I picked up the hog ring variant of this impact after seeing positive reports here. I already owned a few M12 tools so I had the batteries for the job.
Just did my spring tire rotation and this tool makes the job much more tolerable but with a strong caveat I learned the hard way.
The tool is quite loud in an enclosed space so ear plugs actually wouldn't be a bad idea. The lugnuts on my truck are torqued to 85 lb/ft and it took about 2 seconds on speed 3 to loosen them. Battery life wasn't even a concern after doing all 24 lugnuts (both loosen plus threading them on to snug)
So the lesson I learned the hard way is to pay attention to which way the impact is driving before you hold that trigger down. I ended up torquing one of the lugnuts ON at speed 3 but only for a few seconds and luckily nothing bad seems to have happened. I imagine I ended up torquing that lugnut down to around 100 lb/ft before letting go of the trigger.
Just did my spring tire rotation and this tool makes the job much more tolerable but with a strong caveat I learned the hard way.
The tool is quite loud in an enclosed space so ear plugs actually wouldn't be a bad idea. The lugnuts on my truck are torqued to 85 lb/ft and it took about 2 seconds on speed 3 to loosen them. Battery life wasn't even a concern after doing all 24 lugnuts (both loosen plus threading them on to snug)
So the lesson I learned the hard way is to pay attention to which way the impact is driving before you hold that trigger down. I ended up torquing one of the lugnuts ON at speed 3 but only for a few seconds and luckily nothing bad seems to have happened. I imagine I ended up torquing that lugnut down to around 100 lb/ft before letting go of the trigger.