Milwaukee 49-22-4185 All Purpose Professional Ice Hardened Hole Saw Kit 28 Piece

I bought this set of hole saws last year. For years I’ve maintained an incomplete and ever expanding mixed bag of Milwaukee , Bosch etc. saws of varying sizes and quality it I decided it was time for a more complete, not to mention sharper set and an arbor that worked. This set has satisfied me and even rose above the quality that hoped for. Not all the Milwaukee tools I’ve owned recently have impressed me, the quality like most has tapered off in the last two decades. These hole saws were a pleasant surprise. Well designed arbors, a big enough slot in the side of the saws to insert a screwdriver to remove the plug and most amazing is a box that is big enough that you don’t have to puzzle over exactly which saw stacks in which pile. Top it off with several extra 1/4” pilot bits, Allen wrenches to adjust or remove them. I use them for drilling woods, hard and soft, lots of aluminum and yesterday, which convinced me to review them, a Stainless Steel water tank with the 2” bit. Highly recommended.

I saw the smaller kits with 10 and 18 bits at Home Depot in a cheap thin plastic container. So I went on to Amazon and saw this one with a much nicer box. Well the pictures are inaccurate. It seems the images shown in the product description with the rectangular box is the old product version. The new packaging is the same for all Milwaukee hole saw bits, just a very poorly designed flimsy plastic box. Mine came with all parts strewn about the box, instructions ripped and plastic pegs broken (see picture). Although this box is grossly under designed, the early reviews indicate the previous box had its own issues. My take, the product itself is great! Just get a packout to store it all and move along.

These are great hole saws, bought this set because I was sick of way overpaying for individual blades and having to travel to HD/L when I needed it but the case it comes in seems like a half hearted attempt at an size reduction with a plastic upgrade compared to the normal style case, but they clearly didnt take the weight and heft of the blades into account.

These things rock but I had quite a time getting going. I needed to cut 4 holes in 1 3/4 inch depth of ply. A couple of notes 1) you cant tell from the pic but the bits are not 1/4 hex, they are 9/16 or some odd size..... good luck finding an adaptor to get these working with a regular 1/4 hex driver. First I tried a hex nut to make the connection but it was too wobbly. The Dewalt chuck adaptor for the 1/4 hex didnt work either (too small and it sucks) and there doesnt appear to be an adaptor for s4s max either....... hmmm, surely something I have out there will run these things...... finally I pulled out an old dewalt drill that had a big enough chuck to hold the bits and I was off to the races. 2) Do the chuck up tight! 3) Make sure you are holding the damn drill with both hands, nice and strong, things can get wild with the bigger hole cutters and they can lock up really suddenly if you shove too hard or drop sideways, giving the drill and your arm a good twist. I found that the drills cut a nice clean circle in laminate without chewing the edges, which was pleasing. Overall great tool.

Good set of cutters but the case needs improved.

cuts good holes

The hole saw parts are great. Made short work of some venting routing I had to do over the week. The case they come in is garbage. Milwaukee really should tradition this kit to the pack out platform.

The case is not the same as in the picture. It is not nearly as good as the one in the picture.

The product I received was not what was shown on the picture when I placed my order. The case top is flimsy. the drill bits came scattered all over the place. The center pins that keep the hole saw cutters in place are plastic and are snapped off to the side. the case handle is a cheap strap. Overall the hole saws look good, This case I received is more compact, but I feel that the case shown is much better to protect your investment. I have not used them as I wrote this review as soon as I received the package.

Use Milwaukee bits in the past the one that you see on the description of amazon. Love that set. This seems to be close but in a smaller case with a cheaper lock on the box so well give it a shot cuz it seems to take up less space in my van.