Kobalt New GEN3 Tools Perplex Me! 

Craftsman is better.

I absolutely love my kobalt multi tool. The power is awesome. It's the last kobalt tool I have.

This one guy loves the tools , and knows deeply. I respect him.

got this kit but without the jigsaw. still a great day, but you made out like a bandit. wow

Nice!, I just picked up the same one also. Testing them at this moment haha. And they working nice so far. The new features and slight changes look good to me. But the flashlight on the older pack is a whiter light beam compared to this new packs flashlight which is a warmer light.

I agree. Kobalt has been slept on for a while. I have a lot of Kobalt and I love the XTR line.

And include the XTR sawzall in that as well. I'd like to see how that orbital feature changes things even though the XTR is down a 100 spm.

The 24v trimmer and chainsaw blew me away

24v leaf blower ain’t bad either for small yards.

God Bless Dave! 👍🏻

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I wonder what market share the Metabo HPT takes. It has an innovative outlet adapter which hasn't caught on with other brands. Still, it's rare to see them on a jobsite.

To to fair they have expanded a lot in the last 4years and I’ve bought most of them.

Would love to see a compact XTR impact/drill set.

Those kobalt batteries are the 21700 cells.

The XTR tools punch way above their weight!

I think it's that this is the upgrade for the home gamer, XTR still targeted at professionals.

I did not, sorry!

Darn, I finally gave up on Kobalt and bought the Ryobi. It's a great tool but I had to get on the Ryobi platform just for that tool. I have 16 or 18 Kobalt batteries...

KOBALT/LOWES if your listening send VCG the nailer pronto lol

Don’t have any experience with the Kreg, sorry

Go with the Ryobi sir..for the price you can't beat it! ...Also made by TTI and cuts real nas like!

The Kreg is fantastic, but I can't compare to the Ryobi since I haven't used it. However, I think you are probably in a better spot to go with Ryobi, especially if you can get extended track lengths with it.

I just saw it in my local Lowes last week.

Dude, that Kobalt 24v wet-dry vac works just as good as my Milwaukee. I have both and it looks basically the same also.

@@rtgray7 well mine was awful, maybe I just had a lemon.

@@alaskabornheathen8902 What AH battery did you use? 6 or 8AH is only way to go with the vac, any brand vac really... that tool is an energy hog.

@@rustytools4643 they only had 1.5, 2 and 4ah batteries out when I used them. I had 2 of the 4ah that I used in most tools. Used the 2ah in my drill and impact. I got into Kobalt right when they came out with the vacuum. Loved everything except that vacuum. I live in Alaska, maybe they had bigger batteries out in the lower 48 at the time but not up here.

Get the new updated multitool, huge improvement. The nailer is at my local stores, Kobalt just didn't advertise it.

@@rustytools4643 the 24v nailer is on the shelf? I haven’t been to Lowes for a minute. They’re 25 minutes away and other places are like 10 haha I have the new one. I got my 3rd piece of trash version replacement. The new one dropped days later and I swapped it. I know they wanna move product but when you sort by New Arrivals, I don’t think they should be promoting a bunch of old products on top in kits. I feel like you should be promoting NEW ARRIVALS. Clearance those things out and sell the good stuff so people actually know what you have. They sell them for the same price. I had one unit break in the accessory change mechanism. So you couldn’t put anything in it again. Another fused a battery to the unit and shocked me 😂 I have a video of that unit that isn’t public on my channel lol The tools aren’t bad though. I wish they had some more tools right? I wish the sliding miter saw was more accurate and adjustable at the fence. I wish a number of things. I’ll probably have to pay more money and go to another brand for some needs which really is okay. I just haven’t wanted to but the time is nearing haha

That's very true. I bought a recip an impact and saw with 2 4' s and a 2 for under the price of a dewalt batter starter kit.

Not even the same world. Rigid is TTI AKA Milwaukee, Ryobi and prolly another. Kobalt is Chervon AkA Flex, Skil, Masterforce, and prolly others. Chervon is #1 in the battery game right now. TTI and Stanley only wish they could do what Chervon is with batteries. DeWalt copied Chervon for their power stacks that how far in front Chervon is right now.

Not made by the same parent company but the design does look like the ridgid octane. Hmmm.....

@@mattadams7922 And this is why Chervon now makes the Craftsman line for Lowes!

@@RWingoS7 Craftsman is made by Stanley, i.e. DeWalt, black and decker, Porter cable, Craftsmen. Again prolly forgetting some. Hart is also TTI which is walmart's house brand.

Kobalt is the best "diy" brand, but I have used many of their products in my shop and they have lasted a long while, the only tool I have heard bad things about is the air compressors

Kobalt would be a great choice for an apprentice depending on your trade. Plenty of performance, especially with the XTR line while not destroying your bank account...

Only if you are smart and like to save money. For me the best part is when some one sees me using all my kobalt tools and laughs checks them out (pleasantly surprised) and ask how long I’ve had them and find out most of my tools are over 5 years old. They just look so confused. Spending double for what you need will do that to you.😂