10 Best Grease Guns of 2026, Manual and Cordless Picks for the Garage

The last time I greased the prop shaft on my mate's pickup, I was flat on his lock-up floor, pumping a lever gun one-handed. That's the job the Sealey CPG18V exists for. It comes with an 18V 2.0Ah battery (the listing doesn't spell out a charger, so check), quotes 550 bar (8,000 psi) and 100 g/min, and takes a 400g cartridge or bulk grease. Independent roundups back it, too. The 620mm hose is shorter than the Einhell's, though, and 2.4kg bare is a lot to hold up under a car.

Judge the Draper 47811 as a plain manual gun and there's very little to argue with. It's a pistol-type design, so one hand works the trigger while the other steadies the coupler, handy on a track rod end at full lock. Draper lists a 40MPa (5800 psi) safe working pressure, a diecast head with a bleeder or bulk-loader port, and room for a 400g cartridge or bulk fill. The 230mm hose is short, honestly; for buried trailer-hub nipples I'd add a longer line like the Bravex's.

If you already have Einhell Power X-Change batteries on the shelf, this is the easiest cordless upgrade here. Be clear first: it's sold without a battery or charger, so the box holds the gun, a strap, a 120cm hose and a 1/8-inch NPTF nozzle. Two speeds trade 690 bar against a quicker 295 ml/min. It's heavy, listed at 3.9 kg, and unlike the Sealey it gets costly if you're buying into the battery system from scratch.

Most people who own a grease gun use it twice a year: a spring service on the trailer, a once-over on the ride-on mower. For that, the Silverline MS110 is plenty. This lever gun takes 500cc of bulk grease or a 400cc cartridge, has both plungers fitted, and includes a 150mm rigid extension plus a 300mm flexible hose. The spec data puts pressure at approx 280 bar (4,000 psi), well short of the Alemite, but on a clean nipple that's rarely the limit. Lever guns need two hands, though, and budget finishes hate a damp lock-up.

Thread standards are the dull detail that decides whether a grease gun works with your other bits, and the Pressol 12630 is upfront: an M10 x 1 thread, a 300mm reinforced hose and a hydraulic mouthpiece. It takes 400 g DIN 1284 cartridges or loose grease, holds 500 cc, and the spec data lists around 400 bar (5,800 psi). Two niggles. The Amazon title reads like a bad machine translation and the listed weight is clearly wrong, so go by the photos. And M10 fittings won't swap onto the Draper's 1/8 BSPT outlet without an adapter.

Grease weeping out round the pump head is the classic cheap-gun failure, and Bravex builds its pitch around stopping it: a cold drawn steel canister that resists deforming, a high-pressure plunger O-ring, and chrome plating that should cope with a damp garage. You get a 460mm (18in) flexible hose, 3-way fill and a 414 bar (6,000 psi) rating. My hesitation is the brand. The listing leans on claims I can't check, independent coverage is thin, and you're buying on the spec sheet rather than reputation.

Let's get the awkward part out of the way: the Alemite 500-E is a US-spec gun, and its listing talks in ounces and psi rather than grams and bar. It develops up to 10,000 psi, the highest manual figure here, puts out 1 oz. of grease per 21 strokes and holds 16 oz. of bulk grease or a 14 oz. cartridge. That pressure is the reason to buy it, for seized nipples on farm kit or a neglected trailer. The spec data lists 400g cartridge compatibility, but I'd confirm with the seller before ordering refills.

Buy this if you want a grease gun for the motorbike swingarm and the mower deck, and nothing grander. The Hilka 84800400 is a basic 500cc lever gun with three-way fill and a 10 1/2-inch flexible nozzle. At 998 g it's easy to hold up under a wheel arch. Wait, actually that's about all the listing gives you. There's no pressure figure, so I can't say how it copes with a seized nipple, and the Silverline publishes more detail.

Most guns on this list take the common 400g cartridge. The BGS 6650 is built around a 500 g one, so check you can get refills locally first. It's a two-hand design with anti-slip handles, clean cartridge changes and a visible fill level. BGS publishes plenty of detail: 500 bar operating pressure, max. 0.8g per stroke and an M10 x 1.0 thread shared with the Pressol. At 675 mm long overall, though, it's a lot of gun under a low car.

I'll be straight: I'm warier of the Seesii than the Sealey or Einhell. It's a lesser-known brand, speeds are given in US ounces per minute, and the spec data's hose length doesn't match the listing's 48-inch figure. You do get the most kit in the box: two 2.0Ah batteries, a charger, three couplers, a 90-degree adapter, a strap and a case.