DEWALT DCF899HN-XJ 18 V XR Brushless 1/2 Inch High Torque Impact Wrench (950 Nm), Bare Unit (Hog Ring Version), Yellow/Black, 4.09 cm*10.87 cm*9.53 cm

I was after an impact driver to loosen wheel nuts on my Hymer motorhome. Cheaper versions did nothing and several attempts to remove the nuts ended in failure. I bought this item and used it first time and the nuts immediately came undone.It’s slightly heavy, but has a job to do which it did brilliantly.It’s well built and easy to use and is a valuable asset in my toolboxI think it is well worth the money. Cheaper versions do not come up to the matk

I have only recently become a convert to impact wrenches and drivers but I am now a total 100% evangelistic convert. I started off with a DeWalt impact driver, and having seen how useful that was, and having a load of DeWalt batteries already, I bought this for working on the car.I had to replace the air suspension on my Merc GL and could not shift the anti-roll bar bolt or the main strut bolt with convention methods (a 3ft breaker bar) but this thing made minimal work of them both.It's also makes changing wheels quicker, but for the love of dog, be careful when doing things up again with this because it would snap a wheel bolt in half with ease.The unit is very heavy, and you can buy anvils to change between the hogring or detent pin (if you're so motivated). I bought this wrench with the hogring and bought a separate detent pin anvil which has remained in my tool drawer unused - the hogring is good although if I only ever used the one sized socket, I might be tempted by the detent pin (which requires you to poke the pin through the hole in the side of the socket to release it).Try to use this with one of the higher capacity batteries - I understand they have more parallel cells inside than the lower rated batteries, leading to a capability to feed more current into this wrench for max power.

Literally, the bolts are smoking after this weapon! Serious power. I should have bought this a long time ago. People saying you need a 5Ah battery but I have been using it with a 1.5Ah XR battery to date. Managed to disassemble everything inside the rear arch of a 19 year old Subaru (quite rusty to be polite!) and haven’t recharged yet. That was over several evenings and includes removing the brake calliper bolts, suspension strut bolts (tight),centre hub nut, several control arm bolts (very tight) and also some exhaust bolts and other stuff. Oh and all 4 wheels were removed so that’s 20 bolts to start with. Don’t be fooled you will get stuck here and there, I needed a 600mm breaker bar with an additional extension to start two of the control arm bolts. Once the bolts shifted a millimetre, the impact driver was brought in to smash off the rest past the rusty threads with ease.I was worried about clearance considering the size of this unit but it works for most situations. I have added the wee swivelling adapter do-da that comes with socket sets and it is surviving fine so far, I thought the impact driver would destroy it actually so that’s worth knowing. All-in-all, a great piece of kit, easy on battery, nobody likes your rusty nuts so get her bought! Oh, And use a penetrating fluid - PlusGas is great stuff.

Very pleased with the quality of this product, very powerful had no issues getting out bolts I had been struggling with on a car. There are a lot of cheaper alternatives on the market but if you want the job done and done properly you have to spend a bit more and I am glad I did. Plenty of videos on youtube of this product being compared to other options.Amazon asked me to rate how lightweight this was, it is not a lightweight product, its built to be robust and powerful so it is pretty heavy with a large battery in it. However I had no issues using it one handed in awkward positions under wheel arches of a car and I am not a body builder.Very pleased with my purchase, I expect this to last many years.Also now I have a couple of the Dewalt batteries I can pick up other tools to use with them.

This is a life saver! Had to do a timing belt and water pump job on a Honda CRV.Anyone that knows anything about Honda's will know the 19mm crank pulley bolt is an absolute pig to remove!I started off by using a well known automotive brand cordless impact that costs 3 x more then the Dewalt. It did not even touch it! I then moved on to harmonic balancer method using a 1/2 inch drive breakers bar along with a additional 5ft extension, with all 210lbs of me jumping around on it like a madman, again nothing!I ordered the Dewalt via prime arrived next day, so didn't have to wait long before given it another go. Started with a fully charged 18v 5ah battery and set to number 3 speed. It took it off with in seconds and with ease. This thing is a beast! 100% would recommend. Build quality and the torque is superb. Factor in the extended 3 year warranty Dewalt offer - you can't go wrong!

This impact wrench really is the dogs danglies. Used it the day it was delivered to change the rear hub assembly on a 2002 Mini Cooper and the job was done in less than 2 hours. Having spent over 5 hours the previous weekend changing the front hub assembly and really struggling with rusty bolts i decided to splash out and buy this tool.Having the right tool for the job definitely makes life easier and today was total proof of that.One bit of advice I would offer is if you are going to buy this tool, make sure you also invest in some proper black impact sockets because this wrench will just destroy a normal silver socket in seconds. I only used it on speed 1 & 2 because I was worried that speed 3 would just rip the head right off the rusty bolts, but for good bolts that are just done up stupid tight it would be like a hot knife through butter.