Ryobi Impact on clearance at Home Depot

[Trav]

I have one. It's not on par with the big boy Dewalt impact I have, which is mostly useless (like bringing a tank to a squirt gun fight), but it seems to do just fine for most fasteners that normal people would need to deal with....lug nuts, axle nuts, etc. I'd say it's equivilent to the 1/2" ingersoll pneumatic gun I've had for the last 30 years, which does just about everything I've ever needed it to do.

I still use my USA made IR 231, funny thing is it only has 450 or 500 ft.lb of torque (not break away) listed but it will remove stuff some newer and supposed more powerful air impacts wont. It seems like 40 years ago they were a little more honest with their claims.

 

[wavinwayne]

I still use my USA made IR 231, funny thing is it only has 450 or 500 ft.lb of torque (not break away) listed but it will remove stuff some newer and supposed more powerful air impacts wont. It seems like 40 years ago they were a little more honest with their claims.

I could ask AI this but what's the fun in that: Do air impacts operate the same way as battery impacts, or is there something unique about their operation?

 

[Trav]

Most pneumatic impacts use a twin hammer mechanism although there are double and single hammer models, they hit harder and are very easy to manage even with one hand, they are much lighter and smaller than a comparable cordless. Cordless primarily use a hammer and anvil mechanism with a large spring. The larger ones tend to have socket welding issues and can get unmanageable when really taxed.
I don't own a high torque cordless just small and medium, they are convenient, not too heavy and don't need a compressor or hose. If you have a decent size compressor then air is the way to go for larger impacts.

 

[wavinwayne]

Most pneumatic impacts use a twin hammer mechanism although there are double and single hammer models, they hit harder and are very easy to manage even with one hand, they are much lighter and smaller than a comparable cordless. Cordless primarily use a hammer and anvil mechanism with a large spring. The larger ones tend to have socket welding issues and can get unmanageable when really taxed.
I don't own a high torque cordless just small and medium, they are convenient, not too heavy and don't need a compressor or hose. If you have a decent size compressor then air is the way to go for larger impacts.

Interesting. I've never really used air tools before, save once a long long time ago when I used an air powered grinder in a shop to modify part of a frame on something or other. I don't have an air compressor at home and can't see myself buying one. I do have a ginormous Makita 18V high torque impact wrench I bought on a whim and have no use for. It just sits there, waiting for its time to shine.

 

[wavinwayne]

No dice on the Ryobi Impact. I went to my local Home Depot this evening and apparently found a unicorn of a glitch in their system. Without getting into the weeds, the only SKU that could be found for the item was a "SO SKU" or Special Order SKU that the Home Depot General Manager couldn't figure out how to do anything with; he seemed helpful but stumped. When we entered the SKU in the computers at HD, it showed up as some random ladder. There was no space on their shelves for the item, so apparently the "1 in stock" at my local store was a mirage. I probably could have gotten him to give me a good deal on something similar but I was tired and frustrated from other stuff today, so I thanked him for his help and left empty handed.

 

[iCurious]

Yeah... I remember the times where some would say battery powered tools are trash and air tools were king. Times have evolved..