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Home Depot 2015 Holiday Cordless Combo Kit $100 and $150 Savings Promo

Nov 3, 2015 Stuart 17 Comments

Looking to buy a new cordless combo kit? Home Depot’s new holiday promo can save you some serious dough!

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New Dewalt 20V Max Brushless Impact Driver w/ 3 Speeds and Normal Chuck

Nov 2, 2015 Stuart 22 Comments

Here’s a quick look at Dewalt’s next-generation 20V Max brushless impact driver.

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Hot Deal: Milwaukee M18 Drill Kit is Back at $99

Nov 2, 2015 Stuart 3 Comments

It’s baaaack: Milwaukee’s M18 2606 drill/driver kit is on sale again, for just $99. The catch? It only comes with one Li-ion battery.

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New Ryobi 18V One+ Power Tools for the 2015 Holiday Season

Oct 30, 2015 Stuart 20 Comments

Here’s a quick look at several new Ryobi 18V One+ cordless tools and a new accessory set. The new cordless tools include a hand vac with built-in charger, inflator, random orbit sander, and Bluetooth radio.

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18V Cordless Drill Preferences – is a 3/8″ Chuck a Deal Breaker?

Oct 29, 2015 Stuart 26 Comments

Would you buy an 18V or 20V Max cordless drill if it had a 3/8″ chuck size instead of 1/2″?

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New Makita 18V X2 Cordless Vacuums Can also Work on AC Power

Oct 28, 2015 Stuart 13 Comments

Makita has come out with 2 new vacuums that can run off of either cordless or AC power, but they’re not without tradeoffs.

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Misc. Tool News, Late October 2015 Edition

Oct 27, 2015 Stuart 44 Comments

This post has it all – tool deals, price drops, new tool preorder alerts, and a USA-made mini bit ratchet pre-review. Also, 2 questions: Do you like posts like this? What will you be buying soon?

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New Hitachi 18V Brushless Angle Grinder with “Auto Mode Option”

Oct 15, 2015 Stuart 16 Comments

Hitachi’s new 18V cordless brushless angle grinder looks good all around, but has an especially interesting feature – an auto mode option that slows the tool down when it’s not actively being used and under load.

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Misc. Tool News, Mid-October 2015 Edition

Oct 15, 2015 Stuart 39 Comments

Here’s a bunch of short topics all strung together: a Bosch drill price drop, Metabo 5-min WOW factor, new Milwaukee M18 LED lights are nearing release, we want to hear your review requests, and a Fein 18V drill/driver kit deal is still ongoing (for now).

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New Milwaukee Jobsite Radio Offers Some Nice Updates

Oct 13, 2015 Stuart 37 Comments

Milwaukee is updating their M18 jobsite radio, and I have to say – the new model looks way better than the previous one, and it sports some great new features too.

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New Hitachi 18V Bluetooth Radio Looks Awesome

Oct 12, 2015 Stuart 10 Comments

Hitachi has come out with a new Bluetooth jobsite radio with some nice modern-day features.

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Great Deal: Bosch Cordless Screwdriver for $80

Oct 12, 2015 Stuart 10 Comments

We came across a great sale price on Bosch’s older-but-still-fantastic PS21 cordless screwdriver kit, and it looks to have been updated with higher capacity battery packs.

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Deal of the Day: Bosch 12V Max Screwdriver and Impact Driver Kit

Oct 12, 2015 Stuart 4 Comments

Today only (10/12/15), this Bosch screwdriver and impact driver combo kit is on sale for $119.

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Deal: Ridgid Gen5X Impact Driver Kit for $99

Oct 8, 2015 Stuart 5 Comments

Rudgid’s newish 18V Gen5X impact driver is now available as part of a new $99 kit with 2Ah battery.

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Dewalt 20V Max DCL043 LED Spotlight is Way More Useful than I Thought!

Oct 8, 2015 Stuart 14 Comments

I have taken a liking to Dewalt’s 20V Max LED spotlight, model DCL043. I thought it was more of an outdoors spotlight, and not very suited for indoors use, but a recent usage experience proved otherwise.

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