[Closed] Ryobi One marketing images

I'm surprised the battery lasts long enough to cut though a lock

I've used mine for that job 3 times now (I lose a lot of keys)
In fact there probably isn't another task I have done more frequently in all the years I've had it 🙂

But it does seem a strange choice of image to use.

weird. Even more when it looks like there is another D lock on the frame already in a holder.

I mailed them a screen shot. They are removing it.

I’m surprised the battery lasts long enough to cut though a lock

Indeed.
My One battery caught fire on the first charge.
The second battery lasted just over 18 months. Which was good because the drill body cracked after a year and needed duck taping up

Buy a Bosch or Makita instead.

(And have you noticed how many Youtoobers have free Ryobi kit)

THere are legit reasons to cut a bike lock off to be fair- our work security guys have a cordless grinder for just that frinstance.

Ryobi = smokey smokey dead

Google Ryobi on fire!

I’ve used mine for that job 3 times now (I lose a lot of keys)
In fact there probably isn’t another task I have done more frequently in all the years I’ve had it

Top tip. Sellotape one of your lock keys to the grinder in future 😉

(And have you noticed how many Youtoobers have free Ryobi kit)

Think the only time I saw Colin Furze getting annoyed was when he launched his Ryobi driver.

Oddly most of the Youtubers I watch are kitted up with Festool.

Been quite happy with my one plus stuff. Think I had one duff battery early on but the other 5 of various capacities gave been fine. Only issue is they can get very hot and melt the plastic aroundvtge contacts if the tool is overloaded.

Only issue is they can get very hot and melt the plastic aroundvtge contacts if the tool is overloaded.

not really the grounds for being 'quite happy' 🙂

Well done for notifying them. I got diverted by work....I know....on a Friday afternoon harumph.

Seems there isn’t a lot of love for ryobi here and as it happens I had noticed them on a few YouTube channels. Will look at other brands when the time comes. Cheers

I launched a Ryobi staple gun down a customers path one day. Was using it for laminate edge beading and it kept on jaming up.
Also gave a brand new circular saw away as the battery didnt have enough power to slice a sheet of hardboard in two.
Drills were pretty useless at any hard material
IMO absolute uter crap.
Spend a fraction more on named equipment.

Hmmm, well timed thread this as I've been idly eyeing up some powertools (decent cordless drill/screwdriver to start with) and the Ryboi ONE range had been on my shortlist.

I'm very much of the 'pay the money for reliable and decent' mindset when it comes to tools though I'm very much a skill-less home user.

What's the stuff to go for, Makita?

Top tip. Sellotape one of your lock keys to the grinder in future 😉

Genius.

I have renovated a house mainly using a dewalt 10.5 twin drill set and its still going strong although one battery died.
Its amazing how many plasterboard scews or flooring screws it will fit on one battery without straning your hands due to the wieght.
Dont let anyone tell you they are under powered. Also have a Makita 10.5 twin set thats faily new but seems good.
Brushless 18v are good for very hard brickwork but then again so is wired makita rotary hammer /chisle drill.

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I’m very much of the ‘pay the money for reliable and decent’ mindset when it comes to tools though I’m very much a skill-less home user.

What’s the stuff to go for, Makita?

I bought into Makita 18v this year- it's not cheap but everything I've had of theirs has been at least decent. Also I've had some good results with "compatible" ie knockoff tools- I have 2 cordless grinders that cost £25 each, a couple of different shaped handy lights, and an impact that was IIRC £18 (it's rubbish compared to the real thing but still good to have a second tool on for lighter work)

only thing that bugs me is that they don't do a powered ratchet- they're pretty handy for small spaces.

What’s the stuff to go for, Makita?

Makita seems to offer the widest range of useful tools compatible with  their battery (I even bought an electric blanket that runs with them recently).

I use both Makita and Dewalt batteries/tools but choose makita over the dewalt wherever I can. The dewalt set I only use for their nailers and staplers

The only think to watch out for with Makita is theres a funny budget-end drill driver and impact driver that uses a battery system which isn't compatible with the rest of their range but is difficult to differentiate from their main line of tools - so make sure anything you get has 'LXT' on it and that keeps options open for adding other tools later

What’s the stuff to go for, Makita?

I nearly went that way.
However I got a good deal on a Bosch drill & driver set (the blue stuff) and am going to be buying more over time. It's a brilliant thing, so light yet robust and very slick to use.

Noticed this battery adaptor, lets you use Ryobi tools with other brands of batteries. Could be useful. https://www.badaptor.com/

not really the grounds for being ‘quite happy’ 🙂

The melting occurred because I let a numpty use my angle grinder and they pushed to hard jamming the blade.

I have Makita LXT at home bought with my own money, blue Bosch at work.
The Makita drills are better, the impact screw drivers are equal, the Bosch 1/2 impact gun is legendary for its grunt. The Makita portable hoover is brilliant.

We have a lot of Makita at work, used the battery disc cutter on numerous occasions cutting chains and padlocks which it cut with ease. Our fitters have a tendency to use Milwaukee tools and reckon they are okay.

From what I can see Milwaukee, Bosch (blue), Makita LXT and the decent Dewalt stuff are all good systems to buy into. Bosch has its own outlet which is handy for refurbed or open box tools but doesn't have the same range and batteries are only compatible with one other manufacturer who's name escapes me right now and Google is being an arse but they're up at the Festool end anyway so not a concern here.

Milwaukee do some amazing stuff, it's just that it's super expensive.

Another Makita LXT user here.

I went for a powerful combi drill and impact driver set. In all honesty the drill is a it on the heavy side but I figured I can always pick up a cheaper smaller drill, maybe the smallest sub compact they do, at a later date.

What I wanted was a good powerful drill with metal handle and good strong depth stop and an impact driver with variable torque and Tek screw setting for use around the farm.

I have just bought the 14" dual battery chainsaw. Tool free adjust not available in 16" but I can always switch to the larger bar and chain for £25 when these wear out. There is an excellent promotion on at the moment where you buy the kit with 2x 6ah batteries (£469 if you shop around) and get 2 free 5ah batteries by redemption. I already have 2x 5ah from my drill/driver kit so picked up another 2x 5ah and dual charger for £141 at my local Festool and Makita dealer. Couldnt really see the need for 4x 5ah and 2x 6ah batteries given that they only take 1hr to charge.

Next purchase will probably be their excellent little router, wondering whether to bite the bullet and buy the full set with all the holders for £220. Might also pick up a 1/2 drive impact wrench for car work.

The 3, 4, 5 and 6ah batteries are all the same size and weight. The 6ah however is a lot more expensive currently at about £100 vs £50-55 for the 5ah. always buy batteries from a genuine Makita dealer as lots of fakes and fakes will not only be crap but a huge fire risk.

I am on the look out for some cheap 2ah batteries to keep on the impact driver for general screw drivering to cut the weight and bulk down a bit. The driver itself (154 model) is not huge but the 5ah battery on the bottom is quite a bulk. The brushless motors are so efficient a 2ah battery will do me most of the time.

oh and the Dewalt kit normally on offer for around £200-250 at toolstation with the 205Nm impact driver and 2x4ah batteries is excellent. The dewalt stuff is really compact and lightweight and the 205Nm impact driver is fantastic for the money and size but if I want that much power I will go for a 280-300Nm square drive one to use on the car and driving big stuff. They go up to as much as 1000Nm but that is a beast!

What swayed me towards Maktia is the general feel is that little bit better (but about 50% more £) and Makita do a variable speed angle grinder and have a much better range all using the same 18v batteries in my opinion. Dewalt do some silly powerful stuff for the money but some of it needs the expensive 54V flexvolt batteries.

Another brand to not ignore is Metabo. Always been a fan of their tools and a real ignored brand in the UK. They are leading a unified battery system which I wish was more popular as then it would let you buy the best tool of each type.

Fwiw I actually rate the Ryobi stuff. The most reliable (corded) grinders I have had, and I've been through a fair few.

Only failure of a Ryobi was when one of mine (I have a couple with different discs on so I don't have to constantly swap) smoked the main spindle bearing. It was a standard cartridge bearing though, so I just replaced it and away I went. A previous (Bosch) angle grinder pulled the same trick and it was a proprietary bearing, which I couldn't get hold of.

Also have a couple of the one+ things and they've been fine. For the price, it's perfectly decent gear.