Six Tool Deals Worth Tracking This Season: From Bit Sets to Framing Nailers

Introduction

Seasonal tool sales are back, and while not every store has its display fully set up yet, plenty of pricing is already live at the register. If a deal item is still in a box or sitting on a different aisle, it often rings up at the sale price anyway, which makes early shopping less frustrating than it used to be. This shortlist focuses on six products that stand out on value, on specs, or both.

What Makes a Good Deal Pickup

Not every sale price is worth your money. Some bundles are genuinely strong, like battery-plus-free-tool offers that stack up to serious savings. Others, like certain bit sets and blade packs, look cheap but underperform compared with buying a comparable multipack elsewhere. The picks below are the ones that clearly earn their spot.

Milwaukee Shockwave 120-Piece Bit Set

The Shockwave 120-piece set packs in drill bits and a wide mix of driver bits for around $30, which is a strong price for this much coverage. If your bit collection is thin or you keep lending bits out and never seeing them again, this is an easy way to top up in one go. It is also a practical gift for a new homeowner setting up a basic kit.

Makita 18V LXT Rear Handle Circular Saw

This is the headline deal of the season for battery buyers. The rear handle circular saw kit sits at $299 and includes two 5.0Ah batteries plus a dual charger, and it comes with two additional free 5.0Ah batteries on top of that. That works out to four 5.0Ah batteries and a saw in one purchase, which is an excellent foundation for anyone building out an 18V LXT collection.

The bundle is a step up from last year’s version, which ran about $250 but did not include as much battery capacity. If you already run Makita tools, this is the single best way to add runtime cheaply.

DeWalt 20V PowerStack Battery Kit

DeWalt has restructured its bundles this year, and the most approachable entry is the $99 kit pairing an impact driver with a 1.7Ah PowerStack battery and charger. The PowerStack packs are the compact, high-density batteries in the lineup, so getting one bundled at this price is a sensible way to try the format. If you want more, larger kits with a drill, impact, and two batteries sit at higher price points, and there are unique extras this year such as an SDS hammer and a blower that no other brand is bundling.

Milwaukee M18 Framing Nailer

The M18 21-degree framing nailer is listed at $329, with the brad nailer version around $250. These are substantial tools for framing and finish carpentry, and the pricing makes them a realistic consideration if you have a build project coming up. Anyone doing regular chainsaw or outdoor work should also note the accessory ecosystem on sale, where buying a single accessory earns a free hard hat in the same system.

Ryobi 18V Jigsaw

Ryobi’s deals this season lean heavily on brushless two-battery bundles, but the standout single tool is the new 18V jigsaw. At $220 by itself, buying it with two 5.0Ah batteries and a dual charger effectively takes about $20 off the package, which is a tidy saving on a current-model tool. It is the one Ryobi deal this year that clearly rewards existing battery owners and new buyers alike.

DeWalt Atomic Tape Measure

The new Atomic tape measures have a chunkier feel this year and carry a lifetime warranty, landing right around the $20 mark as usual. It is a small purchase, but a durable, comfortable tape measure gets used every single day on site, so the value per use is hard to beat.

Buying Advice for This Season’s Deals

If you can only grab one thing, the Makita rear handle saw bundle is the clear value leader because of the four-battery haul. Battery-ecosystem shoppers should compare the DeWalt $99 PowerStack kit and the Ryobi jigsaw bundle against whichever platform they already own. Meanwhile, avoid the cheap black and gold 10-piece drill bit sets and generic blade multipacks at similar prices, since better multipacks exist elsewhere for less. Budget-conscious buyers can walk away happy with the Shockwave bit set and an Atomic tape measure for about $50 combined.

Conclusion

This season’s deals reward planning more than impulse. The Makita saw bundle dominates on raw value, Milwaukee and DeWalt offer strong single-tool entries, and Ryobi’s jigsaw is the sleeper pick. Check your local store’s stock first, since pricing is generally live even where displays are not fully set up yet.