Einhell Professional PXC 18V Brushless Impact Wrench, 215Nm

The Einhell Professional Cordless Impact Wrench is the second tool in this guide and the cheapest way into the 18 V Power X-Change family here at £74.99 — though that price buys the tool only, with no battery or charger in the box. Einhell rates it at 215 Nm, spins it to 2,900 RPM, fits a brushless motor and an LED lamp, and puts the whole thing at 1.1 kg and 16.1 x 8.4 x 20 cm, so it is a compact unit rather than a full-size workshop gun. Of the 100 ratings shown in the histogram, 73 are five-star and 14 four-star, with 5,185 ratings behind the 4.5 score.

The number to look at is the one the listing repeats: 215 Nm appears twice, once as "Maximum Torque" and once as "Torque". One reviewer who double-checked with a calibrated wrench says it is "not quite the torque it advertised", and that it does not quite reach the 150 ft-lb he wants for wheel nuts against the advertised "158/215Nm" — the same figure written in imperial and metric. That is a buyer's own measurement, not ours, but it is the same pattern this guide found across the category: the number on the box describes what the tool can break loose, not what it will hold. Two other fields read oddly for a cordless tool — "Amperage: 18 Amps" and a drill type of "Impact Driver" on a product named Impact Wrench. Everything on this page comes from the Amazon listing, not from testing by us.