There’s a new Metabo HPT 18V cordless combo kit deal that’s definitely worth your attention! This combo kit features a brushless hammer drill, their awesome Triple Hammer impact driver, a charger, 2x compact 3.0Ah batteries, and a carrying case for $199.
This is a great deal, considering that the Triple Hammer and 3Ah battery kit (WH18DBDL2) sells for $389.
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Metabo HPT’s 18V brushless Triple Hammer is my favorite impact driver. It’s compact, comfortable, powerful, and smooth. There are quite a few different cordless impact drivers that I can heartily recommend, but this one’s my favorite.
When a good promo came around a few years ago, I bought the Triple Hammer with a starter kit and gave it away so that I could consider my original review sample as my own tool. I’ve used it for ToolGuyd and personal projects since then. It’s a little beat up now, but still works as perfectly as it did on Day 1.
Metabo HPT is currently a ToolGuyd sponsor, and because of that I am holding back some of the enthusiasm I have for this tool and promo. If not out of concern that my enthusiasm might be misunderstood, I would use words such as awesome, amazing, and perfect quite a few times, perhaps even in all-caps and bold.
I can’t tell if this kit is a new regular line SKU or a special buy, but it’s a great deal no matter the context. The combo kit features their Triple Hammer impact driver and HPT’s also-excellent compact hammer drill. It’s bundled with 2x 3.0Ah batteries – the kind I use and love with my impact – a charger, and a carrying case.
Over at Acme Tools, they have it priced at $199, which is – sorry, I feel the need to express myself naturally here – PHENOMENAL.
I realize that my sentiments for the Triple Hammer impact are dominating the discussion, but HPT’s compact brushless hammer drill is a great tool as well.
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If you want to hear about more budget-friendly HPT 18V brushless drill and impact driver kit options, check out their $79 deals. (As an aside, I’ll be buying that drill/driver kit – at the least – for a relative this week, which should give you an idea of how I feel about those tools.)
Key Features & Specs
Hammer Drill
- 1/2″ keyless chuck
- 620 in-lbs max torque
- 1800 max RPM
- 0-27,000 BPM
- 22+2 clutch settings
- LED worklight
- Weighs 2.8 lbs
Triple Hammer Impact Driver
- 1,832 in-lbs max torque
- 1/4″ hex chuck
- 4 speed/torque settings
- Soft mode
- Normal mode
- Power mode
- Self-drilling screw mode
- 2,900 RPM
- 4,000 BPM
- LED worklight
I’m not quite sure how to put it, but in my opinion this is the best compact brushless drill and impact driver combo kit for under $200 right now.
The hammer drill is good, but the Triple Hammer is the defining factor here, which makes this combo kit compelling rather than just competitive.
The Triple Hammer is so good that testing some other models for review purposes can be almost unpleasant. It’s not just the great performance of the tool, but that it delivers such a positive user experience.
A few years ago, the 18V Triple Hammer kit was priced at $360+. Here, you get the same excellent tool, the same compact 3Ah batteries, and also a brushless hammer drill, for nearly half the price.
Checking around, the HPT Triple Hammer impact driver kit is STILL priced at a premium – $389 via retailers. With this combo kit, you get the Triple Hammer for substantially less money, plus a compact brushless hammer drill/driver as well.
Fantastic deal.
Price: $199
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When it comes to compact cordless drills, I can switch between different brands’ highly recommended models and not really care. But when it comes to impact drivers, unless I have to put in the time with a particular tool, the Triple Hammer is the one I reach for and will always keep at the ready.
Switching to a lesser impact driver can throw me off.
I have always recommended the Triple Hammer, and its only negative (in my opinion and experience) has been its premium pricing. It’s a great tool, but $400 is a lot for any impact driver.
At $200 for the combo kit, I’m wondering why I haven’t gotten one for myself yet. The one and only time I have ever seen a Triple Hammer promo was 2-1/2 years ago – that’s when I bought the tool and a starter set to “pay off” my review sample, and I can’t recall seeing any deals since then.
“But I Only Want the Triple Hammer Impact Driver”
Metabo HPT also has an incredibly good deal on their Triple Hammer impact driver kit, model WH18DBDL2CM.
This is the same 18V Triple Hammer impact driver, but you get 2x 1.5Ah batteries instead of the 3.Ah batteries.
I was going to mention this deal alongside the combo kit deal in a single post, after seeing Lowe’s $249 price. But with Acme Tools’ $199 combo price, I think that deal is simply more convincing, as for $30 more you get upgraded batteries (3.0Ah vs 1.5Ah) and also a brushless hammer drill.
If you can’t use the hammer drill and don’t care about the battery capacity, this impact driver kit is an excellent deal. But if you want the drill or the 3Ah batteries, step up to the combo kit.
Price: $169
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MultiVolt Promo Reminder
HPT’s free swag giveaway program is still going strong, here are the details:
If you visit your local Metabo HPT tool dealer to see and feel these tools for yourself, take a selfie and follow the instructions on how to get a super-comfy t-shirt.
fred
$199 seems excellent
The KC18DBFL2CM kit sells for $249 at Lowes
Menards has it for $231.39 but you need to use a 11% mail in rebate
Amazon sells it for $249.97
Stuart
Not that it really matters, but here’s what I can’t figure out – is $249 the “special buy” price for this brand new kit, or is that the regular price and $199 the promo price? Or is $199 a promo price on top of the special buy? In any case, this is an incredible value.
Matt R
I do really want to snag up a Triple Hammer, as Kyle from RR Buildings on YouTube raves about his, but I just can’t quite pull the trigger on ANOTHER battery platform. I’m already heavily invested in Dewalt 20V, M18, M12 and Festool. Adding a 5th battery platform, just for another impact driver, doesn’t seem prudent. Especially since the M12 and M18 Surge treat me right, at the moment.
Steve L
Same thinking. When you step back and look at what you already have it is tough to buy a new battery platform to for a great deal on one tool or one combo.
Not saying I want to go back to the free choice associated with corded tools. But, batteries restrict future choices.
fred
Perhaps if they offered some rather unique tool that was not represented on the other 3 major platforms (Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee) they might gain some converts. But as it is – it is hard to see wanting another platform if you already have bought into one of the big 3.
On a prior post – I mentioned that Metabo (not HPT) – does offer at least some specialized cordless tools that differentiate them:
https://www.amazon.com/Metabo-KFM-18-LTX-5-5Ah-LiHD-kit/dp/B0714DQMJ3/
Big Richard
I would argue they do offer something that the other big 3 do not: any tool on their MultiVolt platform has the capability of being corded or cordless. The only thing close is DeWalt’s DCH790 2x60v miter saw and its 120v AC adapter.
Plus I think their 10″ MultiVolt table saw is the only 10″ cordless table saw out there.
Jared
Plus the first full-size cordless router:
https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/metabo-hpt-cordless-router-m3612da/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Or “the Tank”:
https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/metabo-hpt-tank-air-compressor-ec914s/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Or their jigsaw blade-friendly reciprocating saw:
https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/metabo-hpt-cordless-compact-reciprocating-saw/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
They may not have a coffee maker or a floating pool speaker, but it seems to me that HPT does have some unique offerings and features. They have stuff that’s less common like nibblers and shears too. Plus the whole multi-volt thing – sure, it’s kind of like Dewalt, but that’s a path for high-power tools that not every brand has taken.
MM
The Jigsaw-blade-accepting compact recip saw is a tool I’ve wanted for a long time. As a long-time Dewalt and Milwaukee cordless user it disappointed me that neither brand had one. Metabo (non-HPT) and Metabo HPT both make these. I just recently bought the Metabo (non-HPT) model for two main reasons. First, it appeared like the more powerful and more durable of the two. Second, I felt that if I were to get deeper into either tool line in the future then I’d have more to gain from the Metabo standard than HPT. I do a lot of welding and fab work so Metabo’s specialty grinders could be useful and nobody else save Hilti offers tools like that, and Hilti makes far fewer. I do think HPT offers some great tools–I have used the famous triple hammer impact and it is indeed awesome–but I don’t think it offers anything better-enough for me to jump in or switch. For example, there’s no doubt the Triple Hammer impact is better than my old Dewalt DCF895. But is it better enough to justify the switch? Not for me. Maybe if I were using that specific tool 6 hours a day, but as it stands the upgrade just isn’t worth it and there are better places I could spend money on tools.
Koko The Talking Ape
Hoo boy, I just have to say, if a $1,400 dedicated chamfering tool is supposed to draw people away from Milwaukee or DeWalt, they need to try harder! Or charge less.
fred
I was thinking about how the Milwaukee Force Logic and other series of plumbing tools had influenced our plumbing business to switch away from Makita and over to Milwaukee. Those tools are by no means cheap – but they are inexpensive when you consider the added productivity that they engender and the consistency/quality of the results that they produce, Here’s two examples:
https://www.toolup.com/Milwaukee-2922-22-M18-FORCE-LOGIC-Press-Tool-w-ONE-KEY-w-1-2-2-CTS-Jaws
https://www.toolnut.com/milwaukee-2633-22hd-m18-force-logic-2-3-propex-expansion-tool-kit.html
I’m not saying that a $1400 beveler alone (I was just using it as an example) would force a sea change – but maybe combined with other cordless metal fabrication tools – or expanding on the other innovations that Big Richard and Jared have pointed out – KKR might be able to take their two Metabo brands to another level of market share.
Koko The Talking Ape
I agree. I don’t want to start another battery system.
But the corded/cordless MultiVolt platform that Big Richard mentions would reduce my hesitancy a little. I might have to check that out.
I wish Metabo made adapters that let you use Milwaukee or DeWalt batteries in their tools. I know there are battery adapters out there, but are there any for Metabo?
MM
Adapters are a thing, but they are 3rd party. None of the big tool companies make adapters unless it is within their own line, like how Dewalt has an adapter to use 20V Max batteries in the old 18V NiCd series tools.
I’m bought into Dewalt and Milwaukee but I just bought a Makita bandfile and a Metabo (non-HPT) recip saw. For both tools I’m using adapters I purchased from Amazon to run Dewalt 20V max batts. I’ve only had the tools for a few days so far so I haven’t done any long-term testing, but so far I am very happy with the adapters. They lock into the tool securely, the batteries lock into them securely, they don’t wobble around, and the tools perform well, at least in the few tests I’ve done so far. They don’t weigh much but they do add a little bulk to the tool. Time will tell how they hold up but so far they do what they are promised to do.
I’m not sure if anyone makes them for HPT tools but it seems quite likely, I just didn’t search for that. I think the one I bought for powering the Makita tool claims it can accept either Dewalt 20V Max or Milwaukee M18 batteries.
Jared
I have a few adapters. Keep in mind that they may not be appropriate for high-draw tools, you can’t use them for charging and that using batteries in tools they weren’t intended for may result in over-discharging. Otherwise – excellent inventions.
For me it just makes sense. I have tools from a whole bunch of different brands (E.g. Dewalt 12v, 20v & 60v, Bosch 12v & 18v, Worx 20v, Ryobi 18v, Porter Cable 20v, Ridgid 18v).
While I have batteries for each brand, I don’t necessary have a lot of them. For example, I only have two tiny 1.5ah Ryobi batteries. One of my adapters though is Dewalt 20v battery to Ryobi tools. I think it was $20. I’ve got plenty of Dewalt batteries and it would cost a lot to duplicate that power in Ryobi batteries.
The adapter is excellent. It attaches to the Ryobi tool and holds onto the Dewalt battery securely. My Ryobi inflator works at an audibly higher speed with a Dewalt battery versus one of the Ryobi 1.5ah (and the Ryobi batteries are much newer). It’s low profile. I have no complaints.
Jared
P.s. My dream would be an adapter “kit” where you could mix and match adapter-ends and that had the battery protection tech built-in. It would probably be unrealistically expensive, but I can dream.
I.e. imagine if the adapters were two-pieces – the battery end and the tools end – and you could fit them together in whatever configuration you wanted. Instead of a dedicated Brand X to Brand Y adapter, you just grab the appropriate battery connection and the appropriate tool connection, slap them together and go.
Just saying, I would pay handsomely for such a kit – but I’m probably an oddball given my tool assortment.
Stuart
I’ve looked into this, and nobody wants to make it. The problem is that each adapter would have to be reverse-engineered as an individual product.
Some (many/most/all?) adapters spoof safety signals to trick batteries into thinking it’s attached to a tool from that brand.
The proper way would be to replicate or convert signals, but I doubt this is being done.
Jared
Too bad!
That’s a good point though about the signals – I suppose it’s only getting harder since brands are now introducing battery tech that does things like unlock extra power (I’m thinking of Ridgid Octane, or Ryobi HP, Dewalt Power Detect).
I don’t understand the tech well enough to consider how it would need to be engineered. I’m only thinking of how I want it to work for the user.
I suppose the alternate route is just to collect as many adapters as I can find and live with the compromises… 😥
I just thought, because of how much batteries cost, it could actually be somewhat expensive and still be a practical option (at least for me 😄).
Kane
In regards to a two part adapter, one can adapt the tool to one brand of battery, then add another adapter from that brand to something else. As an example, a non-DW tool will have an adapter to use DW batteries. To use another brand of battery, you’ll use a second adapter on that adapter from that battery to fit a “DW tool”.
As for protecting the battery from overcurrent or overdischarge, it can be done affordably and completely independent of the tool, so that wouldn’t be an issue either. Such circuits are common to the lithium polymer batteries, as those don’t have the physical protections of a hard metal shell.
The biggest challenge is if there’s additional communications between the tool and the battery, whether it’s as basic as a temperature sensor (thermistor) or if there’s an actual chip/DRM involved. Different brands may use different resistance ranges and one may be negative coefficient while another positive coefficient; anything that just mimicks the resistance of room temperature will be bypassing the safety.
blocky
Fantastic price and very tempting. I’m already in this battery platform for the nailers but couldn’t justify it. My 3 Makita impacts are going strong, no complaints.
Even my old Hitachi DSAL drill is still kicking. Great chuck on that one, and the ozone it kicks off the motor is nostalgic for me.
AC
Those tools are fantastic, I really enjoy using them. The Triple Hammer is also my fav 18v impact, and the drill is great, right there with my Dewalt brushless compact drill. At $199 with everything included, anyone on the fence should go for this deal.
The Metabo HPT 18v lineup is legit: the nailers, recip saw, and 6.5″ Deep Cut circ saw are excellent. MultiVolt also cranks.