25K+ people found their calendar here last season. Find yours for 2026.
Tool advent calendars are two brands' fan boxes, both German: Bosch's DIY calendar (forty-four pieces behind 24 doors for 2026, a quarter-inch ratchet with five sockets, 178 mm water-pump pliers, a snap-off knife with thirteen blades, bits and a zipped roll, at 59.99 EUR list) and Makita's, which for 2026 comes in a MAKPAC size-2 case in a Christmas print with a 38-piece drill and bit set, a ratchet, pliers and hex keys inside, at 129.95 EUR, alongside seven doors of merchandise. Toolbrothers' RHINO Makita Edition is the dealer's ten-door power-tool box at 254 EUR against a 371 EUR valuation.
13 calendars, 8 new for 2026, most of them 24 doors. Full stats
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24 doorsThe 5 editions below are from 2025 and before. Most are sold out; the pages stay for the prices, the door lists and what changed year to year.
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10 doorsThe question is what is a tool and what is a fitting: Bosch's forty-four pieces are three tools and their bits and blades; Makita's box is the case plus the drill set plus a beanie, keyrings, magnets and a desk calendar. Both makers list the pieces; neither says which door holds which. For the person who already owns the drill, Makita; for a first hand-tool set, Bosch.
A home calendar counts pieces, and the count flatters: Bosch's forty-four are three tools and their bits and blades, Makita's include a beanie and keyrings, Yankee's 24 Days of Fragrance is tea lights with a few hours' burn each. Read the list for the pieces you would buy on their own; each page counts them.
8 of the 8 here come with the maker's list of what is behind the doors — Accentra Men's Collection Winter Edition 2026, Bosch DIY 2026 and 12 Days of CRAFTSMAN 2026 among them; 0 do not. Where a maker will not say what is behind door nine, the page says so, and the score reflects it.
Across the 7 here with a list price, a door costs from about $1 to about $6, and the median is about $2.77. Every calendar page ranks its own door price against this shelf. How the door price is counted
8 of the 13 on this page are 2026 editions and every one carries a verdict from us. The earlier editions stay listed for the record; the grid puts this season first.
The best value among the calendars here that we have rated this season: contents worth 3.1× the price, rated 3.5/5, $64.99, 12 doors. A tool calendar that actually holds tools. The ratchet, the two socket runs and the VERSASTACK case are the sort of thing a DIYer keeps in the garage for years, which is more than most novelty boxes manage. It thins out toward the end, though: the bottle opener and the key chain are filler, and counting a six-socket run as one door flatters the twelve.
12 doors8 tools calendars for 2026.
| Calendar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosch DIY 2026 | €59.99 | 24 | €2.50 | 1 | — | 4/5 |
| Makita 2026 | €129.95 | 24 | €5.41 | 1 | — | 4/5 |
| Wera 2026 | — | 24 | — | 1 | — | 4/5 |
| 12 Days of CRAFTSMAN 2026 | $64.99 | 12 | $5.42 | — | 3.1× | 3.5/5 |
| Einhell You Can Do It! Christmas Calendar hagebau 2026 | €44.44 | 24 | €1.85 | 1 | — | 3.5/5 |
| Engelbert Strauss e.s. Advent Calendar Edition 8 | €49.86 | 24 | €2.08 | 1 | — | 3.5/5 |
| Hazet SantaTools XXL Adventskalender 2026 | €62 | 24 | €2.58 | 1 | — | 3.5/5 |
| Accentra Men's Collection Winter Edition 2026 | €24.99 | 24 | €1.04 | 1 | — | 3/5 |
Median price not quoted. Rough dollar rates, for ranking only.
Yes. 8 of the 13 tools advent calendars we list are 2026 editions. The other 5 are 2025 and 2024 boxes, which some retailers still stock.
Most tools advent calendars have 24 doors, 11 of the 13 we list. The rest run 10 and 12.
8 brands make the 13 tools advent calendars we list. Makita has the most with 4, then Bosch with 3. The other 6 have one each.
Across the 7 2026 boxes that print a door list, 110 items: mostly bits (9), sockets (6) and bottle opener (5). Every calendar page carries its own list where the maker prints one.
