/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1810057
Rigid are fine as long as you replace the bullshit chucks.
I like them because they're 1/4th the price (at pawn shops) of M18 and 3/4 as good, which is plenty fine.

>>1810057
We're all looking forward to more pictures of your cancerous addiction paired with unused power tools.

>>1810057
>Ridgid finally took notice of my shitposting (whining) and developed a cordless bandsaw
Please tell me this isn’t a photoshop and it’s the reel deal

>>1810096
I use the Hilti I got assigned at work for actual drilling. But for driving screws or loosening/fastening bolts at home I use my Ridgid impact

>>1810057
Here I am, happy as a pig in shit with my 5-mode 1/2" impact, thinking this is the absolute pinnacle of tool technology. Then along come shitposting tripfag with a 6-MODE impact! Holy shit! This changes everything! Something something something paradigm shift something something G.O.A.T. something something...

>>1810057
A battery powered bandsaw?

Just buy FUEL

Sorry but I’m a Makita man.

>>1810111
Unless it was a fake Ridgid email...

If I knew they had a that impact in the works, I woulda held out on the Octane 1/2”. That stubby 3/8” is tempting too.

Lots of people have been asking for that bandsaw.

>>1810097
You got it bby.

>>1810164
I feel ya

>brand orange did something
Who cares.

>>1810211
Well shit, I jumped on that $199 combo for a brushless hammer drill, impact driver, and sawzall with a couple 4.0 batteries, which is definitely a deal considering similar tools from red, yellow, or blue would cost double, but I always regretted it a little because no high torque impact and other people love their orange at home but really want the bandsaw without spending Red $$$.

>>1810057
>They did it! TTi changed the shell on reject Milwaukee M18 Fuel tools so now I can buy something that didn't pass QA for 75% off!
Fixed that for you.

>>1810261
>imblyign we didn’t know this
That’s the reason why I didn’t think they would release an orange portaband or high torque impact, I figured they wouldn’t want to cut in on Milwaukee sales. I guess these days with HF offering bandsaws and Napa having a 60V impact wrench, it’s about time they made some cool shit in orange.

>M18 fails QC
>rip off labels, rip off rubber grip, spray paint it orange, replace with grey Ridgid hex grip, apply Ridgid decals
Totally makes sense. Or maybe it’s the R&D thing, if you buy Milwaukee, you’re getting the newest tool designs, whereas Ridgid is going to sell you a rebadged version of the one Milwaukee released 3 years ago.

I‘ll take it as a home gamer who barely touches his tools. The Ryobi, Ridgid, and Milwaukee hybrid fans are all the same damn thing, the Ryobi is $39, the Ridgid is $60 or $70, the Milwaukee is $90. I bought the orange one for ~$45 a few months ago and it’s not missing any screws.

>FUEL? No thanks, for me, it's OCTANE

>>1810208
Just checked my email. What the fuuuuuuuck I might sell my current impact wrench and buy that new one when it comes out. 1200ft/Lb of torks sounds pretty good. Mostly want that FUCKING BANDSAW

>>1810359
That’s what I was thinking. If I could have forseen the high torque and the stubby 3/8” coming out, I would’ve waited.

I wonder what the price will be on the high torque, hopefully under $200. They recently bumped up the price of the Octane bare tool tho, I think it’s like $179 right now. I probably won’t even grab the high torque right away because that Octane 1/2” is pretty powerful. I’ll either wait til I run into a project that the Octane won’t budge, or jump on it when they have a good battery kit deal and it’s a good week at work. The 3/8” stubby is tempting too, but the 1/4” hex impact drivers are so strong already that it’s not worth getting the 3/8” for like 20% more power and 1” shorter and I might only use the thing once or twice a year.

Still wondering if the 3/8” stubby will be in stores soon, might be too tempting once I finally see it. I want the vacuum and blower for more practical purposes at home, but the old ones were always a little overpriced and the online kit with the older blower and vacuum and a battery was $250.

That bandsaw, if you read any of the Ridgid tools Q&A, every one had “When are you releasing a bandsaw?”

>>1810370
>That bandsaw, if you read any of the Ridgid tools Q&A, every one had “When are you releasing a bandsaw?”
That’s because some of us sparkles and turd herders bought into orange instead of red or yellow and we need to cut fucking pipe accurately. Using a sawzall just bounces the blade around even with a special blade for cutting EMT. I can wait on the impact wrench since I just wrench on my shitty German car at home but 1200 ft/Lb sounds better than the shitty 420 ft/Lb or whatever I’ve got on my Gen 5x torque gun.

>>1810386
sparkies***

>>1810386
Supposedly that 450ft-lbs is bumped up to 620 with the Octane batteries. I want to test the difference.

The Gen5X and Octane 1/2” impacts are the same exact thing, but they had the impact ready to go before the batteries so they slapped a Gen5x label on it for like a year and then switched it to the Octane label when the batteries were released.

If you look at the bottom where the battery goes in, it has the grey base with the extra contacts for the Octane batteries, all the other Gen5X have the orange base.

*droools*
"m-muh tooools"

>the 30 year old tooler

>>1810386
Lmao typical bitch-made electrician cope. Really? You're too fucking weak to hold the pipe with one hand and the sawzall with the other?

>t. pipefitter

>>1810574
>being a caveman, enjoying the fact he is ruining his body for a fat rich man sitting in an office.

>>1810574
All talk but I can tell you’ve never worked in the field before. Cutting 2-1/2” rigid at an exact measurement with a sawzall is going to make the blade bounce around a lot at first.

What we put in pipes has to be protected or else buildings burn down. You pretend to be a turd herder but what you put in pipes is the same color as your nonwhite low IQ skin color

>>1810370
I have the Milwaukee 3/8 stubby impact. Not worth it. Struggles to break lugs torqued to 104 lbs-ft reliably. I was hoping it would come in handy on tight bolts in tight locations, but it’s just too weak to really be of any use.

>>1810676
I figured, I wouldn’t use it for lugnuts though. When I first saw the pic, I got excited, but then I saw the “225ft-lbs Breakaway” and was a little bummed considering the 1/4” Octane driver is rated at 200ft-lbs.

There’s also pic related, which was tempting me because it’s so cheap. It’s the same thing as the Octane 1/4”, but they put a 3/8” square. The bare tool is only $99 right now, but they don’t sell it in any stores. The Gen5X impact driver is rated at like 175ft-lbs, and I have removed 100ft-lb lugnuts with a socket adapter so I’m guessing that Octane would be a little stronger without having to use adapters, plus it would be about an inch shorter without the adapter.

If they sold that one in-store for $99 and I could go fingerfuck it today, I think I would buy it.

Welp, we have pricing. Considering the M18 was on sale for $229 with a free 5.0Ah battery, I was hoping the Ridgid would be <$200, but then saw the other 1/2” jump to $179 and lost hope. Also the M18 Fuel is now $299, but then there is some discount on Milwaukee.

Let’s see what the father’s day sales do. That stubby 3/8” sold out the first batch pretty quick so I imagine this guy will go fast too.

>>1811010
Tool prices have been pretty fucked lately, the Chinese tariffs hit them hard least year and between production slowdowns in China and construction shut downs here their business is struggling to move products and long term protections have dropped significantly.

>>1811028
Well it’s a brand new item, and that’s still a beefy tool. I’m sure the economy helps, but it’s always worth waiting for a sale because you can normally grab an extra tool or two batteries plus the original tool for $20 more.

>>1810057
I got makita because I wanted to appear professional if I ever go anywhere, and I have good old associations with it as a brand. occasionally I look and think I'd probably have twice as many tools if I bought into the rigid line, though. Perhaps I may yet.

Who even buys this garbage brand. Either buy Ryobi or buy Milwaukee. Don't buy the worst of both

>>1810574

>t. pipefitter

sounds like you fit skin pipes up your mudhole

>>1810574
If you don't use portabands as a pipefitter then you work for shit company and you're a shit fitter. Probably the most used tool for cutting strut and doing demo on pipe and before threaded rod cutters was the most used for that as well. When we kickoff a job a portaband is always one of the first tools on site along with the S300. Sawzalls are shit with metal and chop saws rustle too many jimmies because of the sparks. Not to mention how much faster a bandsaw is. Cordless bandsaws are badass and the Milwaukee version of the high torque is an absolute godsend for steam service and working on my truck.

>t. decent pipefitter

>>1811261
Ryobi is nice because of their tool selection, but they won’t give you power anywhere close to Milwaukee’s Fuel stuff. Ridgid will give you that power for a lower price, at the cost of not having such an extensive tool selection, or being like 2-3 years behind on the newest and most powerful. But they have stepped it up the past couple years, and with this new round of tools, it’s a pretty good choice for a mechanic on a budget, especially with the bluetooth batteries that can lock, but the homeowner is missing out on some of the lawn and garden stuff and the other goofy shit like the pool cleaner.

>>1810057
Why the fuck wouldnt you just buy the low end Milwaukee stuff, get your milwaukee batteries, and then look for deals and sales on bare high end Milwaukee tools?
Its not really the bare tools that cost a lot, its their batteries

>>1811582
>Why wouldn't you just buy shit you don't want/need then wait for what you really want to go on sale and buy that too

Do you work for Milwaukee's marketing department? Trying to turn a high torque impact with battery sale into a tool combo and high torque sale? Also, Ridgid and Ryobi are more than enough for diy use.

>>1811746
>Do you work for Milwaukee's marketing department?
The same company gets your money in the end whether you buy Ridgid or Milwaukee.
They are banking on you buying Ridgid then later down the line falling in love with a Milwaukee tool and having to buy into a whole new battery system, making them more money.

Black and Decker tools are "more than enough" for /diy/ use.

>>1811582
I think when I got my original Ridgid set, I got the brushless hammer drill, brushless impact driver, Octane sawzall, plus 2x 4.0Ah battery packs for $199. Around the same time it was about the same price for a super basic brushed M18 compact drill and impact driver with 1.5 or 2.0 batteries, or around $350 to get a similar set with a good brushless hammer drill and impact driver with a free tool, which I think was a brushed non-fuel, and that makes a difference on a sawzall. The small batteries are also a limitation on some of the high demand tools, it’s not just runtime, but you can lose performance on some tools if you have a 2.0Ah pack in there instead of a 4.0Ah+.

Plus some of the Milwaukee bare tools cost more just because they’re red. Their hybrid fan is $90, the same exact thing from Ryobi is $39, and I think I paid $50 for mine.

I kinda did that knowing I would be missing out on the tool selection though, the big impact wrench being the main thing I thought might bite me in the ass when I get to a stubborn project where the mid torque Ridgid couldn’t do it, but now my problems are solved. I would like to see more yard tools, seeing how good the lithium has become the past few years, but I think some of the 40V+ platforms might be a better route for the yard tools anyway.

Ryobi is probably the best choice for homeowners. They’re affordable with a great lineup, but they are missing a couple tools that force shadetree mechanics and trade guys to go yellow or red even if they don’t run their power tools very hard.

>>1810057
Milwaukee has NEVER been patrician, it's always been weekender level

>>1812026
Says who

>>1810057
>2.5in cutting capacity
Uhh, that's literally useless kek
I find my 5 inch capacity is often too small, I use it with a portable stand like a swag offroad one

>>1813766
It’s for cutting strut, all thread, small pipe and conduit. Especially handy when you’re in a lift.