Got one reduced to a tenner a year or so back - when I did try it,it was rubbish.
Trying to undo car wheel nuts was 50/50 -some it could do, some not.
It started to spit out iron fiings after those 20 wheel nuts.
Maybe the sockets make it worth buying ??
Krizzo3 to zzzz
13 Jun 16#9
Did you oil it?
Adiebear
13 Jun 16#2
Bought one of these a couple of years ago and it failed within a week, very poor quality. The hammer mechanism split the main body of the gun. If you want a cheap air gun then Machine mart budget options are a better buy. Voted hot as its £6.49 but you are better off putting the money towards a better gun.
egrayn
13 Jun 16#3
I bought one too and it's not powerful enough to remove car nuts. Used it with an Aldi compressor so I'm not sure if it's the fault of the compressor or the wrench.
Delbert Grady to egrayn
13 Jun 16#6
I found that the original 24L Aldi compressor, the one they sold a few years ago, was never powerful enough to operate most of the tools they sold alongside it, it couldn't deliver the volume of air so the pressure dropped and you were always waiting for it to catch up. The more recent 50L one has much better reviews though.
Regarding wheel nuts, I find the best way is to undo them a quarter turn with a breaker bar then spin them off with the air wrench, rather than let the wrench struggle.
sradmad
13 Jun 16#4
good find op, heat added
benmorgan3344913
13 Jun 161#5
Judging from the pic it looks like a rebranded Parkside? (lidls) I have one and tbf it's fairly good for £30. If you got one and it struggling on wheel nuts then the air supply is the problem.
aperfectm
13 Jun 16#7
watch out for the....air?
bartnik
13 Jun 16#8
Force is not with this one... 50l twin pump compressor from Aldi was a great find but impact wrench is useless. Twin hammer Erbauer with 680Nm of torque is cheapest good quality impact wrench I found http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-air-impact-wrench/4234h
HerWorseHalf
14 Jun 16#10
Generally speaking, the cheap air impact wrenches are fairly rubbish, and as has been said above, you'll probably need a breaker bar to shift most wheel nuts.
If you want something on a budget that works, I'd recommend the Lidl mains version - no need for a compressor either
renoman
14 Aug 16#11
I too have bought these,when reduced,not great quality,fail quite quickly,and its the same part inside that fails..
But £6.50..is cheap
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Trying to undo car wheel nuts was 50/50 -some it could do, some not.
It started to spit out iron fiings after those 20 wheel nuts.
Maybe the sockets make it worth buying ??
Regarding wheel nuts, I find the best way is to undo them a quarter turn with a breaker bar then spin them off with the air wrench, rather than let the wrench struggle.
If you want something on a budget that works, I'd recommend the Lidl mains version - no need for a compressor either
But £6.50..is cheap