Cordless impact

[STOVE]

Looking at cordless impacts, has anyone here had long term use of the Hercules 20v from harbour freight? Wondering what kind of battery life I can expect (out of the batteries themselves).

I don’t have any other 20v lithium stuff now so I’m not tied to any brand. My current impact is a giant corded 1/2 drive

 

[Czed]

Looking at cordless impacts, has anyone here had long term use of the Hercules 20v from harbour freight? Wondering what kind of battery life I can expect (out of the batteries themselves).

I don’t have any other 20v lithium stuff now so I’m not tied to any brand. My current impact is a giant corded 1/2 drive

I run Makita cordless but my nephew
Is a 12 year vocational school plumbing teacher and a 30 year master plumber
He used to outfit his class with Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita,metabo etc.
But the high school students and adult students
Kept stealing them so he started buying Hercules about 8 year's ago and brags on their durability and performance
I can't tell you anything about battery life.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Dewalt and Milwaukee both seem to be good, I bought dewalt because I have that brand in other stuff already. If you have no other battery tools then you can start with whatever but if i remember right the harbor freight tool batteries don’t switch between lines but all dewalt 20v and the 20/60 flex volt batteries fit all the 20 volt tools. While the flex bolt battery is expensive and heavy they last for a long time on a 20 volt tool. Flex volt batteries are 3 20 volt cells that run in 20 volts off one pin set and 60 volts on another pin set so you get long life on a 20 volt tool.

 

[EFSM]

We use M12 Milwaukee tools in our shop. We don't require huge battery life, and the compact nature of the M12 is awesome. But there are many good tools out there.

 

[Bill G]

I have a DeWalt 1/2 and a Milwaukee 3/4. I have not stepped up to 1 inch yet. I used to love DeWalt but now Milwaukee is kicking their asrse. As for HF .....never ran one.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

I have a DeWalt 1/2 and a Milwaukee 3/4. I have not stepped up to 1 inch yet. I used to love DeWalt but now Milwaukee is kicking their asrse. As for HF .....never ran one.

Wouldn’t say Milwaukee is kicking dewalts but in any way they’re definitely pretty equal one company may make a particular tool better than the other and vice versa. Lot of the tradesmen I know like both and run both, some of them say Milwaukee has actually gotten worse after the buyout. My 1/2 mid torque dewalt is made in the USA, the high torque dewalt is made in china or some other countries though. I bought the mid torque because of it being the size of a regular impact the high torque dewalt is large like an old plug in impact but very strong at 1800 ft lbs reverse.

 

[jblnut]

I’ll be the possible outlier and suggest Ryobi. I have been using their tools since they were blue and have only had a few sawzalls quit working. When you run a tool under water and in the mud while tiling in 35f weather I don’t expect it to last long though lol.

I have a few impacts from Ryobi and the newest one will break the lug bolts loose on the duals on every tractor we take them on and off of. I really have no need to go farther than that with a battery tool. When I need more ugga-duggas I break out the diesel IR compressor and the 1” air impact and let it do its thing.