Cordless Impact Driver/Wrench

[Disco]

I'm slowly replacing my cordless tools to team blue (Makita).

Have a lot of Ryobi and Horrible Freight stuff, and they're definitely a step below on quality and power. The HF corded impact is gigantic and cheap, but never fails to remove lugnuts, and rusty U-bolt nuts on my Jeep.

Most brands will be fine for the home gamer, but if you use it a lot, you'll be happier with one of the "prosumer" brands (buy once cry once).

Agreed. Cordless is OK for the occasional mechanic, but won't likely stand up to regular or prolonged use. The smallish batteries that come with most Ryobis can't run the 1/2" driver for long. I've had a couple older batteries straight up fail on me from overheating or overdrawing them, or something. The 1/2" impact driver came with a large-capacity battery, which gets a tire rotation or brake job done fine.

 

[Aarvix]

I prefer air tools, but I'm usually too lazy to drag out the hoses and my big compressor is in pieces at the moment.
Cordless is just so dang convenient.

 

[mattEG]

Someone mentioned it already but I've had really good luck with Milwaukee Fuel series impacts as well.

Good channel on Youtube run by a crazy Canadian guy called AvE that does tool reviews if you're interested. He pulls a few apart.