Dewalt DCF900 the new daddy of 1/2 impact

[James1979]

IR make them with a heavy ring around it for even more extra inertia:

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Notice its not a solid ring, I think it's designed to have a tiny bit of spring between the socket and the weight, presumably quite carefully tuned to give the highest peak torque on each impact.

No good where access is tight though, which is basically anywhere but wheel nuts.

I didn’t think hipsters used impact guns!!

That’s the sort of marketing I would expect in some artisan bread shop!

 

[Trevorleach]

I have found in my extensive DIY testing () that it’s as much as the battery and socket.

I’ve a M18 1/2” one, but it was ‘the one’ when I bought it. After a few years and quite a bit of use I’ve found if it’s got the 5ah High Output battery and/or a decent heavy socket on then it’s a much better beast than with standard battery and crappy socket.

I’m much the same as you, if it’s good enough to get truck wheel nuts off then I’m happy.

I don't use the half inch Milwaukee for getting truck wheel nuts off as I can see that would kill the gun in short order it's just more of a test to see if its man enough to do it if need be.
Snap on MG1250 is my gun of choice for wheel nuts, though even they wear out after five years also.