KOBALT 24-Volt Right Angle Impact Wrench Review [KRAIW 124B-03] 

Agree 100%! This tool is great for what it is. An alternative for this is the DeWalt DCF850 with the 3/8 anvil swapped in. Better performance and smaller size! Have a couple videos of it on my channel 😎

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Ibrtdy I agree

Ibrtdy I don’t agree. Why does he use a adapter welded on a socket. Why not just run the correct size socket.

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Glad it was helpful! This right angle is pretty impressive. Thanks for watching.

Thank you very much! PF is a great channel and he's a great guy, so we're glad to mentioned along with them. Thanks for watching.

That's awesome. Glad you like them. Thanks for watching.

Glad I could help. I hope you like it. Thanks for watching.

Put a 3/8 socket fit directly on the end of the right angle impact wrench I was trying to put a socket on it it will not fit

@@buddy7013 pretty rough problem the hog ring is too loose I read a post where you put some vice grips on it overnight and it fixes the problem worked great for me

How is it holding up and how do you like it?

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Great to hear! This is a great tool. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for the sub! Let us know what you think of it.

Our pleasure! Glad you like them and thanks for watching.

Very impressive, and we were surprised. Thanks for watching.

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.

We'll probably do this in the next few weeks. Thanks for watching.

Yes, this is an impressive tool. Kobalt 24V tools are made by a different manufacturer now, compared to their older tools. Performance and build quality have been raised, for sure. Thanks for watching.

@@Shoptoolreviews Are they not made by Chervon?

Yes, it is impressive. We would like to see a 1/2" version as well. Thanks for watching.

They have adaptors to convert them to 1/2”

Awesome, it's a great impact for those tight areas. Thanks for watching.

Z31 or z32?

@@gamepro9505 1990 z32 na

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Thank you very much and thanks for watching.

Where did you buy yours at?

That's an excellent price. Thanks for watching.

Where did you buy it

Do you need a special adapter to put a 3/8 socket on it because I cannot get a 3/8 socket directly on it could anyone help me thanks

@@buddy7013 Well , they were made for use with impact sockets which is what I use , so maybe the tolerances are a little different . It could be a means to prevent the use of sockets that might fail under load.

Let us know what you think. Thanks for watching.

First thing I noticed too. Losing a significant amount of power.

It's not really losing a lot of power, but we have now added a row of 24mm head (16mm diameter) class 12.9 bolts that should hold up to 250 ft-lbs. Thanks for watching.

The adapter is welded to the socket, and power loss is minimal that way and is negligible.

But why use the adaptor????

@@benfairhall5331 , just a guess here, but thinking because the 3/8" sockets don't go that big (or at least, aren't common). The Torque Test Channel had 1 made custom for their head to head test of both, this Kobalt and the Milwaukee right angle impact wrench.

Ridgid just announced 2 new 18V Right Angle Impact Wrench's, in 3/8" and 1/2". They haven't released the specs yet, it just says "coming soon".

Good question! We didn't measure dB, but we can in the future. Thanks for watching.

i don't know if you take vibration into consideration as well. I use impact wrenches for deck projects and one of the things I pay a lot of attention is the vibration of the tool. Probably not so much for people that do mechanics, but driving general lag screws while the tool is vibrating can really fatigue you overtime. So far....Milwaukee is the only brand I know that has minimal vibration with their impact wrenches and then there is Kobalt......unfortunately Makita and Ridgid not so good on that department.

Yes, this Kobalt right angle is a great tool. Thanks for watching.

Thanks brother! Oh, you probably mean the tool is impressive. lol. Yes, this thing was pretty powerful, especially for the money. Keep up the hard work!

What was your finding on the difficulty of removing sockets, as I've read others have complained about too?

This is a impact not a ratchet you can't manually loosen fastener with it if it can't remove it with the motor/impact it will not work

We will do this very soon. Thanks for watching.

The kobalt should destroy it with the 24V. Im buy it

Milwaukee is stronger I have both!

That's a bummer. Well, I guess you can always repurchase it. Thanks for watching.

We were surprised as well. Very healthy tool. Thanks for watching.

I like to run ours with the 4Ah battery. I'm surprised that yours won't remove lugnuts. Thanks for watching.

I think so! We will see very soon. Thanks for watching.

We may compare these pretty soon. Thanks for watching.

It’s going to stomp on the 12v Milwaukee.

@@juanc5149 k, good for you, hope you are right •^•>

@@alyusmuse3839 Singlecam yt channel the Milwaukee m12 right angle impact on a skidmore wilhelm. That’s how I know.

@Bailey Hatfield I take it, that you don’t know what a skidmore wilhelm is. It test actual fastening torque. And it’s the most accurate method of doing so. Anyways on that test the Milwaukee angle impact wrench put 107 ft lbs of fastening torque. Granted it did use a bigger nut so that might be a factor. (But doubt it as the nut is still smaller than the impact mechanism.)

This Kobalt is legit. Thanks for watching.

Ebay..

That's kinda Apples and Oranges. I don't think you went wrong buying the Kobalt right angle, but I think you'd love the M18 Gen3 as well. Thanks for watching.

@@Shoptoolreviews I picked up the Kobalt right angle impact yesterday. I’m now thinking of returning the gen 2 Milwaukee 1/2” mid torque I just bought for the Kobalt 24 volt xtr 1/2” rated at 1200 ft lbs since I’m already on the xtr platform. More torque with 24 volts, batteries cost less. I will probably buy the Milwaukee gen 3 compact impact 1/2” since it’s the same size as the m12 stubbie impact. What you think?

@@Shoptoolreviews Got the 1/2” Kobalt xtr high torque and the thing is a massive beast, lol. Idk if I would really need this working on mt Fk8 Honda Type R. I mainly do bolt on mods like fmic, brake pad chsnges, rotor changes, sway bar, some fuel mods like port injection kit I need to install, turbo kit install.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

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It definitely seems this way. Thanks for watching.

I agree they always seem to hit harder than what they are rated. Rigid and Ryobi always throw about bullshit torque specs.

We will compare them in the next few weeks. Thanks for watching.

@@Shoptoolreviews awesome!!! You are very welcome

It's definitely impressive. We'll have to put them head to head very soon. Thanks for watching.

It shouldn't be long. ;) Thanks again for watching.

@@Shoptoolreviews I guess the reason they just rated it at 180 ft lb because it seems to start struggling at around 200. I don't know if you ever pay attention to Lowes' customer feedback, but their customers love to nitpick at every little thing. A negative review is more apparent at Lowes than Home Depot only because there are far less reviews from people that really care to give feedback as opposed to thousands of reviews at Home Depot. Don't know if that has anything with them underrating their specs, but if it overperforms the claims then they figure people would stop complaining it can't.

Enjoy your new purchase and thanks for watching.

Yup i did it on mine and worked no problem. Also my lug nuts as well

Yup ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z30ju9JSXGc.htmlfeature=shared

like garbage

It beats it

But idk about lasting as long

@@kevinragsdale6256 Milwaukee fanboy I see

We'll see if we can work it into the schedule soon. Thanks for watching.

It's long, but it's not very tall or wide. Thanks for watching.

It's a great tool. Thanks for watching.

higher voltage does not automatically mean better, the 12v milwaukee is smaller, lighter, and stronger. Try again.

@@kevinragsdale6256 that's your experience, anything with more juice helps the equation along, you keep your 12v,

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We may do this soon. Thanks for watching.

Looks like it. We'll do a head-to-head very soon. Thanks for watching.

@@Shoptoolreviews looking forward to it. I did get the Kobalt and its much stronger than my Milwaukee

ATG, Shop Tool Reviews & I tested them. This Asian tool is better (power) than the other Asian tool.

He has. You can find the video on his channel.

Yes, we have already reviewed these. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yALFkJz0iSs.html

thx

@@AlexMaysonet thnx, buddy

@@Shoptoolreviews well, great

Your call. They're both great impacts. Thanks for watching.

;) Thanks for watching.

If you watch and listen to our videos, then we explain this. We tested the Milwaukee M12 right angle with the 2Ah M12 battery because that is what the tool comes with if you buy the kit. The Kobalt does not come as a kit, so we had our choice of batteries. This was a 4Ah Kobalt 24V battery (Not 5Ah). We try to be very fair with our testing and provide tests with tools as our viewers may purchase and use them. We will have a follow-up video showing the M12 with a larger capacity battery. Thanks for watching.

@@Shoptoolreviews if you havent already done the follow up video. I'd be interested to see the comparison with the 6.0 XC battery.

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HYTORC Lion Gun. We reviewed them and the link is below. Thanks for watching. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yALFkJz0iSs.html

No, it doesn't. To be honest, this is why there SHOULD be standards for measuring torque for impact wrenches, but there is not. When tool companies claim "300 ft-lbs of breakaway torque", they mean that a bolt can be tightened to 300 ft-lbs and their impact can break it free. Thanks for watching.