Snap-on -VS- Milwaukee ( CT8850 / M18 FUEL 2763) 1/2" Cordless Impact Wrenches 

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"Some Snap-On tools are the best you'll ever find, some are just overpriced garbage" - My Dad

I'll take out 14 screws, before I pay double for a snap on.

I own both of these modles, the Snap-on sets at home now and the Milwaukee is what I work professionally with. Snap-on worked great for a year untill it started loosing power, and the batteries never hold charge for very long. The Milwaukee 4 piece kit (1/2 and 3/8 inch impacts, 1/2 drill, work light, batteries and charger cost me the same price as the 1/2 Snap-on and are still going strong after two years with no power loss and the batteries still last a long time. I did send my 3/8" impact in once due to the power switch failing. they replaced it and promptly got the unit back to me. My electrical power tool money for professional use goes to Milwaukee.

This guy is the ChrisFix of took reviews

off set the price vs the warranty you, could buy 2 Milwaukee's and get 10 years of use for the same amount of money.

I love Snap-On but I buy Milwaukee power tools for two reasons Value and Expansion

What makes me feel mushy about snap-on is the fact that if you torque down a bolt to the max with it, you will then need to buy the Milwaukee to take it back out! The engineers of Snap-on forgot to ensure that nut-busting torque needs to be higher than forward torque.

I own both. The motor burned up in the Snap On after 11 months of daily use. The Milwaukee is still going strong after 2 years and the battery lasts longer between charges. Milwaukee is the clear winner in my opinion.

I am a diesel mechanic and I own both the milwaukee 1/2" and 3/4" HD impact wrench. I have had the 1/2" one for almost 5 years and i use it nearly every day since i got it, it has been through many drops, oil spills, and plenty of other abuse and it still runs the same as when I purchased it. I also have four 4.0 batteries and one 5.0 battery and they have passed the test of time as they are all past there warranty date and I haven't noticed a drop in power or run time since i purchased them. There is one discrepancy in you comparison which is you used a brand new snap-on and a 2 year old milwaukee, wouldn't a improper amount of grease in the milwaukee impact mechanism affect its torque rating? I think so since the more friction the milwaukee has to overcome the less torque it can apply to the anvil. The diff. between it and the snap-on is that 1. it has a brushed motor which means it can cause fire if oil gets on it, not to mention a brushed motor requires maintenance due to wearable parts and a brushless motor has no wearable parts. 2.Snap-on has a lower amp-hour battery than milwaukee which means less work per charge and snap-on hasn't gone past 5.0AH in battery tech and milwaukee has the highest AH battery at 9.0 which is higher than ANY other portable tool brand battery so that says something in itself that milwaukee has better tech than snap-on in regards to battery power. 3. although you usually get what you pay for, this is not the case, first a brushless motor trumps a brushed one any time and second why would snap-on use brushed motor and double the price for it in comparison to the milwaukee?? although snap-on is hands down the leader in hand tools, when it comes to cordless power tools milwaukee beats snap-on in warranty, motor tech and battery tech (worlds only and first 9.0 18 volt battery) and the large variety of cordless tools. Not to mention for the price of one snap-on you get 2 milwaukees which is a far better investment when it comes down to an investment.

Love my Milwaukee running strong after five years of heavy out door use on are farm. Had trouble after three years and they gave me a new one...

snap on is a finance company... for some people it aint about which tool is better, its about a monthly payment

Your testing is simply in a class of its own on youtube... its like a candy store of highly relevant specs- without any bs... huge respect for your testing and the extent you go too.

Thought this was going to be a routine review with an obvious winner. But then the mystery of the working and dynamic torques differences and the investigation of the reason with a tear down. Great stuff!

I have the fuel at work, and coworker had the snapon, fuel outperforms in absolutely every aspect.

Very good Review ! I had three of these Milwaukee impacts in my shop for over two years, not even one failure! They took a lot of abuse, but still feel solid and strong, I absolutely love it.

I've had the Milwaukee for 5 years in a diesel shop ( so it has daily heavy use ) and I haven't had any problems with it and it seems to be going extremely strong.

I'd love to see this test done with the Gen 2 Milwalkee

thumbs up for taking it apart! I like to service my tools... I even open my ratchets to regrease them.

Great video! I work for a power line contractor and we put that Milwaukee tool through the wringer time and time again, it's been dropped, worked with in the pouring rain, we drill holes in poles and use it as a nut runner on heavy duty pole hardware, these things are BADASS. I loved it so much I had to get one for my garage. Excellent tool, worth every penny 👌👌

I dropped my 2763 in a 5 gallon bucket of coolant the first week I owned it. It didn't work afterwords, I took it apart, dried it out with a blow gun, reassembled and voila ! It's been going strong almost 3 years since. Additionally it lives in the back of my service van year round on the east coast of Canada, its mighty hot in the summer and mighty cold in the winter! The 2763 has my seal of approval for sure!

Imagine being a "mechanic" and not being able to put that Milwaukee tool back together as some kid did for 3 bucks an hour when it was built.

good job.! i was waiting for this review for a long time!

Thank you for the time and care you put into these videos.

Another awesome video!!! I have the 2763 and I love it! It is a beast! 3 years with no problems what so ever.

9 amp hour Milwaukee torque test please. your videos are the best btw

I love your videos. you are the most unbiased tool reviewer with equal testing for all the tools you test. I always check your channels when I'm looking for a big purchase. thank you!

I so miss your tool reviews. You always put out such quality and reliable reviews.

thanks real tool reviews for that awesome comparison. I own the snap on cordless impact model number CT 8850. I asked you to do this review a few months ago and you delivered. I have yet to have a fastener that I am unable to remove with this impact. I am a professional Automotive technician and have been one for 20-plus years and have come to realize that Snap-on is just another tool and there are so many more options now. but I keep coming back to snap on for the tools that really matter this being one of them. thanks again for that awesome review.

Thanks. After watching this I will be taking my Milwaukee 2763 apart to see if it needs lubricated.

You need to set up a Patreon link... to help pay for those tools...IMO, if you helped someone save $400 one day, the least they could do would be to throw you a couple dollars per video, OR, a one time "Thank You" donation. Don't be afraid to ask people to support you man, you do a stellar job!

You Tube put this on my recommended videos so I gave it a watch, It may be out of date but here is my thoughts. I have to say I like how you didn't give a clear answer. I'v been a mechanic for the past 9 years and have owned the older snap-on cordless impact and currently own and use the milwaukee cordless impact. I know when I went to upgrade from my old snap-on I looked around and asked others what they used and the general consensus was milwaukee. So I went all in and got the 1/2in, 3/8th, nut driver and drill kit and I have been very happy with it. I had one problem that I caused and milwaukee fixed it for only having to pay for shipping. That was a huge thing for me, my old snap-on had lots of problems and they were never covered under the warranty (and yes I bought it off the tool truck and he had to send it in and wait for the verdict). I will say when it comes to the differences they are so minor that it almost doesn't matter other then cost and availability. But if you look around at the race track, mechanic work shop, construction site, home garage and reviews almost all people will got with milwaukee due to the reliability. One thing that most people don't think about is that if you need to borrow a battery they are more common or a tool and you know how to use it.

Really good review, nice job and thanks for the video. I for one appreciate your work!

I have Snapon's 8850 green monster. Great review using the right tests equipment. Warranty is not all that when it comes to hard work and longevity. As you can tell during review it's all about what's in the inside and we don't know all that until we get reviews and test as you proved. Keep up the good work.

Oh dang, I was NOT expecting such a thorough testing! I really wish we could see a battery run-time comparison.

Thanks for the video! I have been using the Snap-On since 2018 it is running strong . Will definitely inspect the need for grease.

Thank for this review, I wait long time to see real comparation between SO and 2763

No you need to test again with a brand new Milwaukee for obvious reasons .

Best value and warranty are worth it. Just ordered a Milwaukee. Thanks for the side by side.

thanks you sir for making this video I have the snap on electric impact and I wanted to see if it was good in comparison to another competitor I'm a technician that's starting out and I've been blessed to have a snap on discount through UTI and your tool reviews help me buy the right tool the first time

What a great review!! Very cool. It's nice to see inside and see what makes them the tools that they are. Thanks man!

also what kind of grease would you use to service the snap on tool yourself?

Best video-review of any tool I've seen thus far. You could start your own cable-television channel reviewing tools and it would be a hit. Or, work jointly with another cable television channel that reviews products and you would (obviously) be their tool guy.

an amazingly well balanced review for both professionals and beginners... Thank you.

There is no excuse for that Snap On to have a brushed motor, especially for how expensive it is. I talked to a tech who has the Snap On, he said its a piece of garbage. He went back to his air impact.

I own both of these tools. I've owned the snap on since December of 14. The Milwaukee since March of 15. I bought the snap on because I owned the previous model and I am a sucker for green tools. I bought the Milwaukee because it came in a combo pack with a flash light and 3/8 impact, two batteries and charger for about 580. I was in the market for a 3/8 cordless impact, so I figured that was a good buy. I took the snap on impact home for the purpose of keeping the same batteries in my tool box. I can honestly say after using the Milwaukee, I have been pretty much disappointed with the snap on one. I feel it's not as powerful when it comes to breaking fasteners loose. The snap on has struggled to loosen lug nuts torqued to 160ftlbs and the notoriously tight Honda crank shaft bolt. The Milwaukee has not let me down on getting lug nuts loose on f550s. I am impressed daily(as with others in my shop that own one too) when I use it. I was not aware of the checking the number of charges feature of the snap on, that is handy. I am fortunate enough how ever to work in a shop where power tools are warranties for life through them, so if my Milwaukee anvil were to sheer, they would cover it.

I own a snapon half inch 18v ni-cad cordless impact. It is 13 years old. One battery pack quit charging 6 months ago! Never been taken apart. Rated at 575 in reverse. This thing has been a beast! Being a competitive hardcore diy guy I have very much enjoyed this gun. If you deal with salvage yards and massive amounts of rust, you need the big hammer. Seeing this video confirms what my hand feels when in the field. My gun has worked over many other guns rated at 32v. When I saw the first set of numbers I was literally thinking that your math was off, but then with the last test really showed off the big hammer. Something else worth saying is I never had any battery problems and it's by far the fastest 30 minute charger I've used. And being honest, I never took proper care of the batteries. I've pulled them off the charger repeatedly and worked both batteries from full charge till full discharge.... countless times. Seeing the service ability I'm deciding to get my gun serviced instead of replacing it. Batteries I'll bet are gonna be expensive.

i have the m18 and I've had it for 3 years use it daily and its been great no issues

Please do a torque test with the Milwaukee and the 9.0 battery. They claim more torque but I'm dying to know exactly how much.

could you do a video on the Milwaukee with a 9.0 battery

Now that was an unbelievably exellent review. They comparissoin of the hammer says a lot to me. I want to try the Milwauke or Ingersol Rand as I have had hed SnapOn for 12+ years and one another MT rechomended the Milwaukee. Still on the fence but this did help a lot.

Just bought the Snap-on 8xxx (used) with two batteries with ~20 charges each for $300. Very impressed and glad I didn't pay the full price. However, I've borrowed a coworker's Milwaukee when my air tools fail to deliver. I was breaking loose K-frame bolts on 20+ year old cars with the Milwaukee and could hardly hold the tool still !!! Even the Snap-On dealer that services us sells BOTH of these tools and the Milwaukee seems to outsell. BTW, I'm glad "Real Tool Reviews" was able to put this test together, and I feel confident either purchase would be a great investment (granted mine was used, great deal for me, anyway)

The only reason I'm leaving a review is because I own many Snap-on things and whenever things break I have to wait a whole week or two to get my tool replaced, I started using sears craftsman tools because of this issue, I wish snap on had a store that I can walk into everytime I had a issue, I'm sorry it's going to be the Milwaukee for me for the simple convenience of having a 5 year warranty and half the price who can bet that and not wait around until your tool gets replaced, downtime I'm losing money and snap on could care less, great video by the way

Damn you really know your stuff!!!!

Time to put a Zerk fitting on the Milwaukee! Love the Snap-on but it is to expensive unless you were to use it on daily basis. Thanks for the best tool videos on RU-vid!

I own both and the Milwaukee appears so far to be the more versatile powerful and higher quality tool highly recommend the Milwaukee over the snap on

I like how you bought a brand new snap on to use for the tool review but use a 2 year old Milwaukee that basically tells me right there to use milwaukee

Great vid! I love my 2763. Bought it right after you first tested it.

Extremely happy with my Milwaukee half inch drive cordless impact. Have a coworker in my shop who has a snap on 1/2 dr impact and he will come and use mine when he can't get things apart.

Snap-on is the Apple of power tools. Overpriced, overhyped and there's always a bunch of sheeps blindly defending them no matter what.

Im surprised they don't put a grease zerk on the nose cone, most pneumatic impacts do. Im guessing that they are worried that people would over grease them and it would get into the electrics.

I have 3 of the Snap on impacts, the first one quit working in reverse on me. When I met up with my dealer to send it out for repair I bought another one on the spot, that one actually came with a free set of impact sockets. So that gave me one for my tool box and one for in my truck. Then I bought a Harley that I keep in Florida for when I'm on vacation, so I bought another one to keep in Florida with the tool box I have down there. I also have 3 of the 3/8" Snap on impacts that have served me well. I have sent one out for rebuild so far and use both every day at work. I work for a International truck dealership as a level 4 technician. Some of the other guys have the Milwaukee impacts they have bought from the Mac tool dealer, I think mostly for the price difference. I like having the same battery and chargers for 1/2", 3/8", drill, flashlight and sawzall. I have since purchased the 3/8" and 1/4" ratchets and have been very impressed by the 3/8" I don't use the 1/4" that much and also have a long LED light that uses the same battery for those. Because I have so many I have 3 batteries on chargers for the impacts and 2 for the ratchets, so I always have freshly charged batteries on hand. It's important to note that my impacts use the older style batteries without the charge indicator, I believe the batteries you tested were the Nicad; That's what they are changing over too because they say the batteries last longer. You can see a pic of my tool boxes on my YT page.

I have owned the Milwaukee gun for several years , Great tool! still outperforms my old air guns and its a lot more convenient because its not tethered to an air hose.

Awesome review. Though the SO impact may be built with heavier components. I think I would much rather put the extra 400 bucks in my pocket. You could buy one Milwaukee kit with batteries and 2 extra bare tools for the price of one SO impact... The extra effort that SO put into its impact IMO is not worth it being twice the price as the Milwaukee.. The SO impact does not offer a good value IMO.. Then there is the Dewalt dcf899dh and most powerful Makita that all cost a lot less than the SO Brushed impact... Too many options that offer a better value. Is the SO impact longer? It looks like it might be.

The Milwaukee absolutely destroys the snap on AND it's a 1/3 of the price

love your reviews... all of them!!! Thanks

i use the ct8850 eveyday, never had a problem with it. even a year outside warranty, it went back on the truck used and came back brandnew with the old nose cone.

Good Review but for the money I would still go for the Milwaukee

I own both the Milwaukee hands down

I've owned the snap on impact for 2 years now with no problems, although I have the snap-on drill from that same series and I've warranted it x in 2 years for stripping the drive.

Great test. I would absolutely love to see that same test done with Milwaukee’s high output battery. I do not own that impact but I have used it with the regular battery and it is considerably stronger with the higher output battery. Considering it’s less than half the price I would probably go with Milwaukee

Very nice objective review. I am curious what the Milwaukee performance specs would be AFTER re-greasing.

i have a snap on ct8850 i was in disbelief that it was losing power after just 4 months of buying it new, and then the day came when it would not undo a wheel nut at 90 flb sent it back got full rebuild back, with updated motor, 9 months later losing power again sent it back not under warranty now so just had it returned with a bill not a happy snap on customer i think i might just be buying some new Milwaukee impact guns from now on

I have had the Milwaukee for about 6 years, I use it every day, it has copped a flogging and it has been an excellent tool, would not hesitate to buy another one when and if it gives up the ghost without even considering purchasing a snap on

Great Video! Exactly what I was looking for.

I guess if I was a tech I'd buy the Milwaukee at half the price and twice the warranty . It would be nice to hear from techs themselves wether the torque difference is required. It's a expensive trade buying tools to do your job . If I can buy two Milwaukee's that will last 10 years under warranty for the price of one snap on , well does the snap on last ten years ?

I have the 2763. I never use my air tools anymore. There is no reason to buy into the snapon line in my opinion. Milwaukee has better warrenty and is far less.. Come on Snapon! Though they do make great hand tools.

Really nice to see Milwaukee making a solid selection of tools these days. Mostly everything in my box (box included) is snap on but I’ve found myself buying Kobalt/Husky/Milwaukee the last year or so and I’ve got zero complaints.

Excellent 👍 video and seeing what you need to do to maintain them to me was the main selling point .

So, I take it that the Mil is impacting faster to build up its superior torque with smaller impacts so the mechanism doesn't have to be as heavy. Is there an impact rate listed for the two? As a person who does all kinds of work it would seem silly to invest in a Snap battery system over a Mil, Dew, Mak, Hit, Rid, Ry. There is a lot less grease in that MIl, but there are so many variables, what kind of grease, what formulation of metal, shape of anvil..... It might be just right for the application. Did you see any wear? Thanks for taking them apart. Even though we don't know all of the details of what we are viewing, it gives us a great opportunity to learn together and so much more to argue about.

Thats the old version of milwaukee mine is the 1/2 drive high torq impact has 3 speeds

Sunnex sent you a socket? Man I’m jealous. I absolutely love their sockets been beating the crap out of them for a few years and they’re still holding up!

I saw it today. My pneumatic 1/2 inch snap-on impact guns (even one that was rebuilt recently by snap-on) couldn't break a nut loose on an axle of an 18 wheeler. Battery driven either. But the driver happened to have an m18 and it didn't even struggle to break the 8 nuts I was going for. Definitely looking into Milwaukee at this point.

What about Fein vs Milwaukee ?

Very good video. I am a certified tech for the last 30 years. I owned every kind of snapon cordless tools. Snapon is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. Battery prices are rediculous. So after being ripped of for years by snapon, I bought Milwaukee tools for the reason they are half of the price of snaopn and their warrenty is amazing. I took 7 year old tool without recipt to milwaukee service center and NO QUESTION ASKED they fixed it. Try this with snapon hah. My profissional advice is MILWAUKEE tool is a winner. My all cordless snapon tools are sitting in the bottom of tool box catching rust and dust. Reason after original battries stop working surprisingly exectly after 13 month I never bought new ones because of the rediculious price. I will NEVER BUY again snapon cordless tools again. PERIOD.

I would like to see the makita included sometime in the future. Thank you for your reviews.

At the shop I work at we have the snap on and it's a beast the way the gun is angled it make it nice to get in to tight spots and has never failed to not take a nut or bolt loose we do alot of engine and transmission changes in mostly hondas and mostly fwd cars and it's a life saver. But I have never used a Milwaukee but love the snap on never had a problem with it I'd say it pays for it self eventually

I had that Snap-on I had it over a year it has lost a huge amount of power it's more like a paperweight now I don't believe it's worth the money $700 my warranty has run out so I have to pay snap on $100 bucks for them to service it now it's $100 and next year another another $100. the Milwaukee sounds like the better choice longer warranty

Ive owned both and when the Snapon gun has half the battery bars it only has half the power. It is almost worthless when it has 1 or 2 bars. On the other hand the Milwaukee hits hard all the way until the battery is dead. The lithium 3/8 and 1/2 Snapon guns are both garbage im switching back to Milwaukee.

I have the Milwaukee 2763. Bought it used. It was pretty rough on the outside. Lots of use and an abuse. It works like new. No tool issues. No battery issues. My brother has a brand new one, and i can't tell the difference. Cordless tools with this kind of performance are a game changer.

I have newer version of the Milwaukee impact gun and I love it had the snap on one for a while didn't like it. I use it day in and day out I am a full time auto technician and the snap on felt like it wasn't holding up to what it was meant for. But the Milwaukee is the best bang for the buck 5 year warranty over the 1 year with snap on. I am starting to switch all of my battery tools to Milwaukee line.

hey man love your videos as a mechanic I definitly look into it alot always a competition with snap on and milwaukee as far as electric tools I have always been milwaukee and have proved milwaukee out works snap on. is there anyway possible the 3/8 snap on electric impact wrench you can do a head to head with the m12 fuel 3/8 as I said in the 3/8 snap on video you made a while back the snap on comes with a 14.4v I got the 4.0 battery for my m12 and the snap on has nothing for it when you match the size of the batteries up. saw alot of people ask on that video and saw you said you personally believed snap on was superior when someone asked with the battery sizes the stock m12 yes it is not as strong no doubt but once you even the playing field as far as battery size on the m12 it's definitly stronger put it to the test against snap on. you make great videos though and I know it would be alot better if you were able to make one and put them through the test you do thanks

Vibration and impacts are a death sentence for brushed motors. Really surprised SnapOn doesnt go brushless

i really like your channel, very good reviews, i like people using numbers to get results we can trust, it´s very good of you in opening the tool and showing the internals thus the reason of the test results, greetings from Mexico!

I like that your video was speedier for some of the tear down and testing portions, time saver. I found your testing to be informative, so I will be checking out some of your other tests. Thank you.

Time to change to Milwaukee

It isn't always just about impact strength, BPM, and total torque. Snap On will generally be better because of how the internals are made. Do they have pressed metal, centered metal, or forges gearing? Which one has more glass fiber reinforcement? What kind of polymerase materials is the plastic or plastic overmold is the housing made of. I can go on and on.

My 1/2 milwaukee has been trouble free for 4 years now. Amazing tool.

Hello again Great video well done I have owned both but sold the snapon six months later ,the Milwaukee seems to me to last longer and have more power ,most of the mechanics that buy a expensive gun like this probably will have the skill To strip and rebuild ( like striping a car engine would be a little harder ) but still good video 👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🏍 from the uk

snap on makes awesome hand-tools though