Equipment... Grease Gun Recommendation

[Skeans1]

Alemite Grease Gun

Last grease gun you will ever need.  Just amazing, better balance than dewalt and the other.  Expensive and worth every penny.  Keeps a charge forever- maybe charge 3 times a year.  No jamming, no fuss, easy to load and an idiot can use it (I even use it).  Takes all the pain away from greasing.

Give the Alemite a little bit of hard use and they don't last long. We have Dewalt, Milwaukee, and an Alemite which is fine for light duty use but I have had to have rebuild it a few times.

[Walnut Beast]

Alemite Grease Gun

Last grease gun you will ever need.  Just amazing, better balance than dewalt and the other.  Expensive and worth every penny.  Keeps a charge forever- maybe charge 3 times a year.  No jamming, no fuss, easy to load and an idiot can use it (I even use it).  Takes all the pain away from greasing.

Give the Alemite a little bit of hard use and they don't last long. We have Dewalt, Milwaukee, and an Alemite which is fine for light duty use but I have had to have rebuild it a few times.

So which one do you like the best

[Walnut Beast]

I have a Lincoln Power Luber works fine

[Corley5]

Lincoln pistol grip grease guns suck.  They're hard to prime.  Kendall grease tubes used to suck.  They had air voids in the center of the tube and guns would lose prime.  I've got an Alemite pistol grip grease gun that works great.  I've used it a lot since the 14.4 batteries for my Lincolns have given up.  They're good machines but I didn't want to spend $$$ on new batteries for them since I've got Milwaukee cordless stuff.  Last summer I bought a Milwaukee 18v grease gun to add to the collection of Milwaukee stuff.  Works good.  Still use use my Alemite on the firewood processor's 8 zerks.  Bigger machines get the Milwaukee. 

[nativewolf]

Alemite Grease Gun

Last grease gun you will ever need.  Just amazing, better balance than dewalt and the other.  Expensive and worth every penny.  Keeps a charge forever- maybe charge 3 times a year.  No jamming, no fuss, easy to load and an idiot can use it (I even use it).  Takes all the pain away from greasing.

Give the Alemite a little bit of hard use and they don't last long. We have Dewalt, Milwaukee, and an Alemite which is fine for light duty use but I have had to have rebuild it a few times.

Seriously?  20v battery one?  You're breaking that?  We use maybe only 15 mins a day but then it is every day, cases of grease.  We've never had an issue and it balances better to me.

[BargeMonkey]

 I want to say we have 2x 14.4 still kicking and 4x of the 20v Lincoln's and zero issues, mine gets thrashed and just keeps going, other than batteries going bad but ebay aftermarket are cheap and work good. 

[Walnut Beast]

The Lincoln needs a longer hose than it has 

[Skeans1]

Alemite Grease Gun

Last grease gun you will ever need.  Just amazing, better balance than dewalt and the other.  Expensive and worth every penny.  Keeps a charge forever- maybe charge 3 times a year.  No jamming, no fuss, easy to load and an idiot can use it (I even use it).  Takes all the pain away from greasing.

Give the Alemite a little bit of hard use and they don't last long. We have Dewalt, Milwaukee, and an Alemite which is fine for light duty use but I have had to have rebuild it a few times.

Seriously?  20v battery one?  You're breaking that?  We use maybe only 15 mins a day but then it is every day, cases of grease.  We've never had an issue and it balances better to me.

Yes the 20 volt most days greasing will take me close 45 minutes on the harvester, 30 to 40 minutes on the forwarder, and about 30 minutes on a shovel. The harvester will go through 2 tubes a day about a tube alone on the head and a tube on the carrier.

[Skeans1]

Alemite Grease Gun

Last grease gun you will ever need.  Just amazing, better balance than dewalt and the other.  Expensive and worth every penny.  Keeps a charge forever- maybe charge 3 times a year.  No jamming, no fuss, easy to load and an idiot can use it (I even use it).  Takes all the pain away from greasing.

Give the Alemite a little bit of hard use and they don't last long. We have Dewalt, Milwaukee, and an Alemite which is fine for light duty use but I have had to have rebuild it a few times.

So which one do you like the best

The Milwaukee is what I use in my personal machine it's lighter, faster, and is adjustable unlike the Dewalt. The Dewalt is great once you remove the relief valve then you can unplug a joint most of the time. The Alemite is ok more of a light duty gun lots of fun to get them unjammed if it happens.

[62oliver]

I have the 18 volt Milwaukee and I like it. Makes use of batteries I already have.

[Stoneyacrefarm]

I have to agree on the 18v Milwaukee grease gun. 
It is a great tool that makes life easy. 
Now that I have one. 
Would never go back to a manual again. 

[aigheadish]

I'll be contrary to say I have a Lock-n-Lube pneumatic gun I'm pleased with. I does occasionally lose prime but I also suck at getting that part right. Once it's going though it works really well. I went with it over a battery operated gun due to the price. I think I was looking about 70-80 bucks for pneumatic vs. 200-300 for battery op. And the Lock-n-Lube couplers are great.

[petefrom bearswamp]

Locknlube is great until you have to get into a tight spot,such as on my Polaris ATV.
I have a DeWalt but am just an occasional user.

[gman98]

I have used a lot more f manual grease guns and the electric Milwaukee's.  The electric Milwaukee's are the way to go in my opinion.  The electric greasing seems to go a lot easier on the cold days or the days when it's 80 degrees and humid with a swarm of horseflies around you.  If the jobs easier you're more willing to do it more often, and grease is part of what the whole operation relies on.

[treemuncher]

In reply to response #11:

Yep. I purchased a LockNLube foot pedal type grease gun for a special expensive grease that I use on one machine's autolube system and manual fittings. It holds at least 3 cases of grease cartridges or more. Pumps about double or more that a standard Lincoln cast head lever pump will and it will relieve back pressure as well. It is about as fool-proof a system as you will find except that your foot can deliver some really high pressure if you are not careful. If I was hand greasing every day, I would purchase another for my typical moly grease that I normally use.


My basic hand guns are always Lincoln cast head lever types that last for years if I don't dent the holding tube but I rarely use these any more. I quit using the battery operated Lincoln because of battery issues all of the time and needing to use the basic lever guns to finish.


I have gone to all air-operated lube units with 120 lb kegs. The one in my service truck has a heat blanket that normally gets plugged in overnight when temps are below 45 degrees. Some of my machines have on board air supplies that power the greaser and for those that don't, my pto-generator runs my air compressor. I still keep a back up lever gun for days when I have issues with the air greaser - nothing is ever without break downs.


I am also a firm believer in the LockNLube fitting connectors. I've tried the cheaper knock offs that can not be rebuilt and they NEVER last as long as any first life on a LockNLube. Time is money and I go through a lot of grease and fitting couplers in a year, well, at least before I tried the good ones I used to go through a lot of couplers.


I am also a BIG fan of remote grease lines to make maintenance faster and easier. I found a good supplier for all of the fittings, hoses and custom stuff at AutoLubeParts.com I also have some cheap 12vdc tube type grease guns (chinese type from Ebay) that will make a small "push the button" greaser system for my impact hammer and one of my other machines. All I have to do is pipe it to a grease manifold distribution block and I can grease 10 or more fittings while running with the push of a button. Tube guns can be refilled quickly with the air powered grease bucket. More grease = less stress.

[Walnut Beast]

Thanks for some good feedback 👍

[Joe Hillmann]

If you get an electric grease gun make sure you hang on to your manual one as well.  I have been in a situation where a machine needs grease and the only grease gun available has a dead battery.  That leaves you with the choice:run the machine without grease, wait until a battery can be charged enough to get the job done.  It becomes even worse if you need to drive back home to use the charger, wait for it to charge, and then drive back.

A good tip on a grease gun is also important.  Some will leak as soon as there is a tiny bit of pressure, others will lock on so tight you break something getting it off when under pressure.