This includes some very steep discounts on flagship tool brands like Milwaukee, Ryobi, and DeWalt tools, by which I mean half off and buy-one-get-one steep. It looks like half the store is on sale. But here’s an early look at some of the best deals you can look out for as Black Friday starts early.
Discounts on Google Nest and other Smart Home devices
Some of WIRED’s best-tested Google Nest smart home devices currently have significant discounts at Home Depot, in addition to discounts on a mess of smart home devices from Echo, Eufy and others.
The latest Nest Learning Thermostat is a real blockbuster device in its category, and Home Depot is selling it for the lowest price I can find at any retailer right now. The Nest is a feast for the eyes and does not suffer from interruptions or irregularities in the temperature reading, which are surprisingly common with smart home thermostats. It also offers a lot of nice features, including a readout that changes depending on your proximity to the device. Even better, the Nest thermostat comes with an external temperature sensor that lets you prioritize readings in a specific room (or part of a room). This allowed WIRED reviewer Nena Farrell to tailor the device to her toddler’s bedroom to keep it from becoming too stuffy. The larger screen size is also a noticeable upgrade over previous generations, she noted.
Photo: Simon Hill
Photo: Simon Hill
Photo: Simon Hill
Googling
Nest Cam Outdoor 2K (wired, 2nd generation)
The Nest Cam Outdoor 2K requires a little installation, sure: you have to screw on the holder and run a cable. But the camera offers 2K video quality and two-way audio, and doesn’t waste your time with a series of ambiguous notifications like many outdoor cameras: it can accurately detect people, animals and vehicles. The camera provides sharp video with a 152-degree field of view. It’s the wired outdoor camera that WIRED reviewer Simon Hill particularly recommends, but keep in mind that while notifications and live feed don’t require a subscription, you’ll need a $10 or $20 per month subscription to access more advanced features, including familiar face detection and 30 to 60 days of video history. Either way, it’s 20 percent off for Black Friday at the Home Depot, in addition to sales on a slew of other smart home devices.
Buy one get one deals on DeWalt Tools
A few tools from the home improvement product DeWalt are currently on sale for buy-one-get-one. It’s a little hard to sort out on the Home Depot site, but essentially you have a mix and match of a few select DeWalt tools.
Buy one and all other tools are free. This includes the 13-inch Cordless String Trimmer ($139)the 20V Cordless Leaf Blower ($179)the 20V MAX XR Cordless Brushless Jigsaw ($239)and the 20V MAX Cordless Brushless Circular Saw ($229)
In addition to that BOGO deal, you can get a free DeWalt tool with the purchase of a battery, or a free DeWalt battery with the purchase of a tool, as detailed here. Or, a little most of the rest of the DeWalt toolkit is available for purchase this month somewhere between 20 and 50 percent off. It’s not the highest discount on the list, but may I recommend WIRED’s absolute favorite drill and screwdriver set, which is on sale now for $50 off?
Photo: Thuisdepot
DeWalt
20V maximum 1/2 inch cordless drill
The Home Depot Milwaukee Tools for 50 percent off
During Home Depot’s month-long Black Friday sale, you can also choose to get one-get-one or 50-percent off some Milwaukee tools. WIRED reviewer Scott Gilbertson is already known to love the Milwaukee Tool ecosystem as a smart investment – ​​to leverage Milwaukee’s excellent battery technology. He now owns dozens of them, from impact pistols to circular saws and a drywall screw gun.
Anyway, the most essential tool in the kit, Milwaukee’s M18 Fuel Brushless Cordless Hex Impact Screwdriver ($179)is in a buy-one-get-one sale along with other select Milwaukee tools as part of a buy-one-get-one deal that also includes Milwaukee’s brushless cordless grinder ($229) And wireless personal inflator ($199). Other tools include free batteries with certain tools, or vice versa.
It’s not always easy to see on the general site which tools are included in the BOGO deal, but click the button below and make a note of the tools marked ‘Free with purchase’.
Buy-one-get-one Makita, Ryobi and Ridgid tools
Once you’ve purchased a tool ecosystem, it’s now pretty much part of your life: you’ve chosen a battery pack that will power a whole world of powered tools. Different WIRED employees have their own preferences. For WIRED reviewers Julian Chokkattu and Pete Cottell, their personal world is Makita. And Makita is currently one of the brands with a killer buy-one-get-one: just buy one of the Makita tools here and you can select a free battery pack or one from seven other Makita tools in the $200 range.
WIRED hasn’t tested all of these tools, but Ryobi has a similar deal on its affordable tool sets, with a BOGO deal on several tools and batteries, including a 18 Volt, Oscillating, Sanding and Cutting Multi-Tool ($79) for wall and panel work, and a impact wrench ($99).
Ridgid has a similar deal, with a different product set. Ridgid tool bundles with batteries are up to 60 percent cheaper, esp buy a cordless leaf blower with a battery starter package for more than half off.
Ridgid
18V brushless cordless leaf blower with battery and charger
Free Christmas tree delivery
I remember two things about buying Christmas trees as a kid, which was always the best day and the worst day. Choosing the tree was of course very exciting. But then you had to load it. And you had to move him after you put him in a pickup. Then you had to unload it and get it into the house. By the time you get through all that, you might as well forget about the Christmas spirit.
Well, the Internet is a thing with a lot of pomp and circumstance. The Home Depot is offering free Christmas tree delivery this Black Friday, including everything from artificial trees (here is the current bestseller) to freshly cut spruce, that is is already in stock but only from Online-only sellers. (Or, if you prefer, check out WIRED’s roundup of the best artificial Christmas trees, as tested by professionals.
Artificial or real trees will appear at your door for free and no pick-up is required. Because we already live in the future.
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