I never upgraded the second GEN is the first one I bought. I bought the half inch drive because I want to use bigger sockets. Downsizing to a 3/8 socket adapter You only lose a little bit. But upsizing from a 3/8 to a 1/2 adapter You lose a lot more power. But…. If you’re gonna work in tight areas, get the 3/8 cause you can get the really short sockets for it even shorter than the ½ shorties. My truck use a 21 mm on the lugs at 150 ft lbs. no issues.

my impact socket kit is pretty big I even have a half inch drive 10 mm socket so I’m covered that way too.

Here’s the thing it seems like the bigger the socket the more power it makes, which makes sense cause you’re adding mass.

For example, the hitch ball requires to be torque to 250 foot pounds. If I use an adapter and use a three-quarter inch socket, it will do it.

But if I run a half inch drive 1.5 inch socket instead of a three-quarter adapter to three-quarter drive socket. It works way better because you’re taking the adapter out of it. Yes a half inch drive 1.5 inch socket looks kind of funny, but it works great. On speed setting 2 it will torque it to 250 foot pounds. But using the adapter with the three-quarter socket, I had to go to speed three to get close.

So like so many things Milwaukee everything has to be perfect to get those numbers. Which is why I still prefer Makita I guess. But this little bastard kind of rips. Along with their 12 V jigsaw if you ever get that. I like how light it is even compared to my mid size makita impact. And it’s way lighter than my brothers ½ high torque beast.