This Milwaukee M18 cordless oscillating multi-tool kit special buy, 2626-21, is back for the 2025 holiday shopping season.
It’s been a recurring deal for a couple of years, featuring the brushed motor M18 oscillating tool, standard M18/M12 charger, and a 1.5Ah battery.
No, it won’t win any power or performance races in today’s world of brushless tools that offer greater power, performance, and runtime.
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But it’s just $99 for the full kit, which can make the difference between being able to use an OMT for your next project or not. Or maybe you’re the type that likes to swap tools rather than accessories.
There’s plenty of inventory – Home Depot says they’ve got over 6700 tools kits in stock for free delivery, so there’s no need to rush. Special buy tool deals like this tend to run through the entire holiday season.
Want something different? Amazon has the Dewalt 20V Max XR series oscillating multi-tool kitted with a 1.5Ah battery, charger, and tool bag for $119. This is Dewalt’s best OMT (the other lacks this one’s 3 speed ranges) and has a brushless motor.
Here too, there’s plenty of inventory at the time of this posting.
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Matt_T
Seems like a good deal for folks who have to go with M18. Beats $250 for the fuel version!!!! Acme also have it bundled with a 6pc blade set for $117.77. MIL000011616 item number.
Dave
Having used both, the DeWalt is a considerable upgrade for $20 if you’re agnostic about battery platform.
I’m a Milwaukee guy and have this brushed version of the OMT. It’s fine, really – there’s more vibration than with nicer models, but if you’re careful you can still do the precision work you’d want one of these for. I will note that mine has an adjustable speed wheel with 12 settings, and it looks like this one does as well from the photo, despite Stuart’s comment to the contrary.
I have a DeWalt devoted employee, and honestly if I can I’ll steal his OMT 9 times out of 10. The vibration is noticeably lower, and the trigger activation versus the M18’s switch makes it easy to start a cut slow and ramp up power as needed.
I’m not buying into a new battery platform for one tool, and I’m guessing if I really cared a higher-end M12 or M18 would also be better than what I have, but head to head with these devices team yellow wins hands down.
Dave
Rereading I might have accidentally called out an error Stuart didn’t make, sorry! The speed selection comment was probably in comparison to a different DeWalt model that’s not part of the conversation here…
Stuart
Sorry! Yes, I meant that the Dewalt deal is for their XR tool, because they also have an Atomic model with single speed range.
Jim
I bought this milwaukee last Christmas. It is great. For a tool that isn’t used everyday, you can’t beat it. My only complaint is that the blades are not standardized between the different manufacturers
Champs
I’m in the same boat. Blade changes on the DeWalt are much easier, too!
fred
MaxTool is repeating their 15% off sale on Milwaukee:
https://www.maxtool.com/collections/milw-25110
KokoTheTalkingApe
The DeWalt is the tool to get.
Don D
The deWalt with that battery is WEAK. You will think it’s the tool. Put a 4.0 or 5.0 on it and it’s day and night the difference. I wish manufacturers would stop giving out cheap low amp batteries and chargers with their tools. Buy bare tools. Invest in good sized batteries and a fan cooled charger. And dewalt can stop with the zipper tool bags. Hard cases ONLY!
Stuart
The Dewalt kit, with the cheap battery, is less expensive than buying just the tool by itself.
Tool bags are fine, you can always buy a tool box separately.
KokoTheTalkingApe
I disagree about the hard cases. At least you can use the bags for something else. The hard cases just take up room.
fred
Professional grade power tools once came in steel cases. They had their own issues – could rust – were heavy – corners could do some damage, were not moisture proof/watertight etc. But they were protective and had a decent packing factor – for stacking or slotting in side-by-side. The also provided the space and beefiness for carrying some accessories along with the power tool. But that was an age where you likely paid close to MSRP for your tools – unless you were buying in bulk – so adding in a costly case was sort of buried in the overall price. For me. providing a blow-molded case was – in most often – just creating more trash. Bags were less protective – but at least more compact trash. The new trend to provide (if you are selling a high-priced tool – like Lamello does) a modular plastic case – or sell you ones should you want seems like a better solution. Maybe we’ll call this new era the Packout or Systainer Generation as those trademarked brand names seem to be slowly becoming synonymous with their categories. (My ex-compatriots call their cordless Makita OMTs “Fein Tools” – just like copiers often get called Xerox – tissues Kleenex etc.)
Rick
I wonder whether either or both of these tools might get even cheaper for Black Friday (if they are not selling well), or are the current prices likely fixed until Christmas?
Stuart
Historically, it’s been $99, but skipped some years. I don’t recall ever seeing it for less.