Impact wrench. Which one?

[Simon]

Bit of an overkill!

 

[Jiffy]

I’m going for a Milwaukee M18 Fuel M18FHIW2F12-0 for £249 plus battery cost. Real nut busting torque!!

Ideal for doing up sump plugs!

 

[Simon]

Looking for a powerful but cheapish battery version for occasional DIY use. Recommendations?

Cheap ish lol

 

[deviation]

Milwaukee and DeWalt will take a fair amount of drops, the Milwaukee has the real world grunt over the DeWalt though, I love Makita, but their impacts aren't even close to Milwaukee/DeWalt.
I'd go for the Milwaukee personally, as they do some beast spec stuff, such as this 1000FT/LBS monster - which is currently on offer, and even cheaper than last year when I looked.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/milwaukee-m18-onefhiwf12-502x-fuel-18v-2-x-5-0ah-li-ion-redlithium-brushless-cordless-one-key-impact-wrench/445ge

But if you're a DeWalt guy, just stick with that, and then you can reuse your batteries with other things that you already own

 

[robj20]

Milwaukee and DeWalt will take a fair amount of drops, the Milwaukee has the real world grunt over the DeWalt though, I love Makita, but their impacts aren't even close to Milwaukee/DeWalt.
I'd go for the Milwaukee personally, as they do some beast spec stuff, such as this 1000FT/LBS monster - which is currently on offer, and even cheaper than last year when I looked.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/milwaukee-m18-onefhiwf12-502x-fuel-18v-2-x-5-0ah-li-ion-redlithium-brushless-cordless-one-key-impact-wrench/445ge

But if you're a DeWalt guy, just stick with that, and then you can reuse your batteries with other things that you already own

I thought the DCF900 had that beat?

 

[deviation]

I thought the DCF900 had that beat?

Nice!!! I hadn't seen that model the last time I looked into the two - around 2-3 years ago IIRC
As I say you cannot go wrong with either, but mechanics do favour Milwaukee and Snap-On, there's definitely a reason for that, along with MAC Tools.

I do really like DeWalt, so that is a tempting future upgrade thanks for that, now look what you've done

 

[robj20]

Nice!!! I hadn't seen that model the last time I looked into the two - around 2-3 years ago IIRC
As I say you cannot go wrong with either, but mechanics do favour Milwaukee and Snap-On, there's definitely a reason for that, along with MAC Tools.

I do really like DeWalt, so that is a tempting future upgrade thanks for that, now look what you've done

Apparently they're working on something much bigger as well. I wonder if they are going to use 54V.