Ryobi stuff.

[Captain Ledd]

I was looking at some routers the other day, and rather liked what a Ryobi model had to offer (I'm at my Aunts right now, I could possibly find the exact model later). Never ever owned anything of that brand before. Was wondering what some peoples experiences with that brand were. Junk or actually decent?

[Yota Bill]

I have several Ryobi tools...grinders, benchtop drillpress, hand drills, etc...I've killed a couple of thier grinders, but for the price it doesnt matter much, and I'm pretty hard on grinders anyway...they still last about 3-4 years of professional use...

personally, I like thier stuff, mainly because the price is right...

[Captain Ledd]

... mainly because the price is right...

yeah, that was a factor in it. It also had alot of features that the others didn't have. It seemed almost too good to be true so I figured I'd ask around. Sounds pretty good from your account, and I'm by no means going to use it on the scale of a professional.

This is the model I was looking at: http://www.toolsnow.com/browse.cfm/4,1405.html

http://www.toolsnow.com/prodimg/6579.jpg

[Blackjackbender]

for hard use no. for mild use i would.

ive burned up a few ryobi grinders but it was being stupid with them and going beyond what it should be used for. i know the motors are usually a little smaller then other companies like rigid, Milwaukee, dewalt, etc. I believe Ryobi is home depots less expensive house brand for power tools.

[MuddyPaws 3.0]

I have a chop saw that high school students haven't been able to kill in 6 years.

Also have a router and circular saw that I have had for as long as I can remember.

Their battery stuf I haven't been impressed with battery or battery charger life, but power tools I have had good luck with.

Grinders...well...same thing, get a few years out of them. But they usually get used pretty hard. I have a benchtop grinder that I inherited many years ago that I have no clue how old is and it still runs.

[PeteC]

My Ryobi Collection

Cordless 14v drill. Going on about 5 or so years I think. Replaced batteries and still works great.

10" Chop Saw. Bought about 3-4 years ago and still strong.

Cordless 9v 3/8 impact driver. Man, I love that thing. Came with 2 batteries and a radio in a carry bag.

Router table with Router. Bought is recently. Like it so far.

I do not use them all the time, but when I do I work them hard.

They are worth the money in my opinion.

[Blackjackbender]

older ryobi stuff is different i believe. i think they got bought up a few years back not postive on this though,

[brewmenn]

I have their circular saw, cordless drill, several angle grinder and a bench grinder.

All seem to held up reasonably well, although all the grinders are fairly new so haven't been put to the test. The only problems was battery failures on the cordless drill after several years, but I don't know what is "normal" for battery life on cordless power tools.

[Mongo]

Killed several of their grinders, along with other brands(likely me). I finally went with Hilti and it refuses to die no matter what I do to it.

In-laws use Ryobi for a full time bidness. Called them and they said that the quility has gone down in the last few years in the cordless tools, but the corded are still fine.

[sglide]

Killed several of their grinders, along with other brands(likely me). I finally went with Hilti and it refuses to die no matter what I do to it.

In-laws use Ryobi for a full time bidness. Called them and they said that the quility has gone down in the last few years in the cordless tools, but the corded are still fine.Ryobi is good for the money
Hilti is prob. the best power tool money can buy

[Blackjackbender]

Ryobi is good for the money
Hilti is prob. the best power tool money can buy

have you killed my two ryobi grinders yet? :poke:

[sglide]

have you killed my two ryobi grinders yet? :poke:unbelievably



no!

[Blackjackbender]

unbelievably



no!

i need them someday. I am running low on grinders.

[pre4runner]

my grinder has went through one set of carbon brushes so far (4-5years), other then that it holds up pretty well

[joe_jeep]

i use a ryobi 18v cordless drill to raise and lower my truck camper jacks. 3000lbs. my 18v dewalt wont do it. the makita i used to have broke trying to do it. its a cheap brand but seems to work fairly well. i ended up buying one of the 18v kits has 2 batteries, one charger, drill, small circular saw, jigsaw, sawzall, dustbuster, and a light, in a carrying case. it was right around $100.00 on sale. the only down fall i can find so far is if the batteries get real hot they wont accept a charge.
gotta let em cool.

[Captain Ledd]

Sounds like they're ok except for the cordless stuff. Which is great because I can't stand cordless stuff anyways. Always seem to die too quick when I actually need them and end up just running a 100ft of extension cord out to places anyways.

Thanks for the feedback guys, at least I now know that I'm not completely throwing my money away. And should last a moderate amount of time for my use.