Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
 

Has anyone used this? just looking for some feedback. I was gonna blow 250 bucks on one then I saw this for 70 :6.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2623

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find a used craftsman or snap-on on egay. my father in law has one (half his garage is harbor frieight) and it just sucks. does the job, but if you are gonna use it all the time, I wouldnt use it. find a used craftsman and take that ---- back, get a new one.

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we have a craftsman at my house, my dad got it a long time ago and has never failed

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ill tell you the same thing i tell anyone that buy ---- from my work...you get what you pay for.... i mean seriously you think a $70 harbor frieght impact gun will hold a candle to my roommates IR Ti? lol ---- no...

http://firsttechtools.com/images/IR-2135TI.jpg
i fell in love with this tool when it removed a Honda crank pulley bolt with NO pistons or rods in the motor. if the Ti cant get it loose it probly wasnt ment to come off... ;)

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Cheap impact guns blow and you will have problems removing the crank pulley bolt on a Honda.Air supply is critical as well but cheap impacts regardless suck.Ingersoll Rand,Ultra Pro [NAPA] Snap ON Craftsman etc.This is one of those things where you don't want to cheap out.

Edit- I have tried the gun above and that is bad ass.Light as well.I want it bad.

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we had some sick guns in our sams club tire garage, and then they got craftsmans and ---- like that, and even though i got a craftsman at home, they couldnt handle that much of a beating everyday afeter like 2 weeks wed be bringing em back cuz they would just start locking up trying to get the lug nuts off....

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lol, i have both craftsman and the harbor freight one and i sware there both the same ------- gun. they're both made in the same country and i think the craftsman one is just rebadged everything about the gun is exactly the same as the central pneumatic one.. IR makes some good guns. id get a used matco or snapon from ebay

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Thats because Craftsman sucks. IR, Snap On, MAC, Matco.......

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If you are going to use it for work every day, then I would say no. If this for home use, then it should be fine. 625 ft of tq should handle most of the stuff you will run across at home.

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just to steal the thread, has anyone used electric impact wrenches? do they work as well?