The kit is very good deal if you buy it on sale. And then follow discounts. But once you get with kit, it's hard to find good deals on other stuff...for ex. I wouldn't mind a wood cutting kit that has a jigsaw and recip. saw for 150 - since I will use those occasionally but thing is they will come as a kit with many other tools that I already have.BeapChastard wrote: ↑ Actually, I'm starting to question whether it makes sense to buy the kit at all.
The Ridgid 5 piece kit is $497. It comes with drill, impact driver, circ saw, recip saw, light, and 2 batteries.
In my case I don't need the reciprocating saw, it's used for demolition work. Don't need the light either.
You can buy the Ridgid drill and impact combo for $179, and it comes with a charger and 2 batteries.
The circ saw is is $169. These are all regular prices.
So that's $348, or $149 cheaper than the kit, but I don't get the recip saw or light, which I don't care about anyways. When I priced out the Ryobi tools I foudn the same thing, it makes much more sense to buy just the tools I need.
So why buy the kit? The only reason I can think of is if I can find it at a considerable discount. But the individual tools sometimes go on sale too.
Also I consider the 5 piece kit as a 4 piece kit because the light doesn't count as a tool in my opinion. I mean you can buy a flash light at Dollarama for a couple bucks.
Btw. they do say their 18V batteries are compatible with all other 18V tools they made. I am not sure if they were making 18V tools 10 years ago.