Wagan EL2257 12V DC Mighty Impact Wrench, 1/2 inch 12 Volt Electric Impact Wrench Kit, 271 ft-lbs, Tire Repair Tools with Sockets and Carry Case

Works well for the occasional tire change. would not recommend for a full-time auto shop though

How to use this Impact wrench!!! I learned a lesson today, the impact wrench WILL NOT WORK work if you PUSH into the bolt you are trying to remove!!!! Instead put the socket on the bolt securely, then squeeze the trigger. The unit will spin up then go clank!, To remove my tire lug, I had repeat this 6x but each time I saw the lug turning. NOTE: if you use this on a flat, clank it 3x per lug then jack your car up a bit so the tire is either on the ground lightly or above ground or use your tire lug wrench again with the tire off the ground. If you have the weight of the car on the flat tire, you could snap or bend the lug nuts and or damage your rim!!! This supposedly has about 100lb more torque than the Kawasaki which I purchased first, and I think it does have some extra power as the Kaw. did not loosen my lug at all, BTW I also noticed I pushed the wrench into my bolt for some reason and I thought I broke it.... Moral of the story, put the socket on the bolt/lug but do not push into or down into the lug/bolt.I learned the pushing stops it by trying to remove the bolt on my motorcycle fork (if you need to replace your seals this makes it a piece of cake)! I pushed down and nothing was happening, luckily I took pressure off and then it worked, that's how I figured it out!!! I bet most of the I didn't work people made the same mistake as I just returned the Kawasaki for the same reason!!!

I held off buying this product hoping someone else would finally write a review on it. After getting a tire blow out the night before and having trouble removing some of the lug nuts, I felt I could no longer wait and ordered this item the next morning. As soon as you take it in your hands you have that feeling that this is nothing more than a toy and it will not do the job. Much to my surprise it did take off 3 of my 5 lug nuts on one wheel and then it just quit working. This is a cheap,poorly made tool that you cannot rely on. You would be much better off purchasing a good four way chrome tire lug wrench and adding on a three foot pipe extention to it for more leverage. Thanks to AMAZON'S wonderful return policy I was able to send it right back for a full refund.

Great find. Works well. Just what I needed

I wanted an impact wrench to make taking wheels off easier. I don't have a garage, and being in my building's parking lot, I don't even have a power outlet - so I was looking for impact wrenches that run off the car's battery.This Wagan works well. It's not as strong as I'd like - if the lug nuts were over-torqued by some tire shop, it'd have a hard time taking them off, and when putting the lug nuts back - I have to manually torque them down by hand in the end. But overall, it takes the pain out of the large part of taking the wheels off and putting them back on. Once everything's in place, torquing the lug nuts down by hand is a piece of cake. Just don't drive off without doing it.

I wanted some emergency equipment for our motorhome. We have a spare wheel but we’ve had to wait hours for roadside assistance, if it’s available at all. I just don’t want to be stuck somewhere isolated (maybe where there’s no cell signal to call for help!) with a flat tire. So, I bought this wrench so I can change a wheel by myself. I tried to remove lug nuts with a long-handled wrench but couldn’t break the lug nut free. Then I tried this 12V wrench and voila! It removed the nuts like a champ. No arm-breaking recoil (torque) either. I haven’t useed the wrench yet in an emergency situation but I’m confident I can change a wheel by myself with this tool. PS: you can but shouldn’t use it to reinstall lug nuts - it’s powerful enough that you could strip the threads. I use a torque wrench for that. Between these two tools, I think I’m covered!

I bought it because this was the least expensive option and came with additional sizers. I used it on my sedan and it struggled at first to take the lug nuts off but it did work. It gets hot faster, the quality ( for which I took few stars off) is marginal at best. I don’t anticipate it lasting with regular use. The built in light feature seems useless as well. Its Avery did light poorly placed at the bottom. I kept it because it does work and only for emergency use.

It works great and has a nice little led light for nighttime. I don’t know if it’s just me but every flat I have happens at the worst time , in the rain or snow or on a busy highway and replace your factory car jack because they are terrible and tip over is very easy to doThe only thing I dislike is the impact smudges the lug nuts a hair.but you can replace your factory soft steel with Mcguard nuts and eliminate that.All in all I love changing a tire in 5 minutes with this as opposed to a manual cruddy it came with the car knuckle busting wrench .this impact works great runs on the cigarette lighter and comes in a nice neat case that fits in my spare tire compartmentlike I said this takes lugs off quick.