Best Impact Driver? DeWalt vs Milwaukee vs Makita vs Bauer! Let's find out!

so it comes time to buy an impact driver there's a lot to consider and they are very expensive so which brand should you buy today we'll be testing four different brands milwaukee dewalt makita and bower in the first test we'll see which impact driver makes the most torque not all the impact drivers will survive the second test when they attempt to drive a seven inch lag bolt into a railroad tie in the final test the impact drivers will be doing a face plant onto a concrete slab after falling 10 feet at a price of only 69.99 for the tool the battery as well as the charger is this bauer brand 20 volt hypermax lithium impact driver which is sold at harbor freight unlike the other brands this one also includes a battery as well as a charger high performance motor covers the most demanding fasting jobs we're gonna test that max torque 150 newton meters or 1300 inch pounds rpm zero to 2900 impacts per minute zero to thirty three hundred the barrel brand comes with a ninety day warranty so it's heavy duty guaranteed for ninety days the tool is made in china the largest battery sold for the barra brand is only three amp hours but the impact driver does come with a 1.5 amp hour battery cells made in korea or malaysia further processing in china the barrel brand uses a brushed motor while the other three brands we'll be testing use brushless motors the bauer impact driver weighs 1151 grams without the battery i'll be testing the other brands using 5 amp hour batteries but the largest battery available for the bower brand is only 3 amp hours the barrow brand doesn't have a switch plate control pad and there's only one forward and reverse speed range the bower with the 3 amp hour battery weighs right at 1 789 grams all the impact drivers we'll be testing use variable speed triggers in certain applications such as starting a nut or a bolt you'll want an impact driver that's capable of very low rpm the barrier wouldn't spend any slower than 130 rpm in forward the maximum rpm in ford was 2795 which is 105 rpm slower than advertised in reverse the slowest rpm was 155 and the maximum was 2815 which is 85 rpm slower than advertised the second least expensive product we'll be testing at 115 dollars and 83 cents is this milwaukee m18 fuel it's a brushless impact driver rated for 1800 inch pounds the milwaukee fuel is made in vietnam the milwaukee only weighs 989 grams without the battery which is 162 grams less than the bower with a 5 amp hour battery the milwaukee weighs 1721 grams which is 68 grams less than the bower the milwaukee has three impact modes the milwaukee has a feature designed for self-tapping screws and sheet metal the setting is designed to reduce screw stripping screw breakage and damage to work surfaces when driving self-tapping screws zero to 1900 in first gear zero to twenty eight hundred and second gear zero to thirty six hundred in third gear under load zero to twelve hundred impacts per minute in first gear zero to thirty four hundred and seconds zero to forty three hundred and third in the high impact mode the slowest the milwaukee will spin and forward is 75 rpm so the milwaukee offers quite a bit more control than the bower allowing for lower rpm in the high impact mode the maximum rpm was 3577 which is very close to the 3 600 rpm rating in the reverse high impact mode the slowest was 75 rpm and the fastest was 3 50 which is 50 rpm slower than its rating while the bar does offer a 90-day warranty the milwaukee seems a lot more confident in their impact driver by offering a five-year warranty costing more than twice as much as the bauer is this dewalt brand costing 150.87 cents made in the usa with global materials the dewalt also offers tool connect which allows you to use bluetooth to connect with the tool inventory management find and locate monitor diagnostics customize settings brushless motor the milwaukee offers a five year warranty and the dewalt's warranty is for three years the dewalt is the lightest impact driver yet weighing in at 953 grams which is 36 grams less than the milwaukee since the dewalt's battery weighs quite a bit less than the milwaukee's the dewalt only weighs 1583 grams with the battery which is 138 grams less than the milwaukee the dewalt switch control plate includes three impact modes as well as a home button the home button allows you to use bluetooth to connect and configure the impact driver such as the rpm range as well as quite a few other features went into the app and disabled the tool as you can see the tool is no longer working i'm gonna go ahead and re-enable it okay it's back in action you can also use the app to check the temperature of the drill if you want to identify your drill amongst a pile of these dewalt drills these lights will light up allowing you to figure out which one is yours no load speed zero to three thousand two hundred and fifty rpm up to three thousand eight hundred impacts per minute maximum torque up to one thousand eight hundred and twenty five inch pounds we're gonna test that in high impact mode and forward the slowest the dewatt will spin is 150 rpm which is a little bit faster than the bauer and twice as fast as the milwaukee the 3305 maximum rpm was actually faster than his 3 250 rpm rating but the milwaukee was 272 rpm faster in reverse mode the dewalt wouldn't go any slower than 150 rpm the maximum rpm in reverse mode was 3304 so forward and reverse speeds are nearly identical at a price of 167.3 cents the most expensive impact driver we'll be testing is made by makita 18 volt lxt lithium-ion brushless four-speed impact driver just like the dewalt the makita offers a three-year warranty so milwaukee five years makita into all three years and the bauer is 90 days the makita is made in china the makita is by far the lightest impact driver at only 881 grams compared to 953 for the dewalt with the battery included the makita only weighs 1501 grams in addition to four speed selection modes the makita has several other features such as a wood mode which helps prevent a screw from failing at the beginning of driving it also has a reverse auto stop feature that stops the rotation of the tool when the nut or the bolt begins moving freely it also has a t-mode for self-drilling screws and thin metal 3600 max rpm and 1 600 inch pounds of max torque 4 speed power selection in forward mode the slowest the makita would spin is 99 rpm the makita claims to deliver 3 600 no load rpm but only reached 3 413 in reverse mode the lowest rpm was 109 and the highest was 3476 which is still well short of the 3 600 rpm rating the length of the impact driver is a huge factor when it comes to working in tight spaces the dewalt is 135.5 millimeters or 5.3 inches the milwaukee is 18 millimeters shorter at 117 millimeters or 4.6 inches the makita and the milwaukee are very close to the same length the barrow is just too long for the calipers and the bar is about six and a half inches in length which is over an inch longer than the dual and about two inches longer than the milwaukee and the makita the makita is on the left and the dewalt is on the right the dewalt seems to produce a little bit more light than the makita the milwaukee is on the left and the bower is on the right even though the milwaukee only has one light it seems to be brighter than the bowers three lights i built the next test rig in order to measure the tightening torque of impact tools it's a pretty simple setup with two 20-ton hydraulic rams sandwiched between two thick pieces of steel the tester will measure the clamp load i'll be using a premium synthetic grease throughout the testing the test will last right at 15 seconds the batteries are fully charged we'll test tightening torque first then the loosening torque later in the video and the barrow uses a brush motor and has a much lower torque rating than the milwaukee makita and dewalt and the bower made 900 psi in forward mode and the milwaukee is totally crushing this test blasting past 900 psi without breaking a sweat and milwaukee is out of time at 1 600 psi very impressive and the milwaukee is rated for 1 800 inch pounds in the dewalt 1825 so according to the ratings the dewalt should win this contest and the dewalt did very well at 1450 but that's not going to be enough to beat 1600 psi performance makita is the lightest of the bunch but came in second place for no load rpm and the makita tied the dewalt for second place at 1 450 psi so is milwaukee in first place at 1 600 psi dewalt and makita tied for second at 1 450 and bower in third up next i'll install a left hand threaded bolt and we'll test the reverse rotation torque of each tool since the milwaukee just won the last contest it'll go first in this round and we'll see if any of the other brands can do any better and milwaukee is really crushing this test blasting past 1 600 psi and finally running out of time at 1 750. very impressive job by milwaukee and the dewalt is off to a great start and the dial is moving quickly but 1750 is going to be a challenge to beat and the dewalt did great but came up a little short at 1 675 psi and makita is off to a fast start as well but definitely not moving the dial as quickly as the milwaukee and the makita is now in third place at 1 600 psi and the bar is definitely doing better this time compared to last 1375 psi for the bower which is actually pretty good finishing in the fourth position so once again the milwaukee takes first with 1750 psi dewalt second at 1675 makita third at 1 600 and bower last at 1 375. i definitely don't recommend using an impact driver to drive a 7-inch lag bolt into a railroad tie but this is a showdown video there's no time limit on this test as long as the impact driver is making progress since the dewalt and the makita seem fairly evenly matched let's test them first both impact drivers are in high impact mode and the makita and the dewalt seem to be making the same rate of progress at first but the makita is beginning to outpace the dewalt at one minute into this test the dewalt is beginning to smoke and the grip is getting really hot at a minute and a half the dewalt is beginning to make quite a bit more smoke and it appears that grease is leaking down from around the chuck at two minutes the dewalt is smoking and leaking even worse and the makita is now smoking as well at about two and a half minutes the makita socket made contact with the washer at about three and a half minutes into the test the dewalt made contact with the washer the handville on the dewalt is about 250 degrees and you can see the grease has poured down out of the dewalt onto the adapter according to the dewalt app the temperature of the impact driver is doing okay the milwaukee is on the left and the bower is on the right both impact drivers are in high impact mode and the milwaukee is a lot faster than the power but the bauer is actually making pretty good progress and the milwaukee is definitely quite a bit faster than the dewalt and the makita as well for some reason the milwaukee is shutting off and i'm having to release and then squeeze the trigger to get it going again i'm not sure what's going on but maybe milwaukee is just taunting the bower fortunately for the milwaukee there's no such thing as unsportsmanlike conduct in this showdown either way it doesn't matter because the milwaukee just finished and the bower continues to hammer away but the hammer seems to be slowing quite a bit the 3 amp hour battery should still have plenty of juice left at a minute and a half the barrel is smoking badly and no longer making progress the temperature of the power is about 300 degrees fahrenheit unfortunately the barrier just did not hold up only one of the three lights is still working and unfortunately the rest of the impact driver has stopped functioning so the dewalt did slightly better on the clamp load test but the makita made faster work of the lag bolt so let's hook them up head to head and see which one comes out on top and it's very close but the dewalt is overpowering the makita let's hook up the dewalt and the milwaukee and see how they compare and the dewalt put up a good fight but the milwaukee definitely came out on top on this one as well the time it takes the tool to respond from the time the trigger is squeezed is called trigger lag may not seem like a big deal but if you're driving in a lot of fasteners trigger light can really slow things down let's compare the milwaukee and the dewalt first and then the winner will compete against the makita and the milwaukee is a little bit faster than the dewalt off the line let's compare the milwaukee to the makita and the makita is quite a bit faster off the line than the milwaukee so the makita came out on top followed by the milwaukee and then the dewalt in the next test we'll see which impact driver breaks loose lug nuts the fastest all of the lug nuts were torqued to 110 foot-pounds the impact driver that reacts the fastest and hits the hardest has the best chance to win dewalt is on the left and makita is on the right and the makita wins the first round makita wins the second round makita wins the third round slowing things down even more you can see the makita delivered three blows before the dewalt kicked into action it took the makita seven blows to loosen the lug nut the winner will advance so it's makita versus milwaukee makita is on the left and milwaukee is on the right and the makita appears to kick into action about two blows before the milwaukee [Music] just like last time the makita needed more blows before the lug nuts began moving milwaukee just hits a lot harder than the makita just to switch things up a bit milwaukee is on the left and makita is on the right so once again milwaukee takes the win and has three wins in a row for milwaukee the purpose of the next test is to demonstrate the ability of impact drivers to remove a lug nut from a bolt with gall threads or one that has been cross threaded we'll keep an eye on the green rope to count the total number of rotations in this 30 second test the speed of the impact as well as the force of each impact will make a huge difference in how quickly it can rotate this engine with the engine brake applied in the spark plug in position creating resistance from the compression and the dewalt didn't have any problem overpowering the lawn mower brake in the compression of the engine completing just over three rotations testing the makita next and makita is making this look easy spinning over the engine a total of four and three quarter rotations compared to just over three for the dewalt and the milwaukee is totally crushing this test once again milwaukee began powering down about 16 seconds into the test however it had already completed five rotations and it completed two more for a total of seven before time ran out in the final test each one of the impact drivers will be doing a face plant onto a concrete slab after falling 10 feet to make things more challenging each tool will have a socket adapter and a socket attached to the chuck one pipe will serve as a guide for the other pipe to help make sure the impact drivers hit at the same angle and the bower hit hard and lost the battery the electric motor is already damaged from previous tests but there's no visible structural damage to the bower and the dewalt experienced a small amount of handle flexion but didn't experience any visible structural damage dewalt is still working the milwaukee is just a tank and didn't bounce much at all the amount of handle flexion seems to be about the same as the dewalt no visible damage to the milwaukee and the milwaukee still works just fine and the makita definitely experienced more handle flexion than the milwaukee in the dewalt however the handle did not break and the impact driver still works just fine up next let's take apart the bower to see why the impact driver stopped working and the impact assembly on the barrel weighs right at 261 grams it looks like the bracket that holds the brushes in place failed the brush is moved position wiping out all of the fan blades on the armature assembly so at this point the bower is pretty much a brushless motor the milwaukee's impact assembly is 255 grams the dewalt's impact assembly is 27 grams lighter than the milwaukee's at 228 grams even though the dewatt was leaking some grease and it did become pretty hot the grease doesn't look too cooked and there's plenty of grease left and the makita's impact assembly weighed two grams less than the dewalts at 226 grams for the brussels impact drivers the milwaukee has a heaviest impact assembly so which impact driver won this showdown in my opinion milwaukee just ran away with this competition and did a terrific job makita and dewalt were fairly closely matched but it does seem like makita is slightly better than dewalt all the videos on this channel are viewers suggested so if you have a 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Length: 16min 1sec (961 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 21 2020

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Milwaukee did beat 40v makita in another video