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Heavy duty Bauer Impact Rated Hex Shank Socket Drivers let you use your socket set with your drill/driver or impact driver. See the coupon for details.Ĭompare our price of $4.99 to MILWAUKEE at $9.97 (model number: 48-32-5033).
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For an extra $10, that’s more than worth it.Inside Track Club members can buy the BAUER Impact Rated Hex Shank Socket Driver Set 3 Pk. Hercules uses a 4-pole brushed motor and Skil gives you a brushless one. Skil and Hercules are very similar in design save for one major component-the motor. Its 7.4″ height and 7.1″ head length easily reach more compact spaces than Hercules at 7.6″ tall and 7.7″ long. Like we see in weight, Skil has a pretty significant advantage in footprint as well. Compared to the rest of the compact class, Skil is the second lightest of the entire group. Skil is just a hair over 3 pounds (3.01 pounds) and the Harbor Freight drill is a beefy 3.80 pounds. Things don’t improve much with their compact batteries. With no battery, Skil’s compact 20V drill weighs just 2.02 pounds while Hercules is a hefty 2.81 pounds. Things even out in the Prosumer game, though.
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Skil tends to be a bit heavier than its premium professional counterparts. The way one product manager puts it, the lab torque tests gives each manufacturer a number to put on the box, but that doesn’t mean you can judge it by that alone.Īdvantage, Skil.
Skil specs a lower 450 in-lbs, but produces 160.4 in-lbs. Hercules specs 576 in-lbs on their drill and manages 125.2 in-lbs of torque on our rig. While these numbers don’t match up against the manufacturer’s specifications (they use hard torque), they help us see the differences in power. Our testing rig measures soft torque using a truck spring that provides increased torque as the drill turns.
Verdict: Harbor Freight Hercules Drill Torque Skil finishes with a 74% average and Hercules sits at 77%. Skil is able to close the gap with the self-feed bit but doesn’t pick up enough to overtake Hercules. Hercules maintained 74% of its no-load speed with the auger bit while Skil was a little behind at 68%. The first round goes to the Harbor Freight drill. Higher efficiencies also tell us the drill can handle larger bits than the ones we’re testing easier. In “ The Truth About Drill Torque and Speed,” we explore this idea further.įor now, the takeaway is that the better the efficiency percentage, the lighter the load on the motor and the longer it’s likely to last. Every manufacturer has to choose the gearing to go with their motor, so a straight-up speed test doesn’t tell the whole story. Verdict: Harbor Freight Hercules Drill Drilling EfficiencyĮfficiency helps us balance the speed results by comparing how fast a drill works against the no-load speeds measured. With no-load on either drill, Hercules is 120 RPM faster in high and 91 RPM faster in low, so we expect it to be faster with a bit in it as well. DeWalt again won this battle, holding onto 550 RPM. Skil closed the gap, but still remained behind at 358 RPM. While neither one of these really struggled to finish the test, both are long way out from from the DeWalt DCD797’s 1948 RPM average that leads this class.ĭropping to low speed for the additional torque, Hercules put up a 423 RPM average with the self-feed bit. Skil’s average was nearly 200 RPM lower at 1212 RPM. With the auger bit in high speed, Hercules kept its speed up to 1409 RPM on average.
To test their respective speeds, we measured them drill in OSB subfloor layers with a 3/4″ Bosch Daredevil High-Speed Auger bit and a 1-1/2″ Milwaukee SwitchBlade Self-Feed bit. Verdict: Skil 20V Compact Drill Speed Under Loadīoth of these drills are in our compact class. This one is in favor of Skil by a wide margin.
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Skil jumps in with a 5-year warranty that exceeds what even some of the Pro brands offer. Considering our chuck failure, we’d recommend that you do. You can buy a 1 or 2-year extended warranty if you like. Harbor Freight warranties their Hercules 20V drill for 90 days. Verdict: Harbor Freight Hercules Drill Warranty While there’s only $10 separating the two drills, Harbor Freight has the edge. If the better charger sounds good, the hammer drill kit with PWRJump charger is an even better value at $127.50.
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You can upgrade that kit with a PWRJump charger (faster charging and a USB port) for $129.99. Skil’s compact 20V brushless drill comes with a 2.0Ah battery and standard charger for $99.99. You can also upgrade to a hammer drill for another $20. Harbor Freight comes in at $89.99 with a charger a 2.5Ah battery.