Harbor Freight Impact Screwdriver Instructions Amazing deals on this 18V 1/4In Cordless Var Speed Hex Impact Driver at Harbor Harbor Freight Tools Discount Tool & Hardware Store User Manual. 40134, Assembly And Operating. Jul 6, 2017 - And there's also a Harbor Freight Hercules cordless impact driver, with. With the drills and impact driver, based on the shape of the handle.
. July 12, 2017.
YouTuber Sean Carlin Designs who last week did an unboxing video of Harbor Freights Dewalt Clone Hercules brand and their 20V tools, is at it again with another video but this time he unboxes Harbor Freight’s other new cordless brand, the Bauer Hypermax 20V drill and impact driver. In his YouTube video, there are a few similarities to the Hercules brand such as they are also using slide pack 20V lithium ion batteries that have similar looking fuel gauges on the backs of the batteries, although Bauer’s batteries have a blue light to them. And they are also offer a Bauer branded compact drill and impact driver which are shown in the video along with a hammer drill that’s not shown in the video. According to Sean, he says they’re similar to the Hercules 20V tools which are comparable to Dewalt’s tools (based on holding the tools in his hand and pressing the trigger with no load).
However if you look up the stats on the Bauer models, you will notice that they are spec’d with lower performance and have physically larger bodies which makes them more comparable to a mid range power tool brand like Porter Cable for example. In my previous, we discussed that the Bauer 20V tools seem to be direct competitors to Porter Cable and even have a similar looking design, although not quite.
Back to Sean’s video, the batteries although cosmetically different, have a similar overall shape to the Hercules and Dewalt batteries (most cordless tool batteries share the same shape). He went as far as to see if they were interchangeable with the Hercules and Dewalt 20V batteries and they are not compatible and vice versa, bummer. I wouldn’t expect them to be compatible with real Dewalt tools but I was kinda hoping they would be compatible and interchangeable with Harbor Freights in house Hercules brand. In my opinion the biggest news from the video is not the tools themselves but the back of the box which shows a picture of the current complete line up of Bauer Hypermax 20V tools. Besides the drill driver, hammer drill, and impact driver we already know about, they will also be having a cordless 1/2″ impact wrench, LED light, 4-1/2″ angle grinder, jigsaw, reciprocating saw, and a 6-1/2″ circular saw as part of the 20V lineup. Pretty cool and definitely fixes the issue of only have 3 tools to start off with and lacking variety.
A line up such as this one is more well rounded and will satisfy the needs of most casual users. Obviously not all as the Bauer lineup cannot compete with the depth of variety of tools that other cordless brands have, that and no brushless tools as of yet. Big thanks to YouTuber for sharing this video! DISCLOSURE: Tool Craze does not sell this product or any product on the Tool Craze website. Tool Craze does not handle the sale of any item in any way. If you purchase something through a post on the Tool Craze site, Tool Craze may get a small share of the sale.
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NEW. Just to add to the conversation, I loved my Milwaukee ratchets until I stopped babying them. I started using my 3/8 to break loose caliper bolts and such, and the drive pin sheared on me twice. It's in the shop now, and there was a delay on the part, so I pulled the trigger on the Snap-on 3/8'. I couldn't be happier, zero buyers remorse. I'm going to swap my freshly repaired M12 for the Snap-on 1/4' once I get it back. I don't think OP is looking in that price range, but I figured I'd throw in my $.02.
Do you plan to ever use any other cordless tools? If so, there's no reason to short yourself and buy the HF ratchet.
The m12 lineup has far more tools, so your batteries would work for their drill, impact, sawzall, etc. You also have to factor in warranties on the tools and batteries, and I heard someone say HF has a 90 day warranty on their cordless tools or cordless batteries? I also highly doubt it is able to do 60 ft/lb. It looks a lot like the AC Delco ratchet which has a claimed 57 and I've heard people say it has nowhere near that.
To top it off, Milwaukee just came out with a fuel(brushless) m12 ratchet that has a claimed 55 ft/lb, so I'm curious how the other manufacturers got there without the advantages of brushless motors. Probably not recommended for whatever reason but I use a cordless impact driver with a 1/4 hex head (the kind you get for cheap on Fathers Day in the Drill/Driver 2 pack) for most car stuff. Put a $2 hex to 1/2 in adapter and the little thing knocks 100ft/lb lug nuts off no problem.
Just replaced my shocks/struts no problem too. It's just a cheap Porter Cable lithium that I got for free so if I kill it it's no big loss. I was gonna drop $250 on the HF 1/2in impact but so far haven't had a reason to. Caveat is that I live in a non-rust area. I always tighten with a proper torque beam wrench as well. Just don't do yourself a disservice by using Harbor Freight power tools.
They're almost unilaterally terrible and built to a very low standard. HF can be okay for some hand tools (the Pittsburgh Pro line has some gems) but for power tools you really want to steer clear.
They will not provide the advertised power ratings and are always made to a lower standard. They will feel worse while you're using them and will break easily (unfortunately, I had to learn this lesson the hard way). Spend the extra money now to buy a nice tool. You'll get a better quality product that will not only do the job better and feel better in so doing, but will also last longer. Plus, you'll only buy it once and so you'll cost yourself less in the long run anyway.
I have no problem with corded HF power tools. Have a few sanders, heat gun, and grinders that have been going strong for years now. They work great and if they do fail, I can just get a new one for $10 with a sale.
They're also like 1/4 the cost of name brand tools. Their new cordless tools, however, are pretty much the same price as name brand tools, sometimes more.
They made most of theirs look like Dewalt so people think it's made in the same factory (I've seen that rumor thrown around on here). They also grossly exaggerate their HF vs Dewalt comparison prices so I wouldn't put it past them to grossly exaggerate the torque ratings. So the way I see it is, why buy an unknown tool for the same price that you can get a Milwaukee or Dewalt?
On top of that, Milwaukee has a 5 year warranty and Dewalt is 3 years. HF is 90 days. Yes, you can buy the replacement plan, but that's even more money. Plus none of the batteries are interchangeable, what do you think will happen when HF gets a new supplier and stops selling the current ones? I could see these being attractive if they were 50% of what name brand tools cost, or even maybe 75%.
But when they cost just as much as them, I'll pass.