Milwaukee M12 12v Grease Gun

The problem with the electric devices like this is that the slow speed feed is usually still too high. I use a grease gun with a pistol grip so I do not need two hands to pump the grease and have one hand free to hold the tip to the grease nipple. For my truck I use a 90 degree adapter that helps get to fittings without having to bend the hose 180 degrees.

My current grease gun for the truck is a Plews 30-416 Professional Pistol Grease Gun that cost $33.65. It works perfectly and I grease the front end suspension fittings on my truck every 3,000 miles so it gets a lot of use.

An electric grease gun would not save me any time and more likely it would take more time as I would be having to wipe off excess grease at every fitting. I also would not want to overfill the rubber boots and break the dust seal which would shorten the life of the parts being lubricated.

It's under $120 CDN at jccayer.com for the bare tool, $160 with a battery, but not sure if they ship to the US

Mark Heisler wrote:
yes that good price and good gun
cordless and air greese guns are very handy
but you have to be carefull you can blow seals out very easy
make sure it has a high/low button always use low

I figured out how to that with a hand grease gun when I was only a kid. :)

The reviews were top for this gun but there were some lithium ion problems in the first generation M12 batteries a few years ago but red ones are to be fine I read. It was the nickel cadmium batteries in the Lincolns that lead me to go Milwaukee. For $85 more I could have gone with the M18 series but did not see the need. Now Lincoln has a 20v lithium ion gun but it is not cheap.

I will only use a few tubes some years but the hand guns are a bit much to use with all of the arthritis. The backhoe has a lot of pin wear and I would like to hit it more often than I do.

I use a Lincoln rechargeable grease gun. Never had a moments issue with it and with my arthritis, it is a very valuable piece of equipment for me. I have a TrailAir with Tri-Glide and the Tri-Glide has grease fittings that need to be hit every thousand miles or so. Put the Lincoln on the zerk, press the trigger for 1 click (1 click=1 pump of a handle) and I'm done. Wouldn't leave home without it and when we aren't traveling, I use it on all my other equipment. No awkward positions, no needing 3 or 4 hands. One hand on the fitting, squeeze the trigger, done.

Not familiar with the Milwaukee gun, but, the rest of their equipment is good to better, so, I suspect it would be an OK unit. Look at Lincoln though before you commit, you may find a better deal and I like my Lincoln.

I have one, it's pretty good although a bit bigger than a regular gun. They also make an 18v version.

From my tech days I have a full-size pistol-grip Lincoln grease gun I load with the same grease as the wheel bearings (Valvoline GM Red.) Yes, on the lever-style grease gun you sometimes need 3 hands.
I never had much luck with either 12V or pneumatic guns.

Now, if it had been an M3 .45 grease gun, we could talk.

yes that good price and good gun
cordless and air greese guns are very handy
but you have to be carefull you can blow seals out very easy
make sure it has a high/low button always use low

I always have an air compressor with me and at $75 this is hard to beat but any gun that doesn't have to be pumped by hand is the way to go.

Lincoln air powered grease gun

This looks like a interesting tool!

Fred.