Aircat A1000TH Impact 1/2" Composite Twin Hammer, Price/EACH

I work as an auto tech for over 30 years, I use this airgun 6 days a week. Very durable, light weight, lower sound level and powerful. The 1000 series is perfect for most auto repairs, some of the higher torque airguns are too much for everyday repairs, sometimes breaking bolts with too much torque. I'd recommend this airgun

So much better than my old Harbor Freight el cheapo impact gun. This one actually removes any stuck bolts on front suspension arms, etc.

I wouldn't have taken the time to write this much about these Aircat impacts if my crew didn't love them. We have tried many other brands and models, and it almost seems as though the more expensive and big name the wrench is, the poorer the quality and performance. We had two different high dollar well known impacts from a famous tool maker, that upon hooking them up promptly had their trigger handle blow across the driveway. After finding the pieces and reassembling them that stayed together, but within a few weeks usage got progressively weaker and the push button direction buttons on back needed to be held in place while using. After this pair of impacts, we decided to try the 1000TH units, and have used them exclusively ever since Our grain equipment assembly crew wears out an average of two high end impacts a year. The 1000-TH has become our favorite due to its incredible power, good reliability and handing. The only drawbacks it has is being a little on the heavy side, a jumpy trigger, and needs the retaining ring on shank replaced almost as frequently as the other impacts we have tried. It hold up well in our abusive environment of being occasionally dropped, dragged through mud and sand, and sometimes being subjected to pressures as high as 170 psi. Out of the over a dozen of these wrenches that we have used up, only one had an internal failure before it wore out, and it was a piece of the rotor housing chipped away harmlessly, causing to get very weak. This happen at a place where our air source was about 170 psi, enough that it ruined out pressure regulator, and we continued using the wrench at this pressure to finish the job. Usually they just get a little weaker after several months of almost continuous usage by a four man crew all day for 10 to 14 hr a day, six days a week. We then just break out a new one, which we carry as a spare in the truck at all times, then give away the old one to friends that get years of normal usage out of them afterward.

This 1/2 impact is a beast - working in a fast paced express shop this impact will get heavy and I will use the lighter impacts provided but when trucks come in or I know a lug or bolt is going to be tight I grab this impact and know it will take it off - recommended for slow work environment and heavy duty lug or bolt removal

Soooooo much better than other brands I have tried. I cant tell you how it compares to 34;off the truck34; brand air tools because I have never tried any of them. I can tell you it blows away every one of the home improvement store tools I have used. I wish I had found this one first. Ton's of power for the price and the fit and finish of the product is excellent. This is one purchase that makes me smile every time I use it.

great product