Best places to get cheap ryobi tools?

[AceofSpad3s]

After some coercion, I have purchased a battery operated trimmer/edger. I only had two 2amp batteries I use for my 10 year old drill and impact, so I felt it suitable to purchase two 6 amp HP batteries. Since these are actually big enough to start running proper tools, I'm inclined to start expanding. At the least I'd like a circular saw since it's gotten really old dragging cords out to make 2 cuts on a piece of plywood. I might look into a recip and a jigsaw as well, for these I'd be inclined to try and get cheap blue ones off of facebook since from what I have seen, the big lithium batteries really make those quite useable, especially for what I'd be using a cordless saw for. But I would definitely be looking for a new 1/2 impact to speed repairs up. I'm also dangerously close to buying a bunch of weird knick knacks like the glue gun, lights, hand vacuum, inverters since they are "only $30".
What are the best places to get deals on the Ryobi bare tools? HD ryobi sales, tools direct or ebay?

 

[gleman]

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[Packard V8]

JUST DON'T GO THERE !!

If I hated you enough, I'd box up all my Ryobi "system" tools, batteries and chargers and sent them to you for free.

Because they're a house brand at Home Depot, I've been given several for presents and they've been nothing but trouble. I've had too many battery and charger failures to count and a couple of gratuitous handle failures on a lightly-used leaf blower and a hedge trimmer.

You mention wanting to use a battery-powered circular saw; there may be some which will actually cut wood, but Ryobi ain't it.

jack vines

 

[AceofSpad3s]

Mine have worked for 10 years and the batteries aren't even that bad considering the age. I burned a hole through one case with a soldering iron and put rtv on it, and another cell I managed to kill being in a drill for 3 months in the winter dead, and I just hooked up a power supply and brought it back up to minimum charging voltage and it still works fine.

 

[mrvm]

Ryobi power tools are always on sale at HD. Most are good enough to get the job done but I usually find them low on power/torque, features and durability compared to the pro brands. IMO stick with the full-size batteries for best results.

 

[upgrading]

DTO has a sale right now.
Stay away from refurbs and stick with the factory blemished stuff.

Ryobi days should be coming up at HD in a month or so.

 

[Steve_P]

Home Depot. I have a few Ryobi and for the $, they're great IMO. Most of my cordless are DeWalt, and a few Ego.

 

[nadogail]

I will admit to buying an occasional Ryobi accessory, but after being burnt once on a Kit of tools and replacement batteries, if I were offered a "Free" Ryobi I would accept it so as not to insult the person offering it and then "Re Gift" it to someone who could not appreciate a Makita.

 

[jblnut]

JUST DON'T GO THERE !!

If I hated you enough, I'd box up all my Ryobi "system" tools, batteries and chargers and sent them to you for free.

You mention wanting to use a battery-powered circular saw; there may be some which will actually cut wood, but Ryobi ain't it.

I can PM you my address. Send them here.

I’ve beat the **** out of my Ryobi stuff for the last 15yrs and very little of it has let me down. Most of my blue stuff has made its way into the chicken barn and it’s still working great. It definitely gets used in the farm shop and gets full of chicken poop in the barn. I have three leaf blowers and two string trimmers and they’ve had a few rolls of trim string through each of them without issue.

My brushless Ryobi saw does very well. It’ll keep pace with my corded black and decker pretty easily. Anything is better than dragging a cord around. Is it a 60v DeWalt ? No but you can buy one Ryobi brushless saw and three other tools with batteries for the same price. If you need the stuff to make a living buy whatever you see fit but if it’s in a “home shop” Ryobi stuff offers an incredible value.

Lots of green and a touch of blue on here.

 

[Wamsutta]

JUST DON'T GO THERE !!

If I hated you enough, I'd box up all my Ryobi "system" tools, batteries and chargers and sent them to you for free.

Because they're a house brand at Home Depot, I've been given several for presents and they've been nothing but trouble. I've had too many battery and charger failures to count and a couple of gratuitous handle failures on a lightly-used leaf blower and a hedge trimmer.

You mention wanting to use a battery-powered circular saw; there may be some which will actually cut wood, but Ryobi ain't it.

jack vines

I don't know why people buy those. They're junky and have a horrible color.

 

[no704]

Resale joint next door to my shop has pallets of them.

 

[turnthewrench 2.0]

I got a couple from HD.

 

[Copymutt]

Get on the email list for Ryobi. Specials every week.
Caution: Registering a new tool removes you from any class action suit.
If a tool is out of warranty you’re left to figure out a fix by yourself.
Pay close attn. to functionality. Several of their tools make no sense or are shelf decorations.

 

[ybnormal]

two places I get Ryobi tools are:
-warehouse outlet auctions, look for them in your area. one site is hibid.com . prices from 25-75% of retail depending on your bidding competition and tool desirability
-swap meets, I've picked them up practically brand-new (even the batteries) for about 50-60% of retail

in both instances, they appear to be store returns where someone buys a tool, uses it once and returns it, "didn't like it...", so HD sells them off as returned tool pallets so they don't have to return them to Ryobi and take a hit on returns to manufacturer since it can no longer be sold as New.

I noticed a whole bunch of Ryobi stuff hitting the auction last year after during Ryobi Days at HD. you buy 1 tool, get a huge discount on the second ($30 instead of 70-80 for the first), $100 total. the buyer would then return the second tool unused saying "didn't want it", HD would refund the 70 for that tool and not adjust the first tool to regular price. so they were working the system to their advantage.

 

[PugetDude]

I use primarily M12 Milwaukee , but I do have a pretty good collection of 18V Ryobi. Started buying them in 2003.
No complaints. Did burn up one blue drill mixing mortar....rest are all still going strong.
Most recent purchase was a 18V Rotohammer. Awesome cordless tool.
Airstrike nailer, hot dog compressor, jigsaw, and the brushless 5-1/2" circular saw are also good performers.
Most of my stuff was purchased new at HD on various sales over the last 20 years, a few came open box from eBay.

Good value for the DIY crowd, but I have seen some pros using them too.

 

[VolvoRyan]

Doesn't everywhere sell Ryobi cheap?

I like my M12 stuff (I finally got into M18) for the jobs I like, but we have a ton of Ryobi 18V tools for the house. I can find the faults with the Ryobi, but they've been terrific value, and they hold up well here. I ran my Ryobi weed whacker and hedge trimmer for hours yesterday.

-Ryan

 

[readhead]

PD, I picked up the roto-hammer last fall when we were putting up a new building. It was a remote location and I didn’t want to haul a generator just for the roto-hammer. The thing is awesome. I was very impressed. I also have quite a bit of Ryobi and have been very satisfied.

 

[finn]

Most of the hate on Ryobi sounds like an elitist nose in the air issue.

Hate it because you don’t like the color??? Get real.

I have a couple of pieces, all corded: an inexpensive table saw I paid $75 for fifteen years ago, a trim router, and a hammer drill that cost $10 more than renting one for the evening. I gave the hammer drill to my son, but while the others aren’t necessarily my favorites, they were a good value for the money.

 

[californiamilleghia]

buy the older 18v blue ones at yard sales etc , I got 6 tools and the bag for $20

they can use the newer lime green ,

and if Packard V8 wants to mail me more I would be happy to have them

 

[KSJeff]

I still have a few working pieces of the set I got in 1998 before my kids were born. I've bought them off amazon, ebay and of course Home Depot. Never tried DTO, but I'll go poke around. I've been eyeballing the extended 3/8 ratchet.

 

[P0234]

Direct Tools is a great place. Most NIB tools are about $0.45 on the dollar. The refurbs are a bit of a gamble but DTO will send you a return label on anything that doesn't work out. Honestly unless you are sure the refurb won't die in 3 years it's not worth it as the NIB (blemished) stuff has a three year warranty vs one.

I have yet to break a green tool, and I work them hard. For example I used my entry level drill with a 2" auger to dig tunnels under my sidewalks for running drain pipes. My sawzall has been used as a make shift chainsaw for ages until I finally got a green chainsaw.

 

[reader2580]

The old blue tools can be less powerful than the newer ones, even with new lithium batteries. I got a blue circular saw with something else I wanted. I tried it once and it had no power. I ended up going to get my Makita LXT circular saw which worked just fine.

 

[PugetDude]

The old blue tools can be less powerful than the newer ones, even with new lithium batteries. I got a blue circular saw with something else I wanted. I tried it once and it had no power. I ended up going to get my Makita LXT circular saw which worked just fine.

The green circular saws are a lot better than the old blue ones.
Built two decks at the cabin with a green Ryobi circular saw, but did use my corded Porter Cable LH sidewinder for the stair stringers.

 

[powertrip]

I have a Direct Tools outlet near me and buy quite alot there. Download their app. Several of the blem tools have arrived to me in new retail packaging without a single scratch. I have had zero problems with any purchases whether it be factory refurbished or the blemished ones. Ryobi may be considered Home Depots "house brand" but really its a reputable tool company that has been in eexistense for decades and is owned by TTI who also owns Milawaukee, Rigid and others. Their 40V lawn tools are excellant as well. I am 10 years using a 40V trimmer. The original battery still works as well. The key is too keep them from getting too cold in the winter months by bringing them out of the garage or shed.

 

[bwringer]

Get on the email list at Home Depot and wait for a good bundle deal. They go on good sales before Christmas and Father's Day.

Also cruise through the clearance shelves if you're in Home Depot; sometimes great deals pop up.

Sounds like many of you are still bearing grudges from 20 years ago. Ryobi's newer brushless stuff is excellent, and I have quite a bit of it.

The brushed motor stuff is a very mixed bag. Some is great (like the tire inflator, my most-used tool), some is downright pitiful. And their corded stuff has always been fairly low-rent.

I started with a compact brushless drill/driver set, and built from there. It's surprising how much more useful the compact versions are, because you can get into so many more places. And they still have enough torque to seriously damage your wrist, so make sure you have a good grip...

One detail that's annoyingly difficult is that some of the high-power "HP" brushless tools, like 1/2" impacts and the brushless angle grinder, perform best when used with HP batteries. The tools work fine with regular Ryobi batteries, but HP tools and batteries have an extra set of contacts that can transmit more power when needed. It takes a bit of attention to fine print to distinguish HP tools and batteries, but it's worth the effort.


But yeah, I'll agree that the gorilla snot color looks cheap and nasty. At best it's... something you tolerate.

 

[txvwnut]

I have quite a bit of Ryobi stuff and my only complaint is the circular saw. Its underpowered and the blade is not square to the shoe. I've run the recip saw so much that it started to get the smoke has exited the unit smell to it, but that didn't stop it either. What got it was the poor design on the slots that hold battery locks. I added the 8 inch pole saw to mix last year and that thing is quite amazing. I wasn't expecting much being 18 volt and it's actually over delivered in my opinion.

 

[Houdini5150]

I am a DIYer and home owner, they have worked fine for my needs. Corded miter saw been fine for when I built some garage shelves. Weed Whacker been fine... lasted much longer than the corded black and decker POS I grabbed a couple years ago. My power washer has worked out well with what I have used it for. I will say good luck with a 12V Ryobi drill though, it barely has power to drill through the studs lol, it will do it but it may take some time or maybe it was the Ryobi drill bits.. nah my 18V Metabo HPT I picked up, has lots more power and chews threw whatever no problem, it is just a wee bit bigger and heavier

But you can find them on offer up or FB Marketplace- Direct Tool Outlet is a good spot for them as well.

 

[WildBill]

Direct Tools Outlet, only buy blemished.

 

[Steve_P]

Most of my cordless tools are 20V DeWalt brushless. But I have a few Ryobi cordless: hedge trimmer, vacuum, tire inflator. It all works just fine and costs about half of what DeWalt does. I use the vacuum the most, by far. The Ryobi inflator is small and cost like $45. It works. I'm going to use it a few times a year to top off tires because it's easier than dragging the compressor hose outside. For the limited use, I couldn't justify spending the $ on DeWalt for any item except the vacuum. And the Ryobi vacuum tested far better than DeWalt in the PF test, which is the main reason I ventured into Ryobi. One of my neighbors has a lot of their OPE and has been using it for years.

For home use I think that most of the Ryobi stuff will do fine and is a great value. Not everyone needs, or wants to spend the $ on, Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita...

 

[AceofSpad3s]

DTO has a sale right now.
Stay away from refurbs and stick with the factory blemished stuff.

Ryobi days should be coming up at HD in a month or so.

Is there a difference between the spring black friday thing recently and the Ryobi days? I don't know how they structure their sales.

 

[upgrading]

Yes there are differences

Usually for Ryobi days it is buy a battery or starter kit and get a free tool

This deal in the past has been hackable to make it cheaper, but HD is making that harder to do.

Should be starting in 2-3 weeks

Here is last years Ryobi Days info

Home Depot RYOBI Days Sale: 2 - 4ah Batteries + charger + Free Tool for $99

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ONE-18V-Lithium-Ion-4-0-Ah-Battery-2-Pack-and-Charger-Kit-PSK006/315424283 its back again , lots of tools included for free I ordered the 2 batteries + charger and got the 3/8 Impact as the free tool . Free shipping Here is the link and discussion on...

www.garagejournal.com

https://slickdeals.net/f/16656323-2-pack-ryobi-one-18v-4-0-ah-battery-charger-kit-select-free-ryobi-one-tool-99-more-free-shipping

 

[tak1313]

All of my cordless stuff is Milwaukee (both M12 and M18) and Ryobi (18 and 40v). All of my garden/outdoor Ryobi stuff is 40v (leaf blower, trimmer with additional head for brush cutting and tilling, 16 inch chainsaw, and snow sweeper for the deck).

PERSONALLY, the Ryobi stuff has all been great, and their customer service has been great. The only issue I've had was with the snow sweeper where the switch was bad (a known problem), and they replaced it (the whole thing) with no problem. I have had no issue with any of the 18v stuff.

 

[cabranch47]

I have a number of Ryobi tools. I am an avid diy woodworker, welder, carpenter and have used them a lot. My only complaint is the chuck on the drills. I have issues with the chuck loosening and the bit falling out. Had the same issues with the Craftsman C-19 tools that I changed from.