2023 test9 productsAuto Parts & Repair
Which Car Jacks Brand Wins?
We compared 9 car jacks options head to head. ABN came out on top. See the measured results, the runner-up, the budget pick, and a link to the full test video.
Winner
ABN
Price shown in test: $120
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Runner-up
E-HELP
Price shown in test: right at $100
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The measured results
Every number below is read straight from the test. Scroll sideways to see all measurements. Products are listed in the order they finished.
| Product | Specs | Weight | Lift front wheel off ground (speed) | Time to reach full/max height, unloaded | Tractor/Farmabego lift test (target ~2,800 lb, then push to failure) | Static failure load test (separate rig) | Impact wrench: lug nut removal at 150 ft lbs (avg of 3) | Impact wrench: over-torqued lug nut at 250 ft lbs | Tire inflator: flat 15 in tire to 30 PSI | Kit size | Tractor/Farmabego lift test |
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| 1ABN$120 | Auto Body Now brand; integrated jack, air pump, and impact wrench kit, 5 ton capacity claimed, includes 17mm and 21mm sockets, claimed impact wrench torque up to 250 ft lbs, two onboard storage compartments, minimum height very close to 6 in, maximum height 17.5 in | 20.53 lb | 41 seconds, a little slower than the E-HELP | 64 seconds, faster than the E-HELP scissor jack, but slightly slower than 'just over a minute' by another measurement mentioned in the same segment | reached 2,800 lb in 50 seconds (22 seconds faster than the E-HELP); rated for 5 tons but ran out of steam very early at just over 3,400 lb with the jack raised; performed much better with the jack in the lowered position, reaching around 8,200 lb | has a two-stage lift setup; finally blew a hydraulic seal at almost 28,000 lb | 3.13, 3.49, and 3.49 seconds, average 3.37 seconds, the fastest average of all five kits with impact wrenches | broke the lug nut loose in 5.82 seconds using 10 whacks | 5.5 minutes, the fastest of the four inflator-equipped kits | not tested | not tested |
| 2E-HELPright at $100 | electric scissor jack rated for 3 tons, claims to lift up to 6,000 lb, includes 17mm and 23mm sockets plus an impact wrench, claimed 1 minute to reach full height, minimum height 4.5 in, maximum height close to 17 in, powered by a 12V accessory port | 18.91 lb | 29 seconds, a little faster than the bottle jack | 1 minute 40 seconds on the first attempt; a repeat run to keep it going all the way took 1 minute 48 seconds | reached 2,800 lb in 1 minute 12 seconds, described as effortless ('you won't break a sweat'); in the failure push (referred to later in the transcript as the 'e-auto' jack, resolved to this same brand given the matching 3 ton rating and matching final result) reached just over 7,000 lb before giving up, the best of all jacks in this test, and finished the video's overall tractor-lift ranking in first place at 7,030 lb | rated for 3 tons; made it to almost 8,500 lb before the electric motor fell off, ending the test | 3.54, 3.84, and 4.5 seconds (some hesitation on the third), average 3.96 seconds | broke the lug nut loose in 5.98 seconds, described as very impressive for the price of the kit | not applicable; this kit does not include a tire inflator | not tested | not tested |
| 3Standtall$160 | 5 ton electric hydraulic jack, includes impact wrench and tire inflator, two onboard storage compartments (air hose storage plus extra fuses and air hose accessories), lowest possible height 6.1 in, maximum height 17.5 in | 18.31 lb | 42 seconds, about the same speed as the TYAYT | 64 seconds to reach 17.5 in tall | reached 2,800 lb in 75 seconds; in the failure push, initially gave up at very close to 4,000 lb, then reached just over 5,300 lb after the narrator added a 4x4 under the tractor to lower the lift point by 4 in (worth about 700 lb of extra lift) | not tested | 4.1, 4.0, and 4.5 seconds, average 4.2 seconds | broke the lug nut loose in 8.1 seconds, with quite a bit more wind-up time than the TYAYT wrench | just over 6 minutes | not tested | not tested |
| 4TYAYT$134 | tire inflator pump plus electric impact wrench, claimed max capacity 11,000 lb, includes 17mm and 23mm sockets, two storage compartments, adjustable support head, minimum height 6.1 in, maximum height 17.5 in | 18.4 lb | 45 seconds, about the same speed as the ABN | 64 seconds, the same as the ABN and the Standtall; reached full height in 1 minute 17 seconds by another measurement in the same segment | reached 2,800 lb in 63 seconds (9 seconds faster than the E-HELP); in a later failure push (referred to as the 'Tite' jack, resolved to this same brand given the matching roughly 5 ton / 11,000 lb rating) gave up early at very close to 4,000 lb | at the lowest jack level, made it to 8,600 lb before giving up, then finally blew a seal at 20,400 lb | 4.7, 4.5, and 4.4 seconds, average 4.53 seconds, faster than the E-HELP and ABN wrenches but described as not hitting as hard | broke the lug nut loose in 11.6 seconds using 29 impacts, the slowest of the five impact wrenches on this test | 6.5 minutes, about a minute and a half slower than the ABN | not tested | not tested |
| 5Wayska$200, the most expensive of the nine products tested | claims to lift up to 11,000 lb, two onboard storage compartments (air hose storage, extra fuses and accessories), includes impact wrench, tire inflator, and a digital display, minimum height very close to 5.9 in, maximum height 20.5 in (the tallest of all the jacks except the exhaust jack), comes with an extra support head for higher lift | 21.76 lb | 47 seconds, a little slower than the Standtall | 73 seconds, a little slower than the Standtall | reached 2,800 lb in 80 seconds, the slowest of all jacks to reach that target; in the failure push (referred to as the 'WEN' jack, resolved to this same brand given the matching support-head description and price-tier position) reached 5,800 lb before giving up, finishing the tractor-lift test in second place behind the E-HELP | not tested | 7.6 (the slowest single-nut time of the video), 5.57, and 6.28 seconds, average 6.48 seconds, the slowest average of the five kits with impact wrenches, though described as hitting faster but not as hard as the others | broke the lug nut loose in 10.6 seconds using 23 impacts | very close to 6 minutes; can be programmed to shut off automatically at a target pressure, but was off by about 2 PSI from the target in this test | not tested | not tested |
| 6NOS Floor Jack$121 | 1.5 ton aluminum service floor jack, height range 3.4 to 14.75 in, no impact wrench or tire inflator included | 25.7 lb | 10 seconds, by far the fastest of any jack in the video | 4.5 pumps, 16 seconds; however, the jack twisted and ended up resting on three wheels afterward, described by the narrator as light but 'just not very sturdy' | reached 2,800 lb the fastest of all jacks at 28 seconds; in the failure push (referred to as the 'NOCO' jack, resolved to this same brand given the matching 1.5 ton rating) reached 3,461 lb before its bypass system began releasing pressure | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested |
| 7Big Red Bottle Jack$38 | double ram bottle jack, rated to lift up to 4,000 lb, minimum height 6.7 in, maximum height 14.5 in, no impact wrench or tire inflator included | 5.74 lb | 30 seconds, faster than the Torin scissor jack | 61 pumps to reach 14.5 in | rated for 2 tons; reached 2,800 lb in 35 seconds; performed better than advertised in the failure push, reaching 5,100 lb (later cited as 5,092 lb in the final tractor-lift recap) before giving up, finishing third overall in that test | rated for 2 tons but withstood a lot of force, finally losing ground at 28,000 lb, the highest failure load of any jack in the video | not tested | not tested | not tested | the most compact kit of the video at 164 cubic inches | not tested |
| 8Torin 1.5 Ton Scissor Jack$23, the least expensive of the nine products tested | scissor jack, max capacity 3,000 lb claimed, extra-wide base, handle length 21.5 in, drop forged alloy steel construction, minimum height 3.5 in, maximum height 15.25 in, no impact wrench or tire inflator included | 8.44 lb | 43 seconds; the jack held up fine on this easy test | not tested | rated for 1.5 tons (3,000 lb); made it to 2,000 lb before the narrator had to stop the test, as the jack began leaning and bending 1,000 lb short of its rating | finally gave up at just about 7,300 lb, when one of the pins broke | not tested | not tested | not tested | very compact at 350 cubic inches | not tested |
| 9Vevor Exhaust Jack$111 | air jack inflated by exhaust pressure via a 20 ft long exhaust hose, claims to lift up to 8,800 lb, maximum height 31.5 in (the tallest of all products tested), stays inflated until the air hose is removed, no impact wrench or tire inflator included | 9.25 lb | not tested | 31 seconds using an air compressor as the inflation source | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested | excluded; Cousin Eddie's Farmabego exhaust horns were too large to work with the exhaust jack |
How it was tested
- speed lifting the front wheel of a medium-sized car off the ground
- time to reach full/maximum height, unloaded
- lifting Cousin Eddie's Farmabego (a heavy tractor-towed implement) to a target of 2,800 lb, then continuing to push each jack to its failure point
- a separate static failure load test on a subset of jacks, pushed to outright mechanical failure (seal blowout, pin breakage, or motor failure)
- impact wrench speed removing a lug nut torqued to 150 ft lbs, averaged over 3 lug nuts
- impact wrench speed removing a lug nut deliberately over-torqued to 250 ft lbs
- tire inflator speed inflating a completely flat 15 inch tire to 30 PSI
- kit/case compactness, measured in cubic inches
“When taking into consideration the performance of the jack, impact wrench, and tire inflator, the ABN came out on top with an average finish of 1.7.”