/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2513268
It doesn’t seem that inconvenient until you go cordless. Trying to work around 4 wheels of a car, or making cuts with saws and having to keep the cord away from the blade, and the worst is corded OPE, like the corded hedge trimmer and that shit is constantly getting tangled in branches.

Also popping in a battery is way faster than unraveling cords, saves you 10min before and after any jobs.

>>2515159
It’s fine for weekender stuff.

>>2016561
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>>1918602
This is why I shill the impact wrenches. Literally within your first two tire rotations or brake jobs, the thing pays for itself in the hours saved. I can never go back to the ancient practice of cracking the lugs loose on the ground, jacking the thing up, taking the nuts the rest of the way off, putting the wheel back on, spinning the nuts finger tight, lowering the car, and then tightening them on the ground. I bought a corded one and within a year got a cordless one because it saves even more time when you don’t have to fuck with extension cords.

>>1794968
This >>1794976

All those corded ones are ancient designs. If you’re on a budget, the corded Porter Cable and Bauer from HF are both about the same (possibly rebadged) for ~$75. They won’t remove the most stubborn stuff, but they speed up tire rotations and stuff.

The cordless are the best though, better technology. Milwaukee 2767 is probably the best, DeWalt DCF899 is close, anything cheaper is going to be about as powerful as the old corded ones. Best bang for the buck might be the Kobalt 24V that comes in a kit for like $160.