DEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Hammer Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit vs Husky 268-Piece Mechanics Tool Set with Case

What separates them

These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The DEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Hammer Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit is $100.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — cordless combo kit against mechanics tool set — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.

DEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Hammer Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit vs Husky 268-Piece Mechanics Tool Set with Case

DEWALT

DEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Hammer Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit

$299.00

Two 4.0 Ah batteries are what separates this from the entry kits -- roughly three times the runtime of the 1.3 Ah packs, and about half the price of the kit is in those two batteries.

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Husky

Husky 268-Piece Mechanics Tool Set with Case

$199.00

Piece counts are inflated by sockets in both SAE and metric and by every individual bit -- what matters is that this covers 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 in drives, which is the range most work needs.

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Who the DEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Hammer Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit is for

Buy it if: Trades and serious renovators who want both tools and batteries worth keeping.

Avoid it if: Occasional users, for whom a single brushed drill kit does the same jobs for a third of the money.

Who the Husky 268-Piece Mechanics Tool Set with Case is for

Buy it if: Home mechanics and general maintenance needing broad socket coverage in one case.

Avoid it if: Professionals using impact tools, which need impact-rated sockets rather than chrome.

Specifications, side by side

2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.

SpecificationDEWALT 20V MAX XR Brushless Hammer Drill and Impact Driver Combo KitHusky 268-Piece Mechanics Tool Set with Case
Price$299.00$199.00
Case typeContractor bagBlow-moulded with latches
Warranty3-year limited warranty, 1-year free serviceLifetime limited warranty
Batteries included2 x 4.0 Ah lithium-ion not published
Battery platformDEWALT 20V MAX not published
Blows per minuteUp to 38,250 on the hammer drill not published
Charger includedYes, fast charger not published
Drill speed0-600 and 0-2,000 rpm not published
Drill torqueAbout 820 unit watts out not published
Drive sizes not published1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 in
Finish not publishedFull polish chrome
Impact driver torque1,825 in-lb not published
Impact rated not publishedNo
Motor typeBrushless XR on both tools not published
Piece count not published268
Ratchet mechanism not published72 tooth, 5 degree arc
Socket types not publishedSAE and metric, 6 and 12 point
Steel grade not publishedChrome vanadium

Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.

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