Milwaukee® ONE-KEY™ Reviews

by Qci Welders

I was looking to switch over to all company supplied tools, so was very excited to see that this app had this tool tracking system. That excitement was short lived once after purchasing 4 sets of these tools and seeing the EXTREMELY lackluster results.
I understand the Bluetooth location orientation, so realize that this isn’t a GOS system, but it isn’t working.
I had setup 2 of my impact drivers, 2 drills and one Tick before bringing them to a job site. On my drive in that morning, all the tools showed current tracking, but only one has worked since. I have the Tick in my van with me, been driving around with it for a week, but it has never shown up.
The other 4 tools are all together, and 1 got a reading on one of the tools 1 day, obviously off of someone that has Milwaukee on their phone at the site. The other 3 tools have never shown up, nor any of the tools showing a reading from when I was onsite near the tools.
Very disappointed with this type of performance from a this app branded anything. Should’ve stuck with RIGID for 1/2 the price and their lifetime warranty.

by ""grouth4976

You are missed leading false advertising of finding a tour on a job site is the biggest BS I’ve ever heard of. I always like your tools do you guys are normally a very reputable company but this one I lost about $500 worth of tools that cannot be replaced because of your false sense of security I bought top dollar for your locating services. It’s basically told me that my tools were there at one point in time and disappear with no help to find them ever again. I am so severely disappointed in you should be to the false advertise your character of a name they respectively standby all the time and boast about has completely tarnished to a simple little gimmick that you would sell to the American public. At this point I am disgusted with the name this app. And being at all my tools are gone I am looking to a new manufacture to better suit my needs those honest and keeps up with what they say. I don’t think I have anything else to add to this I think my text speak forth.
Sincerely disappointed customer.

by Vanndemonium

This is a good start for what I believe could be a much more powerful tool. One key can track tool and equipment locations and even lock ONE-KEY™ enabled devices (only 3 devices so far). Milwaukee needs more design enhancement. The current version has connect up at the top right (after you select which tool) and then touching the tool again edits it’s information. These options should be reversed. Touching the tool again will connect and show all relevant information while the top right small font should give you the option to edit the tools information since that will be the least often performed function. Also, ONE-KEY™ currently doesn’t interact with the this app m18 batteries. I should be able to track the location and disable the output of these batteries since they cost as much as the tools do. Finally, I have to connect manually to lock and unlock my tool each time. Since Milwaukee already knows usage information about the tool and pings it for location every so often, I should be able to set an option to automatically lock the tool after X minutes of inactivity. Alas, I have to reconnect and lock the tool every time. Finally, I really want the ONE-KEY™ tools when locked, to prevent the batteries from being removed from the tools. The batteries and the battery charger are no different than the tools that have no smart features.

by Gr81007

I am an electrical contractor and I bought two sets of the drills and impact combo for two of my foreman. I have always been in favor of this app tools and when I went to my local supplier and they told me about this app’s new tools that could be 1) tracked where they were and 2) shut down if they are stolen, I was completely all in. I immediately purchased the two and swapped out some old drills on my guys trucks. Within the first two weeks one set was already stolen off one of the trucks. I thought no problem, I’ll shut it down and see where it’s at, report it to the police, and get my drill back. Not so!!! I quickly learned that Milwaukee only works if: someone else also has Milwaukee , and they have their blue tooth on. So, I don’t know who had it wrong this app or the supplier but I will say that this app stood by their product and understood the confusion and sent us a replacement. The fact they did this still makes them my favorite company for power tools however, I would not want someone to be misled regardless of where the fault lied in the explanation that I got. The other features are nice, so I gave three stars.

by Chuwaukah

Great app only thing that is lacking is their procedure for when you lose, misplace or have your tools stolen I thought there would be a decent chance at my 600 or so dollars in this app tools stolen out of my truck being found or back in my possession since I had purchased a few of the one key ticks but after calling this app to see about the steps to be taken to hopefully recover my stolen tools I found out that the tools have to be within 100 yards of your location for the ticks to ping my tools location which was very disappointing and extremely underwhelming to say the least when I found this out. So this app is my go to tool brand, and all I ever buy or own is this app and the rest of the stuff on Milwaukee is pretty cool so 3 stars for those things but man come on this app let’s get this let down fixed to where we can track our tools within idk a 10 or 25 mile radius, that way you can have a chance at locating and recovering what is yours.

by Milwaukeemark

Although Milwaukee has many useful functions, my assumption without reading The fine print was that the ticks were tracking devices in the event of a theft. After having all of my this app tools stolen several years ago, I figured I would fix the problem forever by attaching a tick to all of my tools and the pack- out boxes that contain them.,To my dismay I was just robbed again ! What I realized was not only did I package them up for a split second grab of every tool I own, but once they were taken, I thought I would at least be able to locate them and the thief at once due to attaching the ticks to everything. I WAS VERY WRONG!!! The ticks only work if the thief or someone else within Bluetooth distance of the stolen goods has Milwaukee on their phone also. Better I guess than having nothing at all but not really what I thought I was buying . Milwaukee would have real value if the ticks and Milwaukee could locate the tools by relaying off of ANY cellphone signal rather than just a cell phone with Milwaukee .

by Mamacitade7

The problem with these Tick devices and app is that they have to be within 50 feet of each other to actually be detected. They are so expensive that you would think that they would high tech GPS locators, but in reality they don’t do anything for you if your tools are lost or stolen UNLESS some other person just happens to also have Milwaukee , ALSO be on their app, looking for tools, and ALSO happens to be within 50 feet of your tool, and ALSO is kind enough and honest enough to report the item found and/or doesn’t take it for themselves.......
so really not that helpful. I mean it can show you where it was the last time you were near it. So if someone has multiple job sites and a bad memory then I suppose it could be helpful to them.

by Frank M89

I’m an owner of a small remodeling company (3-4 employees). I use this app tools pretty much exclusively. I love the tools, I love the battery platform, they’re fantastic.

One Key is an amazing idea and it works the way it’s supposed to flawlessly. However, I only give it four stars because it could use one major improvement.

The location pinging only when someone with the one key app is in range is what kills me. It’s great if tools get left on a job. But what about if they’re stolen? If my tools got stolen it would set me back so, so far. If the Tick or the tools with one key came with a little battery inside them that pinged their location every six hours, or if you opened Milwaukee and could ping it on demand (similar to find my iPhone) that is a game changer. I would easily invest in a product that does this, because it would protect my assets. If, for example, a version of the tick came out that did this, I would happily spend $30 per tick (maybe even more) to know that I could always locate my tools.

by Berno3

I hope one day the one key tools get more functionality. Would love to see data streams from tools, better tracking, etc. I hope the apps and tools can be integrated in the future to have some of these features. Without the issues of tying a component to software upgrades. I would love tools and an app that could have firmware and software updates, but I would like to be able to use the same tool 10 or 20ys later and not worry that a software update will make perfectly working tool obsolete in 2-5yrs when a new tool generation comes out.

by Handymaniac512

I don’t really use my ONE-KEY™ for all the features and for some dumb reason I only set one of tools up and just didn’t get around to the rest. Well, they were stolen from my truck along with my packout tool boxes... cops weren’t much help pretty much told me that I would never get them back. Except for when I assigned the tool as stolen it disabled the tool so that the moron sent it in to be repaired and bam! Got em! The tool was shipped to that police department where I was able to get that one back. Since then I put every tool in Milwaukee even if it is not a one key tool.
Best power tools and accessories out there!

by Tsholty9689

This is awesome to keep track of all my tools, not only does it work with this app tools, but also anything you can dream of. There are a couple extra steps involved adding other brands of tools, but it is by no means hard. I spent about an hour adding 25 tools including model numbers, serial numbers, pictures of the tools, and setting them up into categories. I still have a ton of tools to add, but once all the existing tools are in here i will only need to add new tools. You can even keep track of purchase information with your tools for warranty purposes.

by Matt "The Prodigy" Mullins

Excellent products. I was sold the minute I started construction and was a trainee and my trainer used this app everything. He always told me simply because it was the best and if something ever does break down, they honor their warranty almost 100% of the time whether it’s still technically under warranty or not. Slowly but surely, thousands of $$ later, I’ve not had one of my this app products skip a beat. I see other guys in construction go through Tool after Tool. Drill after Drill. And yet, I’m still using and abusing all my this app tools and now they are all buying this app!

by Marcus3rd

One of the best apps and best power tools I EVER USED. Been through a lot of brands like Makita, DeWalt, Ryobi, even SNAP ON. And I believe this app still tops all them off. Makita feels like a toy that it would break once dropped. (Which I did break one) and DeWalt I don’t like for the colors yellow and black nah more like a female tool. Just purchased to try out. And get out of here Ryobi kept burning out on me. Couldn’t even finish one job. And Snap On just dame too over Priced that other brands could do the same job. But back to subject Milwaukee is the best thing I ever had to keep track of my one key tools and to keep all my other tools marked down by my serial number and vin number

by Whomahwhatsit

I hate ONE-KEY, because I now specifically buy O-K tools and it is making my wife mad; a. Due to the living standard of spending big money on premium tools, b. Spending time playing around with the user definable settings and testing them which makes it sound like a construction zone in the house, c. Having the ability to track items that have been “ticked” (like wife’s purse, keys, and even put them in babies favorite toys, d. Spending more time messing with settings on the adjustable tools. e. some of the O-K compatible tools seem to only be available Online.
With the actual app it is pretty user friendly, sometimes alittle slow but I don’t entirely blame Milwaukee for that.

by Mr. Bean Burrito

A great idea by a great manufacturer. Finally a way to track tools and manage users etc. Hopefully will prevent the loss or misplacement of valuable tools and aide in the upkeep of those tools also. I love the ability to be able to track your ONE-KEY tools as well as other manufacturers and to be able to assist in other members being able to recover their lost or stolen tools. The savings and peace of mind should prove to be invaluable to not only myself but other members as well. So beware thieves and those sticky handed people, wether by choice or accidentally your days are numbered at least for members of the ONE-KEY family of users. Thank you this app TOOLS!!!

by Anahnamus

This is a must-have for One Key and Tick equipment. It also keeps track of all other this app tools. I haven’t yet tried to use it to track other branded tools.

A nice feature is the Uploads section to view associated documents (PDF) in one place.

No, we can’t hope for One Key and Tick tracking devices to get a cost effective GPS upgrade anytime soon. To date the only available tracking option is over a Bluetooth network when a users device is within 100 feet of the tool. Users with multiple jobsites need GPS enabled tracking; what’s your answer, this app?

by Tonytonetony

Although the ONE-KEY line of tools can run from $200-$1000 in price, Milwaukee is not just for tracking those tools specifically. You may also catalog your non ONE-KEY tools using photos of the tool and entering serial numbers of each individual tool. This is especially great when you run into an issue with a tool and need warranty service but the serial number is worn from use. No problem, simply refer back to Milwaukee and retrieve that information easily! Milwaukee is great for those wanting to organize and keep that information safe, it could also help aid in loss recovery should tools end up stolen and you find it elsewhere for sale but with your serial on it(hypothetically speaking that is). 10/10 recommend Milwaukee!

by Whitlock5319

this app has came a long ways they are by far the best on the market. It’s just mind-boggling much more Advanced their tools and technology is compared to their competitors. The one key technology is unbelievable I have a 3/4 drive impact that I use every day in my line of work as a boilermaker. I’ve used it on every thing from a 1” flange to a 48” flange. It definitely beats running an air hose makes the job twice as fast. The things I like about one key you don’t have to worry about someone stealing your stuff because you can track it and lock it where no one can use it. You can alsoAdjust how much torque you’re putting out that way you don’t over tighten. this app one key is the best you can’t beat it.

by Ampdraw

Milwaukee is absolutely awesome, it allows you to store all your tool information, including a photo of your purchase receipts in a single very easy to use location. When I first logged into it I was surprised it had already populated with old purchases I had registered in the past. It also auto grabs you a copy of the user manuals and all service bulletins for each specific tool. I thought Milwaukee was just for One Key specific use but its a wealth of information on all your tools, including serial numbers incase of theft.

I’ve tried a lot of different manufacturers apps in the past, all of them were poorly laid out, confusing to use and seemingly abandoned by the developers after a short time. This isn’t one of those apps, its pure genius in layout, design and usefulness. Great job this app, you nailed it!

by William Torrance CA

I started out with a small pack out box and just kept loving this app tools my personal collection has grown to 1/2”, 3/4”, 1” high torque impacts with one key, 1/4ratchet and impact 5/8 impact ratchet and stubby impact, 1/2” ratchet, mid torque 2nd and 3rd gens, hex surge, heat gun, rear handle circular saw, 9” cut off machine concrete saw, led stick light, 2 angle grinders, 2 different job site radios, hammer drill, hex impact, air inflator, and much more and that’s just my M18 stuff off the top of my head. I have just as much M12 stuff 3 rapid chargers, 40” heavy duty tool box with stainless top, 56” heavy duty tool box and both of those are packed full of all my hand tools. All this plus more and my collection is still growing. I really want the top box for my 56” toolbox. I’ve heard of this app giving people free bonus stuff for buying this app tools but I’ve never gotten any. Love my this app though. Thanks guys

by Milwaukshawk

I exclusively use Milwaukee with my this app bluetooth light when mounted out of reach (on the ceiling). I have yet to use it with regular power tools and its use in keeping track of them. It is an awesome app when working correctly. I sometimes have to restart Milwaukee to get control over my light. Ive had the light and used Milwaukee for well over a year now. They continuously update it and improve it (Milwaukee ) Over the time that I have had the light, 100% of its control has been through Milwaukee . The connection issues as well as Milwaukee itself have improved over the life that I have used it. Today, a year and half later or so, my light and Milwaukee feel fairly seamless...

by Ygghigvfsv

Not terrible but does leave some things to be desired. Like when you have multiples of the same tools, ie; batteries, it would be nice to be able to select a quantity instead of having to go through the same process with each and every one to get them added to inventory. Also, when adding tools to inventory it would be nice to be able to search with keywords also instead of just the model number because I’ve still been unable to find the model number on a screwdriver or pair of channel locks for example. So I use their website search function to find the specific model numbers for those type of tools. It’s kind of a pain

by ONI Spook

I think Milwaukee would work well for someone managing multiple work crews for not a lot of money. Especially in a high traffic location where the chances of other users being in the area is higher. The biggest drawbacks are that it takes time for Milwaukee to record the location of ticks/one-key tools and that there is NOT GPS tracking available. For the cost, the functionality is very good. Pawn shop owners should be encouraged to download it especially to prevent purchase of stolen tools. I’d be willing to spend a little more to get GPS functionality, so hopefully this app adds that in the future!

by RandyFrieder

I use these tags to protect my camera equipment and all my tripods, etc.
the location map is very accurate as mentioned. I have them hidden in some of my camera cases, Incase someone were to help themselves.
On missing feature that tile units have is being able to activate a sound to audibly locate your tag. With tile, you can trigger a sound from the tag to locate the item by sound. And if you push the button on the tile itself, it will make your phone ring, to help find that, if missing.
I do recommend these one key tags.