Tell me about Ryobi, because I do not like their tools. I own two, and they feel cheap and flimsy. There are people, however, who love them to death.
Tell me about Ryobi, because I do not like their tools. I own two, and they feel cheap and flimsy.
Tell me about Ryobi, because I do not like their tools. I own two, and they feel cheap and flimsy. There are people, however, who love them to death.
I was recently cutting some wood for frames. I trusted the Ryobi miter saw when it said that I was cutting at a 45° I should have measured each cup with a protractor, but I didn't and each cut ended up being 39°.
Is it my fault? Sure. Is Ryobi still garbage? Sure.
Ryobi is Good Enough™ for the vast majority of DIY stuff until you start getting into serious hobbyist (and for most of that as well). Bought a bunch of it when I gutted a house that had a fire. That was five years ago, finished the house, did a couple of sheds for other folks, and a bunch of misc projects. Total failures are 1 of the original batteries that conked out after I left it in the unheated shed over a Minnesota winter (-35F). Did get a Ridgid track saw because the feature set on it is light-years ahead of Ryobi, but that is pretty much it for other power tool brands.
ryobi is PrepHole's brand of choice for the professional home owner
only buy the brushless versions of their tools though, the brushed tools are trash
Honestly, if you're paying the price for Brushless Ryobi, here (Aus) you could get the same 18v skins in a Makita or DeWalt for an extra $10 to $20. Never really saw the point of buying any brushless models.
Ryobi's cheap and are often on sale frequently which is marketed for the weekender, it does the job but wouldn't recommend using for commercial grade stuff.
When my wife and I first moved into our house, my dad got us some Craftsman cordless stuff, so I'm already in that ecosystem. I've been considering Ryobi if the Craftsman chinkware ever died, since they're so ubiquitous, but if it's only a couple extra bucks for Makita or DeWalt, I guess I should go with one of those brands. I want to get into flipping houses eventually since I already know how the real estate game works, so quality tools would be good to have on hand for that.
going from craftsman to ryobi is like going from a piece of shit hyundai to a different colored piece of shit hyundai
That's fair, I'm probably going to end up with Makita or Bosch. It's really just because I like the color blue. Bosch's Freak is also kinda cool, too.
I have both. Can't really go wrong with either as long as it`s brushless (Get the gen 2 or later Bosch Freak if you get it, avoid the brushed model which model # ends in 1600). Use Bosch cobalt bits for drilling, Diablo bits for sawing and milwaukee bits for driving (bad consumables will ruin or make useless any tool).
The new gen brushless craftsman stuff looks really nice. It was on sale cheap near black friday / Christmas too. If I weren't already in the Ryobi ecosystem id consider it.
I'll use my Craftsman stuff for as long as they last, but if they break down I'll jump ship and go with something else. So far, they've held up great, but all I'm really using them for right now is home projects and doing my own car maintenance. I have a feeling they'll get burned out when I start renovating and flipping houses, however. We will have to wait and see. How has Ryobi been treating you? I hear their product line is huge, that's the big attraction for me, I think.
I don't use my ryobi hard enough to have advice, but the general thought seems to be that they're competitive in the space and good enough for most people's use cases. Probably better than they need to be.
If you're really pushing your tools pretty much anything on the low end will overheat or die young, but if you're a home gamer and pace your workflow and dont run your drill for 30 minutes+ straight you'll be fine. I think we all could stand to step back and appreciate how good even the low end power tools have gotten over the last 15~ years or so. They've stayed at similar price points or fallen in cost while continuing to improve.
>Brushless
It's not only the power and efficiency boost. You're getting the latest generation of the tool. I notice maybe 10-20% improvements generation to generation kind of like computer processors or cars. Also the brushes eventually wear out other the others whether you have time to replace them or not.
My first impact for example had speed bit and variable trigger. My newer version has those features, 3 speed switching, forward mount LEDs, lower profile.
I run Ryobi hard as hell. Most of their tools aren't good enough quality. Professionally I need to take broken crap and turn it sparkling like someone just bought it whether it's electrical, wood, tile, drywall, metal rail. Big boy welders and machinists have good reason to spit on the brand. Landscapers couldn't afford to support their drug habits with green tools. Ryobi landscaping crap is like pissing in the wind. Impact, hammer drill, and battery brad nailer are ryobi tools that I can depend on. TTI owns ryobi, rigid, milwaukee. I think some of the quality gap is intentional to justify people moving up tool tiers. Only on occasion do well designed tools hit the bottom.
homeowner-grade tools for people who need to hang a picture frame or put together furniture. they make a wide assortment of tools to be competitive, and likely for contractors who need to get into the game cheaply, but that's about it for use cases that i can think of.
my personal experience is limited to a selection of really, really fricking old ryobi drills (NiCd old) that were at the first machine shop i worked at. they faced a grueling schedule of daily-ish countersinking for 30 minutes. aside from that, they were presumably used for assembly.
let me just say this: i work in a *much* higher rate machine shop now, and there's not a ryobi anything in the shop or in assembly. milwaukee, makita, dewalt, and even a couple ridgid here and there. not a *single* ryobi of any tool type. i'm a milwaukee guy currently on the fence about trying makita, if that tells you anything
I love all my Makita stuff, it's really well made, try it
> keyless chuck
The worst piece of shit ever invented, gets fricked up after drilling the 3rd hole in metal no matter how tightly you clamp it down
>drilling the 3rd hole
I really like this deck design. But where could I put it that wouldn't piss off Bob's Antique Tables and Furniture?
I bet if we had 5 stickies debating this moronation you toolgays would still have yet another thread every day.
ryobi batteries look gay
Having used ryobi on many a jobsite they're just fine in most cases but I tend to go on the idea of a great tool can make just about anything work be it a worn out bit or blade while something mediocre will stall out on you when the going gets tough.
One thing great about ryobi is you can get some great auxiliary stuff from them that would be 4x the price compared to the better companies and works well as a apprentice set.
Personally I'll use my dewalt all day but have the ryobi around for lights, Bluetooth speaker and a little ac converter for charging miscellaneous shit not too mention they make a ton of stuff that makes great gifts.