Clarke CIR184LIP 18V 400Nm 1/2" Drive Impact Wrench With 2x 4Ah Batteries & Charger review
The Clarke CIR184LIP 18V 400NM ½” Drive Impact Wrench with 2 x 4Ah Batteries and Charger is a great cordless impact wrench – and good value, too.
If you spend a significant amount of workshop time loosening or tightening nuts and bolts a great time and effort-saving tool is a powered impact wrench. And, for the home mechanic, a compact, cordless version at a reasonable price can be very tempting.
This impact drive from Clarke via Machine Mart is exactly that and has the reassurance of receiving lots of satisfied ‘five star’ ratings from buyers and being a ‘Best Buy’ award winner from Auto Express.
It’s the Clarke CIR184LIP 18V 400NM ½” Drive Impact Wrench, to give it its full name and costs an affordable £173.99.
It’s also packed with useful features and clever design touches. Its powerful motor produces 400Nm of torque making it capable of loosening the tightest of fastenings and is also a brushless design for a longer life. It is compact and cordless which makes it very portable and able to be used in the most confined spaces. It has three forward and three reverse speeds to suit all requirements with an impact rate of up to 3300ipm and it also features a useful, built-in LED work light to illuminate your work area.
It also comes with two 18V Lithium-ion batteries meaning you can easily swap to the spare battery should you run out of charge, while it also comes with a bespoke 230V charger which is claimed to be able to recharge the batteries from completely flat to full in only 1.5 hours.
It’s also solidly built, easy to handle and has received dozens of glowing ratings from buyers on Machine Mart’s own website, such as this, from Anthony:
“Excellent impact wrench for the money. It had more than enough power to get the job done and made removing stubborn bolts much easier. The two batteries are a great addition, so you’re never waiting long to carry on working. Solid build quality, comfortable to use, and great value for the price. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable impact wrench without spending a fortune.”
Or this, from Nick:
“(A) good quality impact wrench with enough power to do the job I needed.”
For more information on the Clarke CIR184LIP 18V 400NM ½” Drive Impact Wrench with 2 x 4Ah Batteries and Charger or on other bike specific products go to Machine Mart’s official website.
A vastly-experienced motorcycle journalist and bike tester, Phil West is also an ex-Executive Editor of MCN, former Editor of Bike and What Bike?, author of numerous motorcycle books and has ridden virtually every bike of the last 30 years.
