You don't have to hold and press the coupler on to the zerk to keep it there. It is clamped onto the zerk by hydraulic pressure from the grease flowing through it. The more back pressure to the grease pump sees, the more clamping pressure at the coupler. There are also mechanical couplers, like the Lock-N-Lube, or Lube Shuttle's safeLOCK coupler.

Didn’t call time. Clock is still running.

At a certain age you gotta put your pride aside and recognize you can't release the schmoo like you used to

repair tech with milwaukee here, your grease gun ever stop pumping in 2nd gear but works in first, grab a pick and try to slide the motor back and forth though the vent on the side and if she moves youve got a broken motor mount

I've never owned a grease gun that required less than 3 hands to operate.

As the official triple-jointed, 90-pound, Filipino grease guy of my shop, I really appreciated you bringing light of my struggle to the world. It's always the worst access that gets ignored and won't take the schmoo

I came for the schmoo, stayed for the double entendre.

"It's gonna be flapping in the breeze like a crackwhore's piss flaps" I love your vid-jayhos. Learn a lot every time.

It's the switch actually handling the full motor current or just signaling to the circuitry? They might have used a standard microswitch to make the trigger bear-proof. If it is in line with the full current flow, it will have it's life made easier by the MOSFETs doing all the dirty work, so it's not normally making or breaking the load directly.

He called it a speed control, it's actually a pulse counter, up to 50 pumps while holding the trigger which I really like. The two speed is awesome, the lower speed allows full pressure for the stubborn clogged points. Three years on mine in the heavy equipment field and no issues with the rubber over moulding coming off

Worked in printing for 5 years, at least once a week I had to crawl under the machine and grease the 160 so odd grease nipples. Best part was some of them had a female fitting with no snap connection. Had to hold the thing on at exactly the right angle or schmoo would fly everywhere except where it was supposed to go. Grease guns are the devil.

That mini chainsaw has really payed for itself over the years

As a helichopper techanic, this tool has been awesome. A couple years of work and it's still going strong. A single swashplate can hold more than a full load of schmoo if it has been cleaned out for inspection. Pumping more than a tube load of schmoo into the dirty, dirty couplers gets real old if you don't have a friend to help.

TIME!! I got you AVE...

We had those at the mine, hundreds of grease points that needed a daily shot, no frackin way I'm using a manual goo gun on that.

This is a great video. I love everything ave does. Always entertaining and Informative. That being said you got a few things off on this one. I use this gun 6 days a week 8 months out of the year, on excavators, dozers, loaders, and skidsteers and they do the job well. We have 6 identical guns in the fleet and over the last 3 years we’ve only had one go down. The two speed isn’t intended for speed metering. It pumps at a higher psi on 1 than it does on 2. If a pin hasn't been greased in long enough that the grease hole is packed with metal powder, the gun will build pressure until it seizes the gear set and let’s out that high pitch tinnitus sound. You can then switch the gun to the low speed and 9 times out of 10 , blow the plug out of the grease hole and the pin will accept grease without being pulled. Switch the gun back to 2 and it happily chugs along until the next time you need more psi. That being said, don’t fucking do that. You have a fancy tool just grease your machine when your suppose to. I will say, something I noticed but never paid attention to or knew the cause of, is why they always get floppy after they’re covered in grease. They most definitely lose rigidity over time. That being said they Keep on working. One of the biggest pros of this tool is that the guys will actually grease machines (once they start squeaking) one of the cons is that they’ll put 3 tubes of grease in one machine because the thing shoots grease so fast and they think that the more they put in it the longer they can go before it needs greased again... the 200lb gorilla is something to behold... bottom line, this will make your life as an operator much easier if you treat it as an “instrument” like calipers or a scale or micrometer, instead of a “tool” like a shovel or a hammer. You don’t loan these to the other crew when they forgot theirs. You say something like, THIS IS MY GREASE GUN. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.

I've got the m12 version for 2 1/2 years now, over 100 tubes through it. never had an issue, over molding is still complete. no complains, fantastic tool

On account of the -40dungrease, the army had cables for their field telephones to put the batteries into the underwear of the phone operator. There should be such a cable for power tools also

Had mine for 3 years of hard daily use and still going strong the over molding hasn't come off yet like other tools that have swelled and blistered used it in all weather conditions

I bought one in 2014. It's had boxes of grease cartridges through it, easily one of the best things I've ever bought. It took a very long time for the nipple coupler to crap out. I fitted a South African made lock on coupler ( it took some modding ) some time ago and this has proved to be great.

Best channel on KZfaq. Stumbled upon it about a year ago and watch your videos almost daily. Funny to see the change in your mannerisms from when you first started. Def learned a lot and def strive to adopt your outlook on life. Keep up the great videos.

4 years of nearly daily use on the farm and the rubber is holding up fine on mine.

To be faiiiirrr, that two speed is pretty handy when you have a fitting that won’t take grease very well.

YES a tool that I have used A LOT! Worked as a mechanic at wood pellet factory. One shift in a month I had to grease all fittings in factory (needed full shift 12 hrs roughly, give or take, depended on other stuff not breaking and length of coffee brakes) + some stuff had to be greased more frequent (like pellet mill bearings - stuff that spins fast) Worked great. Never had problems with it. Used approx. 20 grease tubes in that shift. And it never failed to pump grease in, I had truck drivers that asked me to grease stuff on trailers where due to salt on the road in winter they could not get by hand grease guns. 1,5 years I had that gun and no blisters on rubbery stuff either. Only thing its quite bulky for climbing ladder (shoulder strap was nice) and grease pipe broke off where it screws into gun, very small thread on it, easy to brake off. (dropped from table on concrete floor) Pump counter was very useful because pellet mill, hammer mill, chipper bearings was very sensitive to greasing. If put too much grease, bearings would start to heat up. (had sensors in bearing housings, pellet mill bearings usually ran 90-110 deg. C)

Thanks AvE, I never got the 'Birds & Grease' talk from my folks. Oh, and I assure you 10K pressure is reachable (when I was 14).

First I was puzzled why it looked like he was going open the box with a blade?., then he went real gentle with the Bosch must means he really wants to keep er.

Hundreds of grease tubes have been through mine and it's never not self primed. Best cordless grease gun on the market.

A nice cloth caring case to hold a greasey tool.... brilliant

So I've had mine for 3 years 50 tubes through it minimum. Upgraded the end coupler to a clamp style,( lock lube). The greatest grease gun in the history of grease guns!. Don't remove the plunger to change out grease tube, lock it back and remove entire cylinder from tool. No plastic degradation, just awesome results:) thanks Ave, your channel rocks

These are becoming the industry standard for industry. I personally have 2! And have personally used them to pump high temp aluminum complex grease. Lubriplate to be specific

I always found it funny, 10 guys with "nothin' to do". The second a grease gun comes out & you can't find no one!

Ave.... You Are the Man....I am 60 years old and have had many questions in life!...You seem to be able(with ease) to answer a lot of them...PLEASE keep doing what you do!!!

I have 2 of these and have had them for over 4yrs and absolutely love them. One is mine at my job the other is home for personal. Neither have had any issues at all and the runner in the handle is just as good as the day I got them. But, then again I do wipe them down often and keep them clean as well... always enjoy and look forward to your tool reviews and dissections.

Yes, the switch on mine went first about after 6 months of medium use, they replaced for free but took a while to get back.

Push the handle in after you load up the schmoo, then it will fit in the case...

Funny how I watch a _Project Farm_ video on grease guns, and get recommended this. For those interested, this unit actually exceeded 10K PSI in the testing, at the slow speed, and 6K PSI in the fast speed.

Hey AVE - Thanks for all the tool teardowns. I have a bunch of MIlwaukie 40 yr old drills, grinders etc. They were all in good shape, but needed cleaning and inspection. Most could use a bearing or two, all of them got new seals. I cleaned and used aviation grease on the sealed bearings in most cases-new and existing. Some some small parts were needed. Anyway, it saved me throwing out a lot of great tools thanks to your many lessons. Perfect for homeowner use.

Unscrew the whole grease tube not just the bottom cap! Works a lot better last longer

I have one, and I love that thing. I have a locking coupler on it, it has popped more than 1 stuck grease zerk in half.

Been using one of these for about a year now and it is awesome!! Bit of a luxury. Found myself really enjoying the long whip hose the most. Only ever use it in the lower gear

I cant decide whether I watch AvE for his antics, or my love for gadgets and how they work.

5:30 , I have the same gun for the last ~5 years and I have never unscrewed that piston a single time 🤷

We have been using them in our shop(industrial setting) for about 3 years. Love it! It's always on my tool box.

I’ve used one heavily for 3 years, no issues yet. The over mould is still like new

Milwaukee and Bosch have become more interested in good looking tools than proper working tools.

Oh Ave, how I've missed this. You were the constant through my divorce, and I'm glad you're still here. ♥️

My wife uses one of these nearly everyday in the oilfield. Other than being grease stained it works and looks like new. The Lincoln she had they were always getting them worked on. Once they switched they've never had a problem with anything except the coupling getting filled with schmoo and not clamping.

We've actually used this at our commercial garage the past couple years, no issues, grip plastics work well, not loose at all

Had the dewalt when I was a crown lift technician. Went through a few tubes of grease a day most days. I used the Milwaukee which was nice since you could set the amount of pumps per pull of the trigger, however I preferred the potentiometer trigger in the dewalt and luckily I already had the 20v dewalt batteries.

Jeez, gimme the good old days when Red Tools came in an 18 gauge welded steel box that will last until the end of time. And not sexy little nylon luggage with pockets that look like fishnet stockings. On the other hand, maybe a schmoo squirter belongs in sexy little nylon luggage. I don't judge.

These videos are great and so much easier to comprehend with a mild mind altering substance.

We've used these for years on the farm and at my work around heavy equipment. The over molding has held up well and my only complaint is the factory tip and the strain relief like you mentioned. Otherwise no complaints. We have the fuel version with the blow molded case.

I love this thing. I can set it to 20 on slow speed for monthly geasing of the wheel loader, set it all the way up on fast to grease a fifth wheel. I put a locking tip on it.- why would you ever take the back off the tube? and why didnt you push the plunger forward? must be some weird Canadian thing

I just love this machine need to grease wheelloader everyday it was pure happiness when boss got 1 of these ps greetings from finland

Thank you for the quickie on what crappies need changing!

Love this gun. Changed how much grease the equipment was eating for certain!

I own 2 of those and use them everyday! Great time saver and best grease gun on the market!

I service 7 gravel trains a week with one of those

I use one of these regularly. The best way to replace the grease tube is to remove the entire aluminum barrel, put tube in it, then thread the entire thing back in & release the plunger shaft. Nearly impossible to replace when removing end cap only. Don't ask how I know this. The bad thing with these is the high pressure. If you're not careful you can over-grease, which can destroy some linear bearing dust shields, etc. Just found out about you by watching Pratical Engineering show you saved him on. Enjoying your channel, you're doing things I've wanted to do for years.

Love the videos AvE! Hope they continue for a long time! Was hoping I could put in a request for a 'vijayoh' specifically on identifying different types of steels from eyeballing and using a handful of tools. The reason I ask is I'm currently working at a machine shop in Ontario and as the band saw operator I'm given little to no info on what material I'm actually cutting, so I find myself more often than not starting a cut extremely slow and adding some chooch as we go to see what kinda chips I can get with various speeds and feeds. Thanks! :)

I'm still using the same grease gun my grandfather used when he worked for Sears Tire Center way back in the 60's.

It's good to see the borsh chainsaw again

I used one of these all the time at my last job and it was a Godsend! Used like 2 tubes of grease per week on over 100 zerks weekly. It worked perfectly without complaint for the couple years I used it. We had a hard plastic case that was actually usable, though.

I have one of these that I use several times a day every day. I’ve been using it for just over two years. The black rubber on the handle has held up very well and I use brake parts cleaner to clean it off at the end of every shift at the least.

23:15 You missed a step in the load: "8. Release the rod from the retaining slot and press it completely into the barrel."

Had mine for over 3 years, still chooching fine. Even after I left it on my tracks and ran over it with a 20t excavator, dickered the 9ah battery though 👎

My friend bought one several years ago. He is a excavation guy so it gets a hot supper every day. He loves it and although the gun is a greasy mess the overmoulding hasn’t failed.

I thought the tool guy got me to buy another gimmick when I picked one of these up back in 2015 or 2016. We had a automated controls technician come in to our place to repair our automated cardboard baler, and I noticed this electric grease gun, the tech was kind enough to let me use it and I was sold. Lucked out and got one for cheap from the tool truck guy, I believe I paid $125 for the bare m18 tool. I’ve never regretted spending that money, it’s saved me hours of wasted time greasing roll off truck beds and other time consuming grease jobs. 10/10 would recommend.

We used these in the plant (food production) for food grade grease because the confuser pinpointed the amount of grease going into the machines. Over or under greasing some of them was a costly mistake.

I'm sure you know, you can usually push the follower rod in to have it more streamlined!

We've had our Milwaukee for a couple harvests now, and we use it occasionally the rest of the year. No problems with the switch, overmolding hasn't degraded at all, even the small batteries last days and days in one of these. We love the metered number of pumps setting, and do use the two speed sometimes. We ran 3 old school Lincoln guns with 12v NiCad batteries for years and years. Those batteries were trash, the grease guns broke apart and the triggers would stick. They were much slower than the Milwaukee, and wouldn't push the same pressure. We see them as nothing but an upgrade for the farm, over the Lincolns, and with the amount of greasing we have to do we'd all have hands the size of baseball mitts if we ran the old manual guns. Oh another thing we do with all our grease guns is add a fill valve on the top and refill them from a bulk grease container. So we don't ever have to unscrew the tube off it unless there is an issue inside the gun. All in all we love the Milwaukee gun.

Had 2 at the last shop i worked out. Both around 5 years old or more, never a problem with the case or tool at all. Dropped in oil buckets, coolant buckets(apprentices). Awesome for being a mobile tech and not wanting to run the old crappy air powered one/air conpressor.

Best addon purchase you can make is to buy one of the tips that the foreskin pulls back and locks on the zerk from many angles. Wrist saver!

6:47 you never have to take the back off like that..ive had one for 3 years servicing heavy equipment...

Used one of these for greasing big natural gas valves. Had a different head on it but the pressure gauge would get up to upwards of 2000psi. Never noticed any issues with the over molding peaking off and it was USED hard and put away wet. I have since moved on and it was used before I got it and is still being used now to my knowledge

I've had mine about a year, still works great even after I drove over it myself with a roll off with a full 40-yarder on it, it doesn't stand up by itself though cuz it's got no plastic feet left on account of the road rash😁😁😁

I've been waiting for the Makita one. It was supposed to come out in April but oh well.

I've been using mine daily on the railroad in a high abuse environment for 3 years and she still chooches. It's a decent tool.

Just used one all summer working on a tendering boat in Alaska! A MUST for greasing cranes.

We have several of these at work. They are great. We use them for a special synthetic grease for electric motor bearings. Have not had any of the rubber over-molding come off. We have one of the 12v versions as well. Not as skookem as the 18v.

It needs a small light on the end of the whip!

I have a question re: the switch, I'm slightly confused. I agree it's woefully underspec'd for switching 16+ Amps at DC. But don't the FETs do the power switching? Although the soldering and wire gauge of the switch connections suggest they're carrying more current than would be needed to tell the microcontroller to turn the power on.

I always learn watching your channel, thank you Sir...

I have been using the M12 version of this grease gun, and I love it. still looks good as new and the battery lasts a long time. I do clean it up everytime i put it away though. the only thing i hated was the absence of a filling valve. I put one on so now i fill my automatic grease gun with a manual grease pump

That’s a really nice tool but I prefer to do my own schmoo squirting.

check out crime pays but botany doesnt. he's like AVE on a nature walk

I have had this grease gun for over 5 years, about two tunes of grease a day to grease the excavator I run. I keep it fairly clean and the over molding hasn't failed at all. Far better than the old Lincoln grease guns. Love this thing. Also the coupler stays attached to the zerk without having to hold it there, but i bought an after market coupler that I've been using for years that is better than the one that came with it.

I use one of these grease guns very frequently. The low speed is good for greasing the track hoe mounted jack hammers. I installed one of the clip on zero fittings and have run a couple dozen cases of grease through it. No real issues. And the over molding is holding in place.

My m12 goo shooter has worked fine for years in a golf course environment.

The whole week roofing I kept saying "release the schmoo"

These grease guns are great. We used three of these to pump hunfreds of tubes of grease into four cranes, three excavators, two dozers, two articulated dump trucks, a roller, an I80 diesel hammer and two vibratory hammers over 9 months of the job and no issues at all.

I have one at work and I only use thick coupling grease in it. Only use a few times a year but it’s been excellent for over 3 years now.

1:50 You literally just described my teenage years.

Literally just had the switch burn out on one of these.

Awesome gun had mine for 3 years today and use almost everyday.

Who would’ve predicted that this magic grease shooter would be the star of so many future videos? It was worth a rewatch to see where it all started.

Sex comes before nein 😂

The rating on a switch is for resistive loads, there's often another rating (in brackets) for inductive, that switchprobably says something like ' 16A (5) ' so a 5 amp inductive rating. but that's Ac, DC will be a lot less You shouldn't need to hold the nozzle on the nipple, it should clamp on Doesn't that handle push in like several others i know ?

These things are as handy as a pocket on a shirt. Takes a good tube of grease to give the combine a once over for the day, now done with one handed lubrications. I have the Dewalt version myself, with the Lock N Lube coupler, which really make her slick, for most areas.

Happy 1 million subs old man!