Hi,
I am looking to do some basic DIY stuff at home and am looking for recommendations for Milwaukee Tool kits, can you please help suggest which multi tool packs should I checkout ?
Milwaukee Power Tool Packs
Losmanumar on 05/11/2024 - 13:39
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I've got Milwaukee and have invested a fair bit into the platform, for DIY and home renovation. They are great, but very pricey and honestly well above the level that I need. If I was starting from scratch, I'd go for AEG instead- they are from the same parent company, and are effectively the mid tier between Milwaukee and Ryobi.
If you are set on Milwaukee, wait till there is a good sale on at one of the trades focused tool places (Sydney Tools, Total Tools, etc), and get the kit which suits your needs. That might be just a 3 piece kit if you are only doing essentials.Thanks, Yes waiting for deals but keen to get some recommendations for what sort of kit should I go for for basic/essential stuff.
I will check out AEG too
What sort of DIY things do you intend to do? For most people a drill/driver is more than enough for hanging "stuff" which is about as far as DIY often extends.
Yes, drill/driver for furniture assembly, basic home improvements in the garden, hanging "stuff" etc
Yeah but what else do you intend to do? Hard to suggest tools when we have no idea what you want to do with them. Concrete saw? Framing nailer? Grease gun?
Thats pretty much it, no concrete saw or framing nailer. The only big project I was thinking of doing inside my house was wainscoting otherwise just the basic stuff
@osmanumar: Then don't bother with multi tool packs IMO. Grab a drill and then pick up other things as you find you need them.
@osmanumar: after 50 years of DIY…. I had to ask google to help me understand what "wainscoting" is.
"Hey can you tell me what to buy to do vague things and other non descriptive things"
Unnecessary
Ok well get a Milwaukee hammer and just use it for every job. Youll be fine
Good starting point is an 18V drill/driver and impact driver; for Milwaukee this retails for $789. Nice case though
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18v for basic home DIY? It's an interesting point of view, but having renovated a couple of houses using milwaukee power tools, slowly building the range up as a need arose, I'm suggesting that 12V gear is more than adequate.
As someone else has posted, Ozito would probably be more than fine for the suggested poirpose.
If you don't know what you want your tools for, then I'd suggest just getting a $99 Ozito drill combo kit.
Then spend the change on getting quality hand tools - a good screwdriver set, socket set, spanners, wrenches, drill bits (general purpose, wood, masonary, spade bits), a variety of saws…etc.
Most beginners spend too much money on power tools, which are just not necessary.
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If you need just a driver/driver, I saw a Costco dewalt 18-20V set for $300 with both skins, 2 batteries and a charger. That's how much my Milwaukee driver cost on its own for my job. Most brands are fine for DIY, ozito is honestly stupid good value. If you're not building cabinetry even the saws are fine.
If you are set on Milwaukee and it's normal DIY duties that you are thinking of doing without wanting to expand to circular saws, 1/2" impact guns etc then I'd say look at the M12 range. I've got both M12 and M18, the M18 units are quite heavy when coupled with a battery. I'd recommend going down to Total Tools or Sydney tools and play around with the tools to pick which setup suits you best.
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Nodsnods… I've found M12 more than adequate for a couple of house renovations.
If the OP requires an impact driver to remove bus wheel nuts or something, then 18V is definitely appropriate.
Only problem with M12 is you're stuck in a line with a limited, albeit growing, set of tools, a lot of which aren't really aimed at the DIY market but rather specialist trade areas. I do have the M12 installation drill/driver and it's great at what it's designed for and there are a few other M12 tools I'd like but don't really need.
OP doesn't really need Milwaukee at all. They're good tools but they cost more than a home DIYer needs to spend and have worse warranty than Ryobi. I really think Ryobi has the range and warranty that covers everything a home DIYer could ever need.
You don't need Milwaukee for random odd jobs around the house. It's what you buy when you use it all day and get a 30% discount come tax time.
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Why, because you can’t afford them?
Lol, it's all I own.
It's way overkill for someone putting together IKEA furniture or drilling a hole for to hang a picture. An ozito would do that job just as well. The only thing worth spending more on is a drop saw/mitre saw so you get something that actually cuts straight.
Whichever kits the vendors put together seem tailored for tax breaks / benefits that are in the given tax season. Hardly relevant to the normie home diy crowd
The M12 series is what sets the Milwaukee apart. Can match 18v+ for most jobs, but smaller and lighter.
Also want to strongly recommend makita, hammer drill and impact driver set with batteries, can be had around 400$ from bunnings I believe. Try price match and use bunnings gift card for extra discount.
Milwaukee Is a good brand and I have a few of them so can recomend. However they never go on sale. You might get a extra battery or so at max.
They do go on special, just rarely. I'm about to build a house and got a 8-piece tool kit with $500 store credit. There was also a battery redemption deal on at the time, so I have 3x 5A batteries from the kit and another 3x from redemption.
Impact driver for screws, drill (with hammer function), cordless circular saw, multitool, reciprocating saw. If lots of painting, palm, orbital sander - but you may need to get a couple of different types, depending on application it being used on. Throw in a grinder (5.25 inches). Outside of this, compound drop saw, but not necessarily Milwaukee. All the cordless tools these days will be brushless. Min. 5amp batteries, maybe a smaller one for compact, tight location use.
You really only need OZITO tools save your money and just buy them…….apart from a good drop saw and table saw
I bought most of my Milwaukee stuff second hand from facey marketplace. Given I'm a home gamer even if its half flogged out it will still last me ages.
You dont need Milwaukee for what you've described. If you do go with milwaukee, youll be paying twice as much for any extra skins you want as well.
Stick with ozito or ryobi.
Edit: On top of that, I've used and abused ryobi for years in a lot more than 'assembling furniture' and its served me well and the skins are nice and cheap. Got around 15 skins and 6 batteries now. Many bought second hand. Had a couple of items die but can't blame them for what they went through.
Like most tools /equipment manufacturers, they starte off well, high quality, and lousy Warranties.
Now, they are declining in quality and upping their Warranty.
Buy to your budget, best warranty, and NOT by brand name.
Remember, Coles corn Flakes tastes better/as good as Kelloggs for 1/2 the price, with a 100% money back Guarantee.
Don’t buy cheap shit.
Equally dont buy "trade quality" tools or more expensive tools than are suited for the task. Buy frommthe right orice bracket for your usage.
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