™ is doing trucks in the driveway now??

    2rd Speed: 0-2200 RPM, 0-2800 IPM, 520 NM/4602 IN.LBS

    Wow, that IS impressive. Both that it has a 2rd speed AND 520Nm… And all for the low price of $54.

    • mapax on 05/01/2024 - 10:11

      Some of the cheap weird branded impacts on Amazon tested pretty well on Torque Test Channel, of course after they were on there Amazon jacked the prices.

      Also, what’s this Uncle Ian meme from?

      • pegaxs on 05/01/2024 - 10:26
        +3

        "Uncle Ian" is my usual reference to the that rough, dart smoking, piss drinking guy in the family that will do some really complicated job on a family members car for a box of darts and a carton of piss, and usually cuts so many corners that they make the problem worse, not better, and the car ends up at a mechanic shop anyway, to repair the original problem plus the damage Uncle Ian did in the process of "havin' a crack at it…"

        Everyone has an "Uncle Ian" in the family who knows more about cars than even the best factory trained technicians. The "Yeah, I'll be home Sad'dy, bring it round, I'll have a gander…"

        • Protractor on 05/01/2024 - 10:44

          and Uncle Ian's rellos have a blood oath never to mention car issues in the same space, as him.It's the nieces and nephews who usually break the code, and keep the cycle of destruction going.Uncle Ian has owned or worked on every car at some point in his life. Even one's that never came to Straya. He borrows tools and loses them. The ones he actually owns are all Chinese rubber/cast alloy tools he scored at cashies, on the way to the TAB or the local RSL. He has never served his country, but he might tell you he has.He saves his rancid farts for family gatherings and crowded public places

        • mapax on 05/01/2024 - 14:21

          Shieeet… lucky I don’t do grog or fags…

    • Protractor on 05/01/2024 - 10:14
      +2

      You can't polish a 2rd. Not even with 3/4 inches of grunt

  • JIMB0 on 05/01/2024 - 17:53

    Do you have an air compressor? Air powered impacts are much better value for money.

    https://www.repco.com.au/tools-equipment/air-compressors-air…

    I got this in a kit with sockets on clearance from Repco. It has a surprising amount of grunt. Not too far off a mid-torque Milwaukie.

    • USER DC on 05/01/2024 - 17:53

      No sadly no air compressor, so need a battery operated one

      • JIMB0 on 05/01/2024 - 17:54
        +1

        Could be a good excuse to get one.

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