Review on XtremepowerUS Concrete Demolition Breaker for Electric Use by William Mahajan

ldh customer gave it a 1 star rating on 8th November 2018 due to the handle being broken on arrival. The dcb customer also noticed the broken handle in his review of August 16, 2018. My experience was the same. Came with a broken handle that ripped beyond repair (see photo). Returning an item for a replacement. I will update my review once I get a new jackhammer. EDIT: I got a replacement. Like the first, it was packaged very poorly. Just a single ply carton, no packing material, nothing to soften the contents. Apparently the seller is not interested in such mundane details. Thanks to the UPS shipper who handled such a heavy item with care, the second jackhammer arrived undamaged. Or maybe it was just luck? It was certainly not due to the seller's efforts to package the product properly. I refrain from general comments. You can find several videos showing unpacking and basic operation of the jackhammer. Just search "2200w jackhammer" on YouTube. I'll add a few anecdotal comments about my experiences. I used a 12/3 100 foot electric extension to power the jackhammer. I think the power strip is only rated for 15 amps (1800 watts), but I found the 2200 watts advertised by Xtremepower to be an exaggeration. In any case, the cable worked perfectly. No overheating problem.2. The support arm could not rotate. It was too tight! I had to loosen the nuts/bolts on either side of the handle to rotate it into position. Since the grip was originally oriented right out of the box, the only way I could operate it was the wrong way round - with my pinky on the trigger.3. First I tried to break some concrete anchors with a chisel (see pictures). After half an hour I made some progress, but I was almost exhausted from the incessant effort. I changed the bits to sharper ones. It took me 10 minutes to finish the first anchor and 15 minutes to grind the second. And thanks to the many breaks between breaking blocks of concrete (as opposed to continuous hammering), the job was much less tiring.4. I bought a asphalt cutting attachment separately (Revain item https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074PGFX5S). I figured it would be a more versatile tool than a shovel, otherwise I would have bought a jackhammer and shovel combo. I used a nozzle to cut through the roots and remove the stump. The roots didn't offer enough resistance to overcome the unloaded safety mechanism, so I had to improvise to get the jackhammer working. First I made contact with something solid to put the car in "Hammer" mode. (In this case, the top of the cut stem came in handy.) I then moved the jackhammer to the root area and continued pounding into the roots. It was a clumsy process, but it worked much easier than working by hand. I have not installed the rims that came with it. They remind me of training wheels because of their small size. So I'm not sure how well they will work. I'm currently lugging my suitcase with a makeshift rope (see photo). A jackhammer is easier to carry in this position than with a plastic handle. I used 1/2" rope. Pictures: 1. The first picture shows a broken handle. As you can see, there isn't much plastic in the pen. In addition, it's put together in a way that creates unnecessary stress points. It's very poorly designed 2. Image of a concrete anchor before demolition. The ruler shown is for scaling. The ruler is approximately 19" long with markings up to 18". 3. Image of a pile of debris after a concrete anchor. was hammered with a jack 4. Image of a simple rope harness.