About ToolsForLess.com and Advantage Gases and Tools

Portland, ME

Sanford, ME

Toolsforless.com was established online in April of 1996 by, then parent corporation, Portland Welding Supply. PWS was a family owned and operated corporation which was formed in 1946 in southern Maine. PWS had 9 retail store locations in Maine and New Hampshire still known today as Advantage Gases and Tools.

We can perform authorized warranty repair service for most of the tools that we sell through our repair service business: New England Tool Repair.

In January of 2008, Toolsforless, Advantage Gases and New England Tool Repair proudly joined the Valley National Gases family of stores. VNG operates 81 stores in 18 states. For a complete listing of locations, please visit this page

Toolsforless is proud of the commitment Valley National Gases has made to its online retail store division and we are committed to caring for our online shoppers with periodic newsletters, an inventory of more than 80,000 items, a customer service team, competitive price scouting, and our website development team working to improve the look and feel of the website as well as to address any errors that may occur.