The Hercules Harbor Freight drill is awfully tempting for $90. And it performed pretty well in our shootout… up until the chuck broke. Once we tallied all the results, we got to thinking, “what would we buy instead of a Harbor Freight drill?” Obviously, most anyone would love to have a cordless drill from Bosch, Makita, or Milwaukee, but we’re looking at this from a budget perspective. After all, that’s what makes the Harbor Freight Hercules so attractive in the first place.

After breaking it all down, here’s why we’d buy the Skil 20V brushless compact drill instead of the Harbor Freight Hercules drill.

For even more of a breakdown, check out our written review: http://bit.ly/2mHRVFp

NOTE: Harbor Freight has recently added several new tools, including a 20V circular saw, recip saw, and USB power adapter (Thanks @Josh The Tooldude). They also have a new 5 Ah battery.