Battery impact update

jon f mn

Well-known Member
Took my impact out and tried it yesterday and it was lousy! Totally worthless as far as I was concerned. I was really PO'd too! It ran and worked, but very little power. My air impact had much more and is only rated 650 ft pounds of torque. I figured it was faulty so I took it back today for replacement. The guy at the return counter at Mill's Fleet Farm was real helpful and pleasant when he showed me the high/low power switch. Ooops! Color me embarrassed! After I got home I tried it again and it works really good! Now I'm really impressed! I tried my Snap-on 1/2" that has 650 ft pounds of torque on some bolts and couldn't get them loose, the Milwaukee spun them right out no problem. We'll have to see on the reliability yet, but power wise it's everything it claims. Now if I can get past my embarrassment all will be good. Lol
 
I have a DeWalt one. I use it all the time. I never run the Milwaukee so I'm not sure how they compare but if its similar you'll wonder how you got along without it.
 
I am old school yet with air impact. Have used a friend's dewalt and was impressed with the power and handling. Jon, if that is the only mistake you make in your lifetime you are doing great ;>)
 
Well at least you got it from a place you could go to and ask questions about it. And got a GOOD answer ! Those are getting few and far between too.
 
I have done that on occasion. When younger didn t need no stinking instructions.now i download all manuels to file on my computor.
 
Sadly, it wasn't the first. Likely not the last either, but then I'm used to it so my embarrasment don't last long these days. Lol
 
I have the older version Milwaukee. It has been back a couple times for warranty repair, but I was using it all day every day at the time. We did a test one day in the shop when a salesman was bragging about his brand. The old Milwaukee bested all the others we had. The new fuel version has quite a bit more oomph than my old one.
 
Jon,That reminds me of the fellow with the new chain saw,that took it back after his buddy told him about how much more wood he could cut in a day if he bought one.Then after using it for 3 days and only had a pickup load of wood cut.Discussed he took it back to the store and complained to the mechanic at the store,this saw doesn't cut well at all.The mechanic takes the saw ,looks it over and said come on lets see what it does and heads out back where a log is on some bucks.The mechanic grabs the rope and gives it a yank and the saw pops right off.The guy JUMPS back startled saying WHAT'S THAT NOISE, WHAT'S THAT NOISE!!! lol
 
Had a friend take a new four wheeler back to the dealer because it would not start. Mechanic came out turned key on then put run off switch in run and it fired up. He was trying to start with the run switch off and all it did was crank. We did not let him live that down.
 
Thanks for the feedback. It won't make you feel any better but my son did the same thing with my Milwaukee 1/4 impact when he borrowed it. Came back and said " Pop that impact ain't worth picking up. I had to drag out a drill to run the screws in cause it's weaker than dishwater." When I asked which setting he was using he blushed a nice shade of red.
 
I had a Dewalt 1/2" now I have a Milwaukee. The Milwaukee has way more power. My buddy has a Milwaukee Fuel 1/2" and that has way more grunt than my older one.
 
My daughter came and and got something out of the my car and said dad your car is empty on gas. I told her I just had filled it up. She said to me give me some money and I will go fill it up. No use arguing with her. Gave her a 20 dollar bill told her to bring back the change, Gas was 3.75 a gallon back then. She came back handed me 18.75. Didn't say a word. Temp guage always read zero when it been shut off for awhile. To err is to be human
 
Well, having used both, here are some of my observations....
The cordless does not need an air supply to use it. No need to drag an air line around with you. BUT, it is heavier and bulkier. It does not fit into some of the places I need to go with it, so the old standby air impact does the job there.
For wheel lugs, you can't beat them! Now that they have managed to get some power into them. I remember the older electrics. You still needed to drag an extension cord around with them and they had much less power than their air powered counterparts. Time marches on and with it come improvements in tools.
 
co worker bought a new snap on air impact and I put a small freeze plug in it and then put on the quick fitting. Sometimes it worked well other times it would not turn depending on how the plug laid. Got a good laff on that one.
 
Lots of no starts on motorcycles in 1980s new models- first question for the caller was usually- is the right side handlebar on/off, Run/Stop switch in the 'run' or 'on' position?? OOOOPS! sorry about the call. I had about 4 trouble shooting requests for new motorcycles for riders- 3 were run switchs in off, one was a new to rider R69/2 that he didn't know starting drill, previous owner had started it for him to demonstrate it ran and he'd done warm starts only the day before. Since previous cycles had been later Japanese with electric starts beside the seldom used kick start and choke levers, the old Bings and magneto ignition were unknown 'how do you use these thingies?'. Think of someone who'd grown up using IHC M, H, 300, 460s getting told to get grandpaws prewar B JD started to do the garden. (Little Color War! teasing here- but actually happened). BMW R69/2 starts easy when you do it right- but old crocks are about only ones who knew how at Slimy Crud that morning so I got the call. ATVs and some garden tractors have safety switchs that can be a problem- complaint for one garden supply plaqce was new heavy duty garden tractor- same make as older lawn tractor- wouldn't start when they tried to do it standing at side, dies when the wife tried to get off a couple times- seat switch obvious to regular users and some people will bypass the safety switchs---sometime with embarrassing results, sometime lethal results. ATV that can't start by rider who didn't read manual may be safest for rider. RN.
 
(quoted from post at 10:55:13 03/28/16) Somebody didn't read the directions sheet did they?

Who needs those stinking directions sheets.... My wife reminds me when I foul it up...
 
Just bought the same impact. It's quite the thing for a cordless impact. Considering what it's doing, the batteries last quite a while. I've had the fuel 3/8" impact for a year and a half now. That thing is downright impressive too. I've had it in for warranty a few times, but nothing else on the market compares to it, including the latest and greatest Snap-On.
 

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