Best Tool Deals This Season: Milwaukee, DeWalt, Flex, and EGO Picks Worth Grabbing

Introduction

Deal season is a good time to stock up on tools, and right now there is a genuinely strong spread across brands: Milwaukee hand tools and hole saws at steep discounts, DeWalt battery kits bundled with free bare tools, aggressive cuts across the Flex 24V line, and worthwhile offers on EGO outdoor equipment. This roundup walks through the picks that stand out, what you actually get in each, and how the bundle mechanics work, because several of these deals are only “real nice” if you claim the free item at checkout.

Milwaukee Deals Worth a Look

Milwaukee’s Shockwave line is well regarded for impact-driven drilling, and the seven-piece Shockwave Impact Duty Carbide Multimaterial Drill Bit Kit is currently 21% off. The kit ships in a hard-shell case and covers multimaterial drilling, which makes it a sensible grab if your bit set has been living on borrowed time. Even at the smaller end of the catalog, the deals keep coming: the Milwaukee M12 Soldering Iron is priced at $119 and includes a free M12 2.0Ah battery, a straightforward add-on if you are already in the M12 platform.

Hole saw buyers get two standout options. The Hole Dozer General Purpose Hole Saw Kit, a 28-piece set, is 50% off, which is a substantial cut for a kit that covers a broad range of everyday sizes. Electricians have their own version: the 19-piece Hole Dozer Electrician’s Hole Saw Kit sells for $199 and comes with a free 10-piece electrician’s hole saw kit, effectively doubling your coverage for common electrical work sizes.

Milwaukee Bundle Mechanics

Two Milwaukee promotions are worth understanding before you buy. First, the starter kit with two high-output 6.0Ah batteries and a standard charger rings up around full price at $299, but it unlocks a free bare tool of your choice: options include a D-handle jigsaw, a three-panel light, a recip saw, an inflator, a grinder, a radio, an impact driver, a blower, or even another 6.0Ah battery. A free tool that normally lists around $200 goes a long way toward justifying the kit price.

Second, the Packout buy-more-save-more deal tiers automatically in cart: spend $199 on select Packout items and save $50, spend $299 and save $90, or spend $399 and save $150, with a maximum discount of $150 per order. The promotion runs online and in store and expires February 1st. Free shipping applies to orders of $199 or more, so adding a small item like a Fastback can help you cross the threshold.

DeWalt: Stack the Freebies

DeWalt’s battery kits are the headline here, mostly because of how the free-item mechanics stack. The 20V XR 8Ah Battery Kit with Fast Charger includes two 8Ah XR batteries plus a genuine fast charger for $449, and the purchase unlocks three free items with no additional cost. In one cart example, that meant a 3-in-1 cutoff tool (usually $179 by itself), a 5Ah battery, and a multi-tool, all added at checkout. Free shipping applies, and the total stays at the kit price.

The FlexVolt 9Ah Battery Kit follows the same playbook. For $329 you get two 9Ah FlexVolt batteries (20V/60V flexible pack) plus an 8Ah fast charger, and you can select one free item such as an additional 9Ah battery, a 60V max grinder, a 60V max recip saw, or the 60V max 7-1/4-inch sidewinder circular saw that normally lists at $299. Choosing the saw turns an already decent battery deal into a very convincing one.

DeWalt Gift Card Offers

Beyond the free-tool bundles, DeWalt purchases can be paired with gift card codes. The 20V USB-C Charging Kit is $99 with 17% off, and using the code at checkout earns a $30 gift card sent by email for a future purchase. The Tough System 2.0 40V Dual Port Charger at $229 works the same way, and lower-priced qualifying items can earn $10 gift cards. The pattern is consistent: the more you spend, the larger the gift card, with one card per purchase. Note that the discount does not reduce the tool’s price directly; it arrives as a separate gift card amount for your next order.

Flex Power Tools Keep the Streak Going

Flex pricing has been aggressive for a while, and this round continues the trend. The 24V 6-1/2-inch circular saw is down 47%, from $279 to $149. The two-speed drill driver kit drops 45%, from $179 to $99. The 24V mid-torque impact wrench Stack Lithium kit, which includes a battery, charger, and hard-shell case, falls from $329 to $219, a 33% discount.

The dual-power miter saw is a particular highlight. It is a dual-power design, so you can add the plug-in adapter if you prefer corded runtime on the bench; the saw itself runs $789, down 16% from $939. Buying the power adapter separately at $219 also qualifies for the $30 gift card code mentioned earlier.

For anyone starting a Flex collection from scratch, the 24V combo kit is 38% off, from $399 to $249. You get an impact driver, a drill driver, a light, a recip saw, two batteries, a charger, and a bag in one package.

More Brands, More Options

A few other brands round out the sale. The Craftsman Overdrive Mechanics Tool Set drops 39%, from $244.98 to $149, and includes a hard-shell case. Bosch offers two paths on its 18V lineup: the 18V Core starter kit with a 4Ah battery and charger is 38% off at $99 (down from $159) and earns a $15 gift card with the code, or you can use the qualifying-purchase route to get it free when buying a larger tool such as a saw. The same free-with-purchase trick works on the Bosch oscillating multi-tool bare kit, which normally lists at $259. On the Metabo HPT side, the 36V cordless plunge router at $279 unlocks a free 36V battery or charger kit (valued at $219 or $199 depending on which you pick), and the Triple Hammer impact driver kit with two 2Ah batteries and a case at $199 adds four free 2Ah 18V batteries, a bundle normally worth $139.

EGO Outdoor Deals

EGO’s deals split into two categories. First, reconditioned tools: the 765 CFM leaf blower is available as a tool-only reconditioned unit for $99, which is a reasonable price for a blower of that output class if you are comfortable with reconditioned stock. EGO also sells several other reconditioned items at meaningful savings.

Second, new gear: the 21-inch Select Cut XP Mower with Touch Drive kit includes the battery and charger, and it is 23% off, down from $879 to $679. EGO also runs tiered gift card promotions on qualifying purchases, with $50 and $15 gift card tiers that scale with spend, echoing the buy-more-save-more pattern from the other brands.

Overall Buying Advice

The pattern across nearly every deal here is the same: the listed discount is only half the story. Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, and Metabo HPT all use free-item and gift-card mechanics that require you to select the bonus in your cart, so click through the free-item selector before assuming a kit is overpriced. If you are platform-locked, prioritize battery and charger kits with free bare tools, since a free bare tool is the cheapest way to expand a collection. If you are buying your first Flex tool, the combo kit and the two-speed drill driver kit are the strongest entry points on pure percentage-off value. And for outdoor equipment, weigh the reconditioned option carefully; at $99 for a 765 CFM blower, the savings are real, but only if you accept the reconditioned status.

Conclusion

Between Milwaukee’s hole saw and Shockwave discounts, DeWalt’s triple freebie battery kits, Flex’s steep 24V cuts, and EGO’s mower deal, this is a solid window to buy rather than wait. Check the qualifying thresholds, claim the free items in cart, and let the gift card codes do the rest.