Happy Monday! Here are the most notable tool deals for today, 3/31/25.
Home Depot has another tool deals of the day sale, featuring Milwaukee, Dewalt, Ryobi, and some others.
As usual, there’s a mix of cordless power tools, hand tools, accessories, and batteries.
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Some of the standouts include a bunch of Milwaukee impact socket sets, a Dewalt miter saw stand, a Ryobi magnetic box level, and a low price on the Dewalt compact PowerStack battery starter kit.
Home Depot also seems to have some kind of new arrangement with Anker, as they’ve been featuring the brand’s battery power stations quite a bit.
Home Depot’s sale ends at 3am ET 4/1/25 unless supplies sell out sooner.
Acme Tools – Last Call on Dewalt Buy More, Save More Deal
Lowe’s – Save on Select Kobalt 80V Max Cordless Outdoor Tools
KC Tool – Knipex 5″ Pliers Wrench Deal of the Day (Note: Amazon’s price is a little better, and Home Depot is matching. This isn’t much of a deal.)
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mark w
$79 for the 4Ah and 2Ah Ryobi batteries with charger seems like a standout deal. Pretty sure I paid $100 for the same kit after the holidays.
My experience has so far been positive. They last decently well in the cheap Ryobi fan, lights, and orbital sanders I have. Not crazy performance but sometimes you just need a good cheap light or fan while working in the garage and I really like these accessories from Ryobi. Cheap and down here in Florida many parents pick up the little cordless fan for their kids strollers and the 2ah battery lasts for hours in that thing.
I think it should be talked about more though that these batteries appear to be open to the elements. Looking behind the battery status lights there are noticable air gaps in the design that I don’t have on my Milwaukee batteries. This means it’s pretty easy for dust and water to get in there even if it’s installed in a tool imo. Something that I don’t see the Milwaukee or DeWalt batteries having.
Vards Uzvards
From time to time one can buy Ryobi batteries for $10 per 1 Ah, and this equally applies to both “traditional” and HP batteries.
Joey
Back in October I paid $79 for the same battery kit and it came with a free tool, so I picked the oscillating multi-tool. Now THAT was a really good deal. I wouldn’t have paid $79 for just 6 Ah worth of battery capacity, which works out to $13.33 per Ah, which is on the high side these days.
Around the same time I got a two pack of the 4 Ah batteries for $79 when I purchased the Bucket Top wet/dry vac. That’s a pretty good price of $10 per Ah.
Bonnie
Yeah, IME the batteries are the weakest part of Ryobi’s tools. I’ve ended up mostly using my lime-green stuff with adapters to other brands batteries as a result.
Bill
Stuart, does this look like a good deal to you?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-FLEXVOLT-20V-60V-MAX-Lithium-Ion-6-0Ah-Battery-Pack-with-6-Amp-Output-Charger-DCB606C/313759609
Stuart
HD has Dewalt FlexVolt 6Ah battery 2-pack for $199.
How much do you need/want that particular charger?
Acme Tools has the same combo kit for $179, but even better pricing with certain coupon offers (such as today’s, which drops the price by 12%).
Even then, if you consider that the 2-pack for $199 means 1 for $100, you’re spending around $58 for the charger.
The DCB1106 charger retails for $99 separately.
So… yes? I don’t know how I feel about the value, but I can’t find a better bargain on a comparable or better charger.
HD has some FlexVolt cordless OPE deals where you get a tool, charger, 9Ah battery, and bonus 9Ah battery. If you need a string trimmer, chain saw, or blower, that’s not a terrible way to get started. With the blower, it’s $299 for 2x 9Ah batteries, charger, and tool.
$179 for a battery and charger isn’t bad, but without knowing your motivation, I’d say it’s a good deal for what you get, but not the best bargain.
Bill
Stuart, thanks for the detailed response.
I went to HD a couple of hours ago to get the charger and battery I mentioned above, but the associate in tools led me to the OPE deals you referred to. So I ended up with the 60 volt leaf blower and two 9.0AH FlexVolt batteries and a 4amp charger for $300. This seemed like a better deal and I much prefer the larger 9AH batteries.
Again, thanks.
Stuart
You’re welcome! I’m glad it worked out for you. It was a fun analysis.
Bill
Stuart, as a follow-up to my battery and charger needs/issues, I want to explore problems with lithium ion batteries no longer charging. Two of my Dewalt 9Ah 60volt batteries, both with a 2017 date code, have failed to take a charge. Using the same Dewalt DCB118 Fast Charger, each battery would stop charging within minutes after the charger ran through the initial diagnostics and display an overheating status. Both batteries were at room temperature and had not just been used in a tool.
With the new set of 9Ah batteries I was able to test the fast charger and verified that it charged them completely, without incident. At the same time, I was able to try charging the old 9Ah batteries on the new but slower 4 amp DCB1104 charger. Both charged fully without incident and I even pulled one off before charging was complete and placed it on the fast charger which finished the job without a problem.
Problem solved, as least temporarily. But the real question is regarding the BMS, battery management system. Is the BMS too sensitive at times or are there just not enough parameters to make adjustments in cases like this? Why didn’t my fast charger recognize a potential undercurrent/voltage and thus throttle back on the charge rate and then look for a positive response to continue charging?
Stuart
I have encountered this with other chargers as well.
Slower/standard chargers have different test conditions than fast/rapid chargers.
I asked a brand about this once, and they said their rapid charger has a higher low-voltage check. Meaning, if you have a deep-discharged battery, there’s a chance it’ll be recharged and recovered on the standard charger even though it might not recharge on the faster charger.
MM
I have noticed variation between charger models as well. A couple years ago I left a pair of Dewalt 10ah batteries in the cordless mower for several days which apparently drained them extra-low. When I went to charge the batteries after this neither of them would charge on my preferred (8ah fast) charger. I tried a couple other more basic chargers I had lying around and one of the batteries would charge on one of the other chargers. The other battery wouldn’t charge on any Dewalt charger I owned, but I was able to charge it manually using a DC power supply on my electronics bench, and since then both batteries have been working & charging normally.
There is definitely some variation in the logic between various chargers. My case seemed to be consistent with the explanation that you were given as one of my two deep-discharged batteries would not charge on a fast charger but would charge on a more basic model.