Dealmonger: Milwaukee V18 Combo Kit For $506
By Nate Bezanson
If you’ve been waiting to take the lithium-ion plunge, now might be the time. Amazon’s offering this Milwaukee kit for $506, which is at the low end of street pricing even before you consider the $80 gift certificate they throw in. That’s a far cry from the $1175 MSRP!
Batteries are fully warranted for two years, pro-rated out to five years. The tools are warranted for five years. And the V18 lithium-ion batteries are tool-compatible with the old NiCd packs, though obviously they use a new charger.
Street Pricing [Google Products]
Via Amazon
July 30th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I wouldn’t exactly herald now as the time to make the Li-ion jump, I mean, where is Milwaukee’s impact driver for crying out loud? The answer is, coming in the next few weeks. If it were me, I would find this kit in regular old craptastic NiCad form (on ebay shipped new w/ warranty for 370) and buy the impact driver w/ 2 li-ion batts and charger at a later date. All in all, I would have spent 100-150 more (depending on how fast prices on the impact driver kit drop) and I would have both the impact driver and two batteries that I could consider throw away.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Koba, I like the way you think!
Just recycle the Ni-Cd “throw-aways”, please.
July 30th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Funny, a 4-pc. 18v Li-Ion set for $506 and just below there’s an advert for Milwaukee V28 Li-Ion set (same tools) for $600.
I have a “cheap-ass” 4-pc. 18v Ni-cad set from HF for $100. But as Koba said, I have to check out the impact driver from Mil. I’m looking to consolidate to one package instead of having 3 different batt types.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Is it just me, or is counting the flashlight as part of the set totally lame? The dewalt version sells on amazon for like 10-15 bucks without a battery.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:38 am
[…] We previously posted a Dealmonger about Milwaukee’s 18V li-ion 4-piece combo kit, but the $80 gift certificate from that deal is no longer available. This deal, however, will get you the best price we’ve seen right now. As we mentioned previously, this 4-pack combo kit brings together some of the more popular Milwaukee items into one convenient kit: you get the 1/2” hammer driver/drill that delivers up to 550 in/lbs of torque, the Sawzall recip saw, the 6-1/2” circular saw, and a xenon worklight with Clip-Lok. […]