O RLY
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My first cordless impact came today, the Makita BTW450. I looked around and the Dewalts and Craftsman but found a good deal on this set up and pulled the trigger.
Specs are on the wrench are 325 ft.lbs. of Max Torque, with 1,600 RPM and 2,200 IPM. More then enough for my planned use (lug nut removal).
To go along with it I picked up 2 Snap-On thin wall deep impacts in 17mm (on the wrench in picture) and 21mm for my 2 cars.
First impression of the wrench is that it does not skimp on power. It is a little bigger than the competition and with the light weight battery pack it is top heavy.
They have a rubber "vibration reducer" around the battery intake which makes it feel like the battery is loose or wobbly. I took the handle apart to make sure nothing was damaged from shipping then I checked the Makita website where I downloaded a .pdf breakdown of the entire wrench. Nothing is wrong this is simply the design. This is the only short fall of this amazing tool.
Here is the .pdf the parts I am talking about are #7, 8, 40, & 41.
http://www.makita.com/en-us/Assets/Images/Products/_PartsBreakdowns/PB_BTW450.pdf
Snap On sockets are awesome!
Specs are on the wrench are 325 ft.lbs. of Max Torque, with 1,600 RPM and 2,200 IPM. More then enough for my planned use (lug nut removal).
To go along with it I picked up 2 Snap-On thin wall deep impacts in 17mm (on the wrench in picture) and 21mm for my 2 cars.
First impression of the wrench is that it does not skimp on power. It is a little bigger than the competition and with the light weight battery pack it is top heavy.
They have a rubber "vibration reducer" around the battery intake which makes it feel like the battery is loose or wobbly. I took the handle apart to make sure nothing was damaged from shipping then I checked the Makita website where I downloaded a .pdf breakdown of the entire wrench. Nothing is wrong this is simply the design. This is the only short fall of this amazing tool.
Here is the .pdf the parts I am talking about are #7, 8, 40, & 41.
http://www.makita.com/en-us/Assets/Images/Products/_PartsBreakdowns/PB_BTW450.pdf
Snap On sockets are awesome!
