I was wondering if this was overkill and cancel my order? I ordered a Dewalt DCF894 Detent from Home Depot https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-2...230C/306163940. When comparing prices to amazon, and seeing what this comes with, I feel that this is a decent price at $199.

I plan on using this for swapping wheels and some suspension work.

Is this impact wrench overkill, or would I be just as happy with a Ryobi? I've had experience with using a friend's Ryobi drill once and although its not an impact wrench, I was happy with its service.

Thanks.

 

We’ve had several including a dewalt, for infrequent/occasional use this probably will be fine. If you already have other dewalt stuff that uses the same battery that’s a good reason to get one as well.

We use one heavily on my wife’s race car so got a higher end snap on. Key for us is enough torque to break lugs free from the wheel (and other stuck stuff). I do think that dewalt looks a bit on the light end of torque so be sure to test it’ll do that. Otherwise you are missing out a good bit on the value of one of these guns if you still have to use a breaker bar or wrench to get the lugs loose before using the gun.

lowes has aN inexpensive 1/2 inch kobalt impact with pretty good specs you might want to consider as well that goes on sale pretty often

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-24-V...ded/1000604927

also make sure once you get one that you don’t just power the lugs on with it; it’ll over tighten them. Either get a torque stick or tighten to just one click and finish off with a proper torque wrench.

 

I am new here. I work part time at an independent garage. All 3 mechanics use Milwaukee impacts if not using air. I was an Electrician then I got hurt and am on disability and work at the shop as a service writer. I used Milwaukee. Carpenters I know liked DeWalt, but always had a new one. You do get what you pay for

 

Appreciate the suggestions! I dug a bit deeper and realized I would be buying into an ecosystem of sorts with this purchase. I ended up going with the Milwaukee 2860 1/2 inch detent.

Thank you!

 

also a good brand and good specs on that one! Think it will do well