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Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Brushless Cordless Combo (4-Tool) w/ 4.5" Grinder & Inflator

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Home Depot has Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless Combo Kit (4-Tool) with 4.5" Grinder and Inflator (3698-24MT-2880-20-2848-20) for $599. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Chemosh013 for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • M18 FUEL 1/2 in. Hammer Drill (2904)
  • M18 FUEL 1/4 in. Impact Driver (2953)
  • M18 FUEL Oscillating Multi-Tool (2836)
  • M18 LED flash light (2735)
  • M18 High Output 6.0 Ah battery (48111865)
  • M18 High Output 3.0 Ah battery (48111835)
  • M18 FUEL 4-1/2 in./5 in. Grinder Paddle Switch, No-Lock (2880-20)
  • T27 Guard
  • T1 Clip-On Guard, one Side
  • M18 Inflator
  • Inflation Needle
  • Inflator Nozzle
  • Presta Chuck

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  • This kit is rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on over 1600 customer reviews.
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Home Depot has Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless Combo Kit (4-Tool) with 4.5" Grinder and Inflator (3698-24MT-2880-20-2848-20) for $599. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Chemosh013 for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • M18 FUEL 1/2 in. Hammer Drill (2904)
  • M18 FUEL 1/4 in. Impact Driver (2953)
  • M18 FUEL Oscillating Multi-Tool (2836)
  • M18 LED flash light (2735)
  • M18 High Output 6.0 Ah battery (48111865)
  • M18 High Output 3.0 Ah battery (48111835)
  • M18 FUEL 4-1/2 in./5 in. Grinder Paddle Switch, No-Lock (2880-20)
  • T27 Guard
  • T1 Clip-On Guard, one Side
  • M18 Inflator
  • Inflation Needle
  • Inflator Nozzle
  • Presta Chuck

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This kit is rated 4.7 out of 5 stars based on over 1600 customer reviews.
  • Please see original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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ldc2335
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I already own all these, but solid deal. Fuel tools for under a hundred each is always a good deal, especially the inflator.
Fpsnut
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I think this is a good deal. Batteries are worth $100, so you end up with 5 fuel tools for $100 each and a flashlight for free. I bought this combo 5 months ago but instead of a grinder which I already had, I got a a job site speaker.

I use deWalt and Milwaukee tools extensively throughout my trade, my thoughts on these:

This Fuel oscillating tool is the best in the industry. It consistently takes first in oscillating tool shootouts on tool channels and also on project farm. I'm not aware of any other brand including German premium brands releasing anything better yet.

Inflator is the best battery intflator ever created. Get it, it's amazing. One downside is it comes with a threaded chuck which is annoying. I went on amazon and bought quite a few chucks to test. Here are my picks: If you're on a budget, get https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1 for $7. Works very well.
But my favorite and it's quite expensive at $27 is a self locking chuck by JACO. You just slide it right on and it holds. Press a button and it pops right off. Doesn't leak if you seat it right. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1 There's a couple dollar cheaper one without additional swivel point. Not sure if that one is going to be more reliable long term, but it's going to be less convenient.

Impact driver is too powerful for the stuff I do. If you let it rip screwing regular screws into wood, it's too easy to sink it in pretty deep. I imagine it's perfect for people who work with hole saws, lag bolts, and big butterfly bits. I like to use deWalt atomic little impact driver, it's slower and gives me finer depth control while squeezing trigger all the way. Takes like a second longer per screw. Older impact drivers only had one ball bearing holding bits. In use with butterfly bits where you had to use quite a bit of force to yank it out of the hole it would sometimes release the bit. At some point last year I think, they updated it to 2 ball bearing. Not sure if they ran out of older ones yet, I think the one I got from 5 months ago had one ball bearing. Look inside the chuck and you will see.

Drill I didn't get to use much so I don't have any opinion on it. All the stuff I have, even drill bits, have hexes for impact driver use. From reviews it's somewhere in the middle of the pact. deWalt and Flex make more powerful ones. Maybe someone who actually uses hammer drills to drill concrete can chime in.

Angle grinder I have used a little bit to grind down a rebar or a bolt sticking out of the floor here and there. It's average. It will do the job here and there but it won't cut it for heavy duty prolonged use, but it's perfect for little things that come up. If you must use a battery instead of corded grinder for a big job, I recommend deWalt 60v grinder with a 9ah battery. It's a beast that will outlast this Milwaukee probably twice as long before shutting down due to overheating. This grinder is probably the reason this kit comes with HO batteries. Some of the time it shuts down is probably due to regular non HO batteries overheating due to high current draw.

Jobsite speaker if you decide to go for it, is decent. Takes 12v and 18v batteries.

Charger that comes with this kit is slowest garbage they have that they give away with everything. Ok for home use, but if you're a tradesman you want to buy a rapid charger.
txaggies
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The drill and driver are 400. How is purchasing separate better?

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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Fpsnut

I think this is a good deal. Batteries are worth $100, so you end up with 5 fuel tools for $100 each and a flashlight for free. I bought this combo 5 months ago but instead of a grinder which I already had, I got a a job site speaker.

I use deWalt and Milwaukee tools extensively throughout my trade, my thoughts on these:

This Fuel oscillating tool is the best in the industry. It consistently takes first in oscillating tool shootouts on tool channels and also on project farm. I'm not aware of any other brand including German premium brands releasing anything better yet.

Inflator is the best battery intflator ever created. Get it, it's amazing. One downside is it comes with a threaded chuck which is annoying. I went on amazon and bought quite a few chucks to test. Here are my picks: If you're on a budget, get https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1 for $7. Works very well.
But my favorite and it's quite expensive at $27 is a self locking chuck by JACO. You just slide it right on and it holds. Press a button and it pops right off. Doesn't leak if you seat it right. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1 There's a couple dollar cheaper one without additional swivel point. Not sure if that one is going to be more reliable long term, but it's going to be less convenient.

Impact driver is too powerful for the stuff I do. If you let it rip screwing regular screws into wood, it's too easy to sink it in pretty deep. I imagine it's perfect for people who work with hole saws, lag bolts, and big butterfly bits. I like to use deWalt atomic little impact driver, it's slower and gives me finer depth control while squeezing trigger all the way. Takes like a second longer per screw. Older impact drivers only had one ball bearing holding bits. In use with butterfly bits where you had to use quite a bit of force to yank it out of the hole it would sometimes release the bit. At some point last year I think, they updated it to 2 ball bearing. Not sure if they ran out of older ones yet, I think the one I got from 5 months ago had one ball bearing. Look inside the chuck and you will see.

Drill I didn't get to use much so I don't have any opinion on it. All the stuff I have, even drill bits, have hexes for impact driver use. From reviews it's somewhere in the middle of the pact. deWalt and Flex make more powerful ones. Maybe someone who actually uses hammer drills to drill concrete can chime in.

Angle grinder I have used a little bit to grind down a rebar or a bolt sticking out of the floor here and there. It's average. It will do the job here and there but it won't cut it for heavy duty prolonged use, but it's perfect for little things that come up. If you must use a battery instead of corded grinder for a big job, I recommend deWalt 60v grinder with a 9ah battery. It's a beast that will outlast this Milwaukee probably twice as long before shutting down due to overheating. This grinder is probably the reason this kit comes with HO batteries. Some of the time it shuts down is probably due to regular non HO batteries overheating due to high current draw.

Jobsite speaker if you decide to go for it, is decent. Takes 12v and 18v batteries.

Charger that comes with this kit is slowest garbage they have that they give away with everything. Ok for home use, but if you're a tradesman you want to buy a rapid charger.
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notRented
Feb 18, 2024
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Gift of pops! Thanks op!
Feb 18, 2024
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volsfan92184
Feb 18, 2024
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Quote from ldc2335 :
I already own all these, but solid deal. Fuel tools for under a hundred each is always a good deal, especially the inflator.
The inflator is amazing. I own a Ridgid inflator which is extremely loud, slow and burns through the battery quickly.
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fewlio
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after traveling to 5 different gas stations / car wash / service centers and finding especially in the winter the air compressor is not operating or no worker wants to put on the air chuck or put the air hose out for customers, I've realized that a reasonably method to be able to inflate a slow leak or perhaps dangerously low old dry possibly cracking tire is CRITICAL. the tire slime is also often a reasonable short term or permanent fix but you need to be able to deflate the tire fill up the tire with the slime and then reinflate to pressure and drive it around a bit. so the air inflation is one of the tools many of us are missing in our portable tools and everyone really needs something like this EEK!
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JayC3270
Feb 19, 2024
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I should have waited. Already finished with ryobi stuff. I dont know how good this will be compared to ryobi for average home owner, ryobi helped me to finish 1900sqft flooring job. (Ryobi oscillating tool, saw, floor saw, vacuum, jigsaw etc). Anyone has switched to this from ryobi brushless set?
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msnyder1112
Feb 19, 2024
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The brushless flashlight is the best
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vikashranjan
Feb 19, 2024
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If you don't need Fuel version then you might like this 10 tool combo kit for just $589.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwa.../304238212
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Quote from JayC3270 :
I should have waited. Already finished with ryobi stuff. I dont know how good this will be compared to ryobi for average home owner, ryobi helped me to finish 1900sqft flooring job. (Ryobi oscillating tool, saw, floor saw, vacuum, jigsaw etc). Anyone has switched to this from ryobi brushless set?
Return your Ryobi and get this. 90 day returns. Or 1year with HD card

This has the TOTL Oscillating tool with low vibrations, TOTL hammer drill, TOTL inflator, TOTL? impact, very good grinder. HO 6AH is Milwaukee's best battery, 3 AH is decently compact and crappy flashlight.

You can get a RIDGID vacuum. Get a battery adapter so you use the Milwaukee battery.

Ryobi's hammer drill is weak compared to the M18. Ryobi has some weird safety feature which will shut off the drill prematurely.

Milwaukee has a 5 year warranty on tools while Ryobi is 3 years.

Milwaukee fuel also has a higher resale value.
Last edited by User18383921 February 19, 2024 at 12:47 AM.
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Quote from fewlio :
after traveling to 5 different gas stations / car wash / service centers and finding especially in the winter the air compressor is not operating or no worker wants to put on the air chuck or put the air hose out for customers, I've realized that a reasonably method to be able to inflate a slow leak or perhaps dangerously low old dry possibly cracking tire is CRITICAL. the tire slime is also often a reasonable short term or permanent fix but you need to be able to deflate the tire fill up the tire with the slime and then reinflate to pressure and drive it around a bit. so the air inflation is one of the tools many of us are missing in our portable tools and everyone really needs something like this EEK!
or you could have just gone into one HD/Lowes/Walmart/Target/AutoParts purchased a 12 plug in tire inflator for $30 and not waste your time.
OR fix it correctly and be done...should have been completed BEFORE even getting on the road with a crappy tire.
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JayC3270
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Quote from User18383921 :
Return your Ryobi and get this. 90 day returns. Or 1year with HD card

This has the TOTL Oscillating tool with low vibrations, TOTL hammer drill, TOTL inflator, TOTL? impact, very good grinder. HO 6AH is Milwaukee's best battery, 3 AH is decently compact and crappy flashlight.

You can get a RIDGID vacuum. Get a battery adapter so you use the Milwaukee battery.

Ryobi's hammer drill is weak compared to the M18. Ryobi has some weird safety feature which will shut off the drill prematurely.

Milwaukee has a 5 year warranty on tools while Ryobi is 3 years.

Milwaukee fuel also has a higher resale value.
Thanks! Unfortunately, my return window has closed already. I will have to decide if it is worth to sell my ryobi stuffs and buy. Or I could manage two battery systems half ryobi and half milkakee Frown
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Chemosh013
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Quote from lotsalotsadeals :
or you could have just gone into one HD/Lowes/Walmart/Target/AutoParts purchased a 12 plug in tire inflator for $30 and not waste your time.
OR fix it correctly and be done...should have been completed BEFORE even getting on the road with a crappy tire.
I have an inflator that I keep in my car. For some reason it develops small leaks so it's good to have on me. And I've had multiple times when I've started a trip, then had the low tire warning come up. Being able to just inflate on the go is really useful.
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Chemosh013
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Quote from JayC3270 :
Thanks! Unfortunately, my return window has closed already. I will have to decide if it is worth to sell my ryobi stuffs and buy. Or I could manage two battery systems half ryobi and half milkakee Frown
Just have two ecosystems. Ryobi has a lot of cheap tools that are nice for one off uses. Then have your Milwaukee's for the times when you need better performance
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Quote from Chemosh013 :
Another possible deal (maybe deserves its own thread). This is the same setup but you can pick the inflator separately. If you use the hack and can cancel the inflator, it makes the 4 tool combo kit plus angle grinder $461.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwa.../322134389
I already have the inflator so this deal worked out best for me worship
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BoingLoings
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Just grabbed this as a starter kit for home DIY stuff.

Anyone want have recommendations for a drill bit and screw driver set? From what I read, the cobalt is the way to go and I may wait for a better sale. In the meantime, grab some from HF in the meantime? Probably just mostly wood, maybe stucco/concrete rarely.

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any way to get a deal like this with a polisher?

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