www.directtoolsoutlet.com <-- Factory website with good discounts. Find the Ryobi ONE+ section. Watch it for a while and you'll figure out what the good prices are. They have sales regularly.
It is a new game in town with battery adapter plates. It used to be you would buy into a companies battery system and use the tools that fit. now you can get adapter plates that let you use your battery system with other tools.
There is a leaps and bounds difference in certain Ryobi tools.
For example, you can buy a 6 piece Ryobi kit for 200 full of the bottom of the barrel. Otherwise you can buy a brushless drill and a brushless impact for a bit more money and those are quality.
I have had great luck buying top tier ryobi, that’s what I would recommend. Now they have all the new HP tools that should be pretty amazing.
Yeah my work van is full o their top of the line brushless tools. Now everytime im at homedepot they got the HP shit now, i feel like im supposed to upgrade lol.
Hell ya lol I switched to all HP and it’s nice, the 1/2 inch impact is a monster and feels the same as my 450$ Milwaukee version for less than half the price
The middle brother, Ridgid, is lifetime warranty. For me that is well worth the extra cost over the ryobi. I love the Milwaukee tools, but never enough to justify the extra cost even above ridgid and losing the lifetime service/parts. Some ridgid tools are the same as ryobi but some are the same as Milwaukee. Nome of them are the really cheap ones that fail quickly though, so between that and the lifetime service it is a pretty safe bet. They are also available on directtoolsoutlet.com and the “factory blemished” is a brand new tool that you can register for lifetime service.
I almost went ridgid. I like the tools, my dad is a contractor and has great luck with Ridgid. No lawn equipment tho, and I wanted 18v lawn equipment for my tiny city lot.
Yeah they definitely have the smallest selection of tools. I was already set up with a different battery system for my yard tools but that definitely would have factored into my decision if not.
Ryobi>rigid all day, everyday. The only thing rigid is good for are their shopvacs, ive had nothing but dog shit trying to work with literally any of their other tools.
Yea ive got a rigid 1/2" impact and recip that are both gen 4 and they're pretty garbage. Recip overheats constantly and my little Bosch impact driver seems to do as good as the 1/2"
Interesting. I’ve used both side by side and a lot of their tools are the same and the ones that aren’t I generally like better. Do you not like Milwaukee?
Unless you do your research, tools purchased in a kit are almost always going to be poor quality. They are starter sets for first time homebuyers or kids going off to college, and only meant to last a few years. They are totally different than the tool-only models.
I was about to say this. Ryobi has never been a durable line of power tools. For the same price get the Hercules. If not just buy each individual Dewalt, Milwaukee or Makita as you need them. I have a Porter Cable drill and river that has lasted me over 8 years not problems.
Are you saying Ryobi is quality equipment? And calling me a weekend warrior is laughable. You have made a complete assessment over my abilities over one post. I can understand if you disagree with my opinion, but name calling, really. Is it that easy behind your keyboard to make accusations without a shred of evidence.
Youre right. I woke up drunk, i didnt mean to be rude. I meant more to attack your opinion than your character and for that i do apologize.
That being said, youre absolutely, profoundly wrong. I work full time with all ryobi (18 volt i don't really purchase their 110 equipment). Ive build like five decks with my $100 brushless drill, i havent even moved up to the new HP line hardly yet. Their nailer is objectively superior to even Milwaukee and Makita. The verdicts in, by every measure its superior. Ive had my angle grinder take a shit when i stupidly cut too much concrete with it, but dude its also an easy $100 and very well pays for itself. The only tools i can think of that i was disappointed with was the brushless chainsaw and the multitool, but their new multitool that i have now seems to work just fine.
Not only does ryobi outstand its "cheap" stereotype, but they have like a million tools if you invest in their line.
I bought a ryobi kit in 2006 that came with 5-6 tools and I've since kept buying more and more of them, I have over 20 different tools now and not a single one has quit on me. I dont use them every day, but when something around the house needs fixed, that's what i use. Built a back porch, front porch, redid the bathroom, various rooms of drywall and hardwood flooring etc...
The old nicad batteries were trash but the lithium are much better.
The difference is that I use mine WAY more than the average person just looking to make small home repairs or build a fence. For about 6 months out of the year I have sets of power tools that get used every day. In that case Ryobi has consistently crapped out on me. I’ve had a few Dewalt crap out as well ( few being the key word), but every single one of the Ryobi drills, jig saws, hammer drivers, and other small power tools have broken on me. And typically it’s some small plastic part that renders the entire tool useless. They simply aren’t durable if you use them other than sporadically. I refuse to buy Ryobi anymore because time and time again they break and need to be replaced anyway. My Makita on the other hand, I have one that my grandfather gave me and he bought it back in the 80’s. Still works!
Can’t see which site you’re referencing but hell, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if half the posts on this subreddit and the rest of Reddit belong on r/hailcorporate lol.
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