I was a little worried that Home Depot had higher priced drill and impact driver kits as their holiday special bundles this year. But you know what? $119 isn’t bad for what you get.
But I’m really, really happy that they dropped the price to $99! This is their Black Friday 2016 pricing, but they decided to cut the price a week early – not that I’m complaining.
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This is a HOT DEAL at that price! You get a fantastic compact cordless drill, and what looks to be a usable LED flashlight.
Oh, I see what they did! There’s no hard case this year, you get a soft case. I’m assuming the soft carrying case is less, and also the packaging is smaller, which might decrease the shipping costs on individual kits and allows in-store displays to have greater product display.
Model: 2606-21L
Price: $99
Buy Now(Drill Kit via Home Depot)
I already posted about the impact driver promo kit, but the price has dropped to $99 as with the drill/driver.
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It’s a good impact driver at a great price.
Model: 2656-21L
Price: $99
Buy Now(Impact Kit via Home Depot)
If you want some choice, consider:
Dewalt came out with a 20V Max single-battery impact driver kit, DCF885C1, also at $99.
If you just want an impact driver and don’t care about the brand, both of these brands’ impact kits will serve you well.
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Both brands’ chargers are multi-voltage, so you can use them for an M12 or 12V Max battery pack and tools without needing to buy another charger.
Do You Want Both Tools?
There’s a combo kit on sale for $149, but that’s if you don’t care about the LED flashlight, which retails for $49.
If you want the flashlight, the best deal is to buy both the drill/driver kit and the impact driver kit. Compared to the combo kit at $149 + $49 for a flashlight, spend the same $198 on both of these kits and get (2) flashlights instead of 1.
Last Year’s Deal
This year’s deal is almost the same as last year’s. Last year, the deal was for the single battery drill and impact driver kits. This year’s deal swaps the hard case for a soft case and LED flashlight.
fred
Good deal.
This hard case – soft bag thing – is a quibble that I have with the manufacturers.
I recall when you got a fitted steel case with your power tool. They provided outstanding protection and had room for stuffing in some accessories. I can’t imagine that the transition to blow-molded cases was applauded by many – unless you thought that the lower weight compare to steel made up for the lack of auxiliary storage and usually added bulk. Now we have the ubiquitous soft bag – providing little or no impact protection – but they do have added storage potential. The Festool, Bosch and some others – solution of providing Systainer , L-Boxx or whatever you call them modular boxes would seem to be the way to go – but I know that would push the cost up on a $99 good deal
Jon
I think it depends a lot on personal preference, because for me I throw out every case that every tool I buy comes with. It’s a shame when it’s a nice steel case like the one the Makita AVT reciprocating saw comes in or the one the Milwaukee 10-1/4″ saw comes in, but honestly some people prefer to keep the tools loose to save space and save time.
fred
You are absolutely right about personal preferences. But there is also a question of application. We had a couple of workout centers and 2 shops for our somewhat different businesses. In the shops – some power tools were without cases in bins/cubbyholes. on shelves, on racks or even suspended overhead waiting to be pulled down. Other power tools were on shelves/racks either loose or in cases in the tool room. We had LISTA storage solutions in one shop and Stanley Vidmar in the other.
In the tool rooms at our 2 workout centers the power tools were mostly in cases ready for grabbing. We also had Knaack boxes that we had compartmentalized to hold bare tools, chargers, parts boxes etc. On the trucks – most of the small power tools were in cases – but we had most of the trucks upfitted with storage – and some of that accommodated tools that were loose (sans case or toolbox).
In my home basement shop – I keep regularly used tools (including hand power tools) loose in bins near my benches or on shelves/drawers under the benches. Lesser-used tools are in their cases on shelves in a separate room or in closets that line the 2 end walls in my main basement shop.
I try to keep nothing exposed to the elements (moisture mainly) in my garage shop that I use for breaking down sheet goods, trimming long lumber and storing the bigger stuff like ladders , staging, yard and garden tools etc. My wife also has a potting bench and work area in the garage