Battery grease gun?

TimWafer · Feb 2, 2021

Ive been contemplating getting a battery grease gun. Wondering if its really worth the expense first of all. I do use a grease gun quite a bit but have always just used the manual lever type with a hose. Tried a cheap pneumatic one once but it didn't work well. Wondering if the electric are really better. It would be handier than trying to pump in awkward positions.
I have mostly all Milwaukee 18v tools and was thinking I would probably get a Milwaukee but found a deal on a Dewalt. Anybody have any preference of one over the other performance wise?

glennster · Feb 2, 2021

i have an old 12 volt lincoln. it still works. had the batteries rebuilt several times. im happy with the battery guns, really handy. i have heard good
reviews on the milwaukee, if mine gives up the ghost, id prolly get that one.

lugnuts2030 · Feb 2, 2021

I have a Dewalt 18v with a 20v adapter. The 20v battery will pump about 3 tubes of grease on a charge. It does not work well in very hi pressure applications for it spill much grease out of bypass. I sent in to service station and it was same when it came back. Like any grease gun won't pump when cold seems to a little worse that way than a hand pump one. But handy when there is a lot of grease to pump.

Jeff NWOH · Feb 2, 2021

I plucked a 14 volt lincoln out of the
scrap yard. I had to buy a charger, so I
have about $20 in it. That said, if it
dies today I'll go buy another at full
price. The only time I use my manual
anymore is when the lock n lube on the end
of the lincoln won't fit somewhere.

grizz02 · Feb 2, 2021

Have a Lincoln, would never go back to hand pump

redtom · Feb 2, 2021

AT my work I got a new DeWalt. I'm not totally sold on it. Its great on excavators etc with lots of fittings but will ooze out the bypass if it hits a hard one. It goes forever on a charge and beats dragging the air hose but it is heavy. And for some reason a quantity of grease will slip by in the tube and come out the rod hole when changing tubes. And the cup is in correctly. It replaced 2 old blue Lincoln? pneumatic guns which were always not wanting to pump.

Jim.ME · Feb 2, 2021

You have other Milwaukee battery tools get the Milwaukee one. For a few bucks more you have spare batteries if one runs down or craps out. I've got a Milwaukee and like it.

300jk · Feb 2, 2021

Have a 20v DeWalt. Long hose . Does well usually. I’m a
heavy equipment operator and decided to buy one. It will
bypass on certain fittings when it’s hard to pump. Most of the
time it’s great and saves a lot of time !

Eric in IL · Feb 2, 2021

Your grease supplier will love you if you're anything like me. In fairness, I don't own an electric gun. I only use battery guns at the neighbors I help.

First he had Lincolns, then Dewalts, now Milwaukees. If you're trigger happy, blowing seals should be easy. The red one will empty a tube very quickly.

I think they're heavy and awkward. Now you have to monitor when you think the battery will run out of juice on top of when you're out of grease. Too much extra stuff to drag with you to
take an extra tube and a battery. Accidental touch of the trigger always winds up on you, not the ground.

I know many people love them, but my old Alemite pistol grip just suits me better.

moresmoke · Feb 2, 2021

I have a Milwaukee. It works well. Two speed choices, and can set the number of pumps.

Hobo,NC · Feb 2, 2021

If I brought a cordless it would be a Milwaukee... I have used this one for about 20 years its served me well.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_7151562

Determined · Feb 3, 2021

I am quite pleased with my Lincoln.

With that said if you already have a collection of Milwaukee batteries and chargers that would probably be the cheapest and most convenient way to go.

I have nothing bad to say about any of the Milwaukee 18 volt tools I own but I have not tried one of their grease guns.

Nice thing with the Lincoln is it comes with a case, seems no matter what a person does a there will always be a wet blob of grease hiding somewhere on any grease gun.

When the mess is contained in the case the grease doesn't end up all over the floor or seat or bed of your truck when you set it down.

Copperhead don't play · Feb 3, 2021

Battery grease gun?

I was wondering if there was an easier way to grease my battery.
I did not know they may a grease gun to grease my battery.

dcarp · Feb 3, 2021

I have a 20v Dewalt with a Locknlube fitting. Works great.

Dune Country · Feb 3, 2021

I have a 25 yr. old 12V Lincoln.

Battery crapped out so I got 25' of speaker wire and a couple of battery clamps and soldered the ends to the gun.
Works great, most everything you grease has a battery, except implements of course.

BarnyardEngineering · Feb 3, 2021

Lots easier for arthritic hands to squeeze a trigger than pump a handle hundreds of times.

I have two of the Ryobi One Plus grease guns. They work very well and use the same Ryobi batteries as all the other tools.

TimWafer · Feb 4, 2021

Well I went ahead and ordered a Milwaukee one today along with another loc+lube coupler for it. I do have multiple Milwaukee 18v batteries already.

I have multiple hand grease guns with odd and unusual couplings on them for special fittings. Wish there was a quick change way to interchange some of them between guns.

Hobo,NC · Feb 4, 2021

Remember that loc+lube is rebuildable. I rebuilt mine sometime back and ordered extra replacement parts for the next time...

thehickdaddy · Feb 7, 2021

Like others said, you already gave
Milwaukee tools and batteries so buy a gun
that uses same battery of course.
I dont own one but i have used a few
dewalt and Milwaukee battery powered
grease guns. That batteries seem to last
thru multiple tubes. But the guns seem
heavy and awkward to me. And I do love
grease. Love love love grease. My dad and
experience taught me grease and service is
life of a machine.

At work, not uncommon for me to use 6
tubes of grease a day. For example, 1997
kenworth T800 dump truck at work has 60
grease fittings

mark1955 · Feb 7, 2021

I like the air grease guns, for hard to grease zerts, then go to hand greaseers , not much to grease now a days, except me.

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