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Northern Tool has their Klutch brand Drill/Driver set advertised for $50 off.

Combo set is on sale for $99.99 The set includes the 1/2” hammer drill driver, 1/4” impact, 2 batteries (2.0 Ah 20v) with charger and canvas tool bag. After some research it looks like the Hyper Tough (Walmart) brand shares the same batteries. This price is really tempting to me as my Porter Cable drill is at least a decade old and I’ve been wanting a 1/4” impact for quite awhile.

It will be only used sporadically around the house for DIY projects.

Any feedback on Klutch or Hyper Tough cordless will be appreciated.

My other thoughts were checking out Bauer and Ryobi.

John

I purchased a Bauer driver and drill set and was quite disappointed. Bearings went out in less than a year of use building my garage.

My carpenter friend uses Ryobi drills and drivers exclusively and DeWalt for everything else.

Bauer is a Harbor Freight brand, right? I wouldn't necessarily recommend them, but I have a couple of ancient HF angle grinders that I've beaten to death and brought one back to life after a bearing seized up. But I can definitely recommend Dewalt for impact drivers and drills. I have a 1/4" impact that I bought back in 2019 that's still doing journeyman duty, as well as a relatively new 3/8" drill. I also have a 1/2" Dewalt impact that works well. I've kind of standardized on the Dewalt line with batteries that can be swapped between tools.
Ryobi is an other brand that has a good rep, but I don't have any of their tools, so can't make a personal recommendation.

I don't trust any of Horrible Freight's power tools to give journeyman service. I do have a 4 1/2" side grinder that I bought because they were on sale somewhat cheap. When it dies, it goes into the trash can with no regrets. Hand tools, wrenches and the like? Yeah--but nothing electrical. Go Dewalt or Ryobi for that stuff.

I generally buy a tool that works with the batteries I already have. The tool is usually affordable it's the batteries that hurt your feelings. I have a mostly Dewalt because of that.