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Milwaukee 2267-20 IR Thermometer Review
I have posted about IR thermometers before, and although they aren’t quite as attention-grabbing as the latest thermal imaging cameras, they are incredibly helpful tools for a very wide range of...
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New Dewalt Line Lasers: Red vs. Green?
Dewalt has come out with 4 new line lasers: 2 cross line lasers, and 2 360° line lasers. The cross line lasers emit intersecting horizontal and vertical laser lines in one direction, and the 360° line...
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Craftsman Gearless Ratchet for Minimal Swing in Tight Spaces
Craftsman has come out with a new gearless ratchet that is said to provide a zero point swing arc and requires less than 2° of movement to operate. I reviewed Kobalt’s Direct Drive gearless ratchet...
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Craftsman Extreme Grip Ball Hex Key Sets with Diamond-Coated Tips
Craftsman has come out with new Extreme Grip ball hex key sets. There’s an 8pc inch set, and an 8pc metric set. So what makes these new hex key sets deserving of Craftsman’s Extreme Grip branding?...
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Kobalt Flip-Jaw “Traditional Pliers” Set
Kobalt has come out with a new 2-piece traditional pliers set, which they say gives you all of the pliers you need in a standard pliers set in just 2 hand tools. Each of the pliers has a flip jaw...
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Misc. Tool News, Late October 2015 Edition
Milwaukee M12 Drill Deal Milwaukee’s M12 drill/driver and Bluetooth speaker deal is back! You can buy their latest-gen M12 brushed motor drill kit, plus a free Bluetooth speaker, for $89. This drill is...
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New Skilsaw Worm Drive… Table Saw!
Skilsaw, which is well known for their worm drive circular saws, has recently announced several new products: a dry cutting chop saw, a worm drive metal-cutting saw, and a 10″ worm drive table saw....
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New Dewalt Angle Grinder XP Ceramic Cutting Wheels and Flap Discs
If you carefully read through my Dewalt post-2015 media event power tools preview, you would have caught brief mention that Dewalt was coming out with a slew of new angle grinder accessories. To be...
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New Makita 18V X2 Cordless Vacuums Can also Work on AC Power
Makita has come out with 2 new hybrid vacuums – DVC860L, which is a wet/dry vacuum with cloth filter, and DVC861L, which is a dry-only vac with HEPA filter. Keep in mind that these are Makita’s...
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Kobalt Master Screwdriver Bit Set
It looks like Kobalt has come out with a new 100-piece screwdriver bit set. I hadn’t seen this set before, and so I’m presuming it’s new. There are a couple of standouts in the set, such as the...
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New Ryobi 18V One+ Power Tools for the 2015 Holiday Season
Ryobi’s coming out with some new tools, just in time for the 2015 holiday season. Most will be available by November, but the vacuum might not hit stores until December. Without further chit-chat,...
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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: 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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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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Hot Deal: Ridgid 18V Brushless Hammer Drill & Impact Driver + Something Else...
Earlier this week we talked about Home Depot’s holiday combo kit promo, which gives you a $100 or $150 discount when you buy a certain cordless combo kit plus one other item. One of the hottest deals...
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No, That’s Not a Price Mistake: Ridgid 18V Gen5X Brushless Hammer Drill Kit...
I had just finished posting about an excellent deal opportunity on Ridgid’s new 18V Gen5X brushless hammer drill and impact driver combo (read about that deal here), when another kit caught my...
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Hammerhead Cordless Screwdriver
Hammerhead has come out with a handheld cordless rechargeable screwdriver with some interesting built-in features. The big thing about this Hammerhead cordless screwdriver is its Circuit Sensor, a...
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Ridgid 18V Stealth Force Impulse Driver Promises Speed, Less Noise, Long Runtime
Thanks to a tip from Devin (thank you!), we caught a glimpse at another new Ridgid 18V brushless power tool – the Ridgid Stealth Force Impulse Driver. Read that aloud one more time – Ridgid Stealth...
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