I’ve had that fake majors impact wrench for over 2 years and it still runs strong only get about 150 foot pounds out of her but I use the hell out of it and I paid 29 dollars for the tool on eBay so all in all I’d say it’s honestly a great fucking deal I mean 150 foot pounds is enough to break free 99 percent of the bolts on any regular size car lol even lug nuts are no problem for this little beast it’s really compact and is actually built with decent quality I’ve had mine apart it has the boards fully epoxied just like Milwaukee does it
Man, the internet is great, I remember when you had to get your turd-level-quality counterfeits from a guy selling them out of his car trunk in a dark alley. Now they just ship them to your house!
Torque of TTC is working in product development for Astro Tools who also make impact wrenches (air). TTC is not the only testing out there, always consider multiple sources when looking at a tool! Was our Wish wannabe worse than expected, have you had better luck? Let us know!
I have both but my knockoff doesn't have the branding and it was only $30. It's not bad, but the first one exploded, the anvil self destructed at the first use. I've only used it once to disassemble a Jeep and it had about the same power as a 12v Milwaukee brushed impact driver with a 3/8 adapter. Bought the genuine 14Z during the last sale, seems much better made (duh) but I haven't used it yet.
I love your channel - You give us real data - thank you I think you could really expand your channel by doing head to head comparisons with Wrenches, Sockets, Ratchet Ect... I'd like to see you take them to failure - also compare fit and finish and Cost We could really benefit from this info. If I could get a wrench that is 90% as strong as a snap on for half the price thats a game changer - Thank you - Keep up the great work
I used ru-vid.comUgkx4ynqaujg7rZKFapA8s29kTpRszJGa3-K this for the first time today to replace the front wheel bearing on my rwd 98 dodge dakota. This had absolutely no issue removing or reinstalling the lug nuts and it took off the axle nut without any struggle. Sounds like it's got some muscle to it. Time will tell
I have a few of these impacts I pick up from wish with no branding on them usually for around $30. I say a few because they generally only last a year. I was really impressed by how much power it had compared to an old brushed craftsman impact I had, and a little older cheaper Ryobi brushed impact my friend used. I think, while performance comparatively is underwhelming, it goes to show how far technology has come that a bottom of the barrel knock off can really impress you when comparing to 6 or 7 year old tools.
Just an idea for future tests: Some impacts like the newer Makitas you've tested have auto tightening modes where you can hold the trigger and it stops impacting after a certain time. For me it would be super interesting to know approximately how much torque each setting provides
it's variable and dependant on the voltage of the battery, so i.e basically worthless. full charge low setting could be the same as high setting low charge u feel me fr fr no cap
bit late to the party but i think the autostop mode is the same as the normal speed modes (which just limits the max rpm under no load/max ipm under load) with an extra feature, being that it cuts the motor and engages the brake once the tool senses it going to no load to load in forward, vice verse for reverse. if its at auto 3 compared to auto 1, it just has the potential to be faster and thus can impact more times giving more torque before the automode overrides the motor and electric brake. personally i find that mode more useful for loosening to keep nuts & bolts from flying out at high speeds or to keep it from unthreading completely. only use it in forward for lugnuts before dropping the vehicle back down but i also loosen each one afterwards before i use the torque wrench just in case
Mine still works 3 years later and gets almost everything done. I keep a corded 220v impact around because it was a gift and I only had to use it once for seized exhaust bolts.
I have a Drilpro branded variant, does very well for it's €35. Think it's better built than your wish variant. Yup it's no brand name machine, but beats my old Clark 24v (ni cad) and the handmedown (unknow brand and 30+ years) air impact I have.
King Bean Bringer is dead. Long live King Bean Bringer! No wait... False alarm. Old King Bean Bringer is alive and well. (Man, that's tough to say, even in my head)
I love my Cheapster Impact. I use it to tighten Wheel Bolts, in lowest setting i get the wheels to align an pull in I think it makes about 60NM, kinda half of the final torque, I then only need a few degrees with the toque wrench to tighten them. I have a 900 NM Dewalt Impact as well that I set „permanently“ to left rotation so I never over-tighten someting with it, whereas the teal fake is weak enough to not cause a problem. Also tjat wont wear out the Anvil as fast. Of course a stubby M12 Milwaukee impact would be nicer, but the cheap plastic is also very light and kind of compact.
"So for the money should you, No Just no". Oh god I died. Interesting note, I picked up one of these fake makita's last year..don't recall which model just as a "Throw in the car for emergencies" kind of thing. It will remove the lugs off my van, though not very fast and that is all I really care about for the measly $30 I got it for. Also if it gets stolen, I'm only really out a battery.
I just ordered one from ebay. Claimed 800NM, and I thought, well, if it makes 1/3 of that, good deal. Lug nut spec on my truck is 140 lb.ft and they're in good shape. Will be interesting to see if it holds up.
ive been beating the snot out of 1 of my knockoff makita impacts. It has held up in my service truck with every day use no problem for over a year, I thought for $50 on amazon it wasnt going to last long and die any day so I ordered a second. Still waiting for it to die to open the new one
I love your channel - You give us real data - thank you I think you could really expand your channel by doing head to head comparisons with Wrenches, Sockets, Ratchet Ect... I'd like to see you take them to failure - also compare fit and finish and Cost We could really benefit from this info. If I could get a wrench that is 90% as strong as a snap on for half the price thats a game changer - Thank you - Keep up the great work
More lolz than your typical video. The name plate repeatedly trying to escape from the tool was great, but I about died when the battery decided to make a break for it too
This is the exact knock off I had, I have now got the same makita shown here, I knew the knock off was useless when i couldn't remove the the lug nuts from my wheel. I do however still use the knock off as a driver as it has a 1/4 inch inside the anvil. I've wondered what would happen if I swapped the anvils so my real makita would have this ability.
How dare you insult my off brand impacts. They're just as good as the big brand, they just don't have the same badges or quality control, or internals, or....holy hell what have I done...
I have a different knockoff version that is at least the correct color to match my genuine makita tools, looks identical to a genuine 1/2 mid torque except with a different print on the mode selector sticker on the base. Even if it did perform at 30% of a genuine impact wrench, it's still done everything I've asked of it in an automotive setting short of busting a 30 year old crank pulley bolt (which needed a kobalt high torque cordless). I'll eventually replace it with a genuine one but I've enjoyed working with it with the batteries I already had
@@Senkino5o It's a lame gimmick but it must be worth something. Bosch rebranded all of their 10.8V lineup to 12V a few years ago despite not changing anything. I assume to compete with the Milwaukee 12V. 10.8 is to 12 what 18 is to 20. DeWalt are also weirdly inconsistent selling both 10.8 and 12V together.
Main issue with battery adapters is that some makers put protection circuitry in the battery, and others put it in the charger/tool. If you use a battery that has no protection in a tool that has no low-voltage shut-off, you can easily damage the battery permanently.
Oh yeah, but for that price you could get two of those (and that super battery) and have a couple of conversation Book Ends for the shelf! (best to glue on the logo badge first, just in case the books fall over though!) .
I got that tool for 35$ total 1 year ago and it works great for my needs. Especially for automotive it's a perfect tool for that price... I don't see any point to by Makita impact wrench for 250$
I have a 2 of the fake 9ah batteries. For what they cost they are pretty good. I’ve had them for about a year doing heavy fitting work and they seem to last. Only thing is the terminals inside the battery can burn out but you can just solder them back on.
I got one of the older style one of these, definitely not powerful, but enough to remove lug nuts and make doing wheel maintenance much quicker, only 27 bucks!
I bought one of these Fakitas to take to salvage yards for when i am parts pulling. That way I am not too upset if i lose/break/drop it in a pan full of oil. It is just powerful enough to do most of what I need and makes a god awful noise like a bearing is siezed, but it works and I reckon it is worth the $50Ausd it cost me, The real Makita stays in the garage doing real work.
it is so hilarious seeing the Wish knockoff. I love two things of it, 1, its sound; 2, how it falls apart, which must be designed on purpose, because it is actually not easy to realize :). yeah, nothing to see here when talking about the torque output.
So the only thing I disagree about for this is we all know the 1000Nm claim is bogus so it should really be ranked without that portion of the values added in. If you did that, it'd be 118.7 and clearly ahead of the Ridgid's 97.8 and not far behind the two Milwaukee tools of 131.6 and 127.3.
I have 2 of these cheap ones and they work great with some finishing steps like installing shims to reduce axial shaft play and matching the dogs to strike at the same time but having done that I can now easily take off lugnuts with these chinese things
@@mrmotofy sorry, I didn't feel the need for an impact driver to record video or did you mean a video of it taking of lugnuts? or the mod? edit you just need 18x25mm shims at a thickness of 0.2 and 0.3mm, I would estimate that it could make real 250NM after that not much, but good enough
Thank you for the Knock off test. A guy a work has one, the 285 version, and he says it ain’t all that bad, but hit and miss is everything in life and I normally miss. So settled on the DTW300. I’d like to see a settings test for that model, see what torque actually is created, same as Dewalt, Milwaukee and the like. Thank you once again for all your testing!!!
They already tested it and praises it, its called xwt14 in USA. Awesome impact wrench, i got the same just that model number is DTW301, it punches above its weight class.
@@pflaffik Did they test the settings? I missed that then. Have watched all their vids as well. The 301 has a different anvil, a pin type I think, the 300 is a retaining ring.
Dear TTC. I love your channel. My first battery platform was Ryobi but I have recently switched to all Makita Batteries. No matter the make of tool (almost) you can get an adapter to go from Makita battery to that tool whether it be Bauer/Hercules, Ryobi, or Craftsman. If I find a tool that i want, I will just order the makita adapter for that tool and then I have a pile of batteries and chargers for powering it. Can you do an episode or test to determine if performance is affected by using a battery adapter?
Hey ttc, I’ve been watching every video u post and there all great . I wanted to see if u could make a vid of the m18 1/2 compact impact vs m18 3/8 compact impact. To see who is stronger.
THanks for the video, does anyone else remember when Makita first appeared as a lower cost imported power tool manufacturer? I'm sure these Chinese (?) copies will improve and soon be labeled under their own brand.
That little on off button located just above the battery mount has two power modes for each direction of the tool. Are you sure it was in the high power setting? RPM sounded a bit low...
Shit, I'm glad I found this video! My dad keeps showing me that he wants to give me the Wish impact Makita, exact same the one you tested and I keep telling him not to spend his money on garbage! Now I can show him how bad it is! Thanks alot! Hahaha
The biggest surprise here is that the real Makita actually manages to generate the same or better output compared to its legitimate battery with the very dubious 9Ah knockoff pack.
3/8" Cordless impacts yes. Electric ratchets no, they dont really dyno. Torque sticks we've shot footage, but the brands you guys requested included Astro so we're still figuring of if we show these since we already shot them w/ Astro torque sticks.
OK I thought the test is really cool I have a knock off Makita got it on wish 🤔 actually came in a plastic bag so you lucked out you had a box be honest it does what I want takes off Lugnuts put Lugnuts on that use it for other things to works pretty good but maybe I got a good one LOL great job guys keep up the great work
Can you do a test of “budget” high torque models? A brushed older model of the 1/2” Milwaukee high torque m18 runs only about $100 or less at the moment. Picked one up the other day in a kit with an electric ratchet at Home Depot for $200 including batteries for both and a charger. Pretty screaming deal if you ask me 🤷♂️ I know it’s going to be perfectly adequate for my uses, but I am curious as to how it would perform on this test. Especially given how inexpensive it is
Have you tested Key-Yang? As I understand it they supply most of the gearing etc to major brands… Took one for a test drive and my Fijian boys couldn’t kill it, and they would kill a DeWalt in 3 months or less
The Makita badge falls off when the authorities show up at the warehouse like the bottles and drinks falling through trap doors at a prohibition era speakeasy when the police are at the door.
I'm totally crushed that the score was so low. I totally had my heart set on getting that much torque. WHY Cruel World, WHY must you mock me so?!!?!?!?!?
The price compared with the actual torque looks really good. If you already have Makita batteries it works out to $60 producing 100#ft in 5 seconds, or 175#ft in 15 seconds and climbing. Not the kind of the thing I would want as a professional, but for backyard truck stuff it looks great.
@@covishen Yeah Ryobi's come a long way in the last 10 years. Gives the fancy brands a run for their money like having an arm wrestling match with your little sister.
Is there any chance to see also Metabo power tools tested here? I know some construction workers loving them, but Im curious how they present between tools like Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita.
Must be more than one of these copies out there. I got a slightly different version for £22 ($28), better color match with a real Makita but no badge, one extra vent at the back and has a Bosch Freak style 1/2 + 1/4 hex anvil. Rated at a much more modest 330Nm, definitely doesn't make that but can just about do lug nuts with a real Makita battery. Also seems to run more smoothly and hasn't noticeably lost power in a year of ownership, although that said hasn't been used much.
don't know if this has been suggested but testing a manual impact wrench, the swench 500 sold by snap on might be a cool comparison to the compact right angle impact wrenches
@@TorqueTestChannel I think the point is, these are sold by a bunch of different vendors at a wide range of prices and they're all basically identical. I bought the highest torque driver from a vendor on aliexpress, and paid about $35, including shipping. And while I don't have a fancy torque testing set up like you do, I measured the torque on mine to be about 100 foot pounds. So it seems like you massively overpaid for what you got. FWIW, while I know the one I got for $35 doesn't hold a candle to a genuine Makita, and I would never recommend it to anyone who uses one regularly, I have no regrets on my purchase. Especially since I could never justify spending $100-$150 on a tool that I use maybe once a year and that I could get by just fine without. For me, $35 was something I could justify for something that's a 5 minute convenience about once a year.
@@MrJacobegg i bought one with two of the cheap, questionable batteries for 50 $ for the exact same reason, i didnt want to use a hand tool to change my tires. Now i just have to use the torque wrench. Also, its nice to know the tool is too weak to actually break a wheel stud :-)
@@MrJacobegg Oh, we knew we overpaid as soon as we clicked buy. That's sort of the rub. We want to be the guinea pigs so you guys don't have to. If we bought the cheapest one, there would always be the question of "what about this one I found though, looks like it supposed to be better" I agree with you that they are all probably about the same.
This is hilarious! I wouldn't have trusted that Fakita one bit even before this video or that 9ah battery not to burn my house down 😂. Please test a real Makita 6ah battery from Home Depot to see if it provides even a slight power boost like the Milwaukee 6.0 achieves. Coming in at a whopping $150 a pop I'd gladly ship one to you guys free of charge. -Great video as always TTC!
I'd really like to see you do the Low Quality Version. Yeah it'll suck... But A: How badly, and B: I always wonder if they actually just have 1 model of these and the model options are just a trick to get you to buy a "better" version, yet all along they're all the same.
hi, please try the clone of makita dwt700 .. specifically the kamolee dwt700, you can check it on youtube and the feedbacks are promising . then can bust nuts loose upto 1400nm.
I guess all of those Fake-ita impacts are all the same, I have aliexpress version and it seems like about same power as some of the impact drivers. Could you do a test against Makita impact driver such as DTW153/(XDT13Z?). It would be interesting to see if driver + socket adapter can do the same as these knock-offs.
I've always wondered why it's the Makita tools that most often get knock off versions. I've seen some really bad attempts to knock off Dewalt's and Milwaukee's but the Makita knock offs are actually close to looking like the real deal. I was really amazed that the tool shown in the video was brushless! Is there a dedicated Chinese factory making only knock off Makita? If so why Makita? I know Makita is a top tier brand but so is Milwaukee and Dewalt? In fact I work on big jobsites and rarely see Makita it's always Milwaukee and Dewalt with store brands as well. I only know one "makita guy" and he is just old school, his first cordless was a 9.6v Makita but I rarely see anyone else using them. My employer also works at car dealerships and often I add plugs/lights in the service areas and again it's only the other brands I ever see techs use. Is Makita much more popular overseas?
It's definitely more than just Makita, about seven years ago my dad bought a knock off Dewalt drill from a SoCal flee market for like 12 bucks, the branding was "Desupreme" and overall it wasn't that badly made. Fundamentally it's just a generic drill with a 24v 550 motor in it and it does what it supposed to do. I later bought myself the cheap 30$ B&D drill from Walmart and they feels the same in terms of speed and torque.
Well which side of the pond are you on ? In Britain theres dewalt & makita in equal numbers then the less used hilti & bosch & just recently I'm seeing milwaukee have made it across from your shores . Not sure why they clone makita the most , but yea ha theres a makita clone factory - called crapita
I bought one of those at 25 $ plus 25 for 2 questionable batteries and charger, and for changing car tires, its just fine. If you want it for any more than that, get something for 5 times the money at least. 60$ is way too much for one of those, mine doesnt even have a brand name on it.
