/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1755160
Lifetime warranty is only on batteries that come as part of a kit. If you buy individual batteries, you get 3 years.

>>1755157
I got it. It’s straight so far. Haven’t tried it on a stubborn axle nut or anything, but it zips off lugnuts that required some good force with a 25in breaker bar to remove.

It won’t touch the big Milwaukee on shit that you can’t remove with hand tools, but it will sure as hell speed up stuff that is a pain in the ass by hand. Not sure about the whole Octane vs regular battery, haven’t tested it, but they claim like 25% more power with an Octane pack over a 4.0Ah, and 1/2” impacts always suffer a bit with real small packs so don’t use a 2.0Ah.

That being said, Ridgid’s lineup is limited. I would rather have the big Milwaukee but I already had Ridgid stuff, and that thing is still powerful for a mid-torque. I was close to getting the Kobalt because it goes on sale real cheap with a 4.0 pack and charger, it’s larger than the Ridgid so despite the marketing numbers, I’m guessing it’s power is somewhere between the Ridgid and high torque Milwaukee.

Speed settings are nice, I set it to A to remove stuff at full power, and 1 to put lug nuts back on, right around 100ft-lbs with a second or two of hammering. This 6.0Ah lasts forever, took wheels off and back on like a dozen times over a couple weeks and it’s down to 3 bars. It’s powerful for the size too, my corded Porter Cable was much larger physically and took longer to remove lugnuts, I think these brushless motors spin so fast that they can get more power from a smaller hammer mechanism.

I’m just a weekender tripfag tho...