As a 40 year Master plumber using Milwaukee tools all my life I have been switching over to Hercules. Of course tools like tubing cutter, PVC cutter, PEX expander and crimp tools will use my Milwaukee batteries. But for common tools drills, saw zaws, etc. Millwaukee has just overpriced their Batteries. 12 amp hour Milwaulkee 250.00 bucks, Hercules 12 amp hour 125 bucks. Same cells and better warranty. The hayday of Milwaukee is over.

Great Video and well demonstrated... Hercules singlehandedly changed my perception of HF. After years of the brand name stuff and the issues i had, i decided to try HF. Hercules can easily stand its ground when looking the overall package (Price, Quality, Warranty).

I find it interesting when comparing the 1" bit on the Hercules to the Milwaukee, the Milwaukee in the clip has the 5ah battery on it. A 2.5ah battery with 18650 cells won't have the balls for a 1" bit from any brand tbh. I know the 21700 cells work well with the Hercules, but it would be a better comparison if he was running the 5ah battery with 18650 cells on the Hercules when comparing to the Fuel in the clip. It's falsely making people think the Hercules is weak sauce.

you really do deserve more views bro. Great video and tests

I’ve been slowly making the jump to Hercules from Milwaukee. When I was a first getting into the trades all the old timers swore Milwaukee or nothing so my inexperienced aşś took the there advice and started down the path of $250 batteries and $200/ 400 tools biggest mistake of my life and I have done alot of dumb things but I loose sleep over my Milwaukee spending. All the times I had to shop at the 99¢ store for food and not using the ac or heat just to save up for a tool or battery from the rich n powerful Milwaukee tool cartel . Enough is enough next time my girlfriend wants to go out for a nice dinner I can say yes let’s go babe and surprise her with some jewelry and next time my wife wants to buy something for our kids I’ll be like hell yeah get it they deserve it . Just the thought of Milwaukee makes me sick to my stomach

Thanks for the test. Cheers!

this is such an insanely good demonstration of the tool, thank you!

I got this this for 20 bucks discounted! Someone just opened the box, but still in it's packaging and new tool smell when it operates. What a deal!

Great review

LET'S GO TJ!🏁

I purchased one of these yesterday. All my power tools are Bosch or Dewalt, so I went out on a limb to buy this. Early days, but very impressed with the quality so far. I have been using my Dewalt impact driver for years, for everything from drilling to driving lag bolts. I stayed with the impact driver because my drill did its best to break my wrist numerous times. With this I am hoping to go back to using a drill for drilling.

Very impressive, but in order to become a real player in the game, they will have to greatly expand their line, and have several years of in-the-field use to prove reliability.

$97 for the kit is pretty damn good

Well I respect everyone opinion but I purse it and I'm super happy with it I drilled 40 holes on concrete with no problem at all I'm very satisfied with it I went ahead and bought the drill gun also they work great I use them at my job daily as a maintenance man that I am

I was actually just at Harbor freight today. Checking these exact same drills out. Now about a year later, they have a kit with a charger and a battery for 100 bucks. and they got 5,8 and 12 amp power batteries. I think I’m gonna have to pick me up one of these drills. Makita just ain’t cut it anymore.

So when it says max torque of 1200 inch-pounds (100 ft-lbs) is that assuming the 12 amp-hr battery? Because it looks like torque definitely increases with increasing amp-hrs. Which makes sense ... more amps into the drill motor would produbcd more power

Had milwaukee for my electrical job. Meeded something for the home. They were running a deal for a charger 5ah battery and charger plus free drill for $120. Couldnt say no

I just got one of these didn't wanted to pay Milwaukee prices and i like it so much that i went back to the store and got the 3/8 hercules ratchet I'm so happy my next purchase will be the 1/4 inch ratchet and when my impacts quit working will be replaced with hercules

Looks like harbor freight is stepping up their game

Thanks for this quality review! After watching this, I took advantage of HF's current sale, where I got this hammer drill FREE with purchasing a 5V battery and fast charger for $99. Seems an amazing value if one is a sporadic weekend warrior like me, and not a full time tradesman.

Frequent sales offer a 5Ah cell plus a charger for 100 clams, and you get the drill free...cannot be touched when compared to ANY $100 kit. While I'm no longer working 40 hours a week with a drill, the Herc i bought a few months ago has more than enough force to break my arm. What more do I need? It was that or start replacing all the ancient Makita gear I have with more Makita, at prices I can't justify any longer. I'm happy. Now that HF has lost the bottom end of the market to Amazon and Timu, making decent tools seems to be their path to survival, even at higher prices. Everybody wins.

Was that first stud balsa wood

That 1" bit 😳 that's the bit the m12 fuel was drilling with no problems well not no problems it made it but the battery was flashing!! I believe with the 8.0 that tool will be well worth it 👌 but when you price 8ah battery drill charger and warranty on each you can buy a flex 24v turbo hammerdrill with the stacked lithium battery for the same price!!

SOLD

The clutch already engaged on the second screw.

Impressive, but not a fan of the auxiliary handle. I like the Dewalt style ones that clamp around the entire body. I just feel that the Hercules, Milwaukee, etc are more likely to break if say dropped.

I'm sticking with kobalt. Been kicking 4 years now not a single issue and I got 25 diffrent tools

I wonder what is the price of the set with 6ah dual batteries and charger?

The heading says "drill/driver". But your using the "Hammer/drill/driver"?

Harbor freight using better chucks than Milwaukee

12:56 It did a good job with a 4ah battery. It will be much more powerful with a 5-6ah battery.

I wonder if HF will expand this tool line

Dude, no offense, but you should've engaged the different clutch levels in stages.

I have batteries all the way to the 12.0 ah. It supercharges all the power tools.

Man, that sucks. I hate electronic clutches for the exact reason shown here. A mechanical clutch disengages as soon as you hit a certain amount of resistance and that's it. You're typically not going to sink the fastener any further, whether you pull the trigger again or not. As shown in the video, electronic clutches will let you pull the trigger again and drive it further before the clutch disengages again. Oh well. For the price, this is still a pretty kickin' little drill.

That 2.5ah is weak, gotta step it up to a 5ah. I only use those 2.5ah on the smaller flashlights, power adapter for my phone and maybe when I'm setting screws when I'm putting together cabinets.

Pretty Impressive for a $79.00 Tool , but again the Big Question is Longevity and Durability and They have to Up their Game on All their Tools , not just their Impacts and Drills .......

They look suspiciously like Draper branded tools in the UK.

I hate the fact you have to buy the tool then a battery then a charger, they should have kits and bare tool. You can never have enough batteries

Typically you would run a larger bit in the lower gear. No expectation of a one inch bit pushing through in speed two.

Indian price please

Batteries go up to 12amp h

Battery matters

Seems decent, but not super impressive. I have the Milwaukee Gen-3 M12 hammer drill, and it performs better with a 1-1/4" speedbor than this considerably larger 18V Hercules does with the 1" speedbor. You wouldn't typically be cross-shopping those two drills, but still. I'd expect more performance for the size.

stop deleting my comments

I've got wood-boring bees who can put this performance to shame

They really couldn't think of a more serious name than Hercules? Sounds like its made for kids. It shouldn't matter but it does.

Wish I could get paid by HF

As soon as the narrator starts yelling, I exit the video. You're not selling Sham Wow.