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It Has Begun: Some Holiday 2015 Tool Deals Started Today
It’s now November, which means Amazon’s Countdown to Black Friday deals have just kicked off. That’s right, the holiday shopping season has officially started. Actually, it’s their Countdown to Black...
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Harbor Freight Black Friday 2015
The I already posted about how Amazon kicked off their 2015 holiday sales season with a couple of tool promos and discounts. Several other retailers have done the same. As for Black Friday deals, I...
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Amazon Deal of the Day: Etekcity IR Thermometers for Even Cheaper (11/2/15)
Over at Amazon, their Deal of the Day for today, 11/2/2015, features 3 discounted Etekcity IR thermometers. We talked about IR thermometers a little bit the other day (why spend more for certain brand...
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Hot Deal: Milwaukee M18 Drill Kit is Back at $99
If you remember from our best 18v cordless drill kits for $99 post, the Milwaukee M18 2606-21CT kit hits the magical ~$100 price point only during certain times of the year. This drill kit, which...
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Kobalt Self-Adjusting Compound Leverage Parallel Jaw Pliers
One thing I like about Kobalt Tools is that they try new things every year. Sometimes this doesn’t work out very well, as with some of their past years’ fourth quarter hand tool releases, but I like...
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New Dewalt 20V Max Brushless Impact Driver w/ 3 Speeds and Normal Chuck
Dewalt is (hopefully soon) coming out with a new 20V Max brushless impact driver, model DCF887. It is unclear whether the Dewalt DCF887 will replace either of their other brushless impact driver...
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Hot Deal: Leatherman Skeletool Multi-Tool for $30
The last time I was at the local Home Depot, I found the above-pictured display of Leatherman Skeletool multi-tools, on sale for $30. If you don’t know what’s so special about these multi-tools, take...
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Irwin’s Awesome Max-Leverage “PowerSlot” Cutters are on Sale, Upgrade Now!
As Ben posted about yesterday, and I mentioned the day before, Amazon has kicked off their Irwin holiday promo, which is 20% off select tools. I felt that it was worth emphasizing that Irwin’s...
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Home Depot 2015 Holiday Cordless Combo Kit $100 and $150 Savings Promo
Home Depot has kicked off their cordless power tool combo kit promo, which can save you $150 or $100 on some new tools. The deal is pretty straightforward, but there are a couple of things to go over....
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Hot Deal: Milwaukee M18 Fuel 2nd-Gen Hammer Drill & Impact Driver Kit!!
I just posted about Home Depot’s 2015 holiday cordless power tool combo kit promo, and felt that one particular deal was worthy of a separate post. Read on and you’ll see why. Milwaukee’s latest M18...
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Sneak Peek: Dewalt Next-Generation 20V Max Brushless Drill and Hammer Drill
Yesterday we talked a little about Dewalt’s next-generation 20V Max brushless impact driver, model DCF887. It turns out that this isn’t the only next-gen brushless power tool that Dewalt is coming out...
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Amazon Lightning Tool Deals for 11/04/15: Mainly LED Flashlights
Yesterday’s Amazon Lightning Deals kind of stunk, so I didn’t bother posting anything about them. Today? Well, most of today’s deals still stink, but there are a couple of tools that raised an...
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Reader Question: How to Open Really Thick Cardboard Boxes?
Willia wrote in, asking about whether there’s a good tool for opening thick cardboard boxes. We’ve talked about the best way to cut cardboard, but more in the context of using the cardboard for craft...
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What Do You Think of… Milwaukee’s Sliding Miter Saw?
In case you’re thinking what I would be thinking in your shoes, no, there is no new Milwaukee miter saw. Yet? John wrote in, asking for ToolGuyd users’ take on Milwaukee’s 6955-20 12″ sliding miter...
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Amazon Lightning Tool Deals for 11/05/15: More Flashlights
Amazon’s pre-holiday lightning tool deals are off to an exciting start. NOT! But I guess things could be worse. If I were in the market for some new general purpose flashlights, I’d probably consider...
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Thermal Imaging Camera Image Quality Comparison
I recently came across a thermal imaging camera that I really don’t like. It’s partly about the image quality, and much more about different user experience factors. In order to provide helpful...
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Choose Your Deal: Milwaukee M12 or M18 Impact Driver Kit, Just $99
The holiday shopping season just kicked off, and there’s a Milwaukee M18 cordless drill kit deal back on sale for $99. That deal is available online and now in stores too. But what if you already have...
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New Bosch Colt Router w/ Variable Speed, Fixed Base, and “Revolutionary”...
Jonathan wrote in after spotting a new Bosch Colt router on the market. Our friends at Bosch aren’t able to tell us anything about this new model yet, and so details are a little limited for now....
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Amazon Tool Lightning Deals for 11/06/2015: Eh…
Another day of so-so Amazon Lightning Deals, bummer. But since I already went through the trouble of waking up earlier than the sun, and because maybe someone somewhere will find value in these deals,...
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Cordless Routers: Why or Why Not?
Sorry, this isn’t a cordless router, it’s just Bosch’s 1617EVSPK router kit ($219 via Amazon) – a heck of a good model, but tethered to an AC outlet for power. In a recent discussion of Bosch’s new...
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