Home Depot has a new early Black Friday 2022 deal on the new Milwaukee M18 Fuel 6-gallon cordless wet/dry vacuum.
Sweet – this deal sucks! Ha – how many times can I get away with this bad joke?
With this deal, you buy the Milwaukee M18 Fuel cordless shop vacuum, and get your choice of a free accessory.
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There are 3 free bonus gift options – the wall dust collector ($49.99 value), long reach flexible hose nozzle set ($39.99 value), and AirTip storage accessory carrying case ($69 value).
The vacuum launched at $249, and it’s still at that price, but you get the free bonus at no extra cost.
Here’s where things get a little more complicated. This bundle gives you 2 more AirTop nozzles – plus the free accessory offer – for $279.
Each of the two extra nozzles retail for $20 sepately.
So, for $30 more than the base deal, you get $40 in AirTip nozzles.
Now, there’s another deal, where you get 3 nozzles – a 2pc set that retails for $28, and a a low-profile pivoting brush that retails for $30. You get $58 in extra nozzles for just $50 more than the base price. Yes, you can also choose a free gift item with this deal.
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With this final deal, you get the Milwaukee M18 Fuel cordless vacuum, plus the wall dust collection accessory and long-reach flexible hose nozzles.
The AirTip accessory inclusions here are in the free gift selections for the other deals. But here, you get $90 in accessory nozzle sets ($50 for the funnel-shaped collector, $40 for the long-reach nozzles), for $289, which is $40 more than the $249 base price of the deal discussed at the top of the page.
You do not get a free gift selection here; you are basically paying $40 extra to get both of them.
This deal basically gives you the $249 vac, plus the funnel-shaped collector for free, and you’re paying for the long-reach nozzles – or something like that. If you want both, it’s a single-SKU purchase for simplicity, and still a good deal.
There are a couple of more deal bundles like these – take a look in case the bundles above aren’t exactly what you’re looking for.
Where to Find More Tool Deals
If you haven’t checked ToolGuyd for a while, take a peek at some of our Black Friday tool deal guides:
Home Depot Black Friday 2022 Tool Deals
Best Milwaukee Tool Deals for Black Friday 2022
Acme Tools Black Friday 2022 Deals
Amazon Black Friday 2022 Tool Deals
fred
Off-topic – but ToolUp is doing a Milwaukee bundle deal today. Buy a 2-battery M18 starter kit and get a bare tool thrown in. They also have a batch of M18 bundles priced at $399.
https://www.toolup.com/promotions/Milwaukee-M18-Bundle-Deals
Joatman
I’ve seen these same deals on other sites. I’ve also seen some to good to be true deals on Amazon by Toolup which makes me question their legitimacy. But their ratings seem to be pretty decent. Not sure if they are authorized dealers.
i5xswipe
Toolup is legit.
List of authorized retailers:
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Buy-Now
AlexK
It doesn’t say if it can also run on 120v, so I doubt it does and for my needs, it’s a deal breaker. Yesterday, I was using my m12 tower light to install shelving in a closet. If I didn’t have extra batteries, I’d have gotten an extension cord. I really want a table saw, chop saw, vacuum and any other big draw tools to have an adapter for 120v use.
The $50 Bosch cross level was very helpful installing the shelves. If I know how much I was going to use it, I’d have bought one a long time ago.
TomD
They sell a 120v head, but it’s not dual-fuel, and it’s not out yet: https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Vacuums-and-Fans/0931-20
Battery powered tools are really nice but for some things a cord is the way to go.
Robert
Totally agree, these need a built-in dual power option.
The run time on vacuums is notoriously terrible.
MM
Absolutely agreed. It wouldn’t be very costly in terms of parts either. Add a few bucks worth of electronics and it could now run on 110 and function as a charger when it’s not actually turned on.
Jim Felt
Or a charger could literally be built in and on a shop vac that wouldn’t add any noticeable weight. Literally charging a battery while using an extension cord. Hmmm.
Why not?
David
If they did that now, they would not be able to release an updated version and call it “Dual Power Milwaukee M18 Fuel 6-gallon cordless wet/dry vacuum”. Like how they updated the original m12 rocket light…
That’s the kind of things that annoys me. Or like how they said going forward anything that can be charged through a microusb connector will be a usb type c connector, this is claimed to simplify things for the enduser and not have to carry variety types of cable to change
MM
Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. The moment you have the tool designed so it can run on batteries or AC power it’s an insignificant extra cost to make it function as a charger as well.
My line of thought was that if you had a big vac, a stationary table or chop saw, or whatever other corded tool set up at a jobsite, why not have it charge batteries at the same time? And for that matter, it would also be trivial in terms of electronics part cost to make such a tool run on both power sources which could allow for more power than a corded-only tool might ordinarily provide. I.e. your chop saw runs on corded power but if it needs a bit of extra oomph to make it through a tough cut it draws that from the battery as needed and then charges the batt right back up again when its not in use, same general idea as how a hybrid car uses its battery to assist the engine and also store its extra power as necessary.
Adam
Makita makes a dual fuel vac, either two 18v LXT packs or 120v. Isn’t cheap and only comes in 2 and 4 gallon capacities.
BrianA
This deal has actually been available since September, I bought the basic package with the free case. The case is ok, the dividers for the case are mostly useless as they don’t work with many air tip accessories. I have almost all of them and its like neither was designed for each other, the long dividers are good for a few but waste so much space.
BrianA
BF time is the best to buy step stools and platforms, shocked to find this in store and on the BF price already. Usually the in store deals are gone before T-day or right after with no resupply.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-Ladders-3-Step-Compact-Steel-Step-Stool-with-225-lb-Load-Capacity-Type-II-Duty-Rating-GLS-3CS/207074147
BrianA
Oops streams got crossed
Matthew
I just think for the money and performance these vacuums aren’t worth it. Corded ridgid vacs are more powerful and considerably less than these. Now if price points were a little closer to each other then that’s one thing.
I do agree with those above a dual powered vacuum would be a huge winner. Cord inconvenience and the convenience of running it off a battery would be the best scenario for these vacuums.
Stuart
I have to disagree.
I cannot remember the last time I used my corded house vac. I still have one, but never use it.
The last time I used a corded wet/dry shop vacuum for cleanup was when we had a small flood in the basement a few years ago.
I use a corded dust extractor vac, but have been using cordless vacs for cleanup for years.
Often, by the time I could unwrap a cord and find a free outlet, I’d already be done with a cordless vac.
I’ve been testing the M18 Fuel cordless shop vac, and it has ample power and runtime for everything I need it for. I still have a corded vac for backup, just in case.
Maybe eventually there could be a hybrid powered vacuum head – that’s the beauty of the entire system being completely modular.
Robert
“by the time I could unwrap a cord and find a free outlet, I’d already be done with a cordless vac”
You are disassociating charging the battery from the process.
Stuart
That’s a benefit of removable battery packs.
MM
I don’t follow either. Surely if you’re going to count the time it takes to unwrap a cord and plug it into the wall then it’s only fair to count the time to get the battery pack out of the charger and plug it in the vac? I don’t see much difference in time savings between grabbing a batt, using the vac, and then putting the batt back on the charger when I’m done versus unwrapping and re-wrapping a cord. Both are simple tasks that take a few seconds.
Stuart
With something like a Dyson cordless household vacuum, you have to stop everything to recharge the vacuum when it’s depleted.
If you start a cleanup task with a power tool brand’s cordless vac and run out of juice, you can easily and quickly swap batteries.
Battery charging is a very small and infrequent part of cleanup tasks for me.
Is that what you do? My batteries don’t live on chargers between uses.
I also don’t have clear access to wall outlets 100% of the time.
Cordless is always faster and easier for me, so much so that I rarely use corded vacs anymore.
MM
@Stuart
I don’t necessarily put the battery back on the charger, I kept my post simple for brevity, but either way it’s about the same:
Whenever I’m done with a tool I give it a quick wipe/brush/blow off to get rid of any significant grime, sawdust, etc. If it’s a drill I’ll take the bit out and put it back where it belongs. If it’s a vacuum I’ll empty the bin, etc. If it’s a corded tool then I wrap up the cord before putting it away. If it’s a cordless tool the battery goes on my battery shelf. If I didn’t use the battery much I leave it on the side of the shelf with the “charged” batteries ready for use. If it has been used a significant amount I put it on the charger, or if the charger happens to be is occupied it goes in the “to be charged” pile on the other side of the shelf. Putting the battery away takes about the same time as wrapping up the cord on a corded tool.
Chip
I never take batteries off of my cordless tools until they fully discharge and then I swap them with fully charged batteries. That to me is the primary advantage of cordless tools, you just grab them, use them and put them back. I usually leave the last bit or blade in the tool as well since there’s a good chance I’ll be using the same bit or blade the next time I need the tool.
MM
@Chip, I keep batteries on some of my most commonly used cordless tools: Drill/driver on my workbench, OMT, angle grinder with a thin cutoff disc, mini vac for cleaning up small messes, bandfile, and a die grinder with a flame burr. But in this specific case–a full size shop vac–I don’t do that. I have several smaller cordless batteries but I don’t have many of the sort of thing that makes sense to power a big vac like this with so I it’s not practical for me to keep one on the vac all the time, I’d be constantly having to swipe it to power other tools. Not to mention that if a cleanup or dust collection job is big enough for me to drag out the shop vac as opposed to a smaller vac I’m probably going to take a major chunk of charge out of that battery necessitating it going back on the charger anyway.
Joatman
Dewalt has a vac that you can use with either a cord or a 20v battery. I think it’s about a 2 or 3 gallon size. For more demanding jobs a corded vac would be better but the convenience of a grab ‘n go vac is also is great.
Stuart
I love that vac!
https://toolguyd.com/dewalt-cordless-corded-vac-best-field-pros-dcv581h/
It’s reliable and versatile, but it’s far from my favorite these days. If I were a pro with Dewalt kit, this is what I’d want on my truck. However, I don’t recall the last time I used its power cord.
The Dewalt has 2-gallon tank, 31 CFM airflow, and fixed hose. The Milwaukee we’re talking about here has a 6 gallon tank, 87 CFM airflow, and is part of a new modular vacuum system, for $100 more.
They’re very different classes of tools.
If the M18 cordless vac is not for you, it’s not for you. I didn’t intend to convince anyone with this post; it was motivated by all of the requests I’ve received asking about cordless vacuum deals.
Jon
I have the 9 gallon and I love it. Do I wish it were cheaper, of course I do. But the convience of not having to find an outlet and/or extension cord and still be limited to how far i can go outweighs the price.
I have a Craftsman 16 gallon. I liked it, it had great power and served me well for the past 8 years. But the one thing that infuriated me to no end was bag replacement. I would spend 15 minutes trying to get that bag attached because it kept coming off. If you have used a Festool vac then you know how easy bag change is. Well the Milwaukee is just as easy and secure. That ALONE is worth it for me.
Cordless, Great power, and easy, reliable bag change.