Best Compact Rotary Hammer: DeWalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Bosch, Metabo, Hilti. What's fastest?

So I had all this test footage that I couldn't use for my normal performance reviews, so I decided to throw it all in together with some amazing cinematography to boot. My loss is your gain! Here I pit 8 compact rotary hammers against each other in 3 drilling races.
The Milwaukee M18BH, Milwaukee M12CH (AKA Milwaukee 2416-20), Makita DCH171 (aka XRH06), Makita DHR182 aka XRH12, Metabo BH 18 LTX BL 16, DeWalt DCH172, Bosch GBH18V-EC, Hilti TE 4-A22 all go head to head in this drill-off.

I’m completely self-funded and receive no freebies or kickbacks from tool companies. I’m just a guy who wants to know how these tools perform, and figure you do too. You can chip in here, it'll be hugely appreciated:

Cheers!

00:00 - Prologue
00:53 - Intro to drills
03:03 - 8mm speed drill
05:33 - 14mm speed drill
08:29 - Max capacity drill
11:23 - Conclusion

[gregorymacneil]

I have used corded Hilti drills with Hilti drills all my life - it’s a fast flawless system - but when I wanted a s smaller cordless drill for 3/16” to 1/4” fasteners I found the DeWalt price hard to beat. The DeWalt has performed.

[bobbyhorowitz]

Awesome vid. My killer bee arrived over the weekend, looking forward to trying it out today. It would have been cool to see some 5mm drill speeds in action, also the weights of drills listed 👍🏻

[jimecary]

Best Chanel ever, you deserve the best i hope your chanel reach over 5 million subscribers

[RobK]

I got the Makita DHR171 at home, great sub compact. You don't need much more for home improvement really

[harlanborders]

Makita makes some great tools.Surprise Bosh didn’t do a bit better. Great video keep them coming and add another subscriber to your list.

[SmoothJK]

I never use a rotary drill but im so jealous of your tools nonetheless

[robx]

Great video. Can I suggest maybe making a video on some budget models, say ozito vs full boar etc. Cheers!

[Oerger]

Gives me even more and better arguments to get the dhr182 if my bosch rea ever dies out!
I believe the reason the makita won everything is because of axle direction though

[mistershirokov]

Hi, thanks for the video. Which one is the smallest one lengthwise?

[toolscientist]

Great test. I don't think I've seen anything more than 2 small rotohammers compared before.

The 182 killed it. Prefer the form factor of the 171, but 3-mode and power make the 182 way better. It's only $20 more which makes me think the 171 is kinda pointless.

[Rob-zdbe]

Would be interesting to see the Makita 183.

[magnusa]

The concrete on the max capacity seems a lot softer, with the times being similar or less than the test before it

[engineer_alv]

Great comparison. I just notice the times where a bit off on the chart, eg the Bosch was timed at 12.48 (tied with Hilti) which would put it on the top 3 performers for the 14mm bit, but on the chart it was 13 seconds knocking it to #4 while the Dewalt was 12.68 timed instead of the 12.35 posted side by side which put it on #2. Same on the Max Capacity test where the Bosch would trade places with the Metabo based on the timed test.

Maybe I'm just splitting hairs here, anyway keep them coming

[Daniele.Rossini]

Nice video! But the next time can you put the weight of each hammer with batteryes under they'r name? I'd be such a nice touch because i'm searching for an driller to bolt climbing routes and for me the weight of the driller is very important!

[ruheluddin]

when I use mine it seems to wobble - DHR 171 Is this normal? If you look at the drill bit closely and just drill, my drill bit appears to not turn in a perfect circle. Ive test the bits they are fine, it is definitely the SDS. It does drill holes ok but I wondered if this was normal or whether I would drill better if this was a fault?

[cimely]

il testo con la fotocamera

Hi, I would like some advice...which one should I buy between the Bosch GBH 18V-21, the Bosch GBHB18V-22, the Makita DHR 171...or the Metabo BH 18 LTX BL 16?? It should be noted that I will have to use it to mount plasterboard guides and hangers on the roof.

[dgzokxc]

I cant find the killer bee here in the usa in xr series

[petedudelu]

are you trying to compete with aVe's BOLTR?

[LvA]

What side-handle are you using on the Milwaukee M12 CH, there's two different versions online and I don't know which one to get.