Select Lowe's Locations have 5-Tool SKIL 12V Combo Kit w/ 2x 2Ah Batteries & Charger (CB8368A-20) on sale for $79. Select free store pick up where stock permits.
Thanks to community member PupperScupper for finding this deal.
This collaborative space allows users to contribute additional information, tips, and insights to enhance the original deal post. Feel free to share your knowledge and help fellow shoppers make informed decisions.
Select Lowe's Locations have 5-Tool SKIL 12V Combo Kit w/ 2x 2Ah Batteries & Charger (CB8368A-20) on sale for $79. Select free store pick up where stock permits.
Thanks to community member PupperScupper for finding this deal.
Deal History includes data from multiple reputable stores, such as Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. The lowest price among stores for a given day is selected as the "Sale Price".
Sale Price does not include sale prices at Amazon unless a deal was posted by a community member.
Pretty great deal for an intro set of power tools! If you don't own a drill, this is a good first set and a good price for it! If you're looking to build up a power tool inventory, then research the battery ecosystem(s) you want to invest in before making your purchase unless you're willing to rebuy some tools or go with multiple ecosystems.
For those who are buying their first set: The drill and impact driver look very similar but have two different purposes. The drill is good for drilling holes and putting screws into "light" materials (such as drywall). The impact driver is good for driving screws into harder materials (such as wood). If you try to drive a screw into wood with a drill, it's easy to strip the screw head because of the speed that the bit will turn as it's slipping. The impact driver makes tiny little movements (very quickly) that help prevent it from slipping and you're less likely to strip the screw head. (It is kinda noisy though.)
I've watched many and they were all complimentary of the tools, particularly for the price. Torque Test Channel on YouTube showed that the Skil 12v impact wrench was actually more powerful than the Milwaukee, with default batteries anyway.
Do you happen to have a link to one you watched that were negative about these?
It's interesting you mention this I am not sure how many people read about the FLEX tools with their leaking batteries it's interesting because Flex and Skil are the same company.
For the price, it is a no-brainer for small work around the house. I bought it on the last sale for $79 to compliment the 10 tool set I already got for $150 to carry in our RV. The one negative I am finding with the power outage here in S Cali is it doesn't come with the new USB-C batteries. We can charge our phone with these, but it is slow. The USB-C batteries that came in the 10 tool set charge super fast.
Haven't tried the multi-tool yet, but I'm happy to hear it works well. The flashlight has come in really handy, and we have been using it a lot. Eats batteries, though. The lantern light that came with the 10 tool kit has lasted 2 days on the same battery, can't say the for the one in this kit, maybe a full day .
Overall, these Skil 12v tools are great for weekend warriors. Not selling my Milwaukee or Dewalt anytime soon but have been using the Skil tools a lot more than I was expecting.
I am definitely buying some of the new USB-C 4ah batteries for this when available. The option to fast charge our phones has been a godsend for us during this power outage.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank ikonoklast
Great for home owners who don't care to pretend they work in construction.
I've had this since 2021 and have used everything with some good hard use. Haven't used the oscillating tool much but can vouch for other tools. Also have a circular saw, air pump, electric ratchet and impact tool. All have met and exceeded my expectations. Can't beat the value of this for the average Joe like me.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank S.Cress
Quote
from CodyH4264
:
I had bought a Skil powertool kit late last year, and returned barely a month later. Leaky batteries ruined our rug, and while that may have just been a fluke, I've never had a leaky battery issue from any other brand of power tools. Especially NEW.
It's interesting you mention this I am not sure how many people read about the FLEX tools with their leaking batteries it's interesting because Flex and Skil are the same company.
Great for home owners who don't care to pretend they work in construction.
I've had this since 2021 and have used everything with some good hard use. Haven't used the oscillating tool much but can vouch for other tools. Also have a circular saw, air pump, electric ratchet and impact tool. All have met and exceeded my expectations. Can't beat the value of this for the average Joe like me.
No, you must be on team red or yellow, no self-respecting tool user can use anything but what they use at constructions sites. Meanwhile I've got more ryobi tools than I know what to do with, and do all projects and repairs around my house myself.
1
1
Like
Helpful
Funny
Not helpful
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Speakers and lights have ruined more tool deals for me than the 69,420 bits and hex keys included in the 69,430 piece tool kits
Edit: before more ppl get offended, the speaker and the light are great tools…the issue just becomes once you're in a tool platform for a while you wind up having 15 lights (or whatever the tool a given company always includes in their multi tool kits is, and it gets a little depressing that 2 out of 5 of the "power tools" in the kits are of little value to you and flooded on eBay and such because millions of people have this same experience and buy the kits and sell these extras
Last edited by fiveohfour January 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM.
No, you must be on team red or yellow, no self-respecting tool user can use anything but what they use at constructions sites. Meanwhile I've got more ryobi tools than I know what to do with, and do all projects and repairs around my house myself.
i thought ryobi is the laughing stock among the contractors?
It's interesting you mention this I am not sure how many people read about the FLEX tools with their leaking batteries it's interesting because Flex and Skil are the same company.
Same parent company indeed, but both are "independent" subsidiary's as opposed to just being two product lines literally offered from the same company. Minor distinction to most, probably, but a distinction nonetheless, for whatever that's worth.
Very very very different cells and battery pack situation going on though, fwiw, so I wouldn't worry about the battery situation, all these tools acquire their cells from a handful of battery manufacturers (LG Chem, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Panasonic, etc)
so it's not almost never the fault of the company who's name is on the end user device when there's a battery issue like that.
I respect Flex if for nothing else for being a bit more honest in their advertising and naming schemes, being the only current 24V lineup I can think of that actually is honestly 24v nominal, as opposed to Dewalt for example using 20v MAX, which is the same as 18v Nominal, to try to make their tools sound more powerful than Milwaukee when in reality they're the same voltage, kobalt's 24V tools are 24V max, 21.6v nominal (24v of any variety is relatively rare)
These distinctions are somewhat lacking in importance compared to the old days where voltage played such a massive role in power output. It still does, but a 18v Milwaukee or dewalt will usually destroy everything of slightly higher voltage but the flex 24v line
ANYWAY, tangents aside, yes Skil was purchased from Bosch by Chervon (Flex's Parent company). Luckily for tool nerds they launched not just this new consumer oriented "skil" lineup of tools but also launched a seperate "skilsaw" sub-brand. skilsaw's corded worm drive saws are legendary and many people thought we'd never get a modern cordless worm drive rear handle skilsaw, so many were ecstatic upon its release
Last edited by fiveohfour January 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM.
I had bought a Skil powertool kit late last year, and returned barely a month later. Leaky batteries ruined our rug, and while that may have just been a fluke, I've never had a leaky battery issue from any other brand of power tools. Especially NEW.
Luckily it's quite rare with lithium s as compared to alkaline, but depending on many factors it's still possible (unless it's a polymer cell design like Lipo or Lifepo4 etc in which case it cannot leak liquid or combust when punctured like traditional lithium cells).
Regardless, just remember unless you're using a product made by Samsung, LG, Panasonic etc…the battery cells have nothing to do with the tool manufacturer or the car manufacturer etc and are sourced entirely from a small handful of companies in 99% of cases
Last edited by fiveohfour January 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM.
i thought ryobi is the laughing stock among the contractors?
Many of them do outright mock ryobi, but in the context of jobsites, most understand they're perfectly fine for around the home type of jobs for the typical consumer…the rest of them hate it because they fail to grasp that even when they're at home they're using their tools like they're in a job site still and they just won't hold up to that.
Having said that in defense of ryobi, imo there's little reason for anyone that's remotely savvy at shopping for sales to use ryobi, even just the quality of plastics is greatly improved with higher end tools and over you start shopping the higher end ryobi stuff like the one+ HP or whatever they're called, the prices are way too close to rigid and other superior offerings.
Also, now that Walmart has the HART stuff for dirt cheap and made by TTI, Ryobi is dead to me. Unless you already have a vast Ryobi collection, I couldn't justify buying into it today personally
1
1
Like
Helpful
Funny
Not helpful
Join The Conversation
Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!
Top Comments
For those who are buying their first set: The drill and impact driver look very similar but have two different purposes. The drill is good for drilling holes and putting screws into "light" materials (such as drywall). The impact driver is good for driving screws into harder materials (such as wood). If you try to drive a screw into wood with a drill, it's easy to strip the screw head because of the speed that the bit will turn as it's slipping. The impact driver makes tiny little movements (very quickly) that help prevent it from slipping and you're less likely to strip the screw head. (It is kinda noisy though.)
Do you happen to have a link to one you watched that were negative about these?
Join The Conversation
Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!
66 Comments
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Haven't tried the multi-tool yet, but I'm happy to hear it works well. The flashlight has come in really handy, and we have been using it a lot. Eats batteries, though. The lantern light that came with the 10 tool kit has lasted 2 days on the same battery, can't say the for the one in this kit, maybe a full day .
Overall, these Skil 12v tools are great for weekend warriors. Not selling my Milwaukee or Dewalt anytime soon but have been using the Skil tools a lot more than I was expecting.
I am definitely buying some of the new USB-C 4ah batteries for this when available. The option to fast charge our phones has been a godsend for us during this power outage.
Too bad they're out of stock.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank ikonoklast
I've had this since 2021 and have used everything with some good hard use. Haven't used the oscillating tool much but can vouch for other tools. Also have a circular saw, air pump, electric ratchet and impact tool. All have met and exceeded my expectations. Can't beat the value of this for the average Joe like me.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank S.Cress
I've had this since 2021 and have used everything with some good hard use. Haven't used the oscillating tool much but can vouch for other tools. Also have a circular saw, air pump, electric ratchet and impact tool. All have met and exceeded my expectations. Can't beat the value of this for the average Joe like me.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Edit: before more ppl get offended, the speaker and the light are great tools…the issue just becomes once you're in a tool platform for a while you wind up having 15 lights (or whatever the tool a given company always includes in their multi tool kits is, and it gets a little depressing that 2 out of 5 of the "power tools" in the kits are of little value to you and flooded on eBay and such because millions of people have this same experience and buy the kits and sell these extras
Very very very different cells and battery pack situation going on though, fwiw, so I wouldn't worry about the battery situation, all these tools acquire their cells from a handful of battery manufacturers (LG Chem, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Panasonic, etc)
so it's not almost never the fault of the company who's name is on the end user device when there's a battery issue like that.
I respect Flex if for nothing else for being a bit more honest in their advertising and naming schemes, being the only current 24V lineup I can think of that actually is honestly 24v nominal, as opposed to Dewalt for example using 20v MAX, which is the same as 18v Nominal, to try to make their tools sound more powerful than Milwaukee when in reality they're the same voltage, kobalt's 24V tools are 24V max, 21.6v nominal (24v of any variety is relatively rare)
These distinctions are somewhat lacking in importance compared to the old days where voltage played such a massive role in power output. It still does, but a 18v Milwaukee or dewalt will usually destroy everything of slightly higher voltage but the flex 24v line
ANYWAY, tangents aside, yes Skil was purchased from Bosch by Chervon (Flex's Parent company). Luckily for tool nerds they launched not just this new consumer oriented "skil" lineup of tools but also launched a seperate "skilsaw" sub-brand. skilsaw's corded worm drive saws are legendary and many people thought we'd never get a modern cordless worm drive rear handle skilsaw, so many were ecstatic upon its release
Regardless, just remember unless you're using a product made by Samsung, LG, Panasonic etc…the battery cells have nothing to do with the tool manufacturer or the car manufacturer etc and are sourced entirely from a small handful of companies in 99% of cases
See attached.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Having said that in defense of ryobi, imo there's little reason for anyone that's remotely savvy at shopping for sales to use ryobi, even just the quality of plastics is greatly improved with higher end tools and over you start shopping the higher end ryobi stuff like the one+ HP or whatever they're called, the prices are way too close to rigid and other superior offerings.
Also, now that Walmart has the HART stuff for dirt cheap and made by TTI, Ryobi is dead to me. Unless you already have a vast Ryobi collection, I couldn't justify buying into it today personally
Join The Conversation
Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!