Community price on backpack.tf: 9.50–12.0 keys, last changed 2018-05-29 (8.4y ago). The live quote above, 9.21 keys, is 3% lower and last moved 24d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $22.99 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Kill-a-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-10-12 01:30 UTC (1d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 9 keys, 13.44 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Handyman's Handle”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
62 observations
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Kill-a-Watt Handyman's Handle sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-02: 62 observations, from 12.1 keys to 9.20 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.1 keys
7.78 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:41 UTC
11.5 keys
8.19 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:28 UTC
11.0 keys
7.81 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:50 UTC
11.1 keys
7.85 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 16:39 UTC
10.9 keys
8.44 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 08:49 UTC
11.3 keys
7.25 keys
25 DEC 2025 · 23:01 UTC
11.4 keys
7.32 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 19:35 UTC
9.60 keys
6.65 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 18:40 UTC
9.13 keys
6.44 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
8.57 keys
6.04 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:42 UTC
7.57 keys
6.19 keys
16 MAR 2026 · 06:07 UTC
7.49 keys
5.97 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
8.16 keys
6.83 keys
16 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
8.19 keys
6.77 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
8.45 keys
7.33 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 09:12 UTC
7.90 keys
6.87 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
8.28 keys
7.21 keys
6 AUG 2026 · 13:13 UTC
8.95 keys
7.79 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 05:12 UTC
9.12 keys
7.84 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
8.48 keys
7.38 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
8.52 keys
7.41 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
8.54 keys
7.43 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
8.55 keys
7.44 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
8.58 keys
7.46 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
8.92 keys
7.76 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
8.95 keys
7.78 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
9.06 keys
7.87 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
9.06 keys
7.88 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
9.13 keys
7.94 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
9.10 keys
7.93 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
8.96 keys
7.82 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.99 keys
7.81 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
9.10 keys
7.91 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
9.08 keys
7.90 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
9.07 keys
7.88 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
9.10 keys
7.91 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
9.01 keys
7.85 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
8.99 keys
7.84 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
9.17 keys
7.98 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:12 UTC
9.20 keys
7.99 keys
Price history in numbers
62 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Kill-a-Watt Handyman's Handle's sell price ranged from 9.17 keys to 9.21 keys and is up 0.3% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.49 keys to 11.4 keys (down 16.2%). Today's 9.20 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.49 keys (16 Mar 2026) and the highest 12.1 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 60 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.