I spotted another new Milwaukee power tool accessory bundle deal at my local Home Depot store, and it was almost hidden on one of the end-cap racks. (There were only two at my store, but luckily, it’s also available online with free shipping.)
This Milwaukee 49-22-5621 accessory kit is new for the Black Friday 2021 holiday shopping season, featuring a 20pc assortment of USA-made Hole Dozer hole saws and Sawzall reciprocating saw blades.
Everything is neatly bundled into a Packout organizer that you can reuse for your tool storage and organizational needs. Removable bins and inserts are available separately.
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Compared to last year’s set, this new bundle deal (49-22-5621) includes a different (and slightly larger) selection of hole saw sizes. The price is the same – $49.88.
When I did the math last year, I calculated that the set gives you ~$24 in value for the Packout organizer ($30 retail minus $6 for bins the case normally comes with), ~$31 for the 12 blades that are normally sold in 5-packs for $13 each, and ~$30 for the least expensive promo set of hole saws.
So, by my math, this assortment gives you approximately $85 in value for $50. So, this bundle deal looks to be a good buy if you could use all of the accessories, or the Packout organizer and maybe half the accessories.
Here’s everything that the sale comes with:
- Hole Saws: 2″, 2-1/8″, 2-1/2″, 2-3/4″, 3″
- Hole saw arbor and pilot bits
- (12) Sawzall reciprocating saw blades
- (4) 6″ metal-cutting, 14 TPI
- (4) 6″ metal-cutting, 18 TPI
- (4) 6″ wood with nails, 5 TPI
- Packout organizer with customized foam insert
This looks to be a very good buy to me – what do you think?
Milwaukee Hole Saw and Sawzall Blade Set with Packout Organizer
Price: $49.88
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Milwaukee Packout Accessory Kit Bundle Set
Price: $94.97
If you also want to buy the Milwaukee Packout and Shockwave 100pc screwdriver bit set that we posted about the other day, there’s a new bundle deal that saves you an extra $5.
Since both sets come with Packout organizers, you can connect them together for easier transport.
Milwaukee 20pc Sawzall Blade Set
Price: $19.97
If you only need reciprocating saw blades, there’s also a 20pc Sawzall blade set promo you might be interested in. While this deal doesn’t come with a Packout organizer, it does include a compact blade case.
I found another new Milwaukee hole saw and Packout organizer bundle set at a different Home Depot store, but so far I have not been able to find much information about it. This other bundle, 49-22-5605, comes with 4 small hole saws, a Packout organizer, and one of Milwaukee’s new small Packout-compatible hole saw storage inserts. It was priced down from $40 to $30, and so I’m guessing it’s a remnant Father’s Day promo or similar.
Diego
I found one of the second kit you posted stashed away at a home Depot. It looked like someone tried to hide it and it was the last one. Not bad for $30.
Clay
Nice. I have one of their larger blow-molded cases and would much prefer this (and their doorknob jig which came with NO case — pretty annoying).
Wonder you could make more holesaws fit.
Munklepunk
I have modified mine to fit a bunch of hole saws, including a 6″. It’s rattly but better than needing two cases.
Chris
Too bad they didn’t do something about the blade pocket design flaw. When you turn the case any direction besides flat, all the sawzall blades go everywhere. Putting all the pieces back every time you open the top is not optimal.
MM
That certainly looks like a flaw to me too, but I wonder how many people are going to be using it exactly as it is packaged. I know if I bought it I’d throw the foam away, take the recip blades out and put them with my other recip blades, take the holes saws out and put those in my hole saw case, and then figure out some other use for the packout box.
Michael F
That does seem like an odd flaw. Solution: purchase the 20pc Sawzall Blade Set and cut the foam insert to fit the sweet compact blade case it comes with? I have that set and the little blade case is awesome. I throw it in my larger Packout boxes so that I’ve got it on hand and it keeps my blades nicely organized and together.
Plain grainy
Maybe you can glue a foam piece to the inside cover? Make it large enough to cover the whole blade compartment. And thick enough to retain the blades.
MM
First off it looks like someone messed up their marketing photos. That picture which lists the contents of the kit shows an arbor for small hole saws, meanwhile the sizes in the kit are the larger type which require a different arbor. The photos of the kit itself appear to show the correct arbor.
Looks like it’s good value. I was actually hoping to find a good hole saw deal, but I’m not too interested in this one. I don’t need the case or the sawzall blades, but I could use some replacement hole saws including small sizes, and extra arbors and pilot bits are never a bad thing. Last year HD had an awesome sale on the Hole Dozer kits but I didn’t need any at the time, I’m hoping they do it again this year.
Jeremiah Ducate
I noticed the same with the arbor, wonder if its a marketing flaw or the arbor or saws are special. Maybe the arbor is sized to fit the threads without the pins. i know this would make it hard to get apart with the torque on a 2″+ hole saw. Or the saws could have the smaller threads, which would cause even more problems.
MM
I think it was a mistake by whomever put that one graphic together. If you look at the pics that show the tools inside the case you can see that the kit actually includes the larger arbor with the two pins.
Stuart
I think it’s just an image error. They probably used the template from a different set and forgot to change the arbor image. I cannot contradict this without proof, although my images of the set show what looks to be regular large-size arbor.
I’ll see if I can get confirmation.
J Money
The current year set includes the larger arbor with two pins.
James C
I think I said this last year, but I hate how these things are arranged for a good display piece and not an efficient use of space. Those hole saws need to be nested together and they would probably fit in two storage bins if they were included. That foam is just going to get tossed.
Stuart
You’re not wrong, but if I might point out – i) there’s no place for the removable bins to fit in here, and ii) Milwaukee has been marketing their case inserts. Removable cups aren’t the only option anymore, there are different types of storage inserts that you can get not. Plus, you can always purchase the bins for ~$6 (as of the last time I checked) if you want them.
James C
I wasn’t clear. I mean instead of any foam at all, I think it would be better to have the normal five bins. All the hole saws would fit in two (I think) and the blades on the large middle bin (blades seem like an afterthought anyway). Then you’d have about 2/3 of the case to put other stuff. The foam is a huge waste. If all my tools were packed like this set I’d need to use a semi trailer instead of a work van.
J Money
I bought the bundled set after seeing the earlier post about the bit set. Already re-homed the blades to live with the saw. After messing with trying to cut a half circle out of an end of a 2×4 with a jig saw, it struck me that I had just about every hole saw size I need (or don’t need) stored nicely. I must say thanks to this site for making me buy stuff I don’t need, but actually use.
Stuart
I’m glad to help!
I like this part, thank you! This time of year, what I usually hear is “I bought more tools I don’t need/didn’t know I needed, and now my spouse is seriously mad at your.” hehe.
Part of the reason why I post so many deals this time of year is because it helps distract me long enough for me to put my credit card away. =) If there’s a deal that’s too good to pass up, but I’ve already got plenty of, I still get the “good job, that was a great bargain” feeling just by passing it along.
MichaelT
The timeliness of this posting is interesting. I was just looking around Home Depot’s website for Packout “kits” and stumbled across the one this post is about and another hole saw kit that the pricing just didn’t make sense – item# 49-22-5620 (notice the 0 vs 1 as the last digit) – https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-Hole-Dozer-Bi-Metal-General-Purpose-Hole-Saw-and-Reciprocating-Saw-Set-with-PACKOUT-Case-20-Piece-49-22-5620/313643037
This kit has the same reciprocating blades and the same number of hole saws, but has 1 1/2″ through 2 5/8″ hole sizes instead of the 2″ through 3″ sizes in the -5621 set. Oddly, it’s priced at a whopping $158. Looks like they have about 64 of these left, so maybe it’s an older item that just has some leftover inventory and the special pricing timeline ran out?
Stuart
That was last year’s $50 assortment – https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/milwaukee-packout-organizer-hole-saw-sawzall-blade-set-49-22-5620/%3C/a%3E .
The $158 price (I saw that too) is way too high. I’ve seen a lot of that lately – earlier today my Amazon cart informed me that the price of a kid’s learning toy went from $12.99 to $238.
Anyway, the 49-22-5620 kit is definitely remnant inventory. I found the hole saw size differences to be curious as well. Maybe they’re targeting different users. But given the value of the kit, you don’t need to use all of the hole saws to still get your money’s worth from the set.
MichaelT
100% agree on the value of this year’s set. Just struck me that it’s easy to think a deal has expired if someone accidently stumbles across something like this one that is so similar instead of the one described in today’s post.
Stuart
True, but isn’t that what I’m here for? =)
fred
Kits aimed at electricians sometimes have different sizes from those aimed at plumbers or for general purpose. When we could, we chose selfeed bits instead of hole saws for cutting most pipe and wiring clearance holes. For new construction – where nail strikes were not a likely issue – selfeeds just speed up the work. But for old remodeling work where hitting an embedded nail was likely – ruining an expensive selfeed bit could be costly.
Frank D
Again with the sawzall blades … while I have enough of them for years to come.
Stuart
But do you have the right ones. =)
In all seriousness, I always think I’m good with Sawzall blades, but I also don’t like to have to run out and buy more for immediate use.
MM
I scored some really good deals on recip saw blades a few years ago on Ebay and stocked up. I’ve got quite the pile. Thick and thin metal cutting, wood, demolition, pruning, carbide grit, those Spyder blades with teeth on the back side, you name it. Carbide tipped? Got those too, even a couple meant for cutting bricks and masonry. They’re real handy for raking excess mortar out of weep holes before installing pest covers. For me a recip saw is never a production tool but rather a problem-solver. It’s useless without a wide assortment of blades to go with it. I feel the same about jigsaws, which is why I liked those Diablo and Bosch multi-packs you recently covered, probably moreso now that ever since I’m also using jigsaw blades in my compact recip saw.
Michael Moscicki
I purchased six of the Milwaukee 49-22-5605 kits. One at $40. 9 days later the price dropped to $30 and I picked up one more followed by four more. It does appear to be a remnant of a Father’s Day or other promo as it no longer appears on Home Depots website. I have to tell myself if I see any more of those not to buy them as six half organizers seems like enough. I figure if I sell five of the hole saw kits, and keep the six packout cases, I can bring my costs down by about 50% if I’m lucky.
As to the 49-22-5621, I saw only one in store and passed on it. At $50 I already had 4/5 hole saws and enough reciprocating saw blades. Plus the contents took up way too much space. In one half packout I have 13 hole saws with arbors and bits. In another half packout I have my oscillating blades, 49-10-9220 and another kit, in that, various sawzall blades, and 6 1/2 circular saw blades. That seems like a better utilization of space to me even if I have cases inside of cases which seems counter intuitive.