One thing we left out (video was already long) was wrist breaking score which people with the chart would have seen: etsy.me/3G8j3QK It gets a 7.0, similar to the Octane but also some vibrating. Currently the 1500 ft-lb Octane w/ batt & charger is $299: homedepot.sjv.io/4eA5J0 They are running through them then they are gone. The writing on the bottom of the tool even says "works best with Octane batteries" which they don't make anymore. The writing is on the wall for our old friend. Is there a high-torque we haven't tested you want to see? Let us know! Torque, who started TTC, is working in product development for Astro Tools who also make impacts (air). Always consider multiple sources when looking at a tool!
"Is there a high-torque we haven't tested you want to see? Let us know!" I can't think about any current high torque from a major brand you haven't tested. But I'd love to see more 12V torque wrenches and 18V impact drivers
I can't think of a new high torque for you all to test but apparently there is a new V2 Astro Nano that claims 500ft-lbs compared to the old Nano's 400
The amount of time it takes to do the editing and testing is not going unnoticed man these videos help blue collar and DIY people everywhere and we thank you for that
That's what I think as well. I bought a Ryobi last weekend for a literal steal (free impact with purchase of a 1/2 cordless with 2 batteries and charger for $160.00). I did some research and found that they're all so close in performance so I went by price. Ryobi was, in my opinion, the most bang for the buck.
I took your advice and bought the old version of the Ridgid High torque from the HD and some 3 A/hr Octane batteries on-line. Glad to see that my money was not wasted.
I did the same, however I bought the high and mid torque on a $300 package deal during black friday week. I have yet to be let down. In fact, the high torque easily spun a hitch ball with rust and a lock washer. It then proceeded to strip the chrome, remove some metal, and then shear the jaw retention roll pin out of my pipe wrench that I had struggling to keep it from turning.
I bought it when Direct Tools had a 'blemish' sale for $150 then bought an Octane 3.0 on fleabay for like $20. I'm glad to know that the new 4.0 pack more or less keeps up with the Octane 3.0 in case mine ever dies and I need a replacement quickly.
I already had DeWalt stuff, so I bought an adapter to run 20v max batteries. I have a 6ah that I use for these impacts. I wonder it the TTC would ever do a comparison for gains/losses by using different manufacturers batteries. They ake these adapters for about anything these days. 🤔
Love when you do these crazy what if segments. Really shows your knowledge of tools and what could be made/coming. I'm sure your employer is benefitting from this.
Milwaukee has the 3/4 and 1 inch impacts if the 1/2 isn't enough for you. Also, if you look a the reviews for the Ridgid on the HD website, they have a high failure rate, so the M18 is at least more durable.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! My RIDGID Octane 86211B has impressed everyone at the shop, even the Snap-on impact owner who borrowed it while his was being repaired. I hope I never have to use the LSA. The 18 wheeler tire buster rushed out to buy one once I told him they were being phased out. I hope RIDGID comes through with the 8AH MaxOutput. I love screaming "come off or break off, either one is ok by me" as the RIDGID beats a bolt senseless. I ran out and got the 86211B after watching a TTC video and finding out they were being discontinued! Thanks again 👏🏻👏🏻
I read some reviews about Rigid, some impactdrivers just stopped out of the blue. Some customers had it replaced several times and same result. I mean not a good thing to happen when you are busy working with it. I am a bit unsure if I would buy it, price is steep, I have an airdriven impactdriver.
@@Pfirtzer Yes, I see them too. It's like "the election was stolen", bull crap. I've had RIDGID tools, battery powered and plug in electric for many years now. Mitre saw, table saw, impact 1/4 and 1/2 HD drivers, belt, oscillating sanders, grinder, chop saw, portable band saw and nothing has shown signs of fatigue even. You just can't believe liars or haters if you prefer. I have always been the Snap-On type. My tool box was over 14K in tools alone according to appraisal. When it came to power tools, there was no "very good" tool brand except that Milwaukee, although over priced, seemed decent. With RIDGID's LSA, I thought "what have I got too loose" hoping that they would honour the LSA. My first LSA RIDGID tool kit was bought 17 years ago. It cost $600 at the time. even the batteries were LSA. At that time, I was Makita but the batteries weren't much. I have no regrets yet.
Home Depot department supervisor here… u guys are aware they’re the same company right? Rigid, Ryobi, Millwaukee…. All one company. The reps come in with different shirts on depending on which bay they’re working on that day, but all their trucks say Ryobi only on them. Lol…. Edit: he mentioned TTi so yeah he knows. 👍
While its true that those 3 tool companies are all under the same corporate "umbrella" (TTI), they are built to different specs, price points, and expected types of uses. I buy my son who is a University English Professor (and only needs tools for the most basic of occasional projects) Ryobi tools, come Christmas & Birthdays. I get his brother, a Professional Diesel Mechanic, and heavy-use DiY-Guy, Ridgid and Milwaukee tools. Two totally different classes of tools, for 2 totally different types of users/needs. Buying Milwaukee/Ridgid for 'Mr. Academia" would be overkill (and a huge waste of $$), and buying Ryobi for my "Busted-Knuckles Boy" would be just one step up from getting him "Tonka-Toys"! Hope this helps....
I have always liked my ridgid tools. I had a ridgid fuego drill 12 years ago I put through hell and back, even ran it over with my car by accident and it never stopped working. I never should have gotten rid of it. I have the ridgig 12v impact and drill and they were great, small, light, and plenty of power for my line of work. I upgraded to the 18v set and they have been great.
I took this new Rigid impact wrench with a 4AH battery on it into my work and changed the blades on both a John Deere 772 motor grader and also a Mack snowplow trucks blades with it. It did the job just fine removing and installing around 40 of those blade bolts in total on the one charge. I did notice the body of the tool had gotten hot to the touch after each of those jobs however and usually excessive heat is not a good thing. Considering I mainly bought it for seasonal tire changes on my vehicles I’m more than happy with it.
For $269 Black Friday, I just bought this Ridgid R86212 with a 4.0 Ah Max Output batter, charger, tool bag, and got a free 18V Octane cordless router with both round and square bases and offset guide. Can't beat it!
My Ridgid cordless drill needed a brush assembly. It arrived with Milwaukee printed on the plastic wrapper. The internal parts of at least older tools appear interchangeable. I never knew.
Main difference here is Ridgid s lifetime service warranty, INCLUDING BATTERIES. Best deal going. I’m on my second and third set of FREE batteries in 15 yrs. For my Ridgid tools. Milwaukee gives you squat.
Even though it resembles the Ryobi, I gotta give them points for using a trigger with bellows. Maybe not the biggest deal for lug nuts, but for other materials that's a nice longevity feature.
Excellent vid. Regarding Rigid as the so called lower end brand getting their hand slapped for producing the more powerful Octane High Torque, sounds very plausible 👍🏽
I've been a contractor for 20 years and the vast majority of my powertools are Ridgid, I never liked the yellow stuff and the red stuff is over priced. Also, you can't beat the lifetime warranty and free battery replacements for life!
This is the kind of performance reduction I was afraid of with these new tools. Is it a bad tool? No pretty impressive actually but if it were a step up instead of a step back they would be dominating this class at least for a time until the new gen Milwaukee. Either way for those without the Octane version it is still a good choice. I was glad to see the mid torque performance was good though.
I didn't need the "Beast" that the (now discontinued) Ridgid Octane tested out to be, but knowing that it was going to get axed, I was able to score one for $150, including shipping. I don't use it all that often, but happy that its in my tool arsenal!!
dad got a rigid 1/2 impact over a year ago... we have taken apart 3 or 4 different cars, put together engines, and all sorts of other shit... and the battery only needed charged a week ago after I left it in -10 degree weather. 1 year of solid abuse and it didnt even sweat it.
I have a lot of tools from Ridgid (AEG here overseas) and I gotta say, I'm not disappointed with them, a bit pricey for the diy segment, but great quality overall.
I live in Canada and I just bought the Ridgid high torque impact wrench as a bare tool for $299.00. But Home Depot was running a promotion where you buy this impact and you get a 2 pack of 4ah batteries free. They are selling the same batteries as mentioned for $219.00. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
I was glad you guys did a post a while back about the great deal on the Ridgid octane high torque, picked one up and I'm glad I did I don't use it often but when I need the beans it delivers. Being my batter platform in the garage and in the the work truck there really isn't another option for me. Quite happy over the years with Ridgid due to the lifetime service agreement, have replaced multiple batteries over the years and fixed a bunch of abused drills too. I started with the X2 kit and never looked anywhere else for cordless tools, I still use the original x2 drill at home, it's down on power and is a ridiculous drill due to it's length but it doesn't let me down even after being drowned once years ago
Just pick this new model up with 4ah and charger for 200 bucks on sale. They had the 6 mode in stock but wasnt on sale. I actually cancelled my ryobi high torque order for this kit.
Not saying the octane tools weren't great stuff, but to me power per inch is number one priority so any gains in that direction is appreciated. It is sad to see them go tho
Remember like 10 to 15 years ago when you could barely get a 3/8 bolt tight… now these modern high torques can almost strip out a 1/2 bolts!! Absolutely crazy technology, what do we think the next 10 years will bring?
Please go also for the AEG Brand, its also from the TTI and they look a bit similar to Milwaukee plus they are expensive, but AEG Brand is not available in US and they cover all EU Countries, you can buy from ebay or amazon i think, but shipping to us must be expensive. As my experience on using AEG Power tools, before TTI to buy this brand they were made in Germany and they were navy blue, those made in germany tools that i still have from AEG, i think they will work until the world ends lol, but these new generations which are orange in color and made or assembled in china i have no comments cuz they are still new. But i think is TTI is focusing on this brand to be one of the best in EU Market as it was before, and maybe they are as good as Milwaukee or at least close who knows, But they look so much like ridgid visually 💁🏼♂️, At the end please consider that not all of your viewers live in US and this AEG PowerTools brand is not like cheap or new in the market and so many people round the world are using them so its so interesting to see you testing them. Specially these new generations which are sold after TTI bought the Brand not the Older Blue ones.
As for the rigid vs modded, it seems like they went with the stronger higher rpm motor and lighter hammer for 2 reason. The Light hammer on the stronger motor allows the torque to increase more rapidly at the bottom end. So in the first 7-10 seconds the normal rigid with the lighter hammer assembly does make more torque. The Heavier hammer with caused the strong motor to struggle more at lower torque while it was speeding up, but in the long run the extra weight allows for more torque.
The Ridgid r86212 is no joke. It puts in work and has plenty of nut busting torque with the 4 ah max output battery. I have a Ryobi P262 mid torque impact, but the r86212 is my favorite.
I've tried to find an excuse to buy an impact wrench, but most of my work is impact driver capable. When TTC makes one I'll buy it to support the channel, and over tighten the lugs on my vehicle😄.
Every hex to square drive adapter you break using a socket on your impact driver is letting you know you should be using a wrench instead. If you are getting by without breaking those, then you are good to go.
@@PaulRudd1941 if your talking an impact driver where do you get one that is powerful enough to break the drive adapters, Milwaukee and Dewalt would just stop turning and potentially wear out the impact driver itself over time, I've never seen strain put on the bit
@@maze749 lol the mechanic at my stepfathers shop bought my M18 brushless impact driver off me and he has a drawer full of broken 1/2 inch adapters from using it , he also bought an M12 impact driver off me and has added to his drawer with that one , I can attest that I have also broken socket adapters with my M18 surge , M18 fuel gen 3 impact driver and , my M12 fuel impact driver when using sockets for a variety of tasks, you can also see it in action by watching ttcs video on impact drivers they break a few adapters in that one as well
I really wanna see a retest with the 8ah EXP (or the 12ah when that comes out) on that Ridgid. I bought the new one after seeing this, and its been fantastic the whole way through!
That was a great video. I have the Octane high torque and feel lucky that I got one before they were gone. Just wish I could have gotten some 3ah Octane batteries to go with it. Thanks for comparing new and old against the Milwaukee gen 3 fuel. It's nice to see that other tools can really hold their own against everyone's favorite "New York Yankees" tool. 😂
home Depot restocked the 3.0 starter kit the other day , they had 473 In stock 2 3.0 octane batteries, and charger for 129.99 but you can get refurbished ones on Amazon for like 60 bucks also , they may still have some in stock on hd though it's worth checking , if they have any more on Monday , I'm getting 2 more sets , there are also a few sellers on Mercari that are selling them and if there is a factory direct tools near you they can be bought in store there still , check hd first though cause I think they're selling off the last of the octane stuff that they had hidden away in the warehouses so I'm sure they'll have some 6.0 going on sale in the coming months and I'm hoping that we see the 9.0 reappear because the only ones I e found have been on Amazon for 499 (which is rediculous as it was 199.99 the last time I saw one in a store)
Great review as always, i had a hunch about this model i thought that ridgid is only become more honest about their torque claims and i guess i wasn't totally wrong, that's definitely near performance to the octane and maybe it will surpass it with the bigger upcoming batteries keep it up as always👌
Can we have another round of cheap china sub $100 1/2" cordless impact gun? Atleast those rated for 600-1000nm in the spec sheet although we knew it wont be near that rating
I change my mind, don’t weigh the hammer part, it takes too much video time. Maybe a chart? I rather have the disassembly be on important features. Like quality of metal, or somethimg
I don't think you know yet. But those Ridgid new Tools require their special battery max out put (with a black label on the battery) not the one you used in the video with a Gray label on the battery.
There's not more than one max output variety. If it says ridgid max output thats the latest of that capacity. Thier pictures show black. They look like this.
It's 3AM and I'm watching a showdown between battery operated impact wrenches. To make matters worse (better?) the action includes fastening a bolt to a steel plate with an added teardown and franeksteining.
I love your channel but I can’t help but pointing out a safety concern. Could you PLEASE put the hydraulic hose covers over the hose. If one of the lines rupture and cause a hydraulic injection your done for. Those covers are cheap and saves lives
I work on my small MR2 all the time an my go-to for that is the subcompact ridged. I have been thinking I could cut the handle off that and make myself a "ball" type impact where you just grip it whether your hand and the battery is connected with a wire.
They make impact swivel sockets. Also used to work on MR2s Built 4agzes, 4agte, but my favorite was the blacktop 20v. My gob it wasn't as fast as the supercharged one but I thought it was nirvana in the aw11s. But you might be a sw20 guy or a zz30 guy :P The 3sgte also heaven.
Why is everyone complaining? You basically get a Milwaukee in a Ridgid. Hopefully the new Milwaukee pulls a DeWalt and keeps the size/shell the same but really ups the power.
Ridgid told me the Octane and Max output batteries are the same except they dropped BT. People were pairing them and then replaced their working or broken phones or app issues and they were permanently locked out of using them. (Those not aware, you can pair and lock your Octane batts so they can't be used by others. Unless they hack them) I have 3 and have never paired them. I'm surprised the neighborhood kids haven't paired them and locked me out of them. idc...lifetime batteries, parts and service!
@@TorqueTestChannel I've never taken my apart oh, so I only had what they told me and companies usually just give customers lip service. I would assume that they hopefully put in newer type cells and kept the heavier connector plates. Do you have a video where you took them apart? I'll search that on RU-vid. There might be someone that has done that. I like seeing the internals of anything.
