What is the best budget cordless impact wrench on the market?

[tommygti]

As the question suggests, I recently broke my impact wrench and I am looking to buy another one. This time round I am willing to spend a bit more money for the obvious reasons of not having to replace it again for a good while. Ive looked at some cordless 18v compact wrenches, namely Ryobi and Makita. They have good reviews. Has anyone used/got one of these? I would love to be able to afford Snap on impact wrench but I simply can't justify spending close to £250. Any other recommendations out there regarding value for money? 

[r5gtt]

I've had my machine mart one for 7 years and still going strong with good impact as ive used it to undo hub nuts on the tt and a few vans but I guess makita would be a better quality one nothing much to say about ryobi 

[pudding]

The decent 1/2" drive 18V Hitachi & Makita ones are very nice indeed.  Beware of the pricing though as most places advertise them as body only to draw you in at around £200.  Then you discover the price doubles when you've added a couple of 5.0Ah Li-ion batteries to the order.

If cordless isn't an necessity (how often do you work on cars away from a mains power source?) then the corded one Machine Mart sell is grunty and cheap!

[r5gtt]

My machine mart one is cordless.

[tommygti]

If cordless isn't an necessity (how often do you work on cars away from a mains power source?) then the corded one Machine Mart sell is grunty and cheap!

Im trying to think ahead as I plan on doing a couple of track days in the future so a cordless one would be more beneficial as I can work on the car away from a garage if needs be.

[MateyGuv]

I went for the Ryobi as the specs are good for the money and well built for the price. As mentioned be aware that they can appear very cheap if your looking at the body only so make sure you find the body and battery units. I see that as a bit of a bonus though as I need and will need to replace various power tools fairly soon so the ability to swap the battery packs from one tool to another is a real bonus. Iv got three battery's now in total but they fit all my Ryobi tools. Iv got the impact wrench, drill, sander, jigsaw, impact driver and nailgun. The big battery's are great with loads of staying power. One power source for various tools is a win for me 

[r5gtt]

Do any of the ones you guys are using hold charge for months and months and still at almost full power when using it after ages?.

[MateyGuv]

No battery will hold its full charge for extended periods of time. Iv never been let down by the gear I have but I always take the battery's out of the tool when not in use and do charge them the evening before if I know Iv got a job to do. Even when Iv needed to get something done without notice the Ryobi battery's haven't let me down. Iv got the ones where you can press a button and it'll display the charge left which is handy

[Andy]

I got a a snap on of the tool van that comes round for£200 but battery's were knackered but some one on eBay fixes then for £50

[r5gtt]

No battery will hold its full charge for extended periods of time. Iv never been let down by the gear I have but I always take the battery's out of the tool when not in use and do charge them the evening before if I know Iv got a job to do. Even when Iv needed to get something done without notice the Ryobi battery's haven't let me down. Iv got the ones where you can press a button and it'll display the charge left which is handy

Cheers Mateyguv yeah I can't be bothered to take the Barry out as it's boxed like that with a spare and charger in the case. always used it and sometimes even when it's sat around for months and I suddenly need it the torque is always there. actually saying that I have a job on for tomorrow coil spring and the batteries haven't been charged since late February so will see how it goes with the coil spring compressors.

I got a a snap on of the tool van that comes round for£200 but battery's were knackered but some one on eBay fixes then for £50

That's a good buy as snap on are very good and have really good torque.  what nm are they?.

[MateyGuv]

Given the choice snap on all the way, but for my use I couldn't justify the money

[r5gtt]

I've got a 250nm battery impact driver.  yes snap in is the master as I used one that was unused for over a years and a half and it took my strut nut off with ease but the guy wouldn't sell it to me as he went off the tools and sold he's top and bottom snap on classic boxes for a £1000 with some tools although I bought a good few off him before he did.

[DANBOY66]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeWalt-DCF880M2-18v-XR-Compact-Impact-Wrench-2-x-4-0ah-Li-Ion-/350703932488?hash=item51a7955448:g:1vMAAOSwJQdXCgTC

i just got a brand new one of these for £200 came up on a local facebook site 

[Pashka]

Bosch GDX 18 V-EC with 2x4/5ah batteries is around 250, or with robust drill the kit is around 330.

[white91]

If be looking at Milwaukee


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