DeWALT's New VTec Impact Wrench is Ridiculous

The DeWALT XR DCF961 1/2" High Torque with V-Tec (as we call it) is here! Time to test it against the latest Milwaukee FUEL M18 2967 and we think my to the point, the 2867-20 1" High Torque as well looking at the specs and the just raw performance on this thing.
Hold onto your hats, she's a wild ride.

As always, the creator of this channel works in product development for Astro Tools, who also make impact wrenches (air), always consider multiple sources when looking at a tool!

[gamemeister]

Yo I didn't know Honda was collaborating with DeWalt

[nate]

I love the back and forth between the brands. The 2967 will be more than the majority need already, but DeWalt waited for it to be released so they could drop this. Lol.

[MyOsist]

TTC delivering as always.

Just so glad that tool companies like Milwaukee that seemed like they were the king at just about everything are really starting to get a run for their money. For some time it seemed like Dewalt was really starting to fall behind. Glad to see them make some strong efforts to come back, especially given im already vested in the Dewalt battey system and only have my feet wet in the Milwaukee M12 system.
Competition is always healthy for consumers like ourselves. It forces companies to build better and better products at cheaper prices rather than getting complacent due to lack of competition.
Channels like TTC and Project Farm puts their products under the spot light. I'm sure all the execs are watching these videos.

Thanks TTC.

[iGameA]

DeWalt making a statement with the updated tech. Can't wait to see how much further we can take cordless tools in the next few years.

[michaelcrumlett]

Cool stuff. Been using my 2767-20 for truck lug nuts for years, and it works great on rusted plow bolts. That said, I’d seriously consider the DCF961 (or its 3/4” brother) for my service truck. Nice to have all the beans when you’re on the side of the road swapping grader tires in traffic.

[putergd]

I have a DCF899. A friend asked me "did you buy it yet" when this video first came out. I told him "No. I don't NEED that! My DCF899 hasn't failed me yet. When I come across something it can't bust free, I'll buy one." That happened last week. Now I have a DCF961, lol. I also bought the DCF891 mid-torque to replace the DCF899 - as my "daily 1/2"". When the 891 can't do it, the 961 will.

[ThriftyToolShed]

Wow, That new DCF961 is a power house! You mentioned cordless having its drawbacks, but I don't plan on dragging around no hose, 😂 Great testing TTC!

[KingYang]

Turbo AND V-TEC? Must be that new Honda DCF961 Type-R.

[drivingmemad]

I can't believe how many times I have rewatched this video so far, I get a huge smile every time it hits VTEC! Will be interesting to see if this technology will be implemented in their smaller impacts going forward. Would also be interesting to see if the DCF961 can be modded with the 3/4" anvil and nose cone when DCF964 (maybe) parts become available. Shame you didn't slap on the 15ah Flexvolt for the lolz. Thanks as always TTC!

[yousefalmarhoon]

Bravo Dewalt 👏, I am a Milwaukee guy, but man, I like it when I see another company starts a fire in the competition 👌🔥

[GetlostwithKenny]

The DCF900 does everything I need in a ½” impact when i need it over a mid tq. I’m going to wait until the ¾” of this beast comes out, should fit that purpose perfectky

[codyjones]

As a fleet mechanic, i absolutely love the dcf961. Its an animal. Im a team yellow guy and I cant explain how this thing easily pulls off rusted budd lugs.

[Commut]

Doing salvage work and field repair of rusty equipment are where the big guns shine. If you do that stuff you know exactly why more power is better, and if you manage to wear out sockets you did more than enough work to buy replacements. Much love for my DCF900 (the prices just dropped on Amazon, gotta love new models displacing less-new!) but by Q4 2024 there should be something with sufficient megabeans to justify an addition.

SIDE HANDLES (not short ones) would be a very good idea to control increasingly powerful tools. Ya can always unscrew them but having the option would be quite handy on both impacts and drills. It would be a safety upgrade as well and dirt cheap too.

[Parents_of_Twins]

It's like Crocodile Dundee with impacts. DeWalt is saying to Milwaukee "That's not an impact" and pulls out the 961 "This in an impact" Can't wait for the 3/4" drive version.

[PhillyFixed]

Now we just need Makita to come out of nowhere with an XGT model that can perform the same but somehow manage a sub-5.0 wrist-breaking score... I believe in you, Makita.

[tjtobin]

YES!! I've wanted to see the dcf961 since you first talked about it!

[gwall]

I have the DCF899. I was going to get the 900, but with my best Tim Taylor grunt, I’m ordering the 961. As a diesel tech, I’ll find a daily use for it 🤣

[jokly]

15:23 The most likely reason those impacts couldn't remove the nut from that u bolt is because the long bolt acts like a torque stick. The bolt flexes and rebounds with each impact, which keeps the impact from making the incremental progress with each hit.

I had the same thing happen on some rusty u-bolts I was taking off. I have the dcf899 and it would only loosen them just a little bit until it would stall. Once I went to loosen them with the ratchet I would estimate it took, at most, 100 ft lbs to rotate each nut what should have been well within the capability of the impact.

[aaronneher]

I’ll never forget the look on my father in law’s face when he got his gen 1 Milwaukee HT. We stuck it on a lug that had fine threads and was painted over on his old tractor. Probably a 26mm lug nut and it broke loose in less than 3 seconds. Can’t imagine this thing cranking on something

[TimeLapseRich]

I've moved industrial bakery machinery that had 100's of 1 inch nuts on threaded rod, and 1000's of 3/4 inch bolts. If I had to do one of those projects again i'd be buying 2 to 4 of those and batteries to go all day.