Harbor Freight Hercules Tools: Best & Worst Picks
- Harbor Freight owns a variety of tool brands offering budget-amiable prices at various levels of quality.
- Sorting harbor Freight's online tool offerings to show only Hercules tools returns more than 390 results, including drills, drivers, saws, sanders, and grinders.
- Those Hercules tools are worthy additions to your collection, especially as they're among SlashGear's most well-reviewed Harbor Freight tool types.However, let's consider other Hercules tools worth buying, like...
Harbor Freight owns a variety of tool brands offering budget-amiable prices at various levels of quality. Lines like Icon and Pittsburgh offer hand tools and other items for the DIY mechanic. Bauer and Hercules, meanwhile, provide a selection of cordless power tools and accessories for homeowners. While Harbor Freight’s Hercules brand is considered higher quality than Bauer by users, not every Hercules tool has the best consumer ratings.
Sorting harbor Freight’s online tool offerings to show only Hercules tools returns more than 390 results, including drills, drivers, saws, sanders, and grinders. On the Hercules brand page, Harbor Freight lists items like the 20V Brushless Cordless -inch Drill/Driver and 20V Brushless Cordless -inch Compact 3-Speed Impact Driver, in both tool-only versions and in kits with a battery and charger, as part of the Hercules lineup.
Those Hercules tools are worthy additions to your collection, especially as they’re among SlashGear’s most well-reviewed Harbor Freight tool types.However, let’s consider other Hercules tools worth buying, like the 12V die grinder, 20V vacuum pump, and corded compound miter saw. We’ll also look at a couple of Hercules tools to avoid, like an oscillating multi-tool blade and a 20V heat gun.
Worth buying: 12V Brushless Cordless, -inch Right-Angle Die Grinder
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Hercules angle grinders where on the short list for this selection of Harbor Freight tools worth buying, but the $59.99 12V Brushless Cordless, -inch Right-Angle Die Grinder ultimately earned the spot
Hercules Ultra Torque Impact Wrench Kit priced at $249.99. Either way, you’ll get the Hercules HCB85B2 -inch drive impact wrench rated at 1,500 ft-lbs of breakaway torque and up to 1,000 ft-lbs of application torque.
Torque Test Channel tested the HCB85B2 and found it generated 94% of the advertised torque. Considering its performance, low price, and overall value, it placed fourth among its list of cordless high-torque impact wrenches.Reviewers on harbor Freight’s website give both versions a 4.9-star rating with 99% recommending the tool to others. Its power, price, quality, and value are among customers favorite attributes. Some negative reviews claim the Hercules impact wrench is underpowered compared to premium brands. Others feel the tool is too heavy and find it hard to attach and remove impact sockets on the -inch square drive.