Epic thread recovered, but having found the thread because a mate is trying to sell me an unused 1/2 Tooltec Impact jobbie as he is having a clearout I would also like to stick up for my Clarke branded needle scaler.
I got it used with the also used compressor, but it has now done a week long drysock session with out narrowboat twice, and a whack load of work derusting a 1971 Smalley Mini-digger I am restoring and has been a great tool. Its been dropped, run all day without re-oiling (oil is a pain when your working around painting) happy days.
When on dock it will do maybe 6-8 hours for 2-3 days on about a 60% duty cycle, and derusting the digger its done whole mornings when the only time its been put down is hit a bit with an angle grinder so the compressor trips out and I can do a bit on full pressure, its maybe put in maybe 100hours run time total with me?
Not that I can speak for the other Clarke products, or have a 'professional' grade needle scaler.
Daniel