Holiday 2024 Tool Deal Guide Archive and Discussion

53 Comments

1. Jim

   Dec 3, 2024

   I can’t think of any way that your excellent coverage on these sales can be improved.

   I’m on a major garage site and I’ve shared toolguyd several times this season and last when someone is asking about Black Friday tool deals.

   Thank you for all your efforts compiling all this info.

   As far as coverage next year. Anytime you list tools as “the latest”, “an older model” etc. I find the info helpful.

   Also, when you spoke about the differences in Milwaukee batteries in response to a comment a week or so ago I found that helpful as well.
   Your example of an M12 5A battery being a better choice for power than an M12 6A was good info, at least to me.

   If this kind of info was a post and not in the comments I would find it easier to locate later.

   I also like your shop organization posts as well.

   Keep calling things like you see them. Not everybody gets a trophy

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   • Evan

     Dec 3, 2024

     I agree with Jim above – especially regarding distinctions like “the latest” or “older model” or in the case of the Metabo $99 brad nailer post something that says it is a budget model from a pro brand. That type of brief description helps me parse through things like the M12 stubbies and tools with multiple generations. I also agree with Jim’s comment about the batteries since battery tech and comparisons can be so hard to do on the fly.

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     • Stuart

       Dec 3, 2024

       I’ll keep in mind to do a battery selection post (thanks, Jim!), and tend to throw in details of new or old models organically.

       It can be confusing, and I’d be disappointed if I see a deal on something and in my haste it turned out to be the outgoing model. Notes like that tend to be easy and natural.

       It’s things like specs lists and details about the “why you might want this” that can get clunky in a deal post.

       I can’t go too deeply into the what, how, and why, because deal posts tend to have finite usefulness and the redundancy can pile up. For example: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/?s=dw735x

       I figure I’ll try some new things and ask again for feedback soon. Bringing it up now helps in case you guys have immediate feedback, and I hope it’ll have you thinking when you see new post experiments.

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2. Rog

   Dec 3, 2024

   Your holiday season posts are always awesome and well done. I just wish each year feel a bit like Groundhog Day with the same deals, but that’s not your fault.

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     There’s always enough new stuff to keep things interesting, but it definitely felt like there were fewer surprises this year.

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3. Josephus

   Dec 3, 2024

   My only complaints (fairly minor) are the fact that my wallet disagrees with the deals I picked up by reading the site, and that I didn’t have enough room for the bigger ticket items that *did* seem like great deals. Saved some money there I guess, plus motivation to make room for things this next year.

   The only other problem would be with Lowes and their stock issues. Not related to Toolguyd at all except this is where I wander for information and discussion. Even if I don’t buy in I still learn from the discussions. It was really difficult to resist buying into a third battery platform this year for example.

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     Is everyone okay with deals that don’t have discussions? Consider say the Dewalt planer that’s on sale again. Does that need another separate deal post, or can it be a line in a larger deal roundup post?

     Or maybe it’d be best to have a full-length discussion and then I can republish the post when there’s a relevant deal. When doing that, the comments section can be a problem. The bigger problem is that things got messy. If deal info is added, which is easy, it then has to be removed, and that’s not easy, especially when deals can span weeks.

     Complaints are welcome, and so are suggestions like “I kind of like how (other site) does things.”

     One thing I know I don’t like – and won’t implement – is the deal, deal, ad, deal, ad, deal, deal, ad format a lot of sites have started doing.

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     • Josephus

       Dec 3, 2024

       Regarding deal posts, roundup style are preferred (IMO) as it’s all in one post and there’s less need to hop around. Least on mobile that can still be a PITA from time to time, like autocorrect messing up words. Maybe enable discussion on roundups and leave the line item deals locked for your sanity?

       As for keeping the deals organized or up to date, why not include a disclaimer rather than maintain or edit them going back? Not that I know anything about running the site but none of us get our time back once it’s spent.

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       • Stuart

         Dec 4, 2024

         Those couple of roundups can be challenging to have comments on without impairing usability or functionality. Doing an on-page search in mobile can be frustrating, and even more so when the comments section is filled with similar tool-related keywords. I sought a way to put the comments in a separate page, but it then made the comments section too clunky.

         Pruning comments can get complicated. Consider a comment where someone says “there’s a better deal at (other store)” but they don’t realize it’s a different tool or kit configuration. And it was a deal of the day that ended 3 weeks prior to Black Friday. And there are 12 threaded replies, some that are also unrelated and time-sensitive.

         Then on Black Friday, with the page being hit hard, and on-page search harder to use, the comments and emails start coming in “the deal’s not working!” I have to reply to the comments, I feel obligated to dig deeper about the emails, and it’s just… a lot. Closing the comments on those 4-6 posts has made things easier.

         For other posts, older comments can be difficult. I can prune outdated notes such as “it’s out of stock” when that has since changed, but I don’t like messing with comments if I don’t have to. Sometimes a new post is easier, but that confuses the on-site search.

         I clean up older comments on occasion, but it’s a chore and I tend to create more clutter than I can ever fix. This is always the worst example: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/?s=dw735x that I hope to tidy up someday.

         I try to test things on my phone a lot, as that’s 80+% of visitors are reading the site on their phone.

         Regarding roundups, 2019 and 2020 got out of hand with post counts, with 2021 bringing vast improvements. I pivoted to roundups in mid-2021, although it doesn’t feel like I’ve been doing things that way for 4 seasons now.

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         • Rob H

           Dec 4, 2024

           I had wondered why some of the deal posts had comments turned on and some didn’t. Thank you for the explanation. It didn’t hinder my experience at all, I just figured there was a reason you were doing it specifically on some posts and was curious why.

           I like the consolidated posts and the specific posts of “HEY THIS IS A GREAT DEAL” type call-outs on limited availability items like the M12 Stubby.

           Thank you for another year’s good work on shopping madness.

4. Rx9

   Dec 3, 2024

   This site has been an invaluable resource for me every holiday shopping season. I’ve gotten in on a lot of fantastic deals over the years and built up a wealth of not just tools, but the knowledge, experience, and confidence that comes with using them.

   Thanks, Stuart.

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5. Farkleberry

   Dec 3, 2024

   It’s obvious you’ve put a great deal of effort and thought into the constant improvement of Toolguyd.

   The holiday shopping guides are quite well organized and easy to quickly navigate.

   The holiday shopping season is such an ocean of goods and merchants, with constantly changing pricing and promotions. The tool industry is huge, with dozens of manufacturers offering multiple lines, and constantly introducing new models. It’s hard enough keeping up with one’s own favorite brands, let alone all the excellent competition.

   While it’s fun saving money on great deals, time is often a limiting factor in finding the best deals, and this site is a fantastic clearing house for what most readers will be looking for.

   I like your ideas about “wayfinding”, etc., where colored fonts (maybe logos?), etc. can quickly guide readers to their particular interests. Highlighting certain deals with images communicates the most info fastest. I’ve never really had issues with how fast the site loads. Scrolling past quick links at the top is fine, I do think I’d prefer a single link to a deals table of contents.

   I like how the deals are categorized in different ways – miter saw roundup, specific retailer deals, brand subsections, etc. I don’t really follow all the technical aspects of dynamic linking, etc., but it sounds like there’s little downside to redundancy across pages. I may be misunderstanding, but would prefer not to have redundant deals on the same page.

   I like being able to refer back to deals all year, and appreciate when the price is written out instead of just a link that will change. Camelcamelcamel doesn’t really show promotions at checkout, etc., does it? It’s nice to be able to see the actual deal value, but with stacking, tiers and free tools, I understand it can be a lot of writing to communicate. Maybe there’s some way to shorthand this?

   I know it’s impossible to mention every deal, and poinsettias are tool adjacent at best. Linking or posting the flyers is great.

   More specialized tools like electrical and other trades, auto, etc. would probably take a lot of time in research, in addition to just the mechanics of posting/linking/updating and describing.

   Deal guides for more minor brands and even stores would be welcome, but that cuts into your time for the main attractions. Perhaps putting your readers to work could be beneficial?

   I would like to see some YMMV reader submission pages. I understand the guides should be without submissions, but I did find many of the comments in other posts helpful. I also wasn’t sure where to comment on deals I found, especially since related posts were often old and wouldn’t be read by many.

   I think categorization of any reader deals posts is important. Perhaps there’s a way to link to a reader submission table of contents that breaks out some different categories, especially more niche items not usually in the roundups.

   I understand you don’t want malicious links on your site, and vetting would take too much of your time. My suggestion is to have a quick primer for comments with rules and a short hand describing the deal and source and maybe date. This will not be as organized or well curated, though quick replies could alert to expirations. I didn’t have trouble finding the deals described by readers in the comments. Readers in a hurry or search engine challenged can just stick to the official Toolguyd roundups.

   Outside of the holiday season, the roundups maybe only make sense for Father’s Day and maybe prime day.

   When deals are not so fleeting and overwhelming, I really like how you often highlight a deal and add context on use cases, evolution of and current state of competitive options, and if you have any personal experience or viewpoints.

   Thanks for all your hard work, attention to detail and creativity : )

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     Regarding dynamic, I mean like in here: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/black-friday-tool-deals-2024/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

     The Table of Contents for that post is hard-coded, but the “Holiday Deal Guides” is the same as the one you’ll see here: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/lowes-black-friday-tool-deals-2024/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

     Last year I had to edit each one any time a meaningful change was made to the list of deal guides, and so I didn’t make frequent additions or changes. This year I made subtle changes and I didn’t have to keep track of every Black Friday-related post I included it in.

     That’s also why I created this post, because next year I’ll go go back and edit the same code. It’ll be updated on the other pages too, unless I go back and edit each one again to make the guides permanent, but that’ll likely become a low January priority that gets pushed back until it’s forgotten about.

     Deal guides for minor brands and stores? There’s finite time, and so I focus on readers’ demonstrated interests. I spend some time after the holidays looking at pageview numbers, reminder link clicks, and similar. I’m open to requests in October, and try my best to include mention of deals I know readers are looking for.

     Reader submissions can be difficult. One reader sent a link to a smaller retailer’s deal. I couldn’t vet them, and also tend to avoid deal writeups to smaller stores. Reddit was flooded with complaints about cancelled orders and other problems.

     A quick primer with rules doesn’t work. I think it was 2 years ago that I tried a dedicated deal catch-all and open discussion post, and the deal tips and suggestions were still scatted in the comments sections of other posts. That’s usually okay.

     Things get messy if there’s say a deal post about Home Depot, someone comments about a Lowe’s deal, and then 3 weeks later I get a frantic email from someone about the Lowe’s deal mentioned in the Home Depot post not working. But of course it reads like “the Lowe’s deal isn’t working, the other deal I want is expiring in 2 hours, help!” and it takes a few exchanges to realize they’re talking about a weeks-ago reader deal tip about a now-expired deal.

     It’s easier to let readers comment the way they like – within the no-politics rules – and lock comments when a post is going to be updated multiple times. With the longer deal posts, comments are also closed to reduce the number of html elements, which can slow down the server and have a negative effect on Google searchability. When a post has dozens of links and then dozens of comments each with multiple elements (e.g. name, timestamp, comment entry), it can impact both page loading during high-access times (such as when readers are cross-checking multiple deals on Thanksgiving of Black Friday), and harm page quality checks that Google and other search engines use. It’s funny, they like user-generated content, but expect it to have zero impact on a page.

     Anyway, I don’t like putting too many constraints on comments. Free reign within reason and maybe slight nudging is the way to go.

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   • Farkleberry

     Dec 4, 2024

     Thanks for the explanations, I have a few more questions and comments, roughly working my way backwards.

     Please make what you will of them, I have no real understanding of website design, SEO, blog revenue streams, etc.

     I like max freedom in comments – obviously politics will get emotional pdq, with little gained.

     Having comments an open free for all in the non roundup posts works fine, it just seems very hit or miss. If anyone is commenting on anything, then comments relevant to the post are scattered. Readers have to read (and reread) all the non relevant posts to find all reader described deals.

     I just think it would easier, as a reader, to be able to go to a single simplistic reader comment table of contents, like your Toolguyd roundups. Having them cross categorized with clickable tabs could be nice (general/carpentry, auto, woodworking, brands, stores, etc.). Maybe if they’re just searchable, or just a giant free for all, with newest first?

     I seem to remember that links in comments will flag for approval, is that right? If so, it makes sense, as you don’t want viruses, spam, etc. coming from your site.

     It takes real time to verify links are not malicious to software, let alone verify the store is trustworthy and item still in stock, etc. All with an opportunity cost during frenetic holiday season.

     If you care about verifying every link on your site (seems smart to me), my only rule in the reader comment deal roundup page(s) would be to have no direct links, just descriptions. The rest would just be optional guidelines, for example:

     “Welcome to the reader submission deal guides. These deals are not moderated or vetted, use at your own risk. Accuracy of pricing, in stock status, and reputation of merchants is unknown to Toolguyd.com, this is just an open forum (no politics).

     Since this area is not vetted, no direct links are allowed, and will be automatically removed (show examples). If you want to link directly, please do so in any other post open for comments.

     It is recommended you include a brief description of the item and price with promotions/discounts/instructions, as well as the date. Follow up comments regarding in stock status are encouraged.”

     If this page has no links maybe that won’t perturb google, but if lots of comments are problematic, maybe its ok that its just on one or a few pages?

     You could keep an eye on these pages and create direct affiliate links on the toolguyd roundups for items you overlooked or have time/interest in vetting. Perhaps a way to vote on the reader comment deals could give you info to gauge interest and could be valuable to affiliates.

     Back to the beginning of your reply, are you saying your Toolguyd roundups are templates so that it’s easier for you to update? Will you recreate a new one for each year or will there just be the same eternal posts annually updated?

     Thanks.

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6. Scott F

   Dec 3, 2024

   I think the deal coverage is extremely organized, and done very well. The deal guides are perfect for newcomers and recurring users, and it makes sense putting them together the way you do by brand, store, sale type, etc.

   The daily deal update posts were key for me this year – this deal live at here/there/everywhere. Though everything I bought came from HD, those posts helped me tame my brain that I didn’t miss a sale somewhere. I got 3 of the 4 Milwaukee items on my list this year at excellent prices and with good battery pairings (FORGE!) – I personally was very happy with this years sales.

   I find the level of detail you provide in the typical HD SBOTD posts nearly perfect – here are the great deals/why I think so, followed by a handful of one-liners that may be good deals or aligned with high interest items, and then see the rest for yourself. Also the related deals that may not be so easy to see, i.e. the DeWalt one hand clamp assortments. I bought the more expensive set with the 12″ reversible jaw, and would not have known it was out there (AND was going to buy the fixed jaw set!) had you not put your insight in there.

   Post velocity felt really good this year, I typically check in multiple times a day, and there was a steady flow throughout the week. The “unnecessary” posts are not that much of a nuisance imo, they spark good conversation in the comments, and the home page holds enough content not to lose the pertinent posts. You have enough other organization and ways to access the mission critical content, not to mention going to page 2 is pretty easy if needed.

   Kudos to you for a job very well done!!!

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     Thanks! Do you mean the flash sale roundups?

     Those tend to be very under-utilized, and so I treat them as personal reminders about where to check for or compare deals throughout the day. (I shop for tools too!)

     Over the past few years I tried to make it unnecessary to have to go to Page 2, 3, etc. This year Cyber Monday was a bit frantic, but my goal is to keep everything on the front page. I also don’t like to have to extend the front page post count, which I almost had to do this year.

     I think the Dewalt clamp post https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/home-depot-dewalt-clamps-deal-2024/%3C/a%3E is a good example of what will remain a long format deal post in the future, because there was quite a bit to say. It was kind of like a deal-review hybrid post.

     My Home Depot deals of the day posts used to have screen captures of everything.

     https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/milwaukee-cordless-power-tool-deals-home-depot-black-friday-2019/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

     But then they started getting much longer.

     https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/home-depot-cyber-monday-tool-deals-2021/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

     It got too time-consuming, and so I tried the “brief description with some links” format increased my willingness to not skip so many.

     The deals tend to change a lot, and so including each deal with a description, link, and price stopped making sense because comparisons became useless.

     Readers tend to discuss their favorites in the comments, and then I know what to look for in addition to whatever stands out to me.

     The problem with short posts is that they can have fleeting benefit.

     When there are say 10 posts on Cyber Monday, there’s not going to be much dwell time. This post would have gotten multiple comments on a regular day, but had zero comments so far: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/milwaukee-m12-fuel-oscillating-multi-tool-bundle-deal-cyber-2024/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

     The deal is done, at least the bundle offer. The SKU might disappear after the holiday season.

     If someone is searching on-page for say M12 Fuel OMT info, the results might show that one, and it probably won’t benefit them. I try to be sensitive about posts outliving their usefulness.

     Optimizing my approach to Black Friday – or anything really – can be difficult. I try to run things from a “reader standpoint,” but it’s still hard to find areas of improvement if no one complains.

     It’s so hard to improve something, even if it’s convenient as it is, or even workable, hence the request for feedback. And as with the deal of the day post, knowing what works – or doesn’t very much helps, thank you!

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     • Scott F

       Dec 4, 2024

       Yes the flash sale roundups where you stuffed all of the day’s new sales into a single spot
       https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/thanksgiving-day-tool-deals-2024/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/new-black-friday-tool-sales/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/cyber-monday-tool-sales-2024/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

       And I always love seeing a new retailer-specific Flash Sale post on the home page. It provides some sort of instant gratification feeling – even if already mentioned elsewhere.

       I didn’t think about the structure of the SBOTD posts over the years, but agree with the move away from the long posts with pictures of all deals. The (historic) pictures do not add much info, but your curation of which deals deserve pictures and/or more than a simple link is beneficial when there is nuance to the model on sale versus other similar models, when the sale is extra good, or when there is just general alignment with reader interests that you feel an explanation is worthwhile or bigger pictures necessary.

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       • Stuart

         Dec 4, 2024

         Thanks! I was hoping those were useful. A lot of times flash sales and deals of the day aren’t really interesting enough to post about, but that changes when there are bunch of them together. But that’s for deals in say March or August. Thanksgiving, BF, and CM will always get such treatment for
         reference and because it helps me avoid having to edit 8 different posts so I can quickly move onto separate posts about the better deals and highlights.

         It’s hard for me to gauge whether deal roundups are useful throughout the year, and I’m glad for your feedback!

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7. Chris D

   Dec 3, 2024

   I can’t add anything constructive. I think it was all great and I appreciate the organization! I checked back a few times a day to keep up. Thanks!

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     This was a tough year, but one of my goals is to spread out the posts. I try to get things up for the 11am newsletter, but I was also a “check my favorite tool site over the course of the day” person.

     One of the things I’ll ask over the next few weeks is what regulars might want to see on the front page.

     I removed an ad that wasn’t doing enough to earn its square footage, and am also planning to replace some features in the next site-wide redesign.

     The front page is challenging, since I always liked having a timeline of new posts and some helpful links and buying guides for first-timers. But most first-timers these days enter via mobile browsing when looking for something specific, and all that stuff is below post content and largely missed.

     There’s not much flexibility for redesigning the mobile frontpage, as I imagine the only interest is in checking for new/recent posts, but there is for desktop.

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8. Aaron SD

   Dec 3, 2024

   I thought this year’s coverage was great and very organized. Earlier years felt more frenetic and chaotic. I kept coming back multiple times each day.

   Informing in bold that the links are in this port or another was helpful. Keeping the top area clutter free was good.

   A post about starter kits (for a dorm or new house) based on the deals would be cool, something about the basics and where a low cost upgrade might be worthwhile.

   Of course, reader comments really helpful too. Maybe something can be done with comments in the new layout to highlight when there is new or key information. I’d really like a way to mark where I’ve left off so easier to pick up when I come back. I’m on another forum that does it, but I sign in to the site so that might make it easy to do…which I don’t think would be good here.

   Love the site!

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     The built-in comment system is pretty basic, and quite frankly outdated.

     A lot of websites are shutting down comments, and so I don’t see WordPress developments putting much time into improving or enhancing comment functionality.

     There are plugins that do various things, but I’m not a fan of the vulnerabilities they create, the added load, or how features can break over time.

     I looked into pages to split things up, or lazy-loading comments, but neither worked well.

     There are a lot of limitations.

     I looked into ways to display recent comments differently, but I have yet to find a way that facilitates reading.

     Roundups that feature different deals are possible early in the season, and I planned on a few, but ran out of time. Even though there weren’t many new entries this year, I couldn’t work in a “best BF drills” guide or similar. I might tackle that this week.

     Actually, I really like that idea. When shopping for say desktop PC components or gaming systems, there are often “good, better, best” selections. While some might just buy everything, I found them useful to go through and find guidance based on my priorities.

     The challenge with tools is that there are so many options that it can get complicated. What would be the best drill for an apartment user shopping for mid-level gear, the $99 M12 deal, $99 M18 deal, $99 20V Max deal, $99 12V-class 2-tool combo kit, $99 18V 2-tool combo kit, the other 3 brands’ $99 deals? Cordless drill roundups haven’t performed very well in the past, hence the lower priority and why it was one of the things I couldn’t get to in time.

     I’ll give this some thought to see how I can squeeze things in for the future. Adding a couple of links together is easy, especially once the deal guides are fully built up, but discussing the rationale and comparison-shopping or price-vetting is a lot more time-consuming.

     I tend to get tired of deal content in early December, but can try a couple more. If there’s interest for the first one, I’ll have a template to follow next year earlier on.

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     • Scott F

       Dec 4, 2024

       Something like a drill roundup/best deals feels, to me, like a new reader style post. I tend to think that is largely true for other general use tools e.g. impact drivers, sawzalls, omts, to a small extent circular saws, …

       I don’t say this to dismiss the idea, but if what I think is true (do you have any analytics in the view counters of who viewed and their TG tenure?), then I would think of those posts in a way that educate newcomers and ‘hook’ them into the rest of the site and make more regulars. I can’t remember what I read first that hooked me in 6 years ago, but I couldn’t stop digging through the archives and searching/reading all of the content I could.

       I end up reading all of those sorts of posts for the Easter eggs and minor updates or new bundles to look out for, but I’d bet many of the normal visitors (myself definitely included) aren’t buying these more “basic” tools, save for gift giving.

       I guess what I’m saying is every post won’t cater to every “market” (reader). The best XYZ-tool-BF deals feel like a good way to provide new readers a tangible benefit to visiting the site and wanting to return. And of course there will be other new readers who see your post for what it is and get hooked regardless of their need for the tool – like me 6 years ago!

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9. Joe A

   Dec 3, 2024

   I have definitely enjoyed your BFriday to CMonday coverage of deals. The posts seemed good. I like the short descriptions is the multi-item posts probably the best. I made a couple of purchases too.

   I always appreciate the time you spend sorting out the good deals and TG is required reading for all the big sales. Not that I don’t visit at least few times a week anyway, just to see what’s going on. I always keep a browser tab open to TG for easy access.

   Probably my only complaint is about Amazon and how they display their deals pages (not individual items) without pricing; just some speculative discount amount off of an arbitrary price, expecting me to be wowed over. I find that useless and annoying to the point where I’m not going to waste my time clicking on any items, unless I already know what to expect. Links to those pages are pretty useless to me.

   I would definitely like to see more reviews and recommendations. Especially in the EDC category. Less so in the “All The Things Milwaukee” category.

   Keep up the great work. Been a follower for a long long time. Cheers!

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   • Stuart

     Dec 3, 2024

     With Amazon, I purposefully leave prices out for any item that doesn’t have a hard-set price.

     If say a drill kit is $99, I am fairly certain the price is not going to change. If it’s $87.42, I’ll likely have to update the post again shortly.

     You know how if you have multiple items in your “saved for later” Amazon shopping cart, and it gives you alerts about how something changed from $67.52 to $67.55, $37.97 to $37.88, or $144.15 to $144.28, which are just 3 of the price changes out of 14 in my cart just now? There’s no easy way to do that in a Black Friday or Cyber Monday post.

     Just checking all the links in my Black Friday post to clean up for the Cyber Monday post took an inordinate amount of time. Updating the prices is very time-consuming. There are ways to do it automatically, but that takes a lot of code and data requests that come with a lot of restrictions and guidelines.

     I try to only include deals I feel are legit for the tools I’m interested in buying, and sometimes what readers seem interested in.

     I also figure that most regulars know what they’re interested in, and are familiar with the pricing. The special “you should really consider this because…” deals are fit into roundups and more detailed discussions when I can.

     The way Amazon does things… their deal pages have become an uncurated mess. I can’t even find them a lot of times now. I know there are Gearwrench deals, but couldn’t find a deals page this year.

     If you go to the tools and home improvement department, and click on “deals” the page is blank! https://www.amazon.com/Deals-Tools-Hardware/b/?ie=UTF8&node=760330&tag=toolguyd-20 It’s been like that for days. I don’t think there’s a tool department manager or anything like that anymore. The other sections are auto-generated. Isn’t everyone glad to know that epikonyon knock-off Dewalt batteries are a “hot new release?”

     For EDC, I have fought with Google way too much about how knives aren’t weapons. They don’t differentiate between a non-locking 2.5″ folder and restricted styles that are classified as weapons. Because of that I greatly cut down on EDC content.

     I’ve got some EDC content on the way. There weren’t that many good gear deals, and so I figured it’s okay to keep recommendations for gift guide posts and similar.

     I received a staggering number of requests for Milwaukee deals. I try to mix things up, and always take notes about what readers want to see more of the following year.

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10. fred

    Dec 3, 2024

    Once again – a great job. I liked the idea that you mixed in focused informational posts – with no reader discussion – with some posts where reader comments were welcomed. Buying for gift-giving I always like the idea that I’ve stretched my dollars and gotten bargains on behalf of my recipients – and as a way to give more with the same outlay of cash.

    This year – it is a mix of tools and batteries that I’ll be giving. I’ve just done tallying up what I bought – and the mix sort of surprised me. In some past years some brands like Mafell. Milwaukee and Festool ate into (in that $ order) my spending dollars pretty heavily. This year – sales at Acme on Metabo-HPT items took 35% of my money, with Makita XGT at 31% – and Milwaukee at only 17%

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    • Stuart

      Dec 3, 2024

      Thanks! That’s how things started – I diligently shopped Black Friday and holiday deals to stretch my budget to expand my tool collection, and then one year I started sharing about the deals I had been finding and comparing.

      I still shop for tools. This year, my cousin was getting a lot of use out of the Milwaukee M12 drill I got her, and she has been doing a lot of fastening and assembly tasks so I thought a cordless screwdriver would be great too. I waited for the doorbuster deal and ordered it right away. If it wasn’t in the works, I might have gotten the combo with a ratchet, but I didn’t think she needed that.

      Locking the comments on some of the posts was intended to reduce headaches and frustrations. I tried it a few years ago and it really cut down on the number of complaints and issues. I’m disappointed that I couldn’t figure out a good way to have a central discussion section, but it also didn’t seem like it was lacking too much.

      I think it was only a couple of posts that I expected to update frequently that were locked to comments – the Dewalt, Milwaukee, Lowe’s, Home Depot, and flash sale deal list posts. The flash sales were mostly discussed elsewhere, e.g. the Woodworking deal post, and I left the doorbuster posts open as well.

      I thought about separate open discussion posts, such as “all Home Depot comments go here,” but those types of posts can really confuse search engines, both internal and external.

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11. Algon

    Dec 3, 2024

    Your “expanded format” links either pictures are incredibly attractive. This post in particular drove me to click on several links. I even scrolled through all the deals on Home Depot, then came back and finished your article and had to revisit some deals because your post format with larger images made me reconsider the deals! Aka you advertise better than HD. Keep up the good work it’s greatly appreciated!

    https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/home-depot-best-tool-deals-cyber-monday-2024/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      Thanks! I’m cracking up right now, because that’s exactly how it’s intended.

      I put the links up top because I figure most people want to browse through themselves, and then I include specific callouts because I think they’ll be interesting discussion prompts for anyone not looking to buy anything.

      It does take a lot more work than just including links, but I think I’ll reserve condensed link posts or mentions for when they otherwise wouldn’t make the cut.

      The selection can be challenging. A reader asked for green laser deals, so I made sure to include the green laser deals. I couldn’t remember if the request was through email, comment, or any number of social media platform DMs, but I hoped that helped them – or anyone else. If one person was having trouble finding promos on green laser levels, I figured others were looking too.

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12. Plain+grainy

    Dec 4, 2024

    Items on sale for 30+% off, Noticed my items only went up 20% on Tuesday. It pays to know the long term price history of an item.

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      But you didn’t see that *here*, right?

      Marked up 20% and the discounted by 30% is still a deal. Up 30% and down 20% would have me avoiding a store or company for the foreseeable future.

      I’ve been told that sometimes products aren’t marked up, but are returned to list pricing or MAP, otherwise brands won’t reimburse/pay them for the discounts.

      You’ll see price inflation on “free with purchase” offers to help protect against “deal hacking” losses.

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13. Brian O

    Dec 4, 2024

    Thanks for your work on this! For me, the most useful way to organize posts is by tool (“great drill deals”) or by systems that link together (like shared battery: Ryobi 18V One+). I’m less interested in all deals by retailer, but that’s also because I’m primarily shopping online. It’s similar to how sites like wirecutter or ars technica organize their deal posts (more focused on tech: best laptop deals, best home automation). That said, the common set of bundles (fan + jigsaw + drill + …) makes this harder in tools. You do all kinds of posts (aggregation by retailer, manufacturer system, or tool type): you might be able to streamline by reducing the aggregation by retailer and focusing on the other two types. But that’s a minor suggestion just to try to make things easier for you; overall, your site is excellent.

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      I had categories here – https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/black-friday-tool-deals-2024/%3C/a%3E and the brand-specific pages were also broken down by category (cordless battery form factor, etc).

      The tool-type deals was linked to as “best deals by category” and then “best deals by tool type.” It’s always one of the least-popular of the deal guides, and so I update it a couple of times.

      With tools, it’s hard to get more granular than say “best hand tool deals” as I feel that makes things clunkier to navigate.

      Can you please tell me more about which specific categories you wish I focused more on, or focus on next year?

      I have also broken down flash sales by category (mainly Amazon) but it gets really hard to do with limited time and quantity deals. There’s more working time for the season-long deals.

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14. Farmerguy

    Dec 4, 2024

    Great balance and you know your readers best. I commend your efforts given tool buys are individual needs, wants, use cases, and brand preferences. I fit the “mostly set with tool spectrum needs, but have budget to buy an upgrade or ‘because I can”. I am not a beginner and not a multi-employer pro and I am happy with the balance you strike for all readers. Only suggestion is be sure to keep your work flow producing content easy and simple enough so you don’t get bogged down so you don’t get lost in the minutiae. Toolguyd readers benefit most from nimble, knowledgeable, balanced Stuart, not the tech burdened Stuart.

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      I like to think that way before or just after Black Friday is the best time for technical analysis of formats, presentation, reference links, and so forth.

      There is a slight tech burden, but it’s worth it. Sometimes it helps with presentation, and other times it helps with productivity.

      For example, updating the dynamic deal guide list in one place is far better use of my time than having to update it in 6 separate places. Multiple that by 5 or 10 updates, and it translates to time saved. Time saved means I am more willing to make updates, and that translates to improved usability for readers.

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15. William

    Dec 4, 2024

    I really enjoy this site and I appreciate the heads up on deals. So please take the following as feedback, not a denigration.

    At times, it came across as too “salesy”. “Hurry, there’s a Double Discount on this Bosch Space-Saving 12″ Miter Saw!” is a good example. Quite a few of the deal posts had exclamation marks and extra adjectives which made it seem more influencer and less reporter.

    I like the posts with pictures. I know that’s more work, but it makes it a lot easier to see what each deal/item is. Reading a hyperlink list of tools and associated deals/pricing is harder to digest.

    I like the special posts for exceptionally good deals. However, telling me they are almost up reinforces the salesy aspect. Not that I don’t want to know the deal ends, I’d rather a reporter tell me about the deal when it starts, not when it’s about to end.

    ToolGuyd is known to be a very reputable, honest news site. I think it would be helpful to provide context on what deals are “typical” and what are good deals exclusive to BF/CM. Because of the reputation, I get confused with seeing all the deals out there and not knowing if they are actually good/rare/substantial. Because there’s several other deal sites out there, and many readers probably also get the ads direct from the retailer on deals, I think focusing on quality of deals and not on quantity would be helpful. What I mean is I can easily find the Black Friday ads from major retailers. But I don’t know if those deals are special for Black Friday or if the “normal price” shown in the ad is artificially inflated.

    I used several of the deals you posted about and do appreciate all the time and effort that goes into this site. Keep up the good work!

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      I try to cover a lot of the good deals that aren’t time or quantity-limited throughout the season, e.g. https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/crescent-usa-metal-snips-black-friday-deal/%3C/a%3E , and then when Black Friday hits everything changes. A lot of those deals are only available for a limited time, in limited quantities, or both, and my goal is to ensure readers don’t miss out.

      When you sense “BUY IT ON THE SPOT!!” in my tone, that’s because I feel it’s the type of deal that’s going to lead to “I missed it, do you think it’ll go back on sale?” types of questions, to which the most frequent answer is “sorry, maybe next year.”

      My goal is to not get any of those questions in a particular year.

      For the Bosch double discount deal, I never know when they’re going to end, just that last year’s deals didn’t last very long at all.

      It’s really difficult to do tonal checks when deals are selling out and I have 10 more alerts/reminders/analysis posts I want to get to.

      With something like the Bosch Axial Glide miter saw, if it’s Black Friday, that’s something you’re either looking to buy or it’s on your top-3 shortlist depending on the deal.

      And, not to make excuses, but I am also typically very sleep-deprived when covering Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. I can only cover those deals live, as prior information is often unavailable, limited, incomplete, or inaccurate. Stopping to think about whether I sound too excited breaks my natural sentiments and momentum, and so I avoid it.

      When you see exclamation points, excitement, and an overall sense of urgency, that’s real. I always plan to go back and tidy things up once I’m done, but what happens is I simply move forward, take a break, and then resume the momentum until Cyber Monday ends and I turn off the steam.

      I’m working on a reflection and firm plan for 2025 that might help, but realistically I’m still going to come across surprise deals that I’ll frantically post about with seemingly excessive excitement.

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16. Alexk

    Dec 4, 2024

    This years format worked very well for me. Maybe too well? I would see a “great deal” and stop reading to go to the link before the tool is sold out and then go back to the post. There were a number of tools I wanted, but held off because of budget considerations. Mainly, my tool addiction fund went to expected and unexpected vehicle stuff. New Wrangler tires all around for my Ranger, then having to pay a shop to do my brakes because of a rounded rusted caliper bolt that was about to snap. My Matrix needed wheel bearings and a starter, so there went two grand +, Well spent, but that meant no Dewalt planer and kit, no m12 stapler, no M18 caulk gun, no Milwaukee impact socket set and cancelling the Metabo router 36v kit. Bought the Bora XT sawhorses which I will try out at work today. Seems a little flimsy, but will see. Just looked at the mark on my arm where it pinched me while closing. Never had that happen before.
    Maybe I didn’t get tools I wanted this year, but I have my new Mac mini m4 to play with. Maybe I’ll read toolguyd on a large screen for the first time instead of my phone.
    Thanks again Stuart, for doing what you do. Great job that keeps getting better.
    Please make time to enjoy your family and yourself.

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      I’ve tried to make optimizations for mobile browsing, such as “return to top” buttons, and that’s why I originally started cutting down on images in the very long deal list posts.

      Regarding reading ToolGuyd on a large screen, but I checked the device stats last night and some readers are browsing on their TVs!! I’ll have to start testing for that.

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17. Scott F

    Dec 4, 2024

    Stuart, a thought – there are TONS of deals that we come to know/expect will hit for BF/CM and even just in general. What about some sort of memorialized listing of the “here are items a lot of people buy, which go on sale often throughout the year and always on BF” – and a way to chronicle their sale history for the random times throughout the year.

    I’m not sure this is a realistic to do in a word-format, but could see it tucking into a spreadsheet somewhat well. Gets tricky with the number of varied deals on single items and free tool or free battery options, because storing the qualitative information about the freebies and related bundle deals might be difficult/bordering impossible. And of course models change throughout the years and upgrades happen all of the time, which would mean not every comparison is apples-apples, but there could be some sort of mapping table to define each model no into a Good/Better/Best ranking to make that the meaningful trigger point for comparison.

    The manpower to create such a document, know what to put in it, and ultimately maintain, update, and educate people how to use it sounds highly burdensome as I type this out. And that’s probably where folks are using addins/other websites that I’m not familiar with (CCC?) to get the majority of this information. I just love spreadsheets and would be interested to see how the pricing typically falls holiday-to-holiday, and year-to-year.

    The M12 cordless screwdriver for example – I think it has gone on sale for $59 with (2) 1.5Ah batteries every year for the last three, at least. Being able to see/know that could help the person who contemplated the $99 deal with ratchet instead earlier in the season, granted no guarantees that things will recur but patterns often hold..

    Not sure how such a tool could qualify the difference for something like Ryobi’s much worse free tool selection in 2024 compared to 2023, and other differences that require seeing the details to understand, but thinking out loud. My day job is in data, so maybe I just like trendlines more than the normal person.

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      The deals change enough that I can’t really start putting anything together until the deals go live in late October or early November. Those have always been holiday deals, but since the pandemic they’ve been heavily advertised as month-long Black Friday specials.

      I get a little tired with deals content after Cyber Monday, and extremely jaded by the time January rolls in. Last year it seems like some of the special buys never ended.

      The problem with post-season analysis is that a lot of deals are repeated while others change. The prices can fluctuate. Some accessory sets cost more this year, others cost less.

      I did a new analysis for Dewalt drill bit sets this year – https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/dewalt-drill-bit-deals-holiday-2024/%3C/a%3E . The difficulty in analyzing everything comes from time/effort – as you said – but also interest and usability.

      The M12 cordless screwdriver was a surprise doorbuster this year. https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/milwaukee-cordless-screwdriver-deal-2024/%3C/a%3E It’s not a guaranteed deal.

      Pricing is going to fluctuate, and there’s always risk of hesitation. If the price didn’t change from November to December last year, but the price is $5 higher this year, we should assume that’s going to be the price from November through December this year. Or will it drop by $5? There’s a lot of data, but not a lot of useful or reliable conclusions that can be made.

      Can one make decisions on the data? In my opinion, no. The Dewalt planer deal tends to be a deal of the day once or twice. This year it was a deal of the day multiple times, and that skewed its sense of urgency.

      Qualitative trends appear more so than quantitative. If you look at the Pro deals of the week, there are M18 Fuel 2+1 combo kits for $340, vs. $399 for the “hackable” $399 2-tool combo kit + 1 free tool offer. I don’t recall this being the case last year. Typically the bundle offers come later and are $349 for the 2-tool combo and a bonus battery or similar.

      There is a TON of data. But the results and conclusions are not very helpful.

      The M12 ratchet is $99 in-stores and online right now. But the M12 kit with a screwdriver, ratchet, battery, and charger is also $99! I can’t easily reduce that to a data point on a chart. That’ll be a “don’t buy that, but this” post post-Cyber Monday once I get through more pressing topics.

      The DCS356D1 XR OMT kit always tends to be a very limited-time special buy. But there are also 2 other completely different $99 kits with the Atomic and XR tools. There’s also a deal of the day where you get the Atomic OMT with 3Ah battery for $99. There’s too much context to boil it down to a trend line. I can’t justify putting work into post-season analysis when things slow down because we don’t know what next year’s deals will be, or if there will be a new model, or if the kit configurations will change. Last year Dewalt all but eliminated the 1.3Ah and 1.5Ah batteries from their $99 deals.

      This year there are 3 separate deals involving the Dewalt cordless sander – tool-only (not really a deal), kitted with a 1.3Ah or 1.5Ah battery, and kitted with a 2Ah battery. I don’t recall seeing the 2Ah battery option last year and definitely not the year before.

      How do we compare season-long deals with plentiful inventory across multiple online and retail dealers with time-sensitive limited-quantity flash sale deals? How do we compare Home Depot-specific tools and accessories to Lowe’s-specific ones?

      There are also some deals where specifics change. Milwaukee’s hole saw sets are described differently depending on whether they’re industry-wide sets or Home Depot special buys. I’m told that’s something HD asked for. Basically, a 12pc set that’s widely sold will have different components than say a 12pc set exclusive to Home Depot. That means we cannot quantitatively compare hole saw sets in any meaningful way.

      Flash sales throughout the year tend to vary wildly as well, with different bundle inclusions and pricing a lot of the time.

      What you’re asking is theoretically possible, but would present a data analysis nightmare. It’s like comparing the number of medium black olives in a can to the number of small green olives in a jar. There are commonalities, but too many other non-dismissible variables for simple quantitative analysis to be practical.

      I’ve done other kinds of ToolGuyd spreadsheets and charts before – they were not well-utilized enough to justify continued development or updates.

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18. Robert

    Dec 4, 2024

    Stuart, your coverage is heads and shoulders above any other I can find. So much so that the other tool review sites I visit seem to implicitly recognize the fact as they seemed to have given up this year. Their most recent coverage before Black Friday were on the 21st and 27th, respectively.
    You strike such a good balance between the competing requirements of providing deal info that any suggestions feel like nitpicking, or you’ve already found it’s infeasible. Like, having the price at the right of every link, or an actual highlight of link text when the deal has changed.
    I do like the comments being there at least in some roundups. Especially when they list a niche manufacturer with a better though more expensive product, or just sharing a good deal.
    Stuart, go get some sleep.

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    • Tyler

      Dec 4, 2024

      Stuart, the value of your site is YOU and your knowledge. We can easily go directly to the retailers and their sites to go through a (nearly endless) list of what is on sale. What I love about this site is it’s a curated selection of either steep discounts, or quality items. The quick 1 or 2 sentence descriptions you give are the biggest plus to me.

      Another site I follow for deals during sale seasons is wirecutter’s deals feed. Like ToolGuyd, it’s a curated selection that helps me sift through an overwhelming volume of stuff.

      https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/deals/

      Obviously there are a lot of resources behind this format but maybe you can take some inspiration from them.

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      • Stuart

        Dec 4, 2024

        NY Times has – at last count – over 60 employees, and according to the recent strike the NY Times Tech Guild has over 600.

        I’ve gotten some good ideas from mass media publications before, but some are very difficult to implement without teams of support.

        I use a lot of my own brand and retailer roundups to create this post with even more filtered deals – https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/black-friday-tool-deals-2024/%3C/a%3E . I could have expanded it, but the fact is the brand and retailer-specific posts received far more interest from regulars as well as new visitors.

        I went to HF, grabbed the sales flyer, sighed because I didn’t find the tool boxes, and took some pics of the pages when I got home. I called out some of the highlights and voila – https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/harbor-freight-black-friday-2024-tool-deals/%3C/a%3E . That post was read more than the filtered deals post.

        I’ll focus more on curation next year, but sometimes the pageviews convey that readers don’t find it as interesting. That’s also the point of asking for feedback. As I know you guys are strongly interested in more subjective commentary, I’ll find a new format to streamline that for next year. I might have to break it up throughout the season, with bigger categories having their own pages. Or, I’ll stick with my original plan and keep adding sections to a larger post. I only updated the best tools by categories/tool type post a couple of times.

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19. eddiesky

    Dec 4, 2024

    I am thankful for your posts and deals. I even ordered one.
    So..I ordered a deal from Acme Tools on a Dewalt Storage System 2.0 base and …they sent me two. I’ve sent in a request for RMA and tag …I refuse to take the awkward box to a UPS dropoff (no handles, heavy and large awkward box).
    Thing is, I am really disappointed in Dewalt’s storage system. My early boxes, both bought at same time, are designed different and wobble! Ok, they attach to the overpriced 2 and 3 drawer systems (the 2 drawer is defective and now in the process of “lifetime warranty” support with Dewalt). And those attach to the rolling base ($190 for 4 wheels… seriously). Its a clumsy, clunky, wobbly storage that I feel like a beta tester that paid out $900 for… no dividers, no keyed locking, harmful latches (if you have arthritis, avoid Dewalt storage), and now incompatible systems (version 1.0 needs a plate for version 2.0…). Plus some are 3D printing (and selling) little lugs that sit on top of some boxes to stop the wobble.

    I think this feedback needs to get out there. If Milwaukee would trade up from Dewalt for storage, I’d go packout. But I like Makita’s design on hinges. Also, I’ve seen some Milwaukee packouts on work vehicles and the clear tops are now faded/fogged yellow (think headlights). Need UV resistant lids there… rant out.

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20. avi

    Dec 4, 2024

    Stuart, the work you do is amazing, I use toolguyd as a curator. I read toolguyd like my daily newspaper. I don’t browse store websites unless I see your recommendation, like when you say check out home depots special buy of the day.
    The only thing I’ve noticed, and it’s minor, is the search function. I know relevancy is how searches work, but the way I usually try to use it is that I remember reading a post about say screwdriver bits recently where you said the set had no slotted bits. So I’ll search for screwdriver bits, and if I’m lucky I’ll get a result from 6 months ago, often times in the top 5 is from several years ago. Basically it’d be nice to have a date filter in the search, or sort by date.
    It’s nitpicky, but the site is so good there’s not a whole lot to improve.

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    • avi

      Dec 4, 2024

      also who on earth uses slotted one inch bit inserts, I can’t be the only one who can’t keep them in the screw when using a drill?

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    • Stuart

      Dec 4, 2024

      Oh, the search is absolutely terrible.

      There’s a paid add-on I’ve been meaning to try, but that company’s add-on software tends to add huge amount of bloat. That’s something that should be built into the core, but they keep developing improvements like that as paid services.

      This might be year I can finally put together a massive “tool guide” where everything is perfectly categorized so as to not need the automatic search function.

      There’s 16 YEARS of posts approaching 10,000. There are not a lot of options for improving the search without getting into enterprise solutions. It’s on my to-do list to look into again following the site redesign.

      Before anyone chimes in, the comment form “reply” button is also on my list.

      I do some back-end optimizations on a rolling basis to consolidate and rewrite, but it’s a perpetual digital housekeeping task that I often fall behind on.

      Search is extremely complex with no easy fix. Well, that’s not true – site:toolguyd.com via google can help if all else fails.

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21. Bill Clay

    Dec 4, 2024

    First, thanks for all your dedication to this site and to improve it’s usefulness for everyone.

    Things I would like to see:

    – The ability to upvote/downvote comments. And to sort by top comments.

    – In the “RECENT COMMENTS” section, to view more than just 6. It would be nice to have a separate page dedicated to the recents.

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    • Stuart

      Dec 5, 2024

      At this time, comments can only be organized in chronological order reverse order. Upvoting or similar isn’t possible. There’s a “likes” feature that can be installed, but it’s buggy and conflicts with several performance settings.

      I’ll see what I can do about enhancing the recent comments. One idea I had was creating a separate page to show more of them, or to organize recent comments for several posts at a glance. The problem with that last time I tried is that it doesn’t maintain threaded reply organization, and so it mainly showed new comments for the most recent posts in confusing order.

      Comments have always been very limited. Enhanced discussion capabilities and display really requires 3rd party infrastructure, it that creates all sorts of hurdles. I haven’t found one that doesn’t severely slow things down, create privacy issues, or require user accounts and logging in.

      Most sites have closed comments, and so there’s not much active development for such features or capabilities anymore.

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      • jake

        Dec 14, 2024

        @Stuart – As @Bill Clay comments, I also would very much like to be able to view more “RECENT COMMENTS” and agree with his suggestion that “It would be nice to have a separate page dedicated to the recents.”
        I do not understand what you mean by maintaining “threaded reply organization”. When you tried “creating a separate page to show more of them“ were they, or could they still be, “organized in chronological order reverse order”? Or is that where the trouble is? If reverse chronological order could be maintained, I think a page like that would be a great addition to your site.

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      • jake

        Dec 14, 2024

        @Stuart – I forgot to mention that your ToolGuyd comment RSS feed is helpful in that regard but I think a that having a site page would result in more usage by your readers.

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22. MFC

    Dec 5, 2024

    So, this might not be possible, but I think it could up your sales on certain things:

    Post the picture of the item.

    So, I know you can’t do that with everything, and you do it with some things, but scrolling through a lot of the sales is nigh impossible because it takes forever to read the description and price. Home Depot’s Deal Page is exactly what I like when I’m looking for items. Show me the picture of what’s in the kit, description and price.

    I know that’d be exhausting, but it’s the only thing I would want more of.

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