Is there a .401 shank air hammer we missed you think we should eventually circle back to? An SDS hammer you think brings the beans? Let us know! Torque of TTC is working for Astro Tools who also make air hammers (.498 shank Big Nasties). TTC is not the only testing out there, always consider multiple sources when looking at a tool

With the trigger control top notch on old red.... I'll be plumbing air lines in the bedroom. Thanks for the great suggestion! 😏

This is the 5th tile project we've done where we've removed the old tile before installing new tile, and the first one with this tool kzfaq.infoUgkxqqoaX03nrziKwF7Bjjcc71YzLEleMvOS . I want to cry for all the unnecessary work we've done in the past. With this tool, we removed tile surrounding a fireplace, as well as the hearth tile, set in loads of cement, in less than an hour. I highly recommend this tool. It was easy to use, and very satisfying watching the tile literally fall off the wall.

You guys have the best tool review channel out there. You and project farm are putting consumer reports to shame!

you should test high flow air fittings, like the milton purple v-style and the flexzilla they sell on the matco truck. 20 bucks worth of fittings is a cheaper upgrade than buying a whole new gun

Definitely keeping the Chief on my buy list. Beans per dollar is unbeatable, for a home gamer like me. Looking forward to getting wheel bearings out with fewer tears and less swearing.

Missed my company holiday party this year since we have a newborn at home. But thanks to TTC I still had a chance to get hammered 👍

When working as an auto tech I started with a CP and went strait to the Snap-On when I was able to afford it. I have been super impressed with its hammering power but it's really that trigger control that makes it awesome. The ability to be careful with high power in sensitive areas is a must when working with expensive parts. I'm a recently new viewer and I'm enjoying most of what I see so far. You can thank KZfaq for the recommendation while watching Project Farm.

Hold up. Wait a minute. something ain't right.... Did I hear upcoming something bigger than big nasty? You have my attention sir....😐

Wife's nightstand neck massager 😂😂😂

The good ole cp 717 always dominating everyone else in the shop. 2 guys owned them but used by all.

YES! I have been checking every other day since I got my air hammer back from you guys to see this video. I’m glad it finally has a test behind it!

I don't even use tools and I love this channel

It's awesome to see numbers on these tools. I've owned the Matco one for a little while now, and a co-worker recently got the Snap-On and using them side by side, it is hard to tell which is better. Thanks for the great video as always!

I've had the Matco for about a year now and while I agree it is a bit hard to control at low power I feel like the design is pretty ergonomic and helps when you're really wailing on rusted up components

I just want to tell you that your channel really make a difference for many peoples! You show us the real power of tool in the most professional way possible and you help us choose the best tool for our need

very cool thanks for this one. have both the snappy and matco and can affirm your results being that the matco snaps snappy bits left and right, but now I know if I need better fine control grab the snappy.

Snap on air tools are king in my opinion. I work and live in the USA so if I can help support one of the very few companies still making some tools here with American workers, well that's what I'm spending my money on.

I really love where this channel has been, is, and where it's going. You ARE my research. 👊🏼

I picked up the Snap-On used for $150 in excellent shape for use at home--what a tool. It's bailed me out of so many jams.

Another great video in another great series! I can't wait for the SDS series. I hope they can deliver because I am strongly considering one for exactly that purpose. Luv your channel!

South main, AVe and mechanics power tools… love this channel. All these new stubby “power” electric impacts is going to give you non stop content.

Love my snap on air hammer! Thanks for your hard work guys!!!!

Doing power users a HUGE service with these tests. Keep them coming!

I have both the snappy and Matco hammers. They’re in fact the same in power. Even with my snap on being 10 years old. Still a beast.

Great video, as always and I am very delighted to see the inclusion of rotary and demolition hammers !

Shout out to South Main, the best repair channel on KZfaq!

Snap On has always had the best air throttle for every air tool. Also consistent. I used to have multiple die grinders from snap-on, so I wouldn't have to change bits, just have them ready to go. They all throttled and behaved the same. Love my snap-on air tools.

I bought the 119Max a month before you all added it to the ranks and it is a joy to use. I was very interested to see how it stacks up to the tool truck offerings. From using it at work it did hit harder than others I had used before, except for the lead tech's snap-on. Seemed to pull things apart a bit more effortlessly

Yes the sds info!!! I replaced my air hammer with a sds because I can't always have air where I'm working. Like my M18 SDS big boy too. I made a 1/2" adaptor with a spot for a 7/8" wrench to brake stuff lose, cupped hammer head for driving in grounding rods or concrete anchors, 3/4" drill chuck so I can use it as a big drill and lastly a .401 shank adaptor for air hammer bits. I'm also a machinist so making tools is half the fun.

Thank you guys so much with what you did for me with this info. I got my matco hammer because of it and it's a jack hammer for sure!

Thanks for actually reading the comments. I asked for this video and I got it. Bad ass. Thank you for doing what you do so we can spend wisely.

Been waiting on this test have the IR , been wanting to upgrade to a Snap on or Matco , now a guy has the info to make a good decision. Thanks!

Merry Christmas 🎅!!

Excellent video. By the the time I need the air hammer, I have no reason for finesse. I'll pickup the hf one. Thank you!

These are great videos. I really like the trouble you go through to make the charts and graphs. It brings a better visual aspect to being able to see the side by side comparison results.

Thank you for doing this! I am an up and coming tech and am looking at buying a air hammer this really helped

Thank you gentlemen. Much love from 🇨🇦 Eric “O” your the man! Also that matco kit is I believe the same price as a bare tool snap on. Keep making great content guys.

For the money I would (and did) go with the Ingersoll. Along with the “power couple” of removal Oxy&Acetylene!

Love your test videos. Thanks

I definitely need a channel like this... I keep buying tools based on your results, with pricing in mind. I have a IR 119MAX in my cart right now...

Excellent video as always

This is a good series but I can't wait for you to test BIG NASTY Astro 4980

Hello again Torque Test channel Thank you for another Great Video. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

If you want the BIG boy of them all it's the APT 800 (.498 shank), I just checked the internet and I couldn't find one! I've sold over 1000 rivet guns/air hammers over the past 20 years, most are US made with the exception of Atlas Copco made in Sweden. I know nothing about the tools out of china or Taiwan as I don't sell those type of tools. The Sioux 270A has a good reputation. I myself like the CP 4444 for it's feathering trigger. I have a short video on how to fix a stuck piston in a rivet gun.

Looking forward to the sds comparison!

I bought the HF Chief a month ago. Added a $5 regulator to it to make up for the lack of trigger control

While not everyone will agree with me, IMO, if I'm resorting to an air-hammer to get something out it's because whatever I tried previously didn't work so now I'm resorting to more force. So I could careless if the trigger is precise enough to give a neck massage. At this point we're well pass a neck massage and onto using our biggest sledge hammer we own. Since I'm not a professional anything my choice would be the Chief. It's easily accessible for me vs waiting for a tool truck to show up on its' own terms, it's a quarter of the Snap-On's price, and is essentially making 85-90% of the Snap-On's power rating. There's a reason one is $140 and the other is $500, professionals working in such jobs require precision. The average DIY'er does not, the air hammer is just an aid to make a hard task a little easier. :)

I have the Snap on, the matco, and new and old CP .498s. I had the Snap on first and it is still my preferred tool because of its Does Everything ability. Fits under bedsides better for spring/shackle/frame work, and as shown here, it has the easy touch to do sheetmetal/spotweld work.

Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!! Helps me with my choose.

I realllllly wanna see the Makita 18v SDS rotary hammer. I’ve been waiting for a video from anyone on KZfaq for it. I can’t wait for those videos to come out.

Looking forward to the .498 shank. I have been looking to invest in a air hammer for quite some time now.

If you are going to the rotory hammer drills then, yeah I would definitely say the channel is going smoothly well since their prices are in different leagues, and that for sure put a big smile on my face, keep it up👌!

Would love to see a series of both air hammers, air wrenches, and electric impacts all from the popular autoparts stores (AutoZone, napa, O'Reilly's, advance/carquest etc.) I have an OEMtools airgun, and a nappa air hammer and while they're nothing special, they're good tools. Would love to see them on the rank charts!

I just started as a mechanic this year and I had the chance to use my co workers Snap-On air hammer, and I was hooked. I decided to just cough up the dough and buy since since the power, feel and control, you get is next to none. It will surely last me at least a decade and if not, I got the that snap-on warranty. Oh and it's a blast to use, makes me want to use the tool and makes my life 100x easier.

Ive been wanting to know the comarison of power between air hammers and battery powered roto hammers for a while now. Pumped up for that one.

I've got the Snap-on. It's a powerhouse for sure. I bought it before Mac came out with their newer model. I'll tell ya what, it gets borrowed a lot at work.

nice test rig, it measures something that is hard to measure and looks to me to give useful results.

Been looking for a $400 neck massager. This video has impeccable timing.

Thank you for the video

You know. I have never been disappointed with my Chief, and after seeing this i can understand why. Considering i mostly use mine to roughly tear sheetmetal, or split welds after grinding them, not bad for the price especially when you pick them up with a coupon

Yesss test the SDS hammer function! Can’t wait to see that.

I have the IR and I love it especially at the price point.

Love the channel guys and all you do. My only issue is I think the price category should be calculated a different way. That is almost as important a stat as power output yet the points garnered from a win is miniscule compared to power output. In my oppion the IR 119max is heads and tails above everything else. Thanks to your channel i am actually pulling the trigger on one today to help with a stuck leaf spring bolt in my Tacoma that i have been wrestling with for a couple days now. Merry Christmas TTC!

Finally, now on to the .498 air hammers.

I can't wait to see the SDS video as I need everything to be mobile so I'm hoping a milwaukee SDS can keep up 🤞🏻

I have the ingersal hammer and find it quite controllable. I was spinning a snap ring on a wheel bearing earlier today with very light hits. Just my .02

Would you guys be able to somehow test out/ quantify the power potential difference in air hose coupler styles??? I was always 'M STYLE' but after starting work in a shop that is all 'P STYLE' I was blown away by the "added beans" and quickly switched to those in my home shop! (yes on 1/4" nptf air tools (but using a 3/8 hose)) as always, love the content ! thanks

I’m a heavy suspension mechanic we use 165psi at my job, i have the Snap-on brute with a 3/8” air fitting, the anvil on my I.R. 2835 got so abused after 3yrs that it rounded & chipped the square on the anvil, now i run a full sub compact to high torque Ridgid line and a Snap-on cordless ratchet, I’ve had the ph3050b for years and it’s nice to see that they couldn’t make it better so I don’t have to fork up another $500, Snap-on is known for producing tools we fall in love with but then drop a “better version” before you payoff the first one lol, thanks for the test

I recently had that thought of hey there's not really cordless barrel hammers but I could probably use my sds hammer and cut the chisel point off one of my old bits and use it as a hammer bit.

I am a fan of snap on products particularly their hand tools... but I think you can get more use for dollar out of other options when it comes to power/air tools. With the exception being the air hammer... And this confirms my belief. That control may or may not matter depending on use case but it does put the cherry on top.

Thank you for bringing some sort of order to comparing air hammers! Looks like a did good the last time I bought one, which was about 2 years ago, but ended up getting an IR 119. It has been good, and happy I saved money over a tool truck one.

I would honestly like to see a couple of Snap-On vs Blue Points. I have the AT2050 and it really gets the job done. A friend of mine has the AT380A, which also seems to swing above its weight.

Interesting that at least in air, the tool truck brands actually do appear to deliver some performance.

we need you cause we arent going to buy them all to test our claims. Love the channel

Have the snap on, it truly is a beast

I own the harbor freight chief air hammer. It hits pretty hard and seems to be built in the same housing as some of the tool truck brands, but the one problem I've had is that you can't really ease into the trigger so it ends up bouncing around if you're trying to be more precise. Still a great air hammer for the price, but it seems they went cheap on the trigger mechanism.

Hi, I’m looking forward to cordless hammer as powerful as air, I seriously want to ditch the hose, I’m impressed hf actually kept up I underestimated it,

Try the adapters snap on has in the supplement side that convert hammer action to rotations they make socket adapters and adapters for hydraulic fittings.

Great stuff. I do wonder if hand holding the tools constitutes an uncontrolled variable though.

Thank God my snap on purchase was justified lol. They ran a special where I got their 6 piece air hammer bit kit for free with it last year and took advantage of it

This tool with cordless rotohammers using chipping function. As an electrician we use these for chipping a but of concrete or sds max trying to start the driving of a ground rod

I used to have to buy a new air hammer ever year because they would fall apart. I bought the snapon 20 years ago and it still hits hard.

I would love to see a comparison with a small construction hammer. For example Atlas Copco TEX 05 (up to 12 pounds of weight). Such hammers are also used in workshops.

I’ll be looking forward to the cordless sds tests :). Live confidently and peacefully

I would like to see a test against long air hammer attachments and short ones

if you can get your hands on some high speed sensors and load cells (Able to detect transients and whatnot) it might be fun to look at force per blow, but that requires REALLY high speed load cells with graphs.

The snap on has four power settings which is adjusted using the red band just above the air inlet. Which power setting did you test it in? If you want more fitness, a lower power setting and the adjustable trigger gives you plenty! Mine kicks like a mule on high and I bought it used for $150 out of the bargain bin at the back of the Snap on truck. Always check the bargain bin. My first real roll away was a trade in from earlier that day that was still in the back of the snap on truck.

The Matcos are definitely very strong but I imagine that Snap On feeling like chiseling through butter.

ive used the PH3050B to remove a plastic oil filter that was rounded off, didn't even crack it. the trigger is very controllable .

Hey @Torque Test Channel use your connects at Astro to get big nasty on the market I need one I live about an hour from Eric O and air hammer and torches are my best friends my current air hammer the trigger doesn’t stop so use have to unhook the air hose to stop it but it still works

Yesss here it is!

Have you ever graphed the output hammer beans of (any) single unit, but varying the pressure applied? As in, go from nothing beyond its own weight, press 20/50/100 (pick your numbers) lbs and see how it performs.

Absolutely love to see it 👌👌👌👌

All my co workers have those snapon hammers and I will have one too eventually lol they are just butter smoothe and bring the jam

Great video 👍

Chicago Pneumatic .498" Air Hammer (CP717) everyone in the shop borrows it, had it 8 years and bought it used.

_"SIOUX" ! ! !_ . . That's Ray-Sys! (sf/jk) That Sioux gun is just what I need. The low 'speed' trigger. Thanks, now I know what to order.

looking forward to the breaker episode!

Now Im really in a bind cause Im part of snap ons student program which drops the price to $270 which is still considerably more than some of the other similar options.. Ive been considering buying one for the past 3 weeks so it is awesome to see some test results about it