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$100 vs $900 Impact Wrench TORTURE TEST - YouTube
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(engine revs)
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(tires squeal)
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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- I think this thing's
about to catch on fire.
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(wrench whines)
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- We're testing impact wrenches today,
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$120 Harbor Freight vs. $370 Milwaukee.
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- Vs. $800 Snap-on electric impact wrench.
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Do you really have to
spend a bunch of money
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to get the right tool for the job?
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- Do you?
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- I don't know, Jerry let's find out.
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(upbeat music)
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- Today we're going to be testing
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three different impact wrenches
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at three different price points
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to figure out which one is
the best bang for your buck.
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So Zach, why would you
even want an impact wrench
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in the first place?
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Well, if you're going to
be working on your car,
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especially working on it a lot,
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you're going to have to bust
some nuts along the way.
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Now, sure, you can just use
an old fashioned hand ratchet
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and your big old muscles.
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But, come on, power tools,
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that's way cooler, and
it makes it way easier.
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And it'll save you some
knuckle skin along the way.
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3/8s impact wrenches
are relatively compact,
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but they can bust relatively tight nuts.
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And these guns boast some
pretty high torque figures.
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So, let's take a look at
our actual contestants here
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and see what we chose.
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(hip hop music)
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- Our bottom tier impact wrench,
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we have the Bauer from Harbor Freight.
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Is a 20 volt, 325 ft-lbs
of breakaway torque.
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- [Zach] Wow.
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And the middle category
we've got the Milwaukee M18,
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18 volt, 250 ft-lbs of breakaway torque.
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- [Jeremiah] Oh, okay. Less.
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- [Zach] Little bit less. Interesting.
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And then in the super high price category,
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we've got the Snap-on.
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After taxes, this thing was $926.
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- [Jeremiah] Whoo!
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- [Zach] And it boasts 240
ft-lbs of breakaway torque.
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(piano music)
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- [Jeremiah] Interesting.
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- [Zach] Quite.
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Honestly, for the wild price
differences we have here,
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they don't seem that much
different in the hand.
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- I kind of want to know
how they work better.
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- You wanna take one apart with me?
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- Yeah, let's take one apart.
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Let's use one to take apart the other.
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- That's a great idea.
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(gentle music)
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(wrench hums)
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Step one.
Bit mad.
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- [Jeremiah] Just use your hands.
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- [Zach] What are you doing?
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- All right. There's the snouts.
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- So what do we got going
on under that snout, man?
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- Okay, so we got couple
of things going on here.
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This is made out of three parts here.
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- Mm hm.
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- We have right here our anvil.
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This is our hammer.
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And then our little spring.
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As this all rotates, once
it senses a load on it,
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this assembly drops.
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- [Zach] Compresses that
spring and snaps over.
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- And then it smacks it.
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- [Zach] Thwacks into the hammer.
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- And that's the impact part-
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- [Zach] Yeah.
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- Of and impact wrench.
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- [Zach] When you're using a
regular old school ratchet,
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you know, you smack it a few
times to break a nut loose.
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- Yep.
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- [Zach] That's basically this part.
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But this thing can do it
like 50 times a second-
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- [Jeremiah] Yep.
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- With just the pull of the
trigger, so that's pretty cool.
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Let's take the Snap-on apart.
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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- [Jeremiah] You know, we have
a third gun in there, right?
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- [Zach] I know.
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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- [Jeremiah] Whoa.
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- Whoa.
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So looking at these, like
this is a lot thicker here.
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And everything's definitely
slightly beefier.
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But honestly, I don't see
a $700 price difference.
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- Not yet. Looks are only
one part of the equation.
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- And they can be deceiving.
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- Yes.
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So why don't we get to the deceiving part
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and put them to the test?
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- [Zach] So, we're going
to be testing these things
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in a few different categories.
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First, we're going to test
their power abilities.
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Then we're going to test
their battery abilities.
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And then we're going to test
their durability ability.
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I'm going to be surprised
if any of them survive.
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(upbeat music)
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- So one of the most common places
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you're going to be using
one of these impact wrenches
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is for your lugs on your tires.
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So Jobe, you've tightened these, right?
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- That's correct. 90 ft-lbs.
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- And we're gonna see how long it takes me
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to break it just with a standard tire iron
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and compare that against these power tools
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also checking to see if
there're any difference
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between these three.
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- Are you ready?
- Ready.
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- Three, two, one, go!
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(fast-paced music)
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Dang.
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(metal clatters)
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All right.
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I missed by a tenth of a second.
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We'll go 5.3 seconds.
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Not too bad, Jared,
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but I think we're going to
be able to improve on that.
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- First one we're going
to test: Harbor Freight.
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- Ready?
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- Ready.
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- Three, two, one.
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(wrench rattles)
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Wow.
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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1.44 seconds.
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- And you were a little slow on that too.
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- I am slow.
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- Okay. Next we have our mid
tier, the old Milwaukee M18.
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- Three, two, one.
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(wrench rattles)
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1.32.
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- Okay.
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- And I was pretty on it there.
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- You were on it on that for sure.
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So now we have our top tier,
Snap-on, 900 plus bones.
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Here we go.
- Are we ready?
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Three, two, one.
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(wrench rattles)
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(nut clatters)
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Wow. 2.66.
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Okay.
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Well, they all managed
to get the lug nuts off
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with some surprising
results in terms of time.
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Onto the next test.
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- Let's go.
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(funk music)
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For the second part of this test
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we wanted to find the highest
amount of raw breakaway power
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these guns are capable
of, time not withstanding.
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So we fastened a series of
bolts to our welding table
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and torqued them down
starting at 150 pound feet
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and increasing in 25
pound feet increments.
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The gun that breaks
the tightest bolt wins.
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Now, if the factory ratings
are anything to go by,
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the Harbor Freight Bauer
should make it out of this test
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on top.
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Although, I'd be surprised
if that's what we see.
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- Any predictions?
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- This little bad boy has been
just ripping and gripping.
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So I'm going to say it goes
all the way up into 250.
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I'm going to say it.
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- All right.
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I'm gonna go, actually, with the Snap-On.
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I think this might have
the most breakaway power.
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It's got that beefy hammer in there.
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I'm hoping this is where
it shows its value.
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- Okay. Let's start off
with our old Harbor Freight.
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Shall we?
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Okay, here we go.
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Three, two, one.
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(wrench rattles)
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(graphic dings)
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- Wow.
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- Nothing?
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- Is not moving my hand, but.
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- Yeah, if it's not moving your hand,
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it ain't moving this.
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- 275's it, huh?
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- Yep, 275.
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Let's see what Milwaukee can do.
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(wrench rattles)
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(graphic dings)
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She can't do it, Jobe.
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- [Zach] No way!
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It started to, I thought.
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- Let's try.
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(wrench rattles)
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Oh.
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(graphic dings)
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- [Zach] You gotta have faith!
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(wrench rattles)
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(graphic dings)
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- Not even moving her.
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(wrench rattles)
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Can't do it.
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275, we're at a draw so far.
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- Yeah, but, you know
when you think about it,
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that beats it's listed nut bust ability.
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Take a bow, Milwaukee.
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- All right. Last round.
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Mr. Snap-on, the big daddy dollars.
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- Man, if we could break
through 300, that would be big.
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- Yeah.
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- But I don't know if I think it's gonna.
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I'm gonna say no.
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- Ready.
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(wrench rattles)
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(graphic dings)
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It can't do it.
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- She doesn't have it in her.
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Everybody had 275. They're
all in the same ballpark.
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- You would think if you're going to spend
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800, 900 plus bucks,
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it would give you a little
bit more performance.
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But as we can see here, same, same.
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- But, also, it met its claimed
rating, and exceeded it.
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So these two met their rating.
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This one did not,
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even though they all broke
the same tightness loose
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at 275 ft-lbs.
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I mean, I don't know why
they're trying to claim
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such high numbers.
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275 would sound fine if they said that.
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- Regardless...
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- But, the fact is it
played with the big boys.
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- Yeah.
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- And that's saying something.
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So, currently for me,
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I'm gonna say Milwaukee's in the lead.
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(funk music)
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All right, so for our battery test,
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here's what we've got,
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some wood and a bunch of
different size lag bolts
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ranging from kind of
big to ridiculously big.
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So, what we're going to do here
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is drive these lag bolts down
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with each of the different
guns with a fresh battery
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and see who drives the most lag bolt.
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(drum rolls)
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She's gonna be loud.
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(funk music)
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(wrench hums)
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Oh, that's smoking.
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(both laugh)
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We still got two thirds of a battery,
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but that seems to be as about as deep
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as it wants to take those.
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(wrench rattles)
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I think this thing's
about to catch on fire.
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(wrench rattles)
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Oh, that's a lot of smoke.
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- This isn't even the torture test.
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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(wrench rattles)
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- I think she chooched her last chooch.
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Still says I got two thirds of a battery.
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- I think it probably shuts
down due to temperature.
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- Oh yeah.
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Hopefully it is just that
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and it's not permanently shut down.
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Shoot.
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- That's pretty hot. That's a oven, man.
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We're baking.
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Let's put our midway
Milwaukee to the test.
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Let's see what it can do.
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- I'm hoping it just doesn't melt.
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- Let's do it.
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(funk music)
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(wrench whines)
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(wrench rattles)
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- You've been on one bar of battery life
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for like four of these bolts.
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I can't believe what I'm witnessing.
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(wrench whines)
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(wrench rattles)
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That's as far as she's going down,
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but we've still got battery left.
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So why don't you start taking them out
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and see when this thing dies.
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(funk music)
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(wrench hums)
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(wrench rattles)
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- There we did it.
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- Did it die?
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- It died.
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- Finally!
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We didn't smoke it.
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- Just drained the battery.
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And that was a lot of work.
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- I'd like to see if Snap-on can beat it.
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- Is the price going to be
able to match the performance?
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- I kinda don't think so.
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There's only one way to find out, Gerald.
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(funk music)
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(wrench rattles)
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Three battery bars left.
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Two battery bars.
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(wrench rattles)
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What's the cause, Doc?
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Battery death!
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- Let me measure this temperature.
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It got up to 323 on the tip.
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- Shoot, that's hot.
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And we didn't even make it to the big dog.
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I gotta call this a pretty clear winner.
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- Yeah. That's an easy win for the big M.
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(electronic music)
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(graphic dings)
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(buzzer beeps)
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And this wouldn't be a Donut video
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if we didn't push these
things to the absolute limit,
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to the point of failure.
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95% of the time
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your gonna be taking real
good care of these things.
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But 5% of the time you're
gonna be using them
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in a way that they weren't
intended, or just dropping it.
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- Welcome to the drop test.
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Jerry, drop that Harbor
Freight tool on the ground.
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(wrench thumps)
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(glass shatters)
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- Ugh.
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- It's okay.
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- It looks like it did all right.
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(wrench thumps)
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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Oh.
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- Up next, Milwaukee.
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(wrench thumps)
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Snap-on.
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(wrench thumps)
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Let me see a kickflip,
can you get it to do a...
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(wrench thumps)
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Kickflip!
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(wrench whines)
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- Still working.
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(wrench hums)
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Still working.
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(wrench whines)
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All right. Pretty cool, they work.
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What about, like, I don't know,
you're working on your car,
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you forget a tool and
then you run it over!
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- I do that all the time.
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Yeah, Jerry!
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(tires squeal)
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(Zach laughs)
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Back her up.
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(wrench hums)
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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No big deal. Pretty impressive.
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You also might sometimes
leave your tools outside
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where it rains.
- Yeah.
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- Here goes the Bauer.
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(wrench whines)
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(water splashes)
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Sometimes all it takes
is a heavy rain. Okay.
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See how the Milwaukee does.
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(wrench whines)
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Ejecto watero!
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- Yeah, this is the way to clean it
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when you get a little mud on it.
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- Yeah.
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No big deal for the Milwaukee.
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- Snap-on
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(wrench hums)
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(water splashes)
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Oh.
(Jeremiah laughs)
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- I heard it.
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- Locked up. She's a goner.
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- All right, so we've killed two.
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- Yeah, well we still
got the old Milwaukee.
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(wrench whines)
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- All right, so the Milwaukee
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has handily outlasted its competitors.
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So now it's time to
test the age old problem
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of what happens when you
drop your tool in a pond
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real quick.
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(wrench hums)
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(water splashes)
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(upbeat music)
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- Oh!
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(wrench hums)
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Give her a second clean out.
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(water splashes)
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Yeah!
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(wrench whines)
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(water splashes)
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- This thing doesn't seem to
give a (beep) about anything.
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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It just keeps on going, Oh my God.
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Jerry, I think we've got a winner.
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- If you weren't convinced
of what was the winner
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by the previous test, I hope
that this does it for you.
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- I thought that was a
guaranteed death sentence.
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- Dude, I am soaked and happy about it.
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(Jeremiah laughs)
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(graphic dings)
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(crowd cheers)
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- Well, Jer, we did it.
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We set out to test a few tools
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in a few different categories,
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and by golly, we did.
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- And that's what this is all about,
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trying to find the best
tool for the money.
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And this one takes the cake.
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- I think that all of these tools,
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if you use them normally,
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it would probably last a lot longer
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than these did here today.
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And, you know, as we
saw in the power test,
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they're all pretty similar in that sense.
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- Thank you guys so much
for watching the tool party.
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If there are other types of
tools you want to see us review,
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you want to see us dunk
in the old fish tank,
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put a comment down below.
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- Follow Jeremiah
@jeremiahburton on Instagram.
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Follow me @zachjobe.
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Follow Donut @donutmedia.
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And we'll see you guys in a little while.
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(gentle music)
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