shotgunfatcat
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Have you ever touched a tool? Seems like everything you say it is someones opinion other than your own. Every statement you make just adds to the pile of **** you talk.
1/2" Drive Impacts
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Have you ever touched a tool? Seems like everything you say it is someones opinion other than your own. Every statement you make just adds to the pile of **** you talk.
I think that the IR Titanium is the best at least that i have ever used. I had the Snap On MG725 and it broke down on me twice in 2 months of using it, after the second time my Snap On guy gave me a full refund and a slammin deal on a IR Titanium.....
mrholeshot
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I've used both (a few friends have the HF Earthquakes) and they seem fine but loud as hell. The Snap-On is a great wrench. You can tie a rope to it and kill a cow in one hit
Personally I hate Snap-On guns. I have no experiance with the current production MG-725 but I've been hosed on so many Snap-On Air guns I would never buy another. the air ratchets, drills, air hammers and such are great. In all my years I've never had a Snap-On impact in 3/8 or 1/2 that was any good. Never had but one tech that liked his.
I'm not shelling out the cash for an Impact shootout. My money would be on the earthquake with a good air supply. I'd rather have a IR 231 that a Snap-On air gun. Not saying the new ones are bad but just lost confidence in them years ago.
shotgunfatcat
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my opinion would either be IR or an aircat. I stay away from the snap-ons because i just find that the snap on brand is overrated and very overpriced except for a few specialty items. As others have mentioned, the ir231 is indeed a badass in terms of durability.. very difficult to over abuse it. The titaniums are also very light, reliable and powerful impacts. hard to go wrong with one of those, or for any IR for that matter.
The aircats are quite the wrench as well. I have been using my nitrocat for less than a month now so i cannot comment on reliability, but i know a couple folks who've had it for a little under 5 years and no problems yet. It probably has everything the titanium has and more except for the IR track record and weight, its .5 lbs heavier than the titaniums, but anyway the way i look at it, i can get 2 aircats for the price of one titanium so even if after years worst comes to worst, ill never have had to spend over the initial amount for a titanium.
Theres a lot of choices out there, believe me its really hard to choose the right impact, sometimes even stressful because they are so diverse in so many different ways, but this is my 2 cents
The aircats are quite the wrench as well. I have been using my nitrocat for less than a month now so i cannot comment on reliability, but i know a couple folks who've had it for a little under 5 years and no problems yet. It probably has everything the titanium has and more except for the IR track record and weight, its .5 lbs heavier than the titaniums, but anyway the way i look at it, i can get 2 aircats for the price of one titanium so even if after years worst comes to worst, ill never have had to spend over the initial amount for a titanium.
Theres a lot of choices out there, believe me its really hard to choose the right impact, sometimes even stressful because they are so diverse in so many different ways, but this is my 2 cents
Moose-LandTran
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+1. The Snap-on MG725 is more powerful than the 2135 but it's also a fair bit more expensive and is much louder and heavier. I have two 2135s and a 2115
(all QTis) and a colleague has the MG725. No doubt the Snap-on is more powerful but it's much heavier (very nose heavy) and very loud. My 2135QTiMAX isn't far behind in power but it's very light, smaller, more comforatble to use and much quieter. Over here the price difference is about £125. I'd buy another IR in a heartbeat. Really can't beat them.
The direction switches are another big selling point for me, IR have that nailed and it makes working with the gun even better. It's been designed with useability in mind and they're done a top-notch job of it.
Give it a rest.
rayzor32
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I've borrowed my coworkers and I don't like the MG725 at all. Snap on has some good air tools and its a good gun I just dont like the feel of it. I use an IR231, its heavy and its loud but it takes a beating and never stops, I would like to get a TIQMAX in the future.
Moose-LandTran
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I know what you mean about the 725. It just isn't a comfortable gun to use. I also find the trigger to be too heavy, unlike my IRs which are light and sensitive. You can just spin nuts down with them without any rattling.
wafrederick
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In fact,I am a tool tester which I am a master life member of the Handyman Club Of America.Get tools for free from the manufacturers.I have tried Snap On impacts,not very impressed and IRs are the best.Go inspect the hammering mechanism of a brand new Snap On impact and IR,the IR hammer mechanism is is much beefier than the Snap On impact.My fatrher is not a liar on the Snap On impact he tried which was a piece of junk,been turning wrenches for at least 35 years now.
Moose-LandTran
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Sure, if you say so.
I'm also a tool tester, i spend a minimum 55 hours a week working on cars. Difference is that i'm not blowing hot air.
But my father's brother's buddy's sister's husband's Snap-on dealer said that they make the best impact guns, right before he got thrown out of their shop.
crewchief888
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Sure, if you say so.
I'm also a tool tester, i spend a minimum 55 hours a week working on cars. Difference is that i'm not blowing hot air.
But my father's brother's buddy's sister's husband's Snap-on dealer said that they make the best impact guns, right before he got thrown out of their shop.
well put moose
GeorgiaHybrid
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Sure, if you say so.
I'm also a tool tester, i spend a minimum 55 hours a week working on cars. Difference is that i'm not blowing hot air.
But my father's brother's buddy's sister's husband's Snap-on dealer said that they make the best impact guns, right before he got thrown out of their shop.
You beat me to it this time moose....
Igotta355z28
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Well i have an MG725 and I love its power, I dont use it all day though, I use my MG325 3/8s impact mostly but when I find something it cant budge I grab the 725. Also my 725 is the go to gun for everyone else in the shop when their impacts wont cut it. Just this morning another tech yelled to me while my head was shoved under a mercedes dash, "Will, where is that big ****** impact of yours?!?!?" lol "4th drawer on the right"....So im +1 for the Snappy ones, but I sure wouldnt turn down a good Ingersoll, and I will agree the 725 is a little awkward...
I have an old IR223 and a new IR231C. Like them both. But the IR223 is lighter than the 231C, and it is pretty much the only one that I use now (that's why 231C is still new). It has never failed me. Just replaced my wheel bearing the other day, it took out the axle nut with no hesitation.
wreckercologist
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dankicksass
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When I was working in a tire and tractor shop we always bought IR Titanium impacts from a local IR-certified rebuilder whom you can find if you have a central NJ yellow pages. Saved a whole lot of money over new, three year warranty too. While I was there the shop's old equipment all got replaced, the money saved on the 1in super heavy duty impact alone paid for a tractor tire water pump (I know, sounds crazy, just go with it) new pads for all the lifts, and a pneumatic high-lift heavy duty jack.
Those guys send me and ad with stickers and a magazine every year, never said anything about free tools in their ad.
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sberry
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I have one too and really like it, very easy to feather speeds and it really hits for removal work. I have been considering another one.
shotgunfatcat
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Oh yeah, well my dad can beat your dad up.
If you are a tool tester, why don't you have your own opinions on anything?
Oh you are testing handyman club of America stuff? Read post 3
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=4697
This is just ridiculous. quit wasting your money on that stupid magazine and go buy some quality tools, except for snap-on, you are obviously not good enough for it's standards.
my first impact was a craftsman, and it died after about 10 uses. Absolute garbage. Currently been using an IR231 for about 5 years now. Sadly it is made in china though. Very hard to find affordable pneumatics made in the us. At least the IR Ti air ratchet I have was made in Taiwan I think. A free country is better than china. Also, the vast majority of NAPA branded air tools I've owned are mediocre, I'd stay away.
djb2
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That's an excellent reference.
There are several glowing reviews of the club. Every one by a "user" that registered and wrote only that single post.
I can understand someone might register solely to warn others, or perhaps even to post a balanced review. But not for that kind of "everything is wonderful" story.
shotgunfatcat
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Poster #2 has 1440 some odd posts, he links to a site that has other people talking about being a "tool tester", and how they send you a bunch of junk, it is a bunch of stuff to
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