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Best Impact Wrench and Electric ratchet?

  

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Im looking for an Impact Wrench with a 1/2 in drive and MUST be cordless/battery operated. 

Im also looking for an Electric Ratchet, with a 3/8 drive, obviously also battery operated. 

 

I found Makita tools on Home depot with each of these for just over $300 for an impact with 430 breakaway torque and the ratchet has multiple drives as well. 

 

What are some places I should look at that offer these tools? What are the best brands. Are Makita's tools reliable? Thank you. I'm trying to save money without buying junk.


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Milwaukee makes great impact wenches and electric ratchets. If your going to get a set of electric tools you should stick with one brand as with some brands have interchangeable battery's. 


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Milwaukee, trumps them all.

The 3/8 electric ratchet, is this just a time saving thing over a hand operated one?


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Dewalt xr 20v max 1/2" impact.

  • Up to 700 ft-lbs of max torque and 1200 ft-lbs of max breakaway torque

AC Delco ARW1210-3P G12  Heavy duty 3/8 ratchet 

  • Up to 65 ft lbs. 

 


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Thank you guys for the responses, will put that into consideration.

 

 

 


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@conal-lane Yes.


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The Car Wizard has Milwaukee listed on his Amazon Affiliates page:  so it’s another endorsement since you asked about the best;  it’s definitely up there, however it’s not cheap but still very good brand.  

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GFUA7FC?ref=exp_omegaautoclinic_dp_vv_mw

Research the Makita one some more, especially since no one directly addressed that one.  It’s cheaper but check reviews, complaints on-line.  I’m in the market for impact wrench as well and not sure I want to spend $600 on an impact wrench (Milwaukee) that I might use once in a while.  

Scotty does not have battery powered, cordless impact tool on his Amazon affiliates page so not sure what he recommends.


Thank you!


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Milwaukee is good, somis the AC Delco cordless ratchets. Dewalt makes a good 1/2” impact as well. I do know Makita, Milwaukee all use different smaller batteries for their ratchets than what they use for their impacts. My impact is a Ridgid high torque 1/2”, went that route because all my other cordless tools are ridgid. They do not make a cordless ratchet, So I went the AC Delco route. Best bang for the buck. 


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