Well you see, since Ryobi is just a Milwaukee for less, the Black and Decker is just a Dewalt for less.
And since its even less than the Ryobi its the best buy of them all.
Don't care, $100 was a great price for what i got. Came with a charger and two batteries too, one 3Ah and one 5Ah. You wouldn't find a better deal. Im really happy i got it, the 3Ah battery would last an entire morning untill lunch when building a wooden deck! It's served me so well.
Ridgid used to give a 3yr warranty on individual batteries and the ones in the kit could be part of the LSA, but now all of the packs are elegible for the LSA
How do I go about using this? I have an older Ridgid 18v, probably about 10-15 years old but it's a lithium battery. The drill is fine but the battery is fricked, will they just give me a new one?
1 year ago
Kevin Van Dam
Nah you have to register the tools within 90 days of purchase.
There’s almost always sales on batteries and tools and kits, especially online. If you want to use the drill, the battery fittment is probably the same except the new lithium packs will be better than the Gen1-Gen2 NiCd slide packs.
If you end up buying just a single pack or a charger kit and not a tool, don’t waste the money on the Max Output batteries, the old drill won’t have the contacts to take advantage of the extra power.
1 year ago
Anonymous
thanks, I'll keep an eye out for sales since regular price on the batteries is like 2/3 of the cost of a new drill and battery
fairly certain the drill was never registered with Ridgid too, my dad gave it to me when he bought DeWalt stuff and even I have a Milwaukee with some fatass 5.0ah batteries, but it'd be nice to have a second/spare to keep in my truck when I go offroading
1 year ago
Kevin Van Dam
Tbqhwy, if you really want to get away cheap for a backup old school brushed drill, you could probably get ebay Chinesium knockoffs and pray. But if you have an old school Ridgid 18V charger made for NiCd packs, it probably won’t charge the lithium batteries. No warranty on the Chinesium stuff though. I think OEM battery chargers are often real cheap on ebay or Amazon because people part out the kits, but you won’t get the LSA on an ebay charger.
The sales are often on tool and battery combos. Like if you’re in the market for a new sawzall or impact wrench, the DeWalt and Ridgid bare tool might be $150-$170, but for $179, you can get 2x 4.0Ah battery packs, a charger, and the saw and impact on a Ridgid deal and register it for the LSA. 1.5Ah OE Ridgid packs might be cheap on ebay too.
Haven’t killed my first battery yet but I’m curious how the exhange goes. Eventually I’ll be trying to send in my 4:0Ah packs, I wonder if they will replace packs with like 50% less capacity or if I need to brick the packs first.
1 year ago
Anonymous
I've already replaced a pack because it stopped charging and I harvested the cells, all worked. The circuit board was dead.
I got a $100 deal on a brand new Hikoki 18V that normally costs >$250. So idgaf about what anybody says regarding what the best brand and model is because you're not going to get it for $100 and the discount I got. inb4 festool nerds. inb4 milwaukee homosexuals. ryobi people are too busy to look for a kew tool to reply.
Bosch for my own gear (own an impact, driver, and corded SDS rotary hammer), Milwaukee for company provided gear (impact, drill, a cordless SDS hammer, sawzall, bandsaw, grinder, all that shit). Bosch has the best rotary hammer, masonry bits, and concrete coring shit hands down. Milwaukee owns the impact/driver game, but DeWalt is good too. Toss up between them. Hand tools, Klein, knipex, wera, wiha, channel lock covers all my elecchicken shit. Don't like Milwaukee hand tools. Don't know shit about carpentry stuff, I just do concrete and letric. If you disagree with any of this post you're an uneducated beaner, not a real tradesman.
unless you're a contractor, pretty much anything is fine.
if you ARE a contractor, ridgid and milwaukee are two of the best. dewalt and makita are supposed to be great too, and quite available. ryobi sucks ass and everyone knows it, but again, anything will work for homeowners. also, don't forget the harbor freight options: they don't suck anymore, and a couple of their brands are owned by and made in the same factories as the name brand tools (specifically milwaukee).
Everyone owns a cordless drill already who cares
But do you own the best?
Pic related for the savvy consoomer who shops at Walmart
Id take it over a Ryobi
I feel ya. Ryobi is only 18V. Don’t you want 2 more volts for less money?
Poor Hikoki anon sittin at 18V in the past, he bought from a brand that can’t even market!
Well you see, since Ryobi is just a Milwaukee for less, the Black and Decker is just a Dewalt for less.
And since its even less than the Ryobi its the best buy of them all.
Don't care, $100 was a great price for what i got. Came with a charger and two batteries too, one 3Ah and one 5Ah. You wouldn't find a better deal. Im really happy i got it, the 3Ah battery would last an entire morning untill lunch when building a wooden deck! It's served me so well.
Kek. So defensive, you must have really wanted Milwaukee.
>you must have really wanted Milwaukee.
If that were the case, he would have bought a Ryobi, because they are the same tool
No anon, just very happy with what I got.
>still so defensive
Did you know the best drill of 2023 is often on sale for $99 with two batteries?
I do own one, bought for 30 bucks
Walmart doesn't sell Black and decker anymore.
fpbp
But does it have a Lifetime Service Agreement?
>Lifetime Service Agreement
Cool. I get a free replacement battery in two years?
Actually yes.
Ridgid used to give a 3yr warranty on individual batteries and the ones in the kit could be part of the LSA, but now all of the packs are elegible for the LSA
How do I go about using this? I have an older Ridgid 18v, probably about 10-15 years old but it's a lithium battery. The drill is fine but the battery is fricked, will they just give me a new one?
Nah you have to register the tools within 90 days of purchase.
There’s almost always sales on batteries and tools and kits, especially online. If you want to use the drill, the battery fittment is probably the same except the new lithium packs will be better than the Gen1-Gen2 NiCd slide packs.
If you end up buying just a single pack or a charger kit and not a tool, don’t waste the money on the Max Output batteries, the old drill won’t have the contacts to take advantage of the extra power.
thanks, I'll keep an eye out for sales since regular price on the batteries is like 2/3 of the cost of a new drill and battery
fairly certain the drill was never registered with Ridgid too, my dad gave it to me when he bought DeWalt stuff and even I have a Milwaukee with some fatass 5.0ah batteries, but it'd be nice to have a second/spare to keep in my truck when I go offroading
Tbqhwy, if you really want to get away cheap for a backup old school brushed drill, you could probably get ebay Chinesium knockoffs and pray. But if you have an old school Ridgid 18V charger made for NiCd packs, it probably won’t charge the lithium batteries. No warranty on the Chinesium stuff though. I think OEM battery chargers are often real cheap on ebay or Amazon because people part out the kits, but you won’t get the LSA on an ebay charger.
The sales are often on tool and battery combos. Like if you’re in the market for a new sawzall or impact wrench, the DeWalt and Ridgid bare tool might be $150-$170, but for $179, you can get 2x 4.0Ah battery packs, a charger, and the saw and impact on a Ridgid deal and register it for the LSA. 1.5Ah OE Ridgid packs might be cheap on ebay too.
Haven’t killed my first battery yet but I’m curious how the exhange goes. Eventually I’ll be trying to send in my 4:0Ah packs, I wonder if they will replace packs with like 50% less capacity or if I need to brick the packs first.
I've already replaced a pack because it stopped charging and I harvested the cells, all worked. The circuit board was dead.
I got a $100 deal on a brand new Hikoki 18V that normally costs >$250. So idgaf about what anybody says regarding what the best brand and model is because you're not going to get it for $100 and the discount I got. inb4 festool nerds. inb4 milwaukee homosexuals. ryobi people are too busy to look for a kew tool to reply.
unless you're in construction who cares. any 20v is fine
I don't use drills only hammer and nails
The probably make a battery powered hammer
(I think i’m joking here)
Buy corded drill and use a small power bank.
What are some unusual old unpowered hand drill designs?
Lowes had a deal with a free 6AH battery every time you purchased a tool. So I bought all the individual tools and now I have like 8 6AH batteries.
Milwaukee 18v Brushless is the best overall drill, obviously. Anyone who disagrees is obviously just ignorant. It's obvious.
Bosch for my own gear (own an impact, driver, and corded SDS rotary hammer), Milwaukee for company provided gear (impact, drill, a cordless SDS hammer, sawzall, bandsaw, grinder, all that shit). Bosch has the best rotary hammer, masonry bits, and concrete coring shit hands down. Milwaukee owns the impact/driver game, but DeWalt is good too. Toss up between them. Hand tools, Klein, knipex, wera, wiha, channel lock covers all my elecchicken shit. Don't like Milwaukee hand tools. Don't know shit about carpentry stuff, I just do concrete and letric. If you disagree with any of this post you're an uneducated beaner, not a real tradesman.
unless you're a contractor, pretty much anything is fine.
if you ARE a contractor, ridgid and milwaukee are two of the best. dewalt and makita are supposed to be great too, and quite available. ryobi sucks ass and everyone knows it, but again, anything will work for homeowners. also, don't forget the harbor freight options: they don't suck anymore, and a couple of their brands are owned by and made in the same factories as the name brand tools (specifically milwaukee).
>Harbor Freight brands are owned by Milwaukee and produced in Milwaukee factories
Poast sauce for that claim friend-o. Have fun on DuckDuckGo.
https://www.ttigroup.com/
Yup, zero Harbor Freight tools listed under their brands. Try again.
i use master force tools from menards, and they work for me, made by chervon who makes lowes and walmart brand.