Good time to get into the Ozito bargain* ecosystem. The battery price is $69 on its own. Perfect to go with your new pruning chainsaw if you managed to grab one!
Compatible with Ozito Power X change range
1 x 4.0Ah battery
1 x compact fast charger
This Ozito Power X Change kit includes an 18V 4.0Ah Li-Ion battery and a compact fast charger.
The kit is compatible with the entire Ozito Power X change range, including home and garden tools.
I personally reckon go an impact driver with a socket adapter for a newbie and then down the track look at a dedicated impact wrench. Impact driver is a lot more versatile for other jobs around the house whereas a impact wrench is pretty much sockets only driving.
I am confused, chatpgt tells me I only need a cordless drill for now. Are you saying impact driver is more versatile and can do everything a cordless drill can, or did I misunderstand! Sorry I am a noob as you can tell already lol
@rmsprs: Impact driver faster but less grunt. Impact wrench = more grunt but less versatile.
Good combo would be the impact driver and a hand socket set with a breaker bar for leverage on anything very tight the driver can't handle.
I would definitely recommend the brushless impact driver and drill from Ozito and then get a good impact driver bit set like: https://www.bunnings.com.au/kango-36-piece-hypertorque-impac… which has a socket adapter and a good set of impact rated sockets such as: https://www.bunnings.com.au/kincrome-49-piece-1-2-deep-impac…
All this will get pretty much anything you will come across working on your 4WD undone or put back together!
The impact wrench is a good shout. If you don't have a bit set you'll need one. Usually you need impact rated bits when using a power tool - you can find trojan/craft right ones at Bunnings.
In the meantime the below may be useful if you don't already have similar and in a pinch you could potentially use the bits with the ozito with a half inch to quarter inch converter.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/959878
It's good to have some hand tools that you can put some muscle into like a breaker bar to get stuck bolts loose, a torque wrench to hit exact tensions, but some impact wrenches can cover these requirements too.
If you can get a list of all sizes you need, most cars stick to specific units, e.g 13mm for minor items, 19mm for bigger ones and 32mm for things like the oil filter cap. Knowing which size tools you need can help you save money by getting sets which cover most of them and only having to get one or two independently. Sometimes seats will use torx bits. It can be really frustrating getting set up to get a lot done and then having to make another trip to the tool shop or have to wait another day so the more research you can do ahead of time (specific to the job you want to do) the better, unless you are very well equipped tool wise.
I would recommend posting your car model/year number here or on Reddit for people to give you more specific advice, or if uncomfortable with that, googling, speaking to a handy friend or AI.
Beyond an impact wrench and tyre inflator, I think the next most useful tool is the 300psi ozito pressure washer is great for clearing muck out of engine bays and foaming/lubricating, works well with the battery.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-high-pressure-air-…
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-2-5ah-348psi-porta…
Vacuums, drills and blowers always good. I haven't used their buffers.
thanks for the fantastic and detailed response! will definitely look into adding these to the arsenal gradually. Do you have any recommendations for a drill, as I think I need to get my feet wet with a drill first.
This is what the people above are discussing
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-impact-driver-skin…
It's like an electric screwdriver that you can also use with sockets as well as screws and other fasteners.
The reason it is noted as maybe more versatile around the house is it can easily sort out things like Ikea furniture etc, but only if you have the right but (e.g. Philips, hex, torx) to put into it for the job.
I think it's a good choice for a first power tool in combination with a good bit set and hand tools, but once you are working a lot the impact wrench will save you some time and effort.
@rackjiddle: Note that the impact driver endorsed in the earlier comments is actually the brushless version which might be the below - all the previous comments are really good.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-220nm-impact-drive…
I think this deal is actually fairly mediocre.
Market price on secondary market for new Ozito charger is $10. That puts the price of the 4.0mAh battery at $39.
Meanwhile the 2.5mAh battery and charger kit is currently $25, minus the charger = $15 for the 2.5mAh battery. Lighter, and with newer battery cells with higher sustained output. You can even run Ozito 2x18V skins if you buy two 2.5mAh kits, for the same price of a single 4.0mAh kit (less, if you sell the extra charger).
If you were going to start off with garden tools its a little bit different since those usually need more capacity… but garden tools often come with batteries and charger in a very well priced kit anyway so you should go with that instead.
If you need more 4.0mAh batteries the triple kit is recurring at $99 for 3 pcs (though at that price you should probably get the 5.2mAh twin pack with the trade in offer).
lMO overall you would never choose to buy the 4.0mAh - for lighter duties the 2.5mAh is more convenient and cheaper per mAh, for heavier duties the 5.2mAh has much better sustained output as well due to newer cells, and lastly you get so many 4.0mAh in kits that you often have an excess.
The Ozito battery redemption offer ended, any idea when they might do it again or how often it comes up?
I wouldn't mind grabbing 2x 5.2ah batteries
So far the pattern is once a year, I got mine last september. I think it was september in 2024 as well.
cool, thanks tek
I think you mean Ah. mAh would make it a very tiny battery.
Yep that's on me, I was just checking on my Eneloops and retained the units.
The $50 off battery trade in deal brought the 5.2aH down to $65 each. and you needed dead batteries to trade. The 3 pack 4Ah are $33 each and the deals the whole year.
Sure you might get a 4Ah thrown in but otherwise it's better value in the 3 pack. If the 5.2Ah were $50 each in packs then it would be a no brainer IMO.
The 5.2 batteries (and slightly more so the 6 and 8) actually deliver higher power output, so high power tools it makes a substantial difference over the 4 and 2.5 (which iirc are the same).
It's about a 25% jump in power between 2.5 to 4.
My point was to highlight that buying 5.2 over 4's are double the cost during the exchange program but triple the cost for most of the year.
Between 4 and 5.2 it's another 25% more power but it's not guaranteed performance only available power which not every tool/usage case will see.
You could argue exactly the same case for needing 8's over 5.2's (10% increase and extra capacity). With the associated cost removed from the equation it makes it look more attractive than it may be in real world performance.
Personally, this is not a great deal. You can get 2 x 2.5 AH Batteries (5 AH total) and 2 x Chargers for $50 (This sometimes comes down to $20 each a few times a year)
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-2-5ah-battery-and-…
The 2.5 AH batteries are much lighter and make the tools less bulky. Also you can leave one on charge while using the other one. Works much better for me.
Depends what you are doing. I have the 4Ah batteries in my lawn mower, and the 2-2.5Ah batteries for handheld tools. The smaller batteries last nowhere near long enough to do any amount of lawnmowing.
Agree with @SirCH, depends on what you use these for. For eg. the garden blower would work better with 4Ah battery. If you already have the 2Ah kit and this, you can leave one on charge. I tend to use the 4Ah battery first and then the 2Ah to finish off.
The 2.5ah batteries are pissweak. Even on the garden blower they run out in barely 4 minutes. 4ah much better for that. Even on the handheld sander doesn't last long at all. Fine for the drill for a few quick uses.
I've found the 2.5Ah are only useful in the lightest of tools to keep the weight down. If you're new to Ozito it's debatable if you even need to buy extra 2.5Ah as there will eventually be a cheap kit come along.
The real value in those combo kits for me is a cheap cell and spare charger source. I have quite a few batteries charging them all a once is way easier. Then a few spares in case a good battery exchange deal comes up.
I reckon find some ozbargainer with 35 spare chargers and beg for one, then buy the triple pack.
For anyone wondering about the charger specs, this is 3A charger. The "standard" version for $25 on its own is 2A.
I returned the $49 4A charger and got this instead. Now I have 4 batteries and a charger, which is much less wear on the batteries when using them for my 2x18v whipper snipper.
I am about to do some DIY projects on my 4wd, I have no previous experience with power tools, can anyone please recommend me a skin to buy with this?