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Used this cordless impact in my finish mower to replace the blades and did not have to fight with holding blade still and leaving an imprint on my hands, Changing out the baldes was a snap, hit the switch twice, and the blade was off. I just happened to be away from a power source at the time and I really liked the ease of use in the field.
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Got the this impact wrench and was pretty excited to see it in action. When i reached home with it, I opened the box and unpacked everything. The charger is heavy but the impact wrench itself is VERY HEAVY. When I squeezed the trigger though, the battery seemed drained. So I plugged in the charger and put it to charge up. There was a review I read where a person said that this tool looks like a toy; I must stress that the Impact wrench DOES NOT look like any toy except for the battery though, the battery can have a toyish look; maybe depends on one's own view.Anyways, the manual says a new battery from the manufacturer may take 2hrs to fully charge (That's if anybody who bought the tool read the manual), But the battery normally takes 1hr to charge after the first two initial charges. (I don't know why). Because of my anxiousness I didn't let the 2hrs complete. I pulled the battery from the charger and slapped that baby in and squeezed with great pleasure, pleasure to see this baby run. The power from the tool is really all or nothing (I have never, ever seen a variable speed impact wrench, never; only drills), the tool has a braking feature on complete release of the trigger.
The next day I reached home, I wanted something to test it out on (I don't have a car so I had to improvise). I have a hydraulic strut spring compressor with large bolts and nuts holding the upper assembly, so they became the victims.
Well, in the process of torquing and loosening the bolt & nut, I ended up destroying the threads one of the bolts and breaking it. The bottom line is once this baby is fully charged, it is a very powerful tool. I read a review where a guy left the battery charging for 2 days and found after that he has a dead battery, ordered another and did the same thing. (Apparently he didn't read the manual at all). The tool comes with a Nickel-Cadmium battery; these batteries are dead/damaged if they are overcharged.
For those who bought this impact wrench and was unable to remove lug nuts or cv joint nuts even though the tool was fully charged. There is an issue which affects the performance of the tool itself; When breaking any highly torqued nut/bolt, the impact wrench must be jammed firmly and held tightly against the nut/bolt you are trying to break; in other words, do not allow the wrench to move about when impacting a nut/bolt, you will loose impact power and fail to break the highly torqued nut or bolt you are trying to break.
Bottom line the tool is great once taken care of (especially for the price!!!). And it performs!!!
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