Lowe’s has an interesting Bosch deal of the day, where you buy an 18V 4-tool cordless power tool combo kit, and get 2x free laser distance measuring tools.
So you buy the Bosch 18V cordless tool kit, with drill, impact driver/wrench hybrid tool, circular saw, LED worklight, 2 batteries, charger, and case, and you get 2 of the same laser measurer at no additional cost.
The cordless tool kit is priced at $349 and the laser measurers $60 each. The promo value comes out to $259.73 for the cordless combo kit, and $89.26 for the laser distance measuring tools, adding up to $348.99 at checkout.
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Amazon has the same Bosch 18V 4-tool cordless power tool kit priced at $279 right now. Acme Tools has it for $319, and it’s not eligible for current Bosch discounts.
At this time, the same laser distance measuring tools retails for $40 at Home Depot, and the same at Amazon.
If Lowe’s allows for prorated returns, then it could be a good deal that knocks some price off the combo kit, but overall I’d say the value is off.
I did said it’s an interesting deal, not a good one. It’s the laser distance measuring tool part of the Bosch “free with purchase” offer that I find really interesting. It’s a great tool, but to get 2 of them with a cordless combo kit?
This seems like a good idea on paper, but the value doesn’t work out that way.
If you buy the cordless combo kit at Amazon for $279, and 2 of the laser distance measuring tools at Amazon or Home Depot for $40 each, that would come out to $359. Thus, if you do want the tool kit and 2x of the same laser distance measuring tool, I guess you do come out ahead with this Lowe’s freebie offer.
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The nature of the deal just seems unusual. Is anyone buying 2x of the same laser measurer with an entry-priced cordless combo kit? For anyone on the fence, might this deal compel them to?
This just seems like a way for Lowe’s to potentially offload holiday season deal leftovers, but the price doesn’t reflect that. I feel like I almost “get it,” but Lowe’s reasoning isn’t apparent.
Robert
Two identical measurement lasers as an incentive? Very strange. What is the use case? One laser dedicated as a cat toy?
MikeK
They’re small, you might misplace one? One in your bag, one in your tool chest? Keep one, give away one?
Peter
Yup and to me they are like “real” tapes which I have several ones.
One lives in the truck, one in the main tool bag, one in main tool box, one in the junk drawer, one in the ….
PW
What a strange bundle. This starter kit doesn’t seem aimed at pros or people running a team who might need a bunch of extra measuring devices.
I have the pictured Blaze – I’m quite happy with it, it does well for what I want to do. But it’s fairly basic, and I don’t know why I’d want *two*…for that money I’d rather have the next step up.
Does Lowe’s have inventory excess of this particular item or something?
Geoff
That saw is a total dog. I used to have it, but it would bog down (with a 4 Ah battery) on almost every cut I used it for. I sold it, and got a M18 saw (2833-20), which has been infinitely better.
Peter
Interesting, I have that saw and while it is not a beast it served me well as a remodeler cutting many 2x’s for about 10 years.
No match for a brushless that is for sure though.
But the whole kit is not the Bosch pro versions anyway.
Luis
That was my first cordless circ saw and it was ok for up to 2×4 and 1x lumber, but that was it.
I mean, you can’t ask more from a 15yr old brushed model, but once again nobody is forcing Bosch to sell such a relic; the GKS18V-22 would be the right fit for that combo kit.
Luis
Then I remembered Milwaukee and Dewalt do the same on their entry kits with the 2630-20 and DCS391, respectively…
None of those are contractor pro grade tools anymore, but will excel at most homeowner and apprentice tasks.