Sealey Cp1204 Impact Wrench 12V 3/8In Sq Drive 80Nm - Body Only

Excellent, battery life compact good for up to14 mm nuts. Maybe a bit more if you’re lucky

I already had the ratchet wrench kit with came with the bag, charger and 2 batteries. I'd been looking at this for ages wondering if I should bother or not. I couldn't really see the point. I have a big impact gun (400+nm) for wheel nuts and exhaust bolts etc and the smaller ratchet wrench (40nm) for general work on the car. Anyway, I gave in to temptation as I couldn't stand it sat there in my "wish list" any longer and I ordered it.I have to say, I'm quite pleased I did. I actually find I use this impact gun for undoing all my bolts. It whizzes them off in no time. I then use the ratchet for putting them back on so I don't over tighten them. There is a phenominal difference in speed using this. If you have to remove 20 bolts from an undertray, you will be really glad you got this rather than using the ratchet. The ratchet is still brilliant for confined spaces and tightening bolts without over torquing them, but this is great for removing them.I've also found I use it for wheel nuts. I've stopped using my big gun on wheel nuts as it damages the nuts and over tightens them. I'm now using a torque wrench to break them and this small impact gun to then remove them. Same in reverse, use this to whizz them up and then the torque wrench to finish them off. And that's the proper way to do it.So I like it. I find I use it a lot more than I thought I would.

Firstly this isnt for those stubborn bolt jobs. Its really for smaller sized bolts and the ability to dismantle and reassemble things very quickly. I have a Makita 18v 1/2 impact and although it is awesome and will pretty much undo anything it does weigh nearly 4kg. Alot of the time that power isn't actually needed so a tool like this is more suitable. This tool is light and easy to handle but still has the ability to undo most bolts that you come across on a car. You wont be able to get wheel nuts undone with it but at 80nm you wouldn't expect to either. I have now got this and the sealey cordless ratchet and they have transformed how i do work on my cars. No more struggling away on a nyloc nut trying to wind it down the thread. Now i can just get this compact tool in the gap and wiz it up quickly.

Great value, compared to buying it direct from Sealy.Plenty of power for such a small gun.

I wanted a little gun for undoing a lot of smaller bolts to help speed tasks up.Does exactly what I wanted it for but really do not seem to have 80NM of torque as it won’t touch 13mm bolts with slight corrosion or lock tight on them.It struggled with removing bolts from a battery tray that were not that tight.But I didn’t expect a 12 volt gun to do that just thought I’d try it to see if it could.I bought this product for under trays and jobs with lots of bolts to speed up jobs.If you want a small gun for gearbox jobs and other jobs this probably won’t do that even though the most of the bolts are not over 80NM tight.

I bought this as I had bought a Sealey CP1202KIT 12V Ratchet Wrench which came with two batteries, that would fit this item too. I fit windscreens in cars and trucks. I’ve found this item is good quality but is a little lacking in power to undo tight bolts on trucks. My 18v Erbauer is still my go to tool for heavy work. This is a good backup tool and quite suitable for lighter work.

This little impact wrench is a very useful addition to my tool kit!Alongside the sealy ratchet, which is used for the tougher fasteners, the gun is the ideal partner!

For the price this little impact wrench is amazing value for money! It appears reasonably well made and probably more than capable of the work I will be putting it to. Would it be suitable for professional use? Maybe, if used sparingly.... I imagine that if I were back working on trucks I would have gone for Snap-on, Mac, etc. So, I kinda love this little wrench and it's partner ratchet wrench.