Get a Ridgid cordless and never have to worry about batteries. Lifetime warranty.
I was at Home Depot today and I never even really payed no attention to the Ridgid , my eyes where going back and forth between the Milwaukee and the cheaper Ryobi , I know some people may have low opinion of Ryobi but I've had really good experiences with Ryobi so far .
One thing that I noticed is sometimes the cheaper tools are lighter ( easier to use )
I bought a Ryobi jigsaw brand new $30 , I used it alot cutting wood and loved it , Then I was using it cutting pretty thick metal , really stressing it , the saw snapped completely in half .
I was pissed at the time and started thinking I would start buying better quality tools , so I went and bought a Makita jigsaw $130 and it broke within the first couple months and plus I always hated cutting with the Makita cause it felt heavy and akward and plus it did'nt even have a led light so I return the Makita and bought another Ryobi for $30 and lovin it , I just cut wood and aluminum and some small steel projects and had to learn not to abuse the tool.
One strange thing I noticed was the only thing I liked about the Makita was it had a nice quality power cord and also the cord was long , the cheaper Ryobi power cord was kinda short and in cold wheather gets stiff , I was thinking of taking the Ryobi apart and installing a better cord and I would have a perfect saw.
I also have a Ryobi table saw $130 brand new Home depot , awesome little saw but would like to add a extension to the table and mayby make a homemade dust collector to stick a vacuum hose in .
I'm going to go back to Homedepot and I'll check out the Ridgid , if the price on the Ryobi is low I'll probably buy it and try it out , I imagine the Ryobi drill will be a simular experience to my Ryobi jigsaw , that is :: drill will work great (be easy to use ) will have a led light but it will probably have a crappy power cord.
