Pass or Fail? Skil PWRCore 12 Ratchet and Mechanic Light! (12V Cordless & Brushless!)
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- Pass or Fail? Skil PWRCore 12 Ratchet and Mechanic Light! (12V Cordless & Brushless!)
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The light is fantastic for DIY and I also use it for reading. Love this light.
The skil 12v cutter is an excellent tool for breaking down cardboard or opening plastic packaging. Also, they do have 12v batteries that don’t have the built in USB charger.
Ive caught my skil 12v tools on sale and so far I love them. I have 2 drils, 1 impact driver, and the circ saw. If they put this ratchet on sale for reasonable, I'm all in.
The Vortec is the last of the great GM engines. Very nice. My 97 Z71 still runs like a clock.
they are finally expanding a little bit on the skil. They do make good supplementary solutions on top of your primary battery system. To be honest, it's hard to ignore the price.
i like the brushless light and brushless wrench. thanks mr tool bear.
I am getting cordless out. For the price you could almost buy a snap on hand ratchet and hang with snap on crowd.
I had one of the first Skil powered ratchets, the one with the non-removable battery, the one that was about the size of the Harbor Freight Earthquake ratchet. Only downside is they only came in 1/4in. flavor, so I had to use a 1/4 to 3/8 adapter to use it for literally anything. It's still around, but the battery has gotten to the point that while it holds a charge, it doesn't push enough power to actually be useful because I used it so often. I thought about trying to replace the battery, but I'd be back to having to step up the adapter again and that was always annoying :D
get a 1/4 inch socket set they run up to 16mm.
I like having options. It drives competition and eventually prices.
100 percent
I have most of this line, and the only one I don't love is the circular saw. It just doesn't have enough power to handle 2x material. Other than that, I am extremely impressed with these tools. And I am a professional contractor, BTW, though I use these in my home shop. The impact driver and the LED lights are my favorites!
Looking at it as a racheting tool rather than breaker bar it's a fantastic tool for the price with charger and battery. Plus, it has a five year warranty. Just ordered from Walmart for $99 and they limit it to one so it must be in demand. Just ordered the light and a battery at Lowe's and thanks for showing it. The deal breaker is the 5 year warranty on both tools. Much better than 90 days.
Sorry, I bought the impact driver. I would buy the wrench for that price.
The Skil ratchet looks Very similar to the Makita ratchet. And that's a good thing imo
Thank you for your honest review. I appreciate your input into these tools
I got an m12 brushless ratchet, love it and yes it felt big when I first got it compared to my 1/2 ratchet
Definitely plan to get it in the future, I got the craftsman one just for the 4.0 battery, but once I used it I fell in love lol.
Nice little demo @TheDenOfTools
please do a video or two or three on Flex tools... you do an excellent job with your videos and I do enjoy them... And I would like to get your thoughts about Flex tools at Lowes... Thanks
He cant get free tools from flex and they are expensive otherwise.
5 tool kit for $99 at lowes. cant beat it.
A fair assessment. I agree with the form factor. I have the Milwaukee one and love it (similar to the Earthquake) which has the lock out. I was looking at Husky, Ryobi, Earthquake, and a few other brands and ultimately ended up with the Milwaukee. Part of that choice was the form factor.
Just so you'll be aware, you uploaded a link to the right angle impact driver. Not the ratchet.
@@nickfountain8420 it was the ratchet when I posted it. Double checked and everything.
Took down link since it isn’t what it should be.
Skil ratchet seems to be good for the diy very comparable to the kobalt and the ryobi. I would rather stay with that earthquake hercules or milwaukee if affordable.
Hi, these tools are great for a diy’r I want the tool to brake the bolts for me, the light is sweet, great video ty so much, regards, Bob,
I agree with you Jeff I like the torpedo battery style ratchets better then the 12v external slide tupe battery ratchets they always seem more uncomfortable then the torpedo style and they can be a lot bulkier and longer like the kobalt ratchet just the extra size isn't needed @2:46 @TheDenOfTools
@@FAMOUSSLICKRICK who is Anthony are you talking to me Rick
@@FAMOUSSLICKRICK I have used alot of Cordless ratchets none of them are cheap though
Oh well thanks dude.
@@FAMOUSSLICKRICK sorry I'm a full time mechanic I don't normally buy cheap tools when cheap tools break they can cost time when working on a customer vehicle and time is money in the mechanic world so I normally never buy cheap Cordless tools because I need to know it will be reliable before it buy it and cheap tools normally don't have a warranty and if they do its not worth crap
@@FAMOUSSLICKRICK what did you do delete your previous comments?
Its a nut runner and its slow.A compact impact would be a way better choice.At least it breaks bolts free and removes them quickly.You can run a bolt in or out almost as fast by hand.It could be useful in very limited situations.
More options the better when it comes to a tool line.
The Warrior 12 volt light and drill set for $25 has the brightest work light I've seen. The drill is only for light duty.
As cool as this is. When it comes to 12v form factor I want compactness of the battery in the handle. If I’m going to have the blocky batteries outside the handle, I’ll stick with my makita 18v. Considering starting in on the m12 line
Great video @TheDenOfTools
I officially am now in the pwrcore 12 line: it wasn't the drill/impact combo, but I did pick up the drill+battery+pwrjump charger on Prime Day. The C3 tools are still alive and kicking so I've got time to evaluate and decide if I'm gonna get more, or if I'm just gonna be happy having a cordless drill for 47 bucks. So very interested in seeing these reviews.
It is kinda weird that they went all in for the base-style battery rather than the "three 18650 in the handle" style, but I'm ok with it.
The thing with those tools is the bulky battery in the back Sometimes you get a tight space
Correct me if I’m wrong but as far as a longneck electric ratchet is concerned I feel like anytime you would be using that you could just as easily get a stubby Milwaukee impact in the same space and it would do the job 10 times better because it would actually be able to do heavier duty stuff like crank bolts or exhaust manifold studs. I feel like unless they literally made it and advertised it as more of an upgrade on the original as opposed to a different version of the tool where they dropped the price of the first one made the price of the long neck the old price of the short neck and improve some of the ergonomically‘s, I feel like that’s the only way it would be able to generate a profit and revenue. Because unless it’s like literally $10 more which even then you would just be better off buying the long neck and just calling it a day that’s the only way I see people would actually having a reason to have both
I have found an 887 with right angle attachment can get into most any place on my vehicle.
Am I the only one still waiting for a dewalt ratchet?
Rick.Mary Arkansas Van Buren, just don't want prices to high can't aford the tool!!
I just can't see me purchasing either DYI. I have child who can click the ratchet, when it is a long bolt. If I am a professional I can't see the patience in the lack of power.
Even I was working on cars & trucks A lot of the air power impact wrench needed t o have to be broken by hand then use the impact wrench to get the bole r nut off including Snap On& % Mac Tools. The sad part is that that Snap On & Mac Tool do not make most of their tools in the USA. Most are made in China & they use to or provide a lifetime warranty.
I'm currently in the Bauer line and have been seriously considering Skil one my Harbor Freight tools give up the ghost. I really wish Harbor Freight would make a cordless ratchet in the Bauer line
How long did your Bauer tools last?
@@DeltaArxz I still have all of the originals that I bought at the time the comment was written
Recently invested in the skil 12v line. Considering the ratchet soon.
I have the earthquake and the milwaukee cordless ratchets I like the earthquake because you can put alot of leverage on it to break bolts loose but the milwaukee in much more compact for the price that skil isn't bad just seems bulky with that battery
I've not seen one in person yet. But it does look a bit disappointing due to it's size. Larger than I would want it to be for getting into tight spots. Luckily I'm not looking for one, just looking for a deal on a skil oscillating tool. Was hoping for a deal on a 4ah battery, but thinking deals don't come out on those 4ah batts. Probably just me being cheap anyway, I mean, It's only $40 retail 🤣
That Skil looks good. I think the price is a little high. I picked up the Kobalt ratchet for $99.00 and that is 24v.
Yeah when I was trying to figure out what battery line I wanted to get into and I saw that cobalt had an electric ratchet I heavily considered getting into their tool line until I saw that Harbor freight had an electric ratchet because I am not a mechanic I work in construction so I would be using it to occasionally just wrench on my cars on the weekends it’s not like I would be using it on a day-to-day basis so I do not see the point in spending $100 when I could spend 50 and get just as good bang for my buck
Your thoughts on the Hercules ratchet?
Lookin' good there, bear!
None plussed on this one. It’s too big to get to many areas and too wimpy to turn most of the bolts I come across.
I haven't even seen the 12V line. only Skil power tools my Lowe's has is the 20V line.
Amazon has them and sometimes they have the driver drill combo on sale
Yeah that's all Menards has too.
Does Skil offer a sander? Random orbit?
I was looking at picking up that little guy.
Hard Pass on the ratchet. Get the 12v right angle impact instead. It's become my most used power tool, The ac delco ratchet is the best bang for the buck if you need to get in a tighter opening.
The nailed the light the ratchet not so much how about the cordless impacts?
About the same size, just 30% bigger.;-)
I am actually surprised to see such an investment in 12v on Skil's part. I thought most manufacturers were going to go the subcompact route. I do like some of the innovative things they are doing...but, ultimately subcompacts like Makita are going to give similar power output but in a far more compact package. Makita does not have a subcompact ratchet, but they do have the 18v version that seems to be about the same form factor as the Skil. I believe 12v is a dead platform walking. Milwaukee makes it work, but that is because of the depth of their tool line....until these competitors start producing die grinders, 3" cutoff tools, PEX and PVC tools, portable bandsaws....they just can not hope to keep that platform alive, because you can get a 20v tool that is smaller and lighter weight.
I'm trying to browse the Lowe's website. Am I the only one who thinks their website sucks?
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Why do you keep shaving your paws???
Lacking in power
What are you basing that on?
@@denoftools For me, if I can do better with a standard wrench then why spend the money on a tool that in my opinion doesn’t have enough power. I’m a retired carpenter and I have always spent money on tools that will and would make my job easier.
I have a skill worm drive circular saw that is a beast and have had it for 20 plus years
@@ronaldneely1167 So you tried these and felt they didn't have enough power?
@@denoftools no I have not. I’m making my decision off of the video you posted. If the wrench doesn’t have enough power to break the nut loose which is what it looked like from your testing then I stand by my comment.
Good video, but the talking bear is a bit much.
Fail.....the only power ratchet on the market that is the best overall is the Milwaukee. I know it's expensive but it's not bulky or long with a standard battery attached to it. Keep in mind from all brands they are not impact ratchets. They are just ratchets with some power but practical use Milwaukee beets all. Now this is just my opinion and even if it a weekend warrior and hardly ever use it if u have one u will be more then satisfied and appreciate the slim size and dependability. U will be glad u got the Milwaukee. Justify your purchase in your head how ever u want but trust me Milwaukee is the way to go. But to each is there own. Just spend the extra $60-70 and get Milwaukee brushed ratchet u will still be more then satisfied
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