Which Cordless Hammer Drill Brand Wins?

claims 1,350 RPM, 350 in-lb torque, 3 modes (driving, drilling, hammer), 20V battery, 2-speed transmission, made in China, claimed 2.41 lbs / about 2.8 lbs with battery installed

sold at Harbor Freight, brushless motor, claims up to 1,200 in-lb max torque and 2x torque / 80% more power versus competitors, 2-speed, 14 clutch settings, claimed all-metal Jacob's 1/2in ratcheting chuck, 20V battery, LED stays on 20 seconds, detachable side handle, 4.685 lbs

brushless hammer drill, claims 531 in-lb torque and 36,000 impacts/min, torque clutch, 4Ah battery, claims up to 2,200 RPM, light only when trigger active, made in China, includes driver set and bits, 4.29 lbs; no ratcheting chuck

1 (hammer/drill/screwdriver), 1/2in keyless ratcheting chuck with auto spindle lock, brushed motor (not brushless, unlike DCK), LED stays on about 10 seconds, 2-speed transmission, made in China, 3.22 lbs

claims a 280-unit-watt motor, 2-speed gearbox up to 1,500 RPM, claims 25,500 impacts/min, brushed motor, LED stays on about 20 seconds, made in China, 4.265 lbs with the 4Ah battery

claims up to 2,000 no-load RPM, 0-32,000 impacts/min in hammer mode, brushless motor claims 1,250 in-lb torque, LED stays on 10 seconds, tested with a 4Ah max-output battery, includes auxiliary handle, 5 lbs (heaviest at that point in the video)

claims up to 31,000 impacts/min and 750 in-lb torque, brushless motor claims up to 29% faster drilling, claims up to 2,100 no-load RPM in hammer mode, LED stays on 10 seconds, 2-speed transmission, 24 clutch positions, auxiliary handle, made in China, 4.57 lbs, tested with a 4Ah battery

claims up to 1,250 in-lb torque, compact 7-inch design, 2-speed (550 RPM low / 2,100 RPM high claimed), claims up to 31,500 impacts/min, all-metal self-ratcheting chuck, LED stays on 10 seconds, made partly in Japan and partly in China, just over 5 lbs with a 5Ah battery

claims to be the most powerful and most compact drill on the market, claims 1,400 in-lb torque, LED stays on 10 seconds, has an autostop feature, mechanical clutch, made in Vietnam, just over 5 lbs with a 5Ah battery

claims to be DeWalt's most powerful 20V max hammer drill, 3-speed transmission, 1/2in ratcheting nitrocarburized metal chuck, brushless motor, claims 1,530W max output, electronic clutch (versus Milwaukee's mechanical clutch), push-button LED with a 20-minute work light, made in China, 5.55 lbs (heaviest at that point)

lost grip at 54 in-lb, the worst of all 11 drills

over 100 in-lb better than Kimo, narrator calls the ratcheting-chuck marketing claim 'an honest marketing claim'

lost grip at only 50 in-lb, the worst of all 11 drills

struggled, 78 in-lb

took second place (at that point in the test sequence) from Skil

struggled, 85 in-lb

better than Ridgid and Craftsman at that point, moved into second place

the best of all 11 drills; the grip was so strong the drill motor itself began rotating, forcing the narrator to stop the test

second place behind Makita

'isn't nearly as good as several of the other brands'; narrator notes many viewers of a previous review expressed disappointment with DeWalt's chuck

ran out of steam early at only 107 in-lb

ran out of steam at 368 in-lb, described as 'still pretty good'

well short of its 531 in-lb claim

'trails all the competition', the worst result of all 11 drills

moved into second place behind Hercules; no exact inch-lb figure was narrated for this brand in this test, only its rank

165 in-lb less than Hercules's 368

better than Ridgid's 203

the best result at that point in testing, before Milwaukee, DeWalt, and Flex surpassed it

the best (highest) result of all 11 drills: 'the Milwaukee makes the most working torque at 455 inb'

second place behind Milwaukee's 455; DeWalt does not make a specific torque claim

ran out of steam before finishing the bolt (did not complete)

5.82s, 5.82s, very consistent; finished 3rd overall in this test's final average ranking

7.17s, 7.38s, progressively slower each bolt, described as 'bogging down'

ran out of steam early, did not complete

10.53s, about 10s on the third bolt; among the slowest results, attributed to the brushed motor

6.39s, 6.49s, faster than every previous brand tested except Hercules; narrator notes it averaged 'a little over a half second slower than the Hercules'

6.6s, 6.49s, third place behind Ridgid at that point in testing

5.67s (moved into first place at that point), 5.82s (tied with Hercules)

(took the lead at that point), 5.62s, 5.62s; finished second overall in this test's final average ranking at 5.55s, behind Flex's 5.36s

6.65s, 6.91s, over a second slower than Milwaukee; narrator notes it was tested in first gear only for consistency and 'could really benefit from using a faster gear'

not mentioned in this segment of the transcript despite the product claiming a hammer mode; only Hercules is explicitly stated as skipped for lacking a hammer setting

skipped entirely, does not have a hammer drill setting

7/8 in deep after 1 minute; narrator notes it made a lot of noise without much visible progress during the test

lasted about 3 seconds in the highest gear setting before giving up; switched to first gear and still struggled, ending at only 3/4 in, the worst result of all drills tested in this segment

started strong but lost RPM by the end of the one-minute test, finishing at 2 1/8 in, second place behind DCK at that point

moved into the lead at that point in testing, 3 1/8 in, one inch more than Craftsman

moved into the lead at that point, 4 in

second place behind Ryobi at that point

1/8 in, took the lead at that point in testing before DeWalt and Flex surpassed it; finished third overall in this test's final ranking at 4.13 in

9/16 in, the best (deepest) result of all 11 drills: 'the DeWalt came out on top at 4.56 in'

described as pretty good

'really struggled', one of the two worst results alongside DeWalt

too little torque to move the adapter off zero, tied with Craftsman for the best (most precise) low-torque control in the video

performed well

remained on zero, tied with DCK for the best (most precise) low-torque control in the video; narrator explicitly names DCK and Craftsman as joint winners of this category

'didn't perform quite as well as Craftsman'

'a little better than Ridgid'

'a little better than Craftsman and Robi'

narrator notes this is a major improvement over the same model tested 3 years earlier, which had a poor electronic clutch with soft-start delay, versus the new mechanical clutch which is 'a lot more responsive'

a big improvement over the same model tested 3 years earlier, but still 'way too much torque'; narrator flags this alongside Hercules as an area for improvement

the quietest of all 11 drills; narrator's explicit noise-category winner

second-quietest of all 11 drills

third-quietest of all 11 drills

described as 'pretty noisy'

quite a bit less noise than Ridgid

the loudest at that point in the noise test sequence, before Milwaukee and DeWalt were tested

the loudest of all 11 drills

second-loudest of all 11 drills

minimum without stalling (best low-RPM control of all drills, per narrator); 1,425 no-load RPM on the highest setting

minimum without stalling; 1,882 no-load RPM on the highest setting

minimum without stalling; 1,975 no-load RPM on the highest setting

minimum without stalling, the worst low-RPM control of all drills; 1,415 no-load RPM on the highest setting, the slowest maximum RPM of all drills

minimum without stalling; 1,449 no-load RPM on the highest setting

minimum without stalling, described as not offering good low-speed capability; 1,777 no-load RPM on the highest setting

minimum without stalling; just over 2,000 no-load RPM, the fastest yet at that point in the max-RPM test sequence

minimum without stalling; no-load RPM figure captioned only as '147', almost certainly a caption-dropped-digit rendering of approximately 1,470 RPM given every other drill's max-RPM figure in this test falls in the 1,400-2,400 range; kept the literal fragment and flagged rather than silently corrected

minimum without stalling; no-load RPM figure captioned only as '554'; cross-referenced against DeWalt's own stated result ('2019 RPM is about 35 less than the Milwaukee'), which implies Milwaukee's true figure is approximately 2,054 RPM (2054 - 2019 = 35), not the literal caption fragment; used this cross-validated estimate here since the video's own numbers resolve the ambiguity, per house practice for order/context-based resolution

minimum without stalling, the best (lowest) low-RPM control of all 11 drills; 2,019 no-load RPM on the highest setting, 'about 35 less than the Milwaukee'