Harbor Freight's Highest Torque Impact Ever 

Okay that 12Ah Hercules difference was unexpected. Wow!

Hercules, Milwaukee, and DeWhat?

Team yellow reporting in. I recently picked up the latest HF Hercules 1/2" ultra torque for $190 with a free 5ah battery. It's been a great tool since I got it, and it buzzes off axle nuts without any hesitation. Their impact driver and drill motor have also been working great for me. They were $97 for each kit, coming with a 2ah battery and charger, plus a coupon for a free 2.5ah battery. In total I've spent under $400 and got 3 tools, 5 batteries, and 2 chargers. I use these tools in a heavy industrial construction setting, so I suspect their durability will test the warranty before it expires.

Plus, if you buy the Herc, you get a 5 ah battery free right now. You'd still need a charger, but this makes the deal even sweeter.

These episodes with the highly unexpected results are crazy! Good stuff.

You mentioned the cost of the Hercules with the 5ah battery and charger, but currently when you purchase the 3/4 impact you get the 5ah battery for free! Instead of adding $79 to the price, that's more like subtracting $79 from the $199 price. I would say BUY THE HERCULES right now! That's a deal that can't be beat!!!!!

If I had to guess, the Ework did better with specific batteries and produce LESS work with The Beans because of hammer skipping. In a sense, you're tuning the hammer/motor speed ratio by swapping packs.

The Ework is a deal!!! $239 right now with a battery and charger. The 1/2 inch version is $150.

You had every opportunity to call the "Vikky with the DeWalt battery" the "Dikky" and totally dropped the ball.

Damn. Ework brought the beans, but hell if harborfreight isnt coming out swinging for the fences lately. How shocking is that? 10yrs ago harborfreight powertools were largely the butt of many jokes, now they are competing and BEATING on the big guys.

"Our girl Vikky here is our first victim" is a wild ass statement 😭

Man I love when its Friday and TorqueTestChannel drops a video with Hercules tool in it! Keep up the great work!

That "Vicky" impact is sold under so many different names it's insane. But the company who manufactures that gun in China also has one of your favorite big-dog mini-gun impacts like the IR and Milwaukee.

I think out of all of those I would go with the hercules just because it has a 5yr warranty and I can walk into any store and get it replaced even though it is more than the amazon models

I want to see that ework battery in a makita grinder!

Those EWorks defeated the stormtroopers on the forest moon of Endor though...

Requires the hulk to remove? Dropped the ball on that one... Hercules? Hello? Haha great video.

Just wanted to say thank you for testing these. If harbor freight sees these things, your channel is the reason I bought it, and I am very happy with it. Another person mentioned that it would be better for them to include the 4ah "extreme" battery for free instead of the 5ah "extended" but nevertheless the 5ah took off a bolt that I couldn't get off using any of my other air or cordless wrenches, heck not even a cheater bar. This took it off as easily as unscrewing a ketchup bottle. Mine had a very tight fitting 3/4 anvil also, but I suppose that eliminates any torque losses because of a slight "wobble" from a looser connection.

I think the obvious Takeaway here is that companies need to start naming their tools after women. We could have the Debbie, the Samantha, the Christine. Just makes sense. 😂

Really impressive and cool to see an amazon brand not only punch well above its weight, but to do so with its kit battery. If off-brand companies can get that down, hopefully the big brands will consider themselves on notice...

REALLY interesting! Keep up the good work!

Love the test as always. Any chance that you are going to do cordless SDS soon? Need to buy one.

I picked up the Hercules with both batteries as having a quarter brick makes it a little easier to handle than the half brick and is probably a touch gentler on the tool. Having an arguably inexpensive 3/4 impact gun break or just plain delete threads the competition can't defeat is really damn satisfying. I have heard Harbor Freight now has an even spicier pack for the Hercules that I might look for later, but so far anything that doesn't come free with the larger brick end has needed heat, percussive persuasion, and a 6ft torque multiplier pipe as an alternative. While the hog ring is wholly aggressive, I have not had to fish out whatever it holds onto from anywhere yet; it has been a blessing in disguise. The gun, both batteries, and a single-dock charger (during a membership blue tag sale) cost me less than $250 in Fresno CA a few months ago. The thing is a chunky beast and I love it. 🤣

Hercules has a deal on right now for the half and 3/4 high torques you get a free 5 ah battery. So for like 200 bucks you get the high torque comparable to the big boys and a 5ah battery.

Slowly shifting my kit to Hercules.

Wow, the EWORK is a complete surprise. I am curious if their 1/2" impact is impressive too 🤔. As usual, great episode and keep up the good work!

I know people will always continue to joke about Hercules being a Harbor Freight brand and all. But they bash DeWalt, Milwaukee and so on all the time as well. So far I love all of the Hercules tools I've picked up. Most of the time getting a good deal because someone else returned it. Either because it wasn't what they wanted or bought it for a single use purpose and got a refund. I have the little 3" cut-off tool and mainly use a 4Ah battery on it. So far anything involving the need to cut metal it has worked good. I also picked up one of the new Hercules brushless drills a few months ago that was a return and it has a lot of power to it. I also finally got to use my 7-1/4" brushless circular saw and it's amazing how quiet it is. Especially when comparing it to our old corded 15 amp saws that want to blow out your ear drums.

Damn...Hercules is a pretty sweet deal, especially considering their new extended brushless tool warranties, and ease of warranty use. I just wish their mid-torque had more oomph. If I needed a high-torque impact, I might strongly consider Hercules. Currently my chunky Makita LXT Mid-Torque is more than enough for the things I use it for.

Interesting! I would like to see 'area under the line' for work done as well as max torque figure on the rank table too.

The Ework is manufacturer by Chinese company called ruiba they have a collation of impact wrenches with same model number as Ework apparently they made a decent tools.

Love your video after watching a few vid with the Hercules I'm still buying it next week I work on tractor trailers and I'm sold especially with that warranty too

What kind of spot weld do you use when building batteries and how thick nickelstrip? Love your show! From sweden!

wow! That Ework and the Chinese DeWALT knockoff totally caught me by surprise! That was crazy lol

Love this channel dude

When are you doing torque multipliers? Custom made impact extensions for minimal torque loss

That e works looks surprisingly professionally made. I like it

Finally, I've been waiting for this

Imagine making your 1/2 impact more powerful than your 3/4. Two most popular brands. The mind boggles.

Thank you again for your vids! Am tempted to purchase the HF 3/4 battrry gun. We are using to change semi truck tires, 33mm 1/2 drive, super deep new snappy socket , with HF battery gun. We run into some over torqued sockets, galled with magchloride, and have to drap out inch drive pneumatic gun to remove nuts. We also have in shop new high torque 2767 milwaukee, that will not remove stubborn nuts. Any inputs?

I need to see DeWalt officially release a 3/4" drive of the DCF961, if only to sate my morbid curiosity! I loved seeing the modded tool perform in a previous video.

Hey can you ymtest ridgid 3 or 4 node new impact driver? And I love the channel you guys are amazing really

Any data showing what makita lxt tools make with an adaptor and a Milwaukee battery? Can’t find this in any video. Thanks

Truly appreciate the time and effort you put into your tests! Have you considered some longevity/endurance testing? The performance tests are awesome, however the true value of a tool also includes how long it lasts in practical usage. Would like to see some real life type usage cycles of drills, impact drivers and impact wrenches, etc. Including environmental influences, repeated light, medium and heavy use cycles. Longevity testing would provide valuable information to determine when budget tools are really a value or not. Unfortunately, practical testing would require significant time, effort and creativity. If the practical testing is not an option, maybe you could just provide your opinions based on your experiences with the various tools and brands. Thanks again for all you do to help us make well informed decisions with our tool purchases.

You should do a video on 1” extended anvil tire guns, cordless and air

Vikky and the EWOKs, sounds like Star Wars cartoon..

i really want to see your power tool collection and your charging setup. I image those black and yellow tubs from the home depot for the tools

Hey mate, could you test the Aeropro Air impact AP9515? the 1/2" stubby or do we know what design it is?

I want to see a comparison of used impacts. Obviously there are a ton of variables but it would be cool to see how they hold up

would you think that trying the FSYAO dewalt impact would be better than getting a used dewalt impact with similar torque specs?

Hey TTC, love your work. Id love to see you test the new BL4040F high output 40V battery to see if it helps the 40V makita inpacts.

will you guys test the newish IR impact with the swappable anvils?

can't believe that makita xgt is 450 in the US, it is still around 250 in the EU. Although I would argue that for such a professional tool price is less important unless it is outright insulting (like snap-on for eg) Also could you maybe open this eworks pack to see what cells they are using? That would be really interesting!

Can you review tacklife impact wrench too.✌️

I would love to see you guys test some of the CAT power tools. I also really want to see how their graphene battery stacks up against the competition. I am not sure if you can get the battery yet though.

Thank you (Again) for bringing truth to our journey

I had a quick question about the Dewalt 10ah battery. Does it have the same 21700 cells as the 9ah flex volt? I can’t seem to find whether it does or not online so I was wondering if you knew by chance.

Any testing on the milwaukee pistol grip 1" with the new forge battery?

Looking forward to seeing the new Ingersoll Rand 3/4 cordless impact. W8171

How does the 3/4” Milwaukee do with the new forge battery?

Just shows how far advanced the Makita XGT is... it hit bigger numbers like 3 year ago. But you could buy a couple Hercules for that kinda money.

How about trying the Bosch 3/4” dr impact wrench?

Hey guys I love your channel! I seen the. Dcf900 for $270 with a 5amphour recently! Its probable you have done this video, but my question is how big of torque losses are you seeing if your take a 900 or 961 and put a 1/2 to 3/4 adapter on the end. Thank you!

Interesting results. Makes me want the Amazon (dewhat) even though i don't have a use for 3/4 haha

Please do a video on the milwaukee 3062-20

Can you do some comparison for rotary hammers? I am mostly curious about the SDS-plus ones. There is a spicy one from Bosch: 18V-34 (CF or whatever) -- it is basically an SDS-max hammer with SDS-plus bits. Wonder how that fairs.

Not sure if you have one, but could we maybe start testing the M18 tools with the forge 6.0 battery for the increased beans with spicier packs test.

A 3/4" impact wrench with 1/2" adapter, would the adapter remove any torque advantage to simply using the 1/2"?

subscribed! you bunch of nerds, keep the good work going!

Keep it up , great stuff. If you had to buy one everyday dewalt battery what would it be?

So then would you recommend the gen 2 High impact Hercules or save some cash and get the first gen one? I'm considering on getting one right now at my local harbor frieght

Can you guys test the xgt with 5ah? That's less capacity than the 12ah you use of the Hercules

That Vikky battery looks an awful lot like a Bosch. Perhaps the profactor 8 or 12 fits?

Y'all should try a dcf 900 with a 897 anvil and nose cone

A video of what batteries are cross compatible with what other tools would be nice. Maybe even revisit third party compatible batteries. It looks like the clones are arriving and they're doing pretty good. Are the patents on the battery/tool connectors expiring?

You're not kidding about 2024 being Wild! Did I seriously just witness that? I was thinking about upgrading to the new Dewalt 1/2" (even though I can't get it in the Mac Tools Red 😒) but now I might try that Fsyao... 🤔

I just bought the Hercules yesterday and HF is running a promo. A tree 5ah battery with impact purchase.

I have a question, I bought a used HILTI 3/4 impact gun, and I notice that the head has a hole that runs throught the impact head (like in the video). Does that mean that the 3/4 sockets have the ball bearing that locks it into place, instead?

Test out the hazett 3/4 impact. Pls

So what are your thoughts on the DCF961 3/4 monstrosity you made vs the Hercules....I'm in the market for a 3/4 battery impact and currently run mostly dewalt and milwaukee for my battery platforms but have some old rigids and snap ons etc....What would your choice be between those 2? I don't like how the dewalt will look janky from boring out the nose and possibly allow debris into the tool prematurely but I already have alot of dewalt batteries on hand.... on the other hand there's no time like currently to buy into the hercules platform (now that its getting better) and its relatively cheap but i still have to pull out a HF tool on the jobsite on top of the less power and larger investment due to having to grab a few 6amp or a 12amp Hercules battery+charger...I've been trying to debate those 2 when you dropped the dewalt video a month ago and still haven't made a choice just been gettijg by with pneumatic or dewalt dcf900 1/2inch which is dang near a 3/4 itself

Have you tried hikoki power tools ?

Harbor freight also came out with a new compact 3/8 and 1/2 inch hercules impacts. I kinda want to see them tested and I actually bought a 3/8 along with their hi-torque. It was the last one on the shelf.

I wish you would put the Forge battery on the Milwaukee tools in these comparisons.

Can you help explain why my M18 milwaukee 1/2 inch, setting 3, using a torque stick 90 ft/lb, only shoots at 55-60 ft/lbs? I measured it with a torque stick at 90ft/lbs and I still had so much room of play before it ticked. I used harbor and freight torque extention

that ework seems nice. as does its battery

Can you guys test the Mass Fabricator wrench set, claims it's the best open ended wrench sets and thier made from ar500

Kinda sad that Ework didn't even need to lie about their performance claims.

If i don't wrong Vicky used the same battery with Bosch 18V

Can you test the 2769-20?

Now I want to buy those EWORK batteries for my Makita tools but they probably have a terrible BMS and will not last long, and the risk of explosion is significantly higher. But since they won't charge on the Makita charger maybe they have a proprietary BMS that is actually good.

I love that we're starting to see 3rd party brands make tools compatible with major brand batteries.

Can you do a gen 3 vs a gen 4 Milwaukee m18 hammer drill, I bought a gen 3 thinking it was a gen 4 just wondering if I should return it

Ryobi just dropped their edge batteries and I’m seeing some really glowing reviews. People saying they shave 4 seconds off a cut over a 8ah high performance or 9 seconds off a hole saw drill.

I’d like to see you compare different impact sockets and how that may effect tork?

We need to see powershift on the dcf850

Id be interested seeing overdrive from craftsman compared to macs rbrt

Hello can you please review seesii WH500 the 650nm 1/2 inch

Love watching the test. Even if Milwaukee loose a test I'm still buying the Milwaukee, they have been so reliable for me even after hundreds and hundreds of semi truck wheels my 3/4 and the original Batts I've had for over 5 years all still work as I remember from new

Put a drip of oil on hog ring! It softens the oring underneath it making sockets a little easier to come off 🤙

Tightened a 33mm lug nut with the hercules 3/4(with 8ah battery) until it stopped. Put my 1 inch milwaukee (with a 12ah fully charged battery)on the same nut with a 6 inch extension and it couldn't turn it anymore. Granted there are losses with the extension I'm impressed. Initially hercules is getting my approval. If it holds up time will tell but it's thoroughly impressive in my book. Especially considering I picked it up for 170$.

Did the shipping label on the 'Ewok' show an Endor address?