Yep m12 us the daily driver for a impact for me. It's the surge since it's quieter but the 3rd gen one you have has more power 1500in lbs. And that is the same torque value as a older m18 impact actually or dewalt ect. The only time I use the 18v models if it's 100s of screws since you'll notice framing or building a deck the m12 has to work hard and chews through batteries. My 18v of choice out of the 4 or so I own actually us the metabo triple hammer (hikoki over there) it's just too smooth and good (weights about the same as my m12 too). Suprise suprise veto saw people using m12s (90% of impacts i see on the jobsite) and made the bags to fit it and marketing pictures. What a gold mine for milwaukee! Now if they could get a new generation of m12 surge since I've had mine almost 6 years and its out of warranty. Don't worry about me winning the m18 I live in the usa shipping is crazy and I'd rather you money go towards more videos. Welcome to the m12 family I use a planer portaband saw stapler romex stapler brad nailer ossilating tool copper pipe cutter and maybe a pro press down the road it's a trap. Fyi if yoy get your hands on a clip off the m12 stapler or instaltion driver it's alot larger and its perfect. They don't make that clip seprate to buy but I think you'll like it if you can snag one.
I only really got started on the m12 about a year ago, always had 18v but my hilti riveter packed in so I bought the m12 and was soooo impressed, then got a recip and multi tool and they were decent but when I got the sds drill it made sense to get more. I need to try the combi drill as I used one some years ago and it wasn't up to the job but they will have improved massively by now. The cut off tool looks interesting too
The cutoff tool is weak and cuts out easily. I cut a fair bit of frp plastic board with it for comerical buildings and it handles that fine but metal or even thick wall pvc it can get annoying. I have the dewalt version and it's a proper tiny angle grinder. The hammer drill is good now since the lastest version has a mechanical chuck the last version was digital and junk. Alot of people love the installation driver but I do not. It's loud and streaky and the d handle gets in the way. I actually use the bosh 12v brushless flexclick and its smaller lighter and a much better format. It's my only bosh 12v I own but I don't see you installing delicate cabinets so rhe impact probably suits you best. I would go ryobi before the milwaukee m12 cutoff tool seriously. I hope i saved you some money and when I get the new sds with chipping I'll give you the report since you could probably use it.
Yes it's good for hvac tin nothing thicker than 18gil or 1.2mm it really bogs down. But in your world of 22g to 26g hvac tin your golden. Order replacement anvils right away and have them on hand if it gets miss aligned it eats itself and replacement parts are special order online.
Yep m12 us the daily driver for a impact for me. It's the surge since it's quieter but the 3rd gen one you have has more power 1500in lbs. And that is the same torque value as a older m18 impact actually or dewalt ect. The only time I use the 18v models if it's 100s of screws since you'll notice framing or building a deck the m12 has to work hard and chews through batteries. My 18v of choice out of the 4 or so I own actually us the metabo triple hammer (hikoki over there) it's just too smooth and good (weights about the same as my m12 too). Suprise suprise veto saw people using m12s (90% of impacts i see on the jobsite) and made the bags to fit it and marketing pictures. What a gold mine for milwaukee! Now if they could get a new generation of m12 surge since I've had mine almost 6 years and its out of warranty. Don't worry about me winning the m18 I live in the usa shipping is crazy and I'd rather you money go towards more videos. Welcome to the m12 family I use a planer portaband saw stapler romex stapler brad nailer ossilating tool copper pipe cutter and maybe a pro press down the road it's a trap. Fyi if yoy get your hands on a clip off the m12 stapler or instaltion driver it's alot larger and its perfect. They don't make that clip seprate to buy but I think you'll like it if you can snag one.
I only really got started on the m12 about a year ago, always had 18v but my hilti riveter packed in so I bought the m12 and was soooo impressed, then got a recip and multi tool and they were decent but when I got the sds drill it made sense to get more. I need to try the combi drill as I used one some years ago and it wasn't up to the job but they will have improved massively by now. The cut off tool looks interesting too
The cutoff tool is weak and cuts out easily. I cut a fair bit of frp plastic board with it for comerical buildings and it handles that fine but metal or even thick wall pvc it can get annoying. I have the dewalt version and it's a proper tiny angle grinder. The hammer drill is good now since the lastest version has a mechanical chuck the last version was digital and junk. Alot of people love the installation driver but I do not. It's loud and streaky and the d handle gets in the way. I actually use the bosh 12v brushless flexclick and its smaller lighter and a much better format. It's my only bosh 12v I own but I don't see you installing delicate cabinets so rhe impact probably suits you best. I would go ryobi before the milwaukee m12 cutoff tool seriously. I hope i saved you some money and when I get the new sds with chipping I'll give you the report since you could probably use it.
@MattHmm-rq6dn hopefully milwaukee will bring out a revised version soon. I don't suppose you've tried the nibbler have you?
Yes it's good for hvac tin nothing thicker than 18gil or 1.2mm it really bogs down. But in your world of 22g to 26g hvac tin your golden. Order replacement anvils right away and have them on hand if it gets miss aligned it eats itself and replacement parts are special order online.
@MattHmm-rq6dn your knowledge is golden 👌