/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>buy ryobi drill bit
>it breaks within the first 5 minutes of using it
is there a direct link between Ryobi and wasting money?

>>1701295

there is a direct link with thinking of the size of people's peni that you don't like, and faggotry

This thread again. The tools are no where near as good as more expensive name brand versions.
They are however cheap as fuck and much better quality than you might expect.
Fine for a homeowner but you would be laughed off a jobsite with good reason.
I have had a set for three years and used them quite a bit.

>>1701344
this. ryobi, milwaukee, AEG are all under Technotic Industries, a chinese company. they're all basically the same. if you want quality get bosch, makita or dewalt

>>1701360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techtronic_Industries

>>1701360
>all the brands are owned by a singular corporation, therefor they are the same product
Will this brainlet tier understanding of shit ever end.
Are walmart stanley wrenches the same as Proto, Facom or MAC because they are all one under the stanley black and decker name? Stanley produces black and decker and dewalt, therefore they basically the same product as well?

>>1701364
>Stanley produces black and decker and dewalt
in my experience black and decker is as bad as ryobi, if not slightly better. dewalt is still kind of shit. desu i'm a makita man myself

I switched from dewalt to hilti last year and I'm happy. They handle way more abuse than my dewalt did.

>>1701295
i use ryobi and have a tiny peenor, myth busted dipshit

their power tools are alright, but holy fuck stay away from the lawn equipment

A good third of of the many 18v batteries I've bought were outright defective or burned out somehow in the first week or so. They keep trucking indefinately if they survive that, but it's kind of discouraging. Had the trigger switch die on a couple drills die in the first month too.

>>1701344
> laughed off the jobsite
Myself and several senior members use ryobi without any issue but yeah it's cheap and good

>>1701295
you hate us cause we have comfy desk jobs, make more $ than you, and use tools for leisure

>>1701360

>>1701477
>MAKITA

based.

>>1701360
Milwaukee was bought by the insects in 2004. They had high quality products before then.

>buy ryobi holesaw
>can't even clear through a 4square coverplate without the pilotbit melting and then the holesaw melting
nah, i'm good

>>1701518
Their tools also tended to be deeply weird looking.

>>1701523
Soviet-looking.

>>1701523

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>>1701523
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>>1701360
Milwaukee, Ryobi, and AEG/Ridgid power tools may all be produced under the same companies, but that does not mean the tools are exactly the same, or sometimes even close to the same.

As far as the brands go, TTI decided to make Milwaukee the “Flagship” brand with the “highest” quality most professional tools.
Whether they actually always do this is questionable.
Some tools sold under the Zmilwaukee name are not sold in the USA, such as a cordless jogsaw, which is likely far higher quality than the cordless Milwaukee jigsaw sold in the USA.
Some of the Milwaukee tools sold in Europe may still be made in Germany or the Czech Republic.

AEG/Ridgid tools were made the “Mid Tier” TTI brand.
AEG was basically an industrial brand of power tool before TTI took over, with some consumer tools thrown in.
After TTI took over they moved the AEG brand to the mid tier level.
In the USA the AEG tools are basically sold under the Ridgid brand, although in the Orange/Gray color scheme rather than the pro-grade Ridgid tools which are usually red-gray or red-silver, or maybe red-black.
Some of the heavy industrial AEG tools may still be made for the European market.
Some Ridgid power tools sold in the USA may not be dold in Europe.

The Ryobi brand name was purchased or licensed by TTI for use outside of Japan, and maybe a few other areas, so most tools sold as Ryobi tools now are made by TTI.
Tools sold in Japan under the Ryobi name may still be made by or for the actual Ryobi corporation.
The TTI produced Ryobi tools are typically the lime green color tools.
TTI uses the Ryobi tools brand for it’s “homeowner” grade tools.
The batteries in the three brands, Milwaukee, AEG/Ridgid, and Ryobi may be similar, but the likelyhood is that whenever battery cells get upgrades, the newer better cells will go into the higher market tools, and the older cells will get used up fir Ryobi batteries.

>>1701427
Batteries are like that.
Milwaukee cordless tools from right back before Milwaukee switched to Lithium, were probably some of the best cordless tools on the market.
Despite this, I’ve kniwn more than one person who complained about bad batteries from Milwaukee.
The batteries weren’t hiwever made in the USA or Germany, were most Molwaukee tools were made. The batteries were made in Japan, likely by Panasonic. While the Panasonic cells were about as good as what was available in NiCd, whoever in Jspan was doing the assembly wasn’t welding the batteries properly, resulting in batteries with low voltages.
I believe the same thing may have happened later with Panasonic made computer batteries.
Since most powertool manufacturers use cells from outside companies, bad batteries can basically gappen to any company now.

>>1701427
I only have the two baby dick batteries that came with the drill and impact kit I got like 4 years ago.
Both work fine, haven't had any problems with the tools themselves either, I don't exactly baby stuff but I'm not exactly construction site either.

if you're using anything but milwaukee you're doin it wrong

nothing else even comes close

makita and dewalt arent even worth putting in the same catagory

>>1701307
Drill bits are one of the last things you should try and go cheap on. Trust me, I would know.

Also if you broke a bit, that probably says more about you than it does Ryobi.

>>1701665
Hm. I have cheapest drill bits and screw bits, and they still work. Though I cover them with oil everytime I use em.
My dad tho... He screws PH2 with PZ2, so yeah.
>>1701582
Hilti Uber Allen.
Makita is fine too. Bosch is fine.
Can't say anything about Ryobi, but looks like they are fine for home use, something like green Bosch.

All tools are same shit, they don't make them as they used to make. No more aluminium case, no more metal gearbox housing...

>>1701307
a bad carpenter blames his tools

>>1701295
i have their 40v lawn stuff and its decent but the batteries fail a bunch. i wouldnt use their tools for serious work but probably fine for occasional use.

>>1701295
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>>1701307
>implying Ryobi made that drill bit and didn't just buy some chinesium shit and put their name on it like most "manufacturers"

>>1701427
That's why they offer warranties. It's not that they're confident their shit won't die, it's so that you can be confident that if it does die prematurely you won't be left having to replace it at your own cost.

>>1701668
>no more metal gearbox housing...
Some tools are made with "an all metal gearbox" as a special feature.

>>1701668

milwaukee uses all metal for their impacting assemblies

I have the Milwaukee M18 fuel range.
Going brush less is the way to go, every electric drill I have ever had died from heat and failed at the brushes / commutator

>>1701688
$199 at the Home Depot. Let's go places.

>>1702209
I have also taken a liking to brushless motors.

>>1702209
>>1702274
They're objectively better and now they have more power due to the FUEL line. There's no reason to buy brushed if you're using them for work or the long run.

>>1701295
My penis always works though.

>>1701344
They make the only good cordless 23ga pinner. I've owned 3 revisions of the Makita and a Hitachi one. They legitimately don't come close to the half-priced ryobi.

>>1701531
>Some tools sold under the Zmilwaukee name are not sold in the USA, such as a cordless jogsaw

Milwaukee sells 4 different cordless jigsaws in the US now.

>>1702337
ive heard the same thing about the Ryobi 18 gauge brad nailer, it drives nails more reliably than the M18 fuel equivalent for half the price.

>>1701295
FUCK ICRA

>>1701523
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>>1701528
What r u doin posting porn on a blue board? That shit is hawt

>>1701582
this is your brain on red kool aid

>>1702826
there is a hilarious comparison video Ryobi Airstrike vs M18 Fuel Nailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aqq_PhZX0M

M18 keeps overheating after 120 nails

Airstrike sinks 1600+ with no problem

>>1702821
But what about the jogsaw? I haven’t seem that at Home Depot.

My ryobi stuff has been fine for the 4 or 5 years I have had it, but I've changed mentally from being a penny pinching jew, to a more long term thinking penny pinching jew.

I don't think I would've bought a cordless caulking gun if I went milwaukee, I used it for applying adhesive when paneling the bathroom years ago, it was only $40 from ryobi. A bare milwaukee tool is more like $210.
But now that I see the way I do, while the Milwaukee does cost substantially more for the drill/impact combo (like $169 vs $99). If I bought the M18 stuff I would've been more willing to buy more tools.
I would like a cordless circular saw now that I got over the boomer phase of muh cords, not that I am going to be replacing my milwaukee magnum or my corded tools, but I use the circular saw frequently enough, but not for a whole lot of cuts, so the effort it takes to get a corded tool and an extension cord has become a real pain in the ass.
If I went Milwaukee I would be more willing to go in on a circular saw and maybe an impact wrench, where in ryobi right now, I don't need to replace anything, but if I wanted to expand I feel like I would be wasting money by getting one of their saws or impact wrenches.

>>1704321
Ryobi impact wrench will still speed things up, even if it won’t remove seized axle nuts. Those mid torque impacts are great for lug nuts and speeding jobs up even if you could do it with hand tools. I think my GF’s dad wants an impact wrench next and for $100, I’ll probably get the Ryobi since I got him the green sawzall and a couple batteries for Father’s Day.

Ryobi must have a brushless 7-1/4” circ saw, right? But if you really want the Milwaukee impact and saw, wait for one of the sales, there’s always a “Free 5.0Ah Battery!” deal with some of those Fuel tools.

Having 2 different batteries isn’t the end of the world. And the shit where you don’t need max power, you can get Ryobi for much less, like Ryobi’s ~$40 Hybrid Fan compared to around $100 for the same thing in red.

>>1701295
I bought a cheap Ryobi weed whacker and bush trimmer 2 years ago. Both still work perfectly fine.

>>1701307
>is there a direct link between Ryobi and wasting money?

You buy Ryobi if you're on a large jobsite with niggers and meth head wiggers.

>>1701527
is that a fucking flamer

>>1705352
Early-mid 20th century sex toys were brutal.

Speaking of which, how many potential customers has Hitachi lost because dudes don’t want to show up to the job site with a drill from a vibrator company?

>>1705354
Why do you think they bought Matebo and started selling tools under that name?

>>1701295

Ryobi were fantastic 20+ years ago. Generally cheap and nasty compared to what's available now. At least they aren't ozito

>>1705661
Is Ozito a store brand for Bunnings?

What about Black & Decker, you got those down under? Seems like that would be the US comparison, but we can get Ryobi for so cheap that it’s not even worth getting anything cheaper if you’re actually going to use the tools.

Ryobi is sweet though because of the huge lineup and their cheap stuff is close to better B&D in price and quality, and their expensive stuff almost like mid-level Milwaukee or Makita.

Also... Makita should totally put out a cheaper homeowner brand like DeWalt’s Porter Cable or Milwaukee’s Ryobi.

Bought a Ryobi power saw a couple years ago. Absolutely no problems whatsoever, even with 1/4 inch steel. It will even cut through TIRES without problem (weird project, don't ask).

The real difference made with power saws (sawzalls, whatever) is using the right blade though, I must say. This thing kicks ass.

>>1705354
Have you seen the workout their vibrators get?
Hopefully everything they build can last like that.

>>1705705
>sent my Hitachi drill in for warranty service
>get drill back and a couple weeks later and shortly after that I come down with the clap and pink eye
>turns out Hitachi services all of their products on the same line and never sterilized his screwdriver after working on OP’s dildo

Your choice for buying Einhell-tier quality tools, buy a quality tool and you're set for years.