Best Drill (BATTERY POWERED)? Milwaukee vs Dewalt, Makita, Bosch, Festool, Ryobi, Bauer, Ridgid

when it comes to cordless drills is it possible that the least expensive brand will be testing which costs under fifty dollars is just as good as the most expensive one which cost over five hundred today we've got eight different brands of drills to test so let's get the testing underway and see which brand is the best we'll test the maximum torque of each brand we'll also test the speed of the drills under load we'll see if any of these drills can beat this milwaukee impact driver at a price of 45 dollars for just the drill and not the battery in the charger is this bower brand 20 volt hypermax lithium high performance motor all metal gear construction compact lightweight design all the drills we'll be testing are half inch cordless max torque 450 inch pounds we're going to test that rpm 0 to 450 and 0-1700 the bar is heavy duty guaranteed for 90 days the barrel brand is made in china the barrel uses a brushed motor the bar has a single led that stays activated for four seconds after the trigger is released with a 3 amp hour battery the barrier weighs just 3 pounds 15.8 ounces 7.75 inches in length let's compare the noise level of the drills with the sound meter 24 inches from the tool and the barrel is very close to 80 decibels the bauer uses a mechanical clutch and it's pretty loud at 100 decibels the second least expensive brand we'll be testing is this ryobi brand which costs dollars for the drill the battery as well as the charger up to 500 inch pounds of torque zero to 450 as well as zero to 1750 rpm three year warranty the roby brand is made in china the rob comes with a 1.5 amp hour battery but we'll be using a 4 amp hour battery for the testing the roby has a brushed motor the light on the roby only stays illuminated while the trigger is engaged the robie weighs 4 pounds 3.9 ounces at 8 and a quarter inches the roby is slightly longer than the bower at 78 decibels the robie is slightly quieter than the bauer the clutch on the robe is also a little bit quieter at 99 decibels at a price of 95 dollars for just the drill and not the battery and charger is this ridgid brand the ridgid uses a brushless motor up to 650 inch pounds of torque lifetime warranty micro clutch premium clutch designed with over 100 settings for maximum precision die cast gearbox for extended tool durability the drill comes with the handle the rigid brand is made in china the light on the ridgid stays on for 10 seconds once the trigger is released the ridgid is the heaviest yet at four pounds seven ounces at seven and a quarter inches the ridgid is the shortest drill yet the ridgid is the loudest yet at 83 decibels the clutch is also pretty loud at 100 decibels at a price of 135 dollars for just the drill and not the battery and charger is this dewalt brand just like the ridgid the dewalt also has a brushless motor the dewalt has three speeds max power 820 unit watts out up to 2000 rpm 11 clutch settings three year warranty made in usa with global materials the dewalt has three light settings the drought offers by far the brightest light on the highest light setting the dewalt is the heaviest drill yet at four pounds 10 ounces the dewalt is very close to eight inches in length at 81 decibels the dewalt is slightly quieter than the ridgid the mechanical clutch on the baroroby and ridgid are quite a bit louder than the dewalt's electronic clutch which is only 73 decibels at a price of 149 dollars for just the tool and not the battery and charger is this makita brand most powerful 1090 inch pounds of torque we're gonna test that brushless motor up to 2100 rpm the makita brand is made in china the makita has two led lights that stay activated for 10 seconds once the trigger is released the makita is by far the heaviest drill yet at five pounds two ounces the makita is very close to eight inches in length about the same as the dewalt the makita is very close to 80 decibels the mechanical clutch on the makita is the loudest yet at 102. at a price of 153 dollars for just the drill and not the battery and charger is this milwaukee brand up to 60 percent more power up to an inch and a half shorter length up to two times faster speed under heavy load peak torque 1200 inch pounds up to 2000 rpm the milwaukee comes with a five year warranty the milwaukee is made in vietnam milwaukee's led stays activated for 10 seconds once the trigger is released the milwaukee weighs nearly the same as the dewalt at 4 pounds 11.4 ounces the milwaukee is the shortest drill yet at only 7 inches the milwaukee is tied for the ridgid for the loudest at 83 decibels the electronic clutch in milwaukee is pretty quiet at only 70 decibels at a price of 154 dollars for just the drill and not the battery and charger is this bosch brand max rpm 2100 max torque 755 inch pounds the drill is made in malaysia the bosch includes a brushless motor the bosch includes a handle the bosch weighs 4 pounds 9.2 ounces which is only a couple of ounces less than milwaukee and the dewalt the bosch led stays activated for 10 seconds once the trigger is released the bosch is 7.75 inches in length the bosch is the quietest yet at 77 decibels interesting setup with the bosch when the mechanical clutch is activated the electric motor also powers down 98 decibels and the most expensive brand will be testing at 544 dollars for the battery the charger in the drill is this festool brand i'll be using 4 amp hour batteries and all the other brands except for the barra brand the barra brand just doesn't make a 4 amp hour battery the battery is made in china the battery charger is made in germany max torque 531 inch pounds the drill is made in the czech republic the festival is supposed to spend nearly twice as fast as the competition at 3 800 rpm in mode 4. the festool has a brushless motor according to their website this drill will stand up to anything you can possibly throw at it or throw it at with the festool you can easily remove the chuck and install a driver in order to activate the four leds on the festool you have to press a button next to the lights the festool weighs 4 pounds 10.3 ounces which is nearly the same as the dewalt and the milwaukee at nine inches the festool is the longest drill in the lineup at only 73 decibels the festool is the quietest drill the electronic clutch is also pretty quiet around 70 decibels if two weight is a big factor in your purchasing decision the bower with a 3 amp hour battery is the lightest tool at 64 ounces most of the other brands fall between 71 and 75 ounces but the makita is by far the heaviest at 82 ounces if you need a drill that's compact enough for tight spaces the milwaukee is the shortest at only 7 inches but the ridgid is only 7.25 the bauer and the bosch are 7.75 and the dewalt and the makita are eight the slowest the bower would spin without stalling is 27 rpm the bauer is supposed to produce 450 rpm in first gear and it actually did better than advertised at 465. it also beat its 1700 rating by producing 1733 rpm their obi offers even better low rpm control than the barrow at only 19. the row became very close to meeting its 450 first gear rpm rating it was around 90 rpm short of meeting its 1700 rpm rating very good low rpm control with the ridgid at only 27. on a fully charged battery the ridgid was very close to meeting its 550 rpm rating the ridgid was a little over 100 rpm short of meeting its 2100 rating very good low rpm control with the dewalt at only 23. the dewalt is supposed to produce 450 rpm in first gear and it made 453. it also exceeded its 1 300 second gear rating by 40. eduard also did slightly better than his 2000 rpm rating at 2011. the makita's low rpm control is the same as the dewalts at 23. the makita was very close to meeting his 550 first gear rpm rating it was slightly over its 2100 rpm rating at 2111. pretty good low rpm control with the milwaukee at 35. the milwaukee came up about 30 rpm short of meeting its 550 rpm rating in first gear it was nearly 200 rpm short of meeting its second gear rating the bosch has the best low rpm control yet at only 7.3 at 433 rpm in first gear the boss came up a little bit short of meeting its 480 rpm rating it was nearly 200 rpm short of meeting his 2100 rating very good low rpm control with the fest tool at only 11. it was slightly over its 400 rpm first gear rating at 404 it also beat its 850 second gear rating and it was over its third gear rating by nearly 100. the festool also exceeded its fourth gear 3800 rpm rating by 75. this next test rig will let us measure the torque output of the drills it's a pretty simple setup with a piece of all thread that turns freely the nuts have been welded into position if you're working with delicate fasteners you're going to want a clutch that disengages the drill at very low levels of torque the torque adapter will measure in inch pounds beginning with the bower on the lowest torque setting the bower didn't make quite enough torque to move the torque adapter off of zero inch pounds so the bower did very well on the lowest torque setting barrow produced 141 inch pounds offering a pretty wide range of torque settings just like the bower the ryobi also uses a mechanical clutch and it performed well on the lowest torque setting on the highest torque setting the robbie produced 114 inch pounds the ridgid did very well on the lowest torque setting at zero inch pounds 180 inch pounds on the highest setting unlike the first three brands the dewalt uses an electronic clutch on the lowest torque setting the dewalt made 76 inch pounds definitely not a good setup for delicate work on level 11 245 inch pounds for the dewalt the makita has a mechanical clutch and it performed very well on the lowest torque setting zero inch pounds seven eight inch pounds on the highest setting on the lowest torque setting the milwaukee made 136 inch pounds definitely not a tool for delicate work on the highest clutch setting level 14 231 inch pounds the bosch has a mechanical clutch and it did a great job on the lowest clutch setting at zero inch pounds 69 inch pounds and the highest clutch setting just like the dewalt milwaukee the festool struggled on the lowest clutch setting at 92 inch pounds 151 inch pounds and the highest setting so if you need a tool with the soft touch for delicate applications all the drills with mechanical clutches were able to disengage the drill with less than one inch pound of torque however the dewalt milwaukee and festool have electronic clutches and you'll have to rely on your skills using the variable speed trigger for applications requiring low torque the batteries are fully charged some of the manufacturers claim some pretty big numbers for maximum torque however tool manufacturers use testing techniques that help sell tools and they just aren't very realistic so in this next test i'll be using each one of the drills in first gear and placing the inline torque adapter in position we'll see how far each of the drills can drive a half inch by 10 inch lag bolt and we'll keep track of the maximum torque testing the bower 143 inch pounds testing the ryobi 131 inch pounds so bauer remains in the lead testing rigid and the ridgid moves into the lead with 226 inch pounds testing dewalt and dewalt did by far the best yet at 403 inch pounds taking the lead from ridgid testing makita [Music] and makita did very well at 348 inch pounds but that's not enough to take the lead from dewalt testing milwaukee and the milwaukee just about drove the half-inch lag bolt all the way into the four by fours milwaukee takes the lead with 468 inch pounds testing the bosch [Music] 289 inch pounds for the bosch milwaukee holds on to the lead testing the fest tool [Music] and the festool made slow and steady progress finally giving up at 250 inch pounds so if you need a drill that can handle high torque applications the milwaukee came out on top at 468 inch pounds and dewalt second at 403. makita finished in third place at 348 bosch 289 fest tool 250 ridgid 226 bauer 143 and ryobi 131 the next test to be a time test to see which brand performs the best driving in these five-inch lag bolts each brand will have a chance to drive in five light bolts as quickly as possible testing the bower from the sound of the bower it's definitely losing quite a bit of speed under load for the five bolts it averaged 6.59 seconds in first gear testing ryobi and the roby definitely seemed to slow down more than the bauer 7.45 seconds on average so bower holds on to the lead testing the rigid [Music] and the ridgid is quite a bit faster than the baron roby at only 5.8 seconds testing the dewalt and the dewalt delivers about 100 less no load rpm and it was nearly as fast as a rigid at 5.83 seconds so ridgid holds on to the lead testing makita [Music] and the makita is the fastest yet at 5.24 seconds on average and takes the lead from ridgid testing to milwaukee [Music] 5.51 seconds for the milwaukee it's very close but makita holds on to the lead testing to bosch [Music] 6.68 seconds which is around a second slower than ridgid dewalt milwaukee and makita testing fest tool [Music] 6.68 seconds so makita came out on top at 5.24 seconds milwaukee 5.51 ridgid 5.8 dewalt 5.83 and bauer fifth at 6.59 seconds in first gear so up next let's test the performance of the drills in the highest speed setting beginning with the bower and second gear all the batteries are fully charged the bar lasted about two seconds and didn't have quite enough torque and came up about half an inch short testing the roby in second gear and the robie wasn't quite as fast as the bower at 2.25 seconds and just like the barrier it came up about a half inch short testing the rigid and second gear and the ridgid completely drove in both bolts and averaged 2.04 seconds testing dewalt in third gear and the dewalt average 1.56 seconds about a half a second faster than the ridgid and moves into the lead testing the makita in second gear 1.84 seconds so the dewalt holds on to the lead testing milwaukee in second gear 1.87 seconds so dewalt holds on to the lead testing to bosch 2.02 seconds and the bosch moves into fourth place just ahead of the ridgid testing the festool in level four let's try level three which is very comparable to the rpm of the other brands [Music] 2.47 seconds on average a while back we tested impact drivers and milwaukee fuel totally dominated the showdown so the question is will the milwaukee fuel impact driver outperform a drill milwaukee impact driver is on level three 2.88 seconds for the impact driver on average so the drills are a little bit faster so dewalt came out on top at 1.56 seconds makita 1.84 milwaukee 1.87 bosch 2.02 ridgid 2.04 and festool 2.47 the next test is an endurance test to see how each one of the brands performs when we attempt to spin this engine over for two minutes even though the spark plug's been removed it takes a lot of effort to spin this engine over since the engine break is still applied i've attached the green rope to the flywheel so we can see how fast this engine is spinning we'll see if each of the brands can spin the engine over in second gear and if it can't we'll switch down to first testing the power brand unfortunately the bower just doesn't make enough torque to spin the engine over in second gear the bowers survived the two-minute test in first gear unfortunately the roadway just doesn't make enough torque to spin the engine over in second gear the ryobi definitely smells a little hot testing the rigid unfortunately the ridgid just doesn't make enough torque to spin the engine over in second gear the ridgid finished the test in first gear dewalt had a little bit of a problem getting started but once it got started it did just fine so i went ahead and ran the dewalt an extra 20 seconds to make up for the time it struggled at the beginning of the test testing makita unfortunately the key to shut off about halfway through the test i went ahead and switched to first gear to continue the test [Music] testing the milwaukee [Music] okay no issues with milwaukee getting started and it lasted for two minutes testing the bosch the boss didn't have a problem getting started but it shut down at 36 seconds so the bosch had to finish the test in first gear festival didn't have enough power in third or fourth gear testing second gear the festool performed very well in first gear so which brand is best i'm really impressed with the milwaukee's torque as well as his compact size however the dewalt as well as the makita have their own strengths as well i'd recommend any of those three brands if you've already invested in the barrel lineup and you already have the battery in the charger 45 for a drill especially for light duty or occasional use it's going to be very hard to beat all the videos in this channel including this one are viewer recommended so if you have a video idea i hope you'll take time to leave a comment thanks so much for watching please take care and i look forward to next time

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Length: 16min 53sec (1013 seconds)

Published: Sun May 23 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/manopath]

Try testing the wobble on festool drill chuck and you’ll need a machinist dial. The quality is there, the price...to each his own. But at the same time if you need something so precise you’re probably doing it on a drill press, a Nova Voyager maybe, anyway back to reality. Also no one with a festool is taking lug nuts off cars or driving 6 inch lags, at least I hope not. I bet the ryobi guys are quietly smiling checking the cash they saved up over the year.

[u/OhYeaaah_OhNooo]

I think it's already very well understood that if your buying Festool products that your baying an ultra premium price for some degree of more quality. While I myself or most people for that matter might not be the their target market for their products they have carved out a nice little market niche for themselves.

[u/nwngunner]

Just the same when he compared DeWalt power detect drill vs a Milwaukee fuel. He was testing for max power, but didn't give the dewalt a 6 or 8 amp 20v battery.

[u/Paul_The_Builder]

I'm not saying that the festool drill is worth the price, but I was pretty disappointed in Test Farm's portrayal of Festool. Its like he was purposely trying to make it look bad.

All of the drills were the price of the bare tool, except the Festool which included 2 batteries, charger, and Systainer case. A Milwaukee FUEL drill plus 2 batteries, charger, and packout case would be around $400, so $544 for the Festool is not an unreasonable price for the entire kit. And the Festool has a better warranty than the others.

The 4 speed gearbox and 4000RPM max speed is quite a feature, as well as the interchangeable chucks.