I’d much sooner buy that Dewalt kit than this Harbor Freight Hercules one. The Dewalt 20V Max brushless DCD777 is currently $99 via Amazon. They say it “compares” at $179, but I think that’s a little misleading. 60 minute charge time for 2.5Ah battery pack.On paper, the Hercules drill has competitive specs. Instead of (2) 1.5Ah batteries that come with that kit, this Hercules drill comes with a single 2.5Ah battery pack. The new cordless drill is said to be on-par with Dewalt’s older DCD780 model. They once asked about our review process, and I gave them the usual spiel, about how we test tools objectively and fairly and won’t accept money, and never heard back. I’d ask someone at Harbor Freight for more information, but I haven’t had any communication with them for several years. Maybe the battery packs are even physically compatible? What’s also odd is that there are several new or at least new to me 18V-class lineups – Hercules, “Earthquake XT” that looks to be a Milwaukee M18 clone, and a new lower-spec’ed Bauer Hypermax lineup.įor these new Hercules tools, it looks like Harbor Freight duplicated Dewalt’s 20V Max ergonomics and battery pack styling as close as they could.
What strikes me as odd is that Harbor Freight is calling the Hercules a 20 Volt cordless lineup. It actually beats the Harbor Freight 20V Hercules drill kit on price too the Dewalt kit is $99 with (2) battery packs. It’s nearly as fast and powerful as the DCD780. I suppose there shouldn’t be any surprise then, for Harbor Freight to be drawing a comparison between their Hercules cordless drill and Dewakt’s DCD780C2 kit (which is now said to be built in the USA).Īs an aside, I’d consider Dewalt’s newer mass market-aimed DCD777, a compact brushless kit to be a more neutral comparison.
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