New tools you've bought recently?

[bobbywalter]

this thing that does stuff. from horrible fright.

 

[pjtoledo]

what 'da hell are you workin' on?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

So I'm pretty much pneumatic in the garage with a few corded tools for sanding, grinding, etc.

I got a gift card and was wanting to get a basic cordless kit, and I'm not a heavy user. I'd need it for around the house, backyard, and garage stuff where I don't need to get the hose out etc. Any reason in terms of bang for the buck not to get the $200 ryobi one kit? I can add tools pretty cheap and for what you get I can't find anything close. Anyone use these or have thoughts?

I know Milwaukee and DeWalt are superior, but I can't justify the $ for my usage needs.

I've had Ryobi since they were the only ones selling tools without the charger and battery. Probably 30 years or more. The drill and driver are great. There have been some duds as well but overall i havent had too much junk. And its cheap enough to not mind the odd junk piece. The new stuff seems really good too. Too bad you cant get parts easily...

 

[Curious Hound]

what 'da hell are you workin' on?

Something he doesn’t want to get close to.

 

[bobbywalter]

what 'da hell are you workin' on?

cat c 15 oil cooler


secondary fore pump drive.

i used to have a pinion ratchet, but someone snatched it.

broke the new one.

 

[bobbywalter]

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[pjtoledo]

can't you just bash on it with a cresent wrench?

still in Texas? Permian basin area?

 

[superj]

i forgot to mention a new tool i got for christmas. the kids got me a nice 6 foot long wood top rolling toolbox. so both of my stacked rolling toolbox tools are now in that one rolling box. its so much nicer being able to roll it out to the truck and have everything available instead of going in and out of hte garage.

i just have to do something with those other sets of boxes now. i don't want to get rid of them but i need to relocate them so they are not taking up useful space near the garage door anymore.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

So I'm pretty much pneumatic in the garage with a few corded tools for sanding, grinding, etc.

I got a gift card and was wanting to get a basic cordless kit, and I'm not a heavy user. I'd need it for around the house, backyard, and garage stuff where I don't need to get the hose out etc. Any reason in terms of bang for the buck not to get the $200 ryobi one kit? I can add tools pretty cheap and for what you get I can't find anything close. Anyone use these or have thoughts?

I know Milwaukee and DeWalt are superior, but I can't justify the $ for my usage needs.

So, I had an interesting conversation a couple years back with a Milwaukee rep. He said that Milwaukee owns Rigid and Ryobi. They’ve pledged not to do what DeWalt did with changing battery pack design for starters and have invested in working towards better battery tech. He also said that Milwaukee is the flagship line, it gets the newest and best tech with a wide spread of tools. Rigid is the heavy homeowner/light contractor grade, older tech, pretty much basic tool selection. Ryobi is the homeowner grade, not the best tech but the absolute widest selection of tools. I’ve recommended Ryobi to a number of people that don’t use the stuff heavily.

The HF stuff has supposedly come a long way but I’m reluctant to invest in another battery tool line, as a contractor I’ve invested heavily into Milwaukee and because some tools are only available in M12 or M18 I’ve had to buy into both. Which doesn’t really bother me too much, but it means I’ve already had to buy two different battery types. Of course, if HF wanted to sponsor me I wouldn’t complain, lol

 

[Roert42]

If I was looking to get into a new battery brand, and did not need to use them every day, I would be looking at either Ryobi or Porter Cable. For me a big factor is, they make all the types of tools that you may want to buy? If not, then you may end up with multiple battery types, and this can be inconvenient.

I actually have a few porter cable cordless tool, and recently they have been adding more variety to the line up. I've been happy with the drill and impact drive I have, but at the time I was looking to expand my cordless tools that's all they had. I ended up buying into Milwaukee because they had the largest range of tools that I would want to use.

I have not been impressed with the Ryobi tools I have owned and put a lot of hours on, but for something I use one hour a year they are fine. Compared to better tools, they are less refined and can be unpleasant to use for longer periods of time. Lots of vibration, louder, harder to adjust or align, switches and knobs are flimsy, ect.

I may also consider the blue line of tools from Harbor freight because they are supposed to be better then the red ones. I do not like the red ones, I would take Ryobi over the red Harbor Freight tools.

 

[Shran]

I would probably look at Hercules if I was starting over and on a real budget. From what I have seen they are pretty good quality and the price is OK. 5 year warranty is nice but I don't trust Harbor Freight for that, they have a reputation for discontinuing things and then you're just out of luck.

That said if you watch for deals (SlickDeals is what I use) then you can get mega good deals on Milwaukee. Usually Home Depot, Acme Tools, Factory Authorized Outlet on eBay are the ones that have the best deals. I have deal alerts for DeWalt too but really good deals on those are much less frequent. Pawn shops are pretty good for deals too... be patient there and shop often.

Here's my latest, I definitely did NOT need this saw but the deal was right. Bomgaar's had a blower, chainsaw, 12.0 battery, and rapid charger kit on clearance for $330 after tax. I don't need most of it so here's the breakdown:
Blower - sold that for $130
12.0 battery - sold that for $140
Rapid charger - have a sale pending today on that for $40
So assuming that works out I will have $20 into the saw

 

[bobbywalter]

can't you just bash on it with a cresent wrench?

still in Texas? Permian basin area?

yup