Finds: RoadPro 12 Volt Impact Wrench
By Sean O'Hara
Want to feel like you’re on an Indy 500 pit crew instead of just stuck on the side of the road? Try changing your flat tire on the interstate with a 12 volt Impact wrench that plugs into your cigarette lighter outlet.
Getting the lugs off your vehicle and back on again in good time can be frustrating by hand, but RoadPro says the 12v impact wrench packs 250 foot pounds of nut turning torque that’ll get them spinning off an uncooperative wheel in no time. It also sports a 12’ cord so you can change all four tires even on large SUV’s or trucks.
Also included in the kit are four Sockets – 11/16″, 3/4″, 13/16″, and 7/8″ — to fit most vehicle lugs, and the entire kit tucks into a molded plastic case. Your next breakdown may not be the world’s fastest pit stop, but anything is better than the stock tire changing gear the factory gives you right?
Street pricing starts at $50.
12 Volt Compact Impact Wrench [RoadPro]
Street Price [Froogle]
December 29th, 2006 at 1:21 am
Of course a breaker bar would get a lot more force for a lot cheaper.
December 29th, 2006 at 10:38 am
And more compactly, and more reliably. The only thing the wrench has going for it is that the torque is applied symmetrically, whereas a breaker bar has a higher chance of snapping the lug sideways. That’s why I like the four-way spiders; I can pull on one arm and push on the other, twisting the nut without applying undue side force.
June 25th, 2007 at 8:12 am
SIRS: I’m giving it a shot ‘ I’m at the age that changeing a tire would kill me , and I’ll will keep on buying and returning the devices until one actually works . I haven’t used it in actual conditions , we’ll see .
David Allen
August 30th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Get ready to cast your wrist. If it really doe sput out 250 ft/lbs of torque, it will probably twist your wrist off with that whimpy handle.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Shows what you guys KNOW - bought one and - IT’S GREAT!!!!
Wouldn’t change a tire or remove a lawnmower blade without it.
Leave your vehicle running - to get full power to your lighter - BAM it’s done NO impact to the user.