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Yes, if you match the retailer to where you stand on a battery platform. BLACK+DECKER has its 20V MAX drill kit at $79.99 against $109.99 with the battery, charger and 34 accessories in the box, which is the cheapest complete way onto a cordless system on this page. CPO's clearance center has a DEWALT 12V XTREME circular saw kit at $147.49 against $389.99 and Makita bare tools at 29% off for people who already own the batteries. Black Friday still goes deeper on the flagship combo kits, so if you're picking a platform from scratch and you can wait, November is better. For a first drill or a bare tool to add, this is a real window.
The thing worth understanding before you spend anything: you're not really buying a tool, you're buying into a battery platform. Once you own three DEWALT 20V batteries, the next tool you buy is going to be a DEWALT, because the bare tool costs a fraction of the kit. That's the whole business model, and it means the first purchase matters far more than the fourth. Pick the platform deliberately, then let the discounts come to you. Here's what's actually marked down at each retailer, checked against the product page.
Early Columbus Day Power Tool Deals
Two retailers are running real cuts on their own sites, and they sit at opposite ends of the category. These are the live markdowns at each, checked against the product page.
BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX Drill/Driver 35-Piece Project Kit
- 20V MAX
- Battery and charger in
- 34 accessories
The starter kit that most people's first cordless drill comes out of: a 20V MAX drill/driver with the battery and charger in the box and a 34 piece set of bits and drivers, so there's nothing else to buy before the first shelf goes up. Free shipping and free returns from the brand site.
This is the right first drill for a household that hangs pictures and assembles furniture, and the wrong one for a deck. The value is the battery and charger being included, since that's most of the cost of entering any cordless platform, and $79.99 is less than a bare brushless drill from the pro brands.
$79.99$109.9927% off
BLACK+DECKER 1.2 Amp MOUSE Detail Sander
- Corded
- 16,000 OPM
- Dust canister
The corded MOUSE, which is the small triangular sander that gets into corners and along trim where a random orbit sander can't. The listing rates the 1.2 amp motor at 16,000 orbits per minute, with a dust collection canister and a three position grip.
A detail sander is the tool to buy corded, because it's used in short bursts a few times a year and a brushed corded motor will outlive any battery you'd pair with it. At $42 it's cheaper than a single spare battery on most platforms.
$42$6232% off
BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX Reciprocating Saw (Bare Tool)
- 20V MAX
- 3,000 spm
- No battery included
The bare reciprocating saw for anyone already on the 20V MAX platform, with a 3,000 strokes per minute motor and a variable speed trigger for pruning, demolition and cutting through pipe. Battery and charger aren't in the box, which is what the price reflects.
Read the title before you buy: this is a tool with no battery, so it only makes sense if you own the drill kit above or another 20V MAX tool. As a first purchase it's a trap, since the battery costs more than the saw. As a second one, it's the cheapest way to add a demolition saw to the house.
$59$76.9923% off
DEWALT 12V MAX XTREME 5-3/8 in. Circular Saw Kit (5 Ah)
- 12V MAX brushless
- 5 Ah battery and charger
- 1-3/4 in. depth of cut
The sub-compact DEWALT circular saw as a full kit, with a 5 Ah battery and charger in the box. The listing rates the 5-3/8 inch blade at a 1-3/4 inch depth of cut at 90 degrees and 1-1/4 inch at 45, with a tool-free bevel to 50 degrees. Small enough to run one-handed on sheet goods and trim.
A 62% cut on a current-model DEWALT kit is the kind of number that only shows up in clearance, and it's the 12V platform rather than the 20V one, so check what else you own before you buy in. As a second saw for cutting plywood and trim it's a bargain; as the only saw in a shop it isn't the right size.
$147.49$389.9962% off
Makita 40V max XGT 4-1/2 in. / 5 in. Angle Grinder (Bare Tool)
- 40V XGT brushless
- 8,500 RPM
- Electric brake
Makita's 40V XGT grinder, the one built to replace a corded grinder rather than supplement it. The listing rates the brushless motor at 8,500 RPM with an electric brake, a current limiter against overload and Makita's automatic speed change that adjusts torque under load. Cuts rebar, tile, conduit and pipe.
The electric brake is the feature worth paying for on a grinder: it stops the disc in seconds instead of letting it spin down, which is the difference between setting the tool down safely and waiting. This is a bare tool for XGT owners, so budget for the 40V battery if you're not on the platform.
$179.49$253.9929% off
Makita 18V LXT Multi-Tool (Bare Tool)
- 18V LXT
- 4.9 lb
- Variable speed dial
The 18V LXT oscillating multi-tool, which is the one tool on this page that does jobs nothing else can: flush cuts in door jambs, grout removal, plunge cuts in drywall and detail sanding in corners. The listing rates it at 4.9 lb with a 3.2 degree oscillation angle and a variable speed dial with a lock-on switch.
An oscillating tool is the tool people buy last and then wish they'd bought first, because it's the only answer to a cut that has to start in the middle of a surface. This is a bare tool for the 18V LXT platform, one of the largest cordless systems around, so the odds you already own the battery are good.
$124.99$175.9929% off
Prices come from each retailer at the time this page was last refreshed. CPO clearance is limited quantity and sells through by model, and BLACK+DECKER doesn't date its sale, so check the current number on the product page before you buy.
Top 3 Power Tool Deals on Amazon
The three combo kits with the steepest discounts on Amazon, ranked by markdown. A kit is almost always the cheaper route into a platform than buying the same tools one at a time, because the batteries and charger are the expensive part. Check the seller line, since the deepest Amazon kit prices are often marketplace listings rather than the brand.
When Power Tools Actually Go On Sale
Tools run on a gifting-and-projects calendar rather than a seasonal one, which produces three reliable windows and a long dead stretch in between.
| When | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Black Friday and Cyber Monday | The annual low, and the week the brands price combo kits to recruit new platform owners. If you're choosing your battery system from scratch, this is when that decision is cheapest to make. |
| Early Columbus Day, into October | The back-to-school kits roll into fall clearance, so the DIY brands cut their starter kits and the specialists clear current models to make room. CPO's clearance center has DEWALT and Makita at 29% to 62% off, and Acme Tools stacks in-cart promotions on top of its list prices. |
| Father's Day, June | Reliable and heavily promoted, though it skews toward gift-sized single tools and starter kits rather than the serious multi-tool sets. |
| Any time, on factory reconditioned | Consistently the deepest discount in the category and the most overlooked. Factory reconditioned tools carry a manufacturer warranty, and 30% to 50% off new is normal rather than exceptional. |
| Whenever a platform gets refreshed | When a brand launches a new battery generation, the outgoing tools drop hard. They keep working with the new batteries, which makes this one of the safer bargains in tools. |
| Spring, March into May | Project season. Demand peaks, promotions thin out, and the popular kits sell through. The worst pricing of the year on almost everything here. |
What Actually Counts as a Good Power Tool Deal
Tool pricing is distorted by whether batteries are in the box, so compare like with like before you compare numbers.
- Two-tool combo kit under $180. Drill plus impact driver, two batteries and a charger. The standard entry into any platform, and the best value purchase in the category. A single-tool starter kit with the battery in, like the BLACK+DECKER drill kit at $79.99, is the budget version of the same idea.
- Brushless impact driver, bare tool, under $100. Once you own batteries this is the real price of adding a tool. If a listing looks impossibly cheap, check whether a battery is included.
- 7-1/4 inch circular saw under $70 corded. Corded saws are cheap, powerful and never fade mid-cut. For occasional work they beat a cordless at twice the price.
- Angle grinder under $60. A category where the budget brands genuinely compete. Buy the guard and the side handle, use both.
- Factory reconditioned, 30% to 50% off new. With a manufacturer warranty attached, this is the best value in tools and the thing most buyers never look at.
Where to Shop Power Tools
Worth checking beyond Amazon, because the deepest discount in tools lives in the factory reconditioned channel and it barely shows up on marketplace listings.
How to Pick the Right Power Tools
Choose the battery platform, not the tool. Every cordless tool you buy afterward will be from whichever system you picked first, because bare tools cost a fraction of kits once you own batteries. Look at how wide the range goes before you commit, and buy your first kit with two batteries rather than one.
Buy brushless where you use it hard. Brushless motors run roughly 15% to 30% longer per charge, run cooler and last well past 10,000 hours against 1,000 to 3,000 for brushed, with no carbon brushes to swap every 50 to 100 hours. The premium runs about $30 to $90, and it earns that on drills, impact drivers and saws you use weekly.
Skip brushless on the occasional stuff. Sanders, rotary tools and anything you use a few times a year won't come close to wearing out a brushed motor. Put that money into more tools or better blades instead, which is where it actually changes what you can build.
Read whether a battery is in the box. A bare tool listing sits alongside the kit at a fraction of the price and looks like an incredible deal until it arrives with no way to power it. On a platform you already own, bare tools are exactly how you should buy. On one you don't, they're a trap.
Take factory reconditioned seriously. These come back through the manufacturer, get tested, and carry a warranty, and 30% to 50% off new is routine. It's the single best value in the category and most buyers never look at it because the word sounds like a risk.
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The Bottom Line
Pick the battery platform before you pick the tool, because that first decision quietly determines every cordless purchase you make afterward. Enter it through a combo kit, which is where the batteries and charger are effectively subsidized, and buy brushless for the drill, the impact driver and the saw you'll use weekly while saving the premium on the sander you won't. Then check the factory reconditioned listings before you pay full price for anything, because 30% to 50% off with a warranty attached is normal there and almost nobody looks. The early Columbus Day window is a genuine one and spring is the worst, so if there's a project coming, buy in this window rather than waiting: the BLACK+DECKER kit if you own no batteries, the CPO clearance bare tools if you do.
