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Advertisement Kobalt Compact Lithium Ion Drill Driver While I’m not sold on the looks of the drill/driver, it has decent specs to justify its Porfessional Grade description. The driver features ratcheting keyless chuck, 2-speed 0-450 RPM and 0-1650 RPM gearbox, and 455 in./lb max torque. The kit includes two 18V compact lithium-ion batteries that fully charge in 20mins. ($159) I’ve got to say, the boxes looked pretty snazzy. I’m a sucker for nice packaging and presentation. Kobalt Cordless Power Tool Combo Kit, NiCad The drill included in the NiCad combo is a bit longer than the compact li-ion version.
$169 for a 4-tool combo is pretty decent, and upon rough inspection the tools seem to be comparable to. The kit includes a drill/driver, circular saw, work light, reciprocating saw, kit bag, charger, and 2 NiCad batteries. Kobalt Cordless Power Tool Combo Kit, Lithium Ion The drill/driver looks different than both the compact and NiCad versions. The circular saw looks about identical to the NiCad version except for the color scheme.
Upon first inspection I thought the reciprocating saw was identical to the one included in the NiCad kit, but after looking over the photos I am no longer certain about this. The work light is also different – pivoting (and rotating) LED head, vs. A larger (incandescent?) version in the NiCad combo. You also get a kit bag and charger, plus one compact lithium-ion battery and one extended-run battery. ($269) Kobalt Cordless 1/2″ Impact Wrench Only after reviewing this photo of the endcap display did I notice that a 1/2″ impact wrench will be included in the initial launch.
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It it curious why Kobalt is including an impact wrench in the new lineup but no impact driver. Complete product specs and details of all these tools will be emerging soon, and we will share any information we find out. One thing that is uncertain is whether these new Kobalt tools will affect Lowes’ selection of similarly priced Porter Cable power tools. But what we do know is that Lowes has Home Depot’s Ridgid brand in its sights. A small portion of the banner behind the display was devoted to a comparison between Kobalt and Ridgid’s leading drill/drivers. What I find somewhat amusing is the “ergonomic design” vs.
“standard design” bullet points. One thing’s for sure – it will be interesting to see how these tools compare against others in their price range and those that are also considered professional grade. I’m not sure who the OEM is, and don’t really have any way to find out.
From what I have seen, Porter Cable has already started branching out with their cordless power tools. It used to be that these tools were only found at Lowes, but I’ve now seen them elsewhere at competitive or even lower prices. With the winter holidays approaching, it is unlikely that Lowes would promote the Porter Cable brand. Why advertise a particular brand that people may learn about and then purchase from a competitor? In developing their own exclusive power tool brand, Lowes matches up better with Sears (Craftsman) and Home Depot (Ryobi and Ridgid). There are also added long-term benefits to establishing Kobalt as a comprehensive one-stop brand.
It will be interesting to see how things evolve over the next few months. Ok the OEM is Chervon Limited out of China. Lowe’s is currently going to be pushing these tools against Craftsman, Ridgid, and Ryobi. I know that sometime starting in November or December they will be pushing a free battery promo of some kind. The warranty for all of these tools is going to be 5 years on the tool and 3 year on the battery no questions asked. The exchange process will be very similar to the current hand tool warranty.
The lithium batteries have a 20 and 30 minute charge time while the nicad is one hour. Overall for the money the lithium kit will be the better buy. Most stores should have these tools out on display and i can honestly say that they are a lot nicer than i would have expected them to be. I work for Lowe’s, and I have to say I was very skeptical when I saw these come off the truck for the first time, having no prior heads up. The specs are more impressive than I would have guessed, all three drill models have more torque than PC’s two models, (they feel more solid, too) the saws (circ and recip) feel good (I powered up the circ saw, very nice), and the LED swivel (Li ion) is pretty dang bright. I have no XP with the 18V impact wrench (why not an impact driver?) Both the Nicad and Li ion feel good and solid, but IMO the Li ion is more job site worthy.
Who knows if and when more tools will be available. I would say that Lowe’s is definetly targeting Rigid with the Kobalt and Ryobi with the PC, but so far they just dont have the variety of available tools to do so. So far there are only two corded tools, a circ saw and recip saw (with orbital action and a rotating head.) Both feel pretty job site worthy. Hope this helps any one out there. I just came across the deal of the century.I was in my local LOWES store, cruising for clearance when I came across a Kobalt bag with 6 lithium ion batteries, and 3 chargers. 3 of the smaller batteries, 2 of the big ones, 3 chargers and a nice tool bag.on clearance for $75.
Yes, I snapped it up, but have no kobalt tools.any ideas how to by any bare tools? Or, will Lowes ever be selling the bare tools.if anyone has a crystal ball, that is. Please shoot me an e-mail if you have any ideas for me.
I have not seen them in person but my experience with Kobat has been mixed. Some of their mechanics tools are nice and their PEX crimper is awesome but their pliers and other hand tools leave much to be desired. I considered the Kobalt sliding miter saw a while ago and went with a Ridgid fixed saw instead and I couldn’t be happier.
The Kobalt saw seems loose and has a lot of plastic where my Ridgid is heavy as hell and feels like I could drop it down the stairs and it would still cut square. I am a Bosch fanboy when it comes to drills but I look forward to stopping by Lowes to grope these new Kobalts – perfect excuse for my weekly run. The thing about Kobalt is that they source their tools from a number of different manufacturers.
The new mechanics tools, although imported, are said to be of higher pro-level quality compared to the previous generation. These power tools are similarly being described as pro-grade.
Going by specs and features alone, they do seem to be designed as pro-level tools. Whether they stand up to the competition remains to be seen. But this also depends on who they’re competing with. I’m not sure that they’ll take market share away from the more popular pro brands, at least not yet, but it looks like they’re priced to directly compete with Hitachi, Porter Cable, Ryobi, and Craftsman. The warranty is not the only thing their comparison chart gets wrong. Not long ago, we at Home Depot got a special comparison sheet of our own, which basically mentions the same points as Lowes’ but instead, Ridgid comes out on top.
Its actually very sad what companies can get away with in advertising, Home Depot included. Often times, charts compare new products with imaginary ones. In most cases, the comparisons are mearly Our new product versus Their product specs from 5 years ago.
And lets not forget the cordless tools weight listings, which could include the tool itself, tool with compact battery, or tool with high capacity battery, not to mention whether the battery is nicad or lithium. I recently purchased the li-ion 4pc power tool set and Ot came with a free impact wrench and I was in the market looking for a good combo pack I almost bought. The identical rigid pack as it has a lIfetime warranty for 500 but the package deal I got at lowes for 270$ was unmatched the closest competitor was PC with a price of 200 without the impact wrench all li-ion as well so I felt confident with my purchase so far I’ve. Case Tl 100 Trencher Manual.
Trivial Pursuit Star Wars Edition Instructions 1040 more. Put twenty hours worth of work into these tools and my dewalt friends are jealous of the look and the price I got on this 5 star review these tools are magnificent highly recommended. @ Scott: RIDGID 18v batteries do have a Lifetime Service Agreement if they are purchased as part of a kit and properly registered for the LSA. If they are not registered, or if they are purchased separately, the batteries are only covered for three years. If the registered batteries are replaced under warranty/LSA, the registration must be updated for the new serial numbers in order to continue the LSA. Otherwise, again, the warranty defaults to three years. That’s on all of RIDGID’s and Home Depot’s websites and advertising and packaging for items eligible for the LSA.
Funny how a minimal amount of reading clears up a lot of misinformation.