Best Floor Jacks For 2023

Wheel-mounted floor jacks use a hydraulic cylinder to lift a hinged section of the jack, which in turn lifts part of the car. They have largely replaced old-school “bottle jacks” where the hydraulic cylinder directly lifted the car, as bottle jacks rarely fit beneath modern passenger cars. Bottle jacks still can, however, be a cost-effective choice on trucks. When lifting any vehicle, safety is paramount. As such, it is essential to have jack stands on which the vehicle can be safely set down for work underneath.

All jacks selected included a bypass valve to prevent over-pumping. Other selection criteria included cost, user ratings, lift capacity, front profile, lifting height, reach, jack weight and appropriateness for the different vehicle categories of passenger car, sports car, and truck. The jacks selected ranged in cost from about $50 to about $230. Commercial-grade products used by professional garages were excluded due to high cost and, for many, high weight.