Tools you have bought/want to buy feedback thread

[MudRunnerTD]

Toying with the idea of a cordless rattle gun again, having seen the Makita I think would suit me for $399. It would be a 'travelling tool' with the aim of simplifying a few things & saving me a bit of pain & grief. Athritis is becoming a thing for me, & I find exertion can often be followed by pain for several days if I'm not careful. Disappointingly I don't think an electric rattle gun is suitable for doing up wheel nuts, but could I think be very handy for undoing a variety of fasterners. Just a few days ago I was lent an Hitach one to undo the front diff plug - so easy!

Anyway Makita will be the brand as that's what I have batteries for. I'm wondering if anyone else has a Makita DTW700Z 'mid torque' model & if so would you recommend it as a general 'all rounder'? It is physically smaller & lighter than the Hitachi (HiKoki) one I used, but more powerful & with a variety of settings. It's weight is probably much the same as the long length of pipe I carry for leverage on stubborn nuts, & more flexible to boot.

https://www.makita.com.au/building-c...-impact-wrench

Hey Cuppa, I'm a Makita man. I have a couple of 1/2" rattles. To be honest this one gets All the use these days. Does the job great. Not sure it will crack a wheel nut but everything else is a winner. I crack by hand then zip off and zip on the torque to spec by hand anyway.

DTW285. Don't know how it compares to what your looking at but it gets it done fine.







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