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Permalink Reply by Elijah Davis on August 17, 2010 at 12:35am

cool I have been thinking about geting one

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Permalink Reply by Dave on August 17, 2010 at 1:58am

Im a builder by trade and use one almost every day for work, bloody awesome tool, go for the larger version as its more versatile.

and it seems to have held up so far from a couple years of hard work

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Permalink Reply by John on August 17, 2010 at 8:24am

Going to have to check into getting one

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Permalink Reply by Damo on August 17, 2010 at 4:25pm

What about this one aswell? Dead On AN18 18-Inch Annihilator, similar idea but slightly more pricey.

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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on August 17, 2010 at 5:36pm

My experience (and I've used the fubar on the job site); I'll take a set of irons any day.
[My estwing 26oz framing hammer works plenty fine on demo.]

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Permalink Reply by B HICKS on July 29, 2011 at 2:04pm

Our Department was given a couple of these to "demo" before they came out on the market. They are not too bad for a small "officer tool". Forcible entry into windows, doors. Breaking windows. Shutting off utilities. But it is not a "universal", 1 tool does everything. There is no such tool. If you are looking for a small tool to take alot of "abuse", then this is it.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on July 29, 2011 at 9:11pm

I have one and it's OK for tight spaces in structural collapses, trench rescue, etc.
I wouldn't use it as an officer's tool - we do better with 4-foot NY roof hooks.

For general USAR use, a 28-oz framing hammer and a regular wrecking bar are better - the hammer is a little easier to swing and the wrecking bar gives you more leverage for pulling nails, prying sandwiched lumber apart, removing cleats and gussets, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Callahan on July 31, 2011 at 10:46pm

We purchased one for each engine several months ago.

Being a slow department in terms of fires, we have had very limited chances to use it and we are still in the process of deciding how effective it will be. Some of the guys have been using it in place of the Halligan, but IMO, it will never replace the Halligan and will always be an adjunct or secondary tool too it.

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Permalink Reply by Brian J. on August 1, 2011 at 9:59am

We have two on my engine. The full size version and the small version. They are useful tools but you can never replace a set of irons.

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