That Hercules with the HO battery was impressive at that price point. Plus a 5 year warranty with a store front exchange... Sweet

I'm pretty impressed with that Bosch considering it has been out the longest and is the smallest

I’m running the Hercules at my job with the 4ah. It’s pretty much a requirement if you are cutting thick materials like Grade 8 bolts and Steel. For the price I paid I would say not bad. I definitely am shocked by that DeWalt though. But then again a 12v tool vs a 20v Powerstack.

Great vid, little tip tho, you always want the material you are cutting to be behind the arbor on a rotary tool so it isn't "pushing" through the material but is rather "pulling". You want the tool to try and sort of pull you through rather than keep trying to jump away, just like on a chop saw, table saw, and circular saw. This will dramatically reduce stalling. I like the DeWalt for it's preformance but at that size I find a 4.5" grinder more useful. The stand out for me was the bosch, it's high preformance enough that it's useful but given that it's so small it makes it a tool that actually fits the category... Plus being German made and bosch, I can atest that like most of its other brushed older German tools they have made, it will be in service for at least a decade with no issues. When bosch releases a brushless model I think it could really shake up the category even more.

The DeWalt is a beast. I used it with a 3” sawed blade to trim 3/4” (actual) fence planks. Its cutting depth of 0.9” is significantly deeper than the rest of the field. With the dust shroud in place, it’s practically a mini circular saw, although I wish that attachment was more straightedge-friendly.

I believe the Ridgid is capable of solid performance with the higher amp batteries. Close but not quite to the Dewalt.

How are you not blowing up with viewers?

I think putting the name of every tool brand your testing (like project farm) might help you reach some more viewers. Just a thought, as always great job!

Hmm going to have to look at Ridgid's current cut saw. Every stat you showed differs from mine (I know the 2021 RPM downgraded from the 2019 but it's still 19,000 rpm). Even the cutting depth is off here?

Hyper tough (from Walmart) recently came out with a 12v cut off tool. Would be interesting to see how it stacks up to the Harbor Freight offerings. I’m sure it would need to run on the 4ah battery just like the Hercules and Bauer too.

If you can get your hands on the makita. Do test that too. But I think its not available yet in North America

If I was on dewalt platform I definitely would pick this up. I’m not going to get the Milwaukee as this one seems lame. Maybe a gen 2 someday. Keep ‘ em coming. 👍

Thanks for the video, cant wait for the Makita.

With Bauer the 3ah will actually do better than the 5ah. The 3ah battery is made with 21700 batteries where the 5ah is made with 18650 batteries. The 5ah will give you longer run time but the 3ah will give you more bang for your buck. I believe Hercules does the same thing, but it's good to know because if you need a quick burst the 3ah is cheaper and gives you more power in that split second.

Thank you. Almost bought Bauer since I'm a petite woman....doesn't seem like a good idea beyond just cutting PVC pipes.

To be fair, on the hercules box it says to use 4ah battery(recommended), also it's only single direction.

Given the dramatic increase in cost, size and weight for using the big Dewalt battery- I would move to my 18v tool before using the 12v. I use 12v for all quick things. 18v for bigger projects. I have the 12 v and 18 volt Bosch cut offs and they are excellent. I didn’t catch it but I am assuming you compared 12v to 12v tools and not 12v to 18v tools.

Are the battery powered all better than a $40-$70 corded cutoff tool?

The Hercules has awful performance with the freebie battery, maybe it would be fine for very light weight work though. However with the 4Ah battery it becomes very feasible, and that battery upgrade is a very affordable $35. While it still is nowhere as good as the DeWalt, its half the price fully loaded vs the DeWalt without battery. $85 total vs $180 + battery. This channel is probably more oriented towards professional usage, but as an average consumer the Hercules is the obvious choice.

I'm just thinking, man the worst of the worst is still better than doing it with a hand saw. There was a point in my lifetime where we had to use the blade of a hand saw to cut them rebar.

7:45 Having higher Ah battery data for Ridgid and Ryobi would be great. I know they wouldn't really challenge the Dewalt here, but curious to see how close the closest 2 contenders are in performance. I have the no-longer-made 3Ah Ryobi battery with 21700 cells, and that would be a good pairing for that tool because of decent output and still small size. Too bad Ryobi abandoned 21700 cells in their 18V platform

Does the Ridgid do better with a 4ah battery or do you have an octane 3ah battery because that has 21700 cells in it and it seems to wake up a lot of their tools.

I can't fathom why they used the 12v battery for the Hercules when their 20v batteries are way larger in capacity and higher voltage

you used the smallest batteries for the hercules & bauer.. use the new 12ah and the 8ah max performance batteries....... DOESNT FAIL AT ALL!!!

Milwaukee for life😊

Try the batteries from Hercules much better

I just don't get the point of these tools. Any thing I would cut it would just grab for my grinder...

This test isn’t fair at all 😂😂😂

Don't mean to be that guy, but you spelled competitor wrong.. in your title.. sorry. Personally I'm all for freedom to spell how u wanna. But... Just saying. Carry-on!

Not many people will be cutting rebar

What do you want for 50 bucks this test is a joke 😅😂😅😂😅