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21 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Home Depot is selling a 'powerful' $219 DeWalt oscillating multi-tool set for just $99, and it 'works perfectly'
Autoblog aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Home Depot is selling a 'powerful' $219 DeWalt oscillating multi-tool set for just $99, and it 'works perfectly' originally appeared on Autoblog. Autoblog aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. When it comes to power tools, most of us stick with the name brands we know and love. That's why we were excited to find that Home Depot is having an awesome sale on a set of DeWalt tools that you need to check out. Right now, the DeWalt 20V Max XR Cordless Brushless Oscillating Multi-Tool Set is on sale for just $99. Originally priced at $219, you can save 55% on this must-have bundle that will help you cut, sand, grind, and scrape in hard to reach areas. This power tool offers 57% more runtime than similar brushed tools due to its powerful, cordless, and brushless motor. It features a dual-grip variable-speed trigger and three-speed selector that allows you to choose the speed setting based on the project you are working on. That means you can use the device to cut anything from drywall, wood, and pipes, or for sanding and painting preparations. If you are switching between various projects, don't worry, the quick-change accessory system lets you change blades and attachments with ease. One reviewer wrote, "Excellent tool for small jobs. It's strong and very useful, I recommend it." Another added, "Great tool. Works perfectly."A third shopper said, "Great tool and very handy for many different jobs." The set includes the oscillating tool, universal accessory adapter, two blades, a charger, a battery, and a kit bag to keep everything nice and organized. The tool itself features a bright LED light that illuminates dark workspaces and hard to reach areas, allowing you to cut and sand accurately. Another customer wrote, "I'm happy to add this tool to my collection. It's very powerful, precise, and easy to handle. I love that the charger, battery, case, and a couple of blades are included." If you've been waiting to update your toolbox, now is the perfect time. Add this $99 DeWalt Oscillating Tool Set to your cart ASAP to save 55%. Home Depot is selling a 'powerful' $219 DeWalt oscillating multi-tool set for just $99, and it 'works perfectly' first appeared on Autoblog on Jun 26, 2025 This story was originally reported by Autoblog on Jun 26, 2025, where it first appeared.
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2 days ago
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- Auto Blog
Home Depot is selling a ‘powerful' $219 DeWalt oscillating multi-tool set for just $99, and it ‘works perfectly'
Autoblog aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. When it comes to power tools, most of us stick with the name brands we know and love. That's why we were excited to find that Home Depot is having an awesome sale on a set of DeWalt tools that you need to check out. Right now, the DeWalt 20V Max XR Cordless Brushless Oscillating Multi-Tool Set is on sale for just $99. Originally priced at $219, you can save 55% on this must-have bundle that will help you cut, sand, grind, and scrape in hard to reach areas. DeWalt 20V Max XR Cordless Brushless Oscillating Multi-Tool Set, $99 (was $219) at Home Depot This power tool offers 57% more runtime than similar brushed tools due to its powerful, cordless, and brushless motor. It features a dual-grip variable-speed trigger and three-speed selector that allows you to choose the speed setting based on the project you are working on. That means you can use the device to cut anything from drywall, wood, and pipes, or for sanding and painting preparations. If you are switching between various projects, don't worry, the quick-change accessory system lets you change blades and attachments with ease. One reviewer wrote, 'Excellent tool for small jobs. It's strong and very useful, I recommend it.' Another added, 'Great tool. Works perfectly.' A third shopper said, 'Great tool and very handy for many different jobs.' The set includes the oscillating tool, universal accessory adapter, two blades, a charger, a battery, and a kit bag to keep everything nice and organized. The tool itself features a bright LED light that illuminates dark workspaces and hard to reach areas, allowing you to cut and sand accurately. Another customer wrote, 'I'm happy to add this tool to my collection. It's very powerful, precise, and easy to handle. I love that the charger, battery, case, and a couple of blades are included.' If you've been waiting to update your toolbox, now is the perfect time. Add this $99 DeWalt Oscillating Tool Set to your cart ASAP to save 55%. About the Author Victoria Garcia View Profile
CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Police seek to identify suspects accused of stealing from Bradford home
Police hope to identify two suspects on bikes believed to have stolen power tools from a home in Bradford, Ont. on June 18, 2025. Police in Bradford are appealing to the public for help identifying two suspects believed to be involved in the theft of power tools from a home last week. South Simcoe police say the suspects showed up on bikes on June 18 around 2:20 a.m. and entered the garage at the home, leaving several minutes later with bags. Police say they were headed toward Northgate Drive. Following the incident, police say the property owners reported 14 various power tools were missing. Officers obtained security footage of the neighbourhood and are hoping someone will recognize the individuals believed to have been involved. The two males are described as white, with one wearing red clothing and a blue ball cap and the other wearing grey clothing and a grey ball cap. The first suspect rode a dark-coloured bike and the other rode a yellow bike. Police ask anyone with information on the alleged theft to contact Const. Rachel Varrall.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
You May Want To Reconsider Buying These Harbor Freight Icon Tools
Harbor Freight's reputation for selling subpar tools mostly comes from the inappropriate choices of professional tool-users. In the distant past, HF's offerings weren't really suitable for constant, heavy use. But in recent years, credible pro-quality tools are among the many brands of tools Harbor Freight owns — especially the Icon brand, which is often referred to as a challenger to Snap-On's high-priced hand tool supremacy. Icon is a premium hand tool brand, parallel to Harbor Freight's popular Hercules power tool line. But the brand is not perfect, and there are a few tools you might want to steer clear of, from relatively low-stakes items like screwdrivers and work lights to heavyweight tools like swivel impact sockets. And while you can certainly buy inferior products like much of the Pittsburgh line (and weird novelties like its ¼-inch hex drive "meme" ratchet set or the gold-plated items we'll discuss below), the company is also capable of brilliance. Consider the 10-piece 10-millimeter metric essential socket set, which gives you the common 10-millimeter socket size in every form factor you can think of. Genius. But the professional's bread and butter is performance at ordinary tasks with ordinary tools, and that's where Icon typically shines. The brand makes highly regarded torque wrenches, various ratchet styles, various wrench styles, and even knives. The kicker is that DIYers use pro tools, too, and Harbor Freight knows it. The Icon hex-bit ratchet isn't made for pros, after all, but for homeowners looking to stop assembling IKEA furniture with Allen wrenches. Now let's dig a little deeper. Read more: The 11 Best Affordable Harbor Freight Tools For Your Home (And 2 To Avoid Buying) Icon ratchets are well-known for their quality, even among mechanics who seem reluctant to admit it. But the one exception seems to be the Icon ¼-inch Drive Professional Low-Profile Ratchet, which has a couple of issues. One is that the force it takes to flip the directional switch is unusually high. And while that might not be an issue for you, the failure load — the amount of torque at which the ratchet fails — is fairly low for this ratchet. The Icon ratchet has a solid drive rather than a quick-release drive with a button to release your socket, and these are usually stronger. But in Project Farm's testing, the ¼-inch Icon fails with both the main gear stripping and the pawl breaking, suggesting the ratchet's internals aren't as strong as its drive. But the real problem with this ratchet — and the reason it has a sketchy reputation among online mechanics — is the amount of back drag it exhibits. If you've ever used a ratchet, you probably know what back drag is, even if you don't know the term. It's the amount of force it takes when reversing the ratchet for the pawl to release so that the handle moves freely without affecting the socket. High levels of back drag can make a ratchet tiring to use, but worse, it can frustratingly cause you to accidentally undo some of the progress you just made by turning the socket backward. And the Icon ¼-inch drive ratchet has an unseemly level of back drag. Other Icon ratchets also have back drag problems, but not in combination with the stiff directional switch and ease of failure. Harbor Freight offers the same ratchet and a ⅜-inch version in gold-plated special editions. The luxe versions are simply offered as pro-quality ratchets. Besides the Trump Towers vibe, the other big difference between the fold and chrome versions of these ratchets is the price: The ¼-inch drive chrome ratchet goes for $29.99, and while you shouldn't buy it, you certainly shouldn't consider the same ratchet in gold at $44.99. The ⅜-inch ratchets run $54.99 with gold and $39.99 without ... a strange upgrade, since gold plating is easily worn away even on casually worn jewelry. It's difficult to grok why anyone frugal enough to shop at Harbor Freight would bite on what is essentially a $50 gag gift. Reviewers seem to really love the gold versions, scoring both .2 stars higher than the chrome versions. Some reviewers don't seem to be aware that they're reviewing the gold-plated version, while others seem to think of it strictly as a gift, either as a novelty or a commemorative gift celebrating a retirement or similar. That would seem to be the most sensible reason for buying the special edition ratchets — to put them on a mantel and enjoy the memories of a long, knuckle-busting career. Harbor Freight wasn't the first to dream up this kind of thing. For its 75th anniversary, Craftsman issued a gold-plated ratchet in a wood display box, and it doubtless made a great gift as well. But what such a gift is not is a tool, and since that's what we're talking about here, we'll steer you in another direction for your ratchets. While we're talking about ratchets, let's share a skeptical word or two about Harbor Freight's impact-rated swivel socket sets, available in ½-inch drive and ⅜-inch drive versions. Impact-rated swivel sockets and universal joint adapters have a tough job. They're designed to transfer as much impact driver torque as possible through a wide range of angles, and typically through rather thin cross sections of steel that make up the universal joint ... and also constitute a possible point of failure. While the Icon swivel sockets are generally well-regarded by purchasers, testers have a few problems with these specific demands. YouTube's rigorous Torque Test Channel included an Icon swivel socket set in its evaluation of 14 brands, and it was the only one that actually broke during usability testing. At impact wrench speeds, jagged metal shrapnel is no joke. Torque Test also found the sockets had below-average torque transfer ... the second lowest in its testing. Other reviewers found that the sockets wear unusually quickly and several noted that the Icon socket sets tend to skip sizes or have a narrow range of sizes included in its sets, unlike the inexpensive GearWrench sets that are more complete. The Icon sockets are chrome molybdenum steel ... weaker than chrome vanadium, but not uncommon. The Icons also have thinner walls than a comparable Tekton set. But while that can indicate weakness, it's also considered an asset for sockets since some counterbores are not much larger than the bolt heads themselves. On the whole, all of this might add up to a negative for frequent or pro users of Icon's universal-joint sockets. At first glance, the Icon Slim Bar Work Light with its knurled aluminum base looks like it might be a more durable alternative to cheap plastic work lights ... and, at $39.99, the Icon isn't exactly cheap. But this work light suffers from all manner of ways that such a tool can have sub-par specs. According to Motor City Metal, it has more plastic and less flexibility than its swiveling Braun sibling at HF. The rechargeable battery in the Icon is not user-replaceable, which might turn out to not matter. That's because the work light might not last nearly as long as its battery. And possibly not as long as the battery's runtime, which is advertised as 3 hours at 800 lumens and comes reasonably close to that. The real problem with the Icon's longevity is its build quality, which YouTube's Torque Test Channel found to be comical. The Icon failed the channel's drop test on its first drop, something the tester had never seen before, which earned the work light an unprecedented 0 of 10 stars. Nothing is more fundamental to most mechanical work than the common screwdriver. But the common screwdriver is so, well, common that they seem to have become something of a commodity, with cheap, reasonably good screwdrivers available everywhere at very low costs. And this is exactly where the Icon Professional Mechanics Screwdriver Set bites itself on the shank. The infinitely fun YouTube car channel Donut did a comprehensive (and occasionally dangerous) series of tests on screwdriver sets, including sets from HF brands' Pittsburgh ($8 per set), Doyle ($25), and Icon ($50), alongside comparable sets from Husky ($22), Klein Tools ($50), and Snap-On ($200). The tests proved both that screwdrivers aren't (yet) commodities and that you don't necessarily get what you pay for. HF's Doyle screwdrivers outperformed the field overall and did better than Icon's offering in coating quality, driving screws, and torque testing. Doyle matched Icon in a prying test. And, speaking of screwdriver misuse, hammering the butt of a screwdriver isn't a good idea. But you do it anyway, so Donut does it too. And Icon beat the Doyle here, matching Snap-On and being bested by Klein Tools. In all, the Icon set performed admirably ... but the Doyle set from HF did better than any set overall, at half the price of the Icons and ⅛ the price of the Snap-Ons. So you might reasonably choose an Icon set, but the cheaper Doyle set would be a wiser choice. Enjoyed this article? Get expert home tips, DIY guides, and design inspiration by signing up to the House Digest newsletter! Read the original article on House Digest.
Auto Blog
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Blog
Amazon is selling a ‘great' $239 Craftsman power tool set for 38% off, and shoppers say it's the ‘best investment'
An Amazon Prime package on a conveyer belt at an Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, US Autoblog aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. When you're working on a project in your garage, you need the right tools for each task. What's more, you want quality equipment that will get the job done right and last through years of car and home improvement projects. But good tools don't tend to come cheap. That's why the sale of the Craftsman V20 Max Power Tool Combo Kit is so exciting. For a limited time, Amazon is slashing 38% off this four-piece kit, bringing the price tag down from $239 to just $149. Craftsman V20 Max Power Tool Combo Kit, $149 (was $239) at Amazon The Craftsman V20 Max Power Tool Combo Kit includes four tools: a 1/2-inch cordless drill, a 1/4-inch cordless impact driver, a 6.5-inch circular saw, and an LED task light. It also includes two of the company's 20V batteries and a charger. Between these four tools, you can perform a vast range of driving, drilling, attaching, and cutting projects. Individually, each tool represents the outstanding quality Craftsman is known for. The drill's 2-speed gearbox can deliver up to 500 RPM. The impact driver churns out 1,460 inch-pounds of torque, 2,800 RPM, and up to 3,100 BPM for heavy fastening tasks. The saw zips along at 4,200 RPM, and the pivoting head of the task light casts 140 lumens to keep your project well lit. What's more, the 20V batteries offer outstanding lifespans for each tool, and the whole package is as durable as can be. Reviewers say it's the 'perfect' tool set, saying they 'love the convenience' and that it's 'a good buy,' and 'great all around.' One shopper said, 'They are pretty lightweight considering they are battery operated. Very functional for quick, easy use. Best investment ever!' Another shopper raved that the kit is 'easy to handle, powerful, [and] helps to make projects faster, easier, and better. If you're looking for wireless tools, this is it.' Act fast, because the Craftsman V20 Max Power Tool Combo Kit will only be on sale for a limited time. Slashing the cost from $239 to $149 is a pretty steep drop in price, especially when you consider that you get four tools and two batteries out of the deal. So, get your new power tool kit, and get going on your next project. About the Author Nick Hilden View Profile
