Or this awesome deal…

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-FUEL-Gen-2-18V-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless-Mid-Torque-1-2-in-Impact-Wrench-with-1-5-0-Ah-Battery-2962-20-48-11-1850/316087143

Now if I only need the light, or the batteries, or the charger …

If it was two 3ahs in the small package I’d probably go for it.

Yellow stickers are clearance items. We’re these possibly returns, or were the boxes really dusty? Regardless, that is an awesome deal. If that was in my store’s clearance area, I’d have bought at least one, maybe two and sold one and made enough to pay for all or part of the one I kept.

Me personally? I’d get the high CRI light, because poor color rendition slowly drives me insane. Maybe I’m unusual, but I do know that electricians or telecom or IT people have to identify wires by color sometimes, so CRI might be important to them too.

Still, it surprises me that nobody (except Milwaukee) pays any attention AT ALL to the quality of light. You’d think other manufs could offer a higher CRI option for people who want it, maybe for a small premium. Milwaukee’s lights are far from the cheapest, and I’d guess they sell okay. I buy them exclusively.

Agreed, particularly since the tools come with non-charging 2Ah batteries rather than the newer 2Ah and 3Ah that charge your phone as well… I guess it forces people to pay if they want power-bank capability with their batteries, but especially up to 20 tools that’s a lot of extra batteries as you say.

That would be illegal in the US according to the FTC. Putting ‘USA’, or an american flag, or anyting similar means it must be manufactured in the US. Of course HF has knowingly flaunted regulations before (like their last class action lawsuit).

I remember my dad buying a Delta lunchbox planer at HF in the early 90s. Still running after a few blade changes.

Don’t HF have multiple suppliers for many products? Could be that one supplier is in the USA but they don’t want to limit themselves overall.

Ryobi tools and accessories are exclusive to Home Depot and can all but be considered as a house brand.

I sometimes see one a compact power tool that would interest me but I nearly always would rather have either a 12v or 18v class version instead. I already have those batteries, the smaller sizes area already very compact. I don’t want to get into yet another battery system if I can get the same kind of tool–and likely more powerful–on one of my existing platforms.
I also think they’re not that tempting to buy into from the opposite perspective either. Let’s image a newbie getting into crafts or small scale DIY. They have zero power tools but they want to buy some basic ones. There are some tempting tools on this platform….but where’s the drill? a basic sander? an OMT? Glue gun? From that perspective I’d much rather start out with, say, Ryobi 18v, which already has plenty of craft and hobby oriented tools as well as the fundamentals like a drill/driver.

My assumption is the same, that high CRI costs more and sacrifices a bit of brightness at the same power level.

If there are two worklights on the shelf, one that’s advertised as delivering 600 lumens, and another next to it as delivering high CRI at 520 lumens of illumination, which will sell better at the same price?

It’s hard to say.

Dremel has had 7V tools and 4V tools.

I think the biggest challenge with tools like these is in gaining visibility, which is typically tied to shelf or promotional display space.