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Hi Willem, must be a thing with Ryobi, I bought a hedge trimmer just before Christmas and same thing, made it more than double the price of other makes, my not wanting to be ripped off attitude made me choose another make, hope it works out OK.

Cheers

Deanna

I just bought an 18volt Bat drill (Ryobi) with a case, 2 batteries and 2 year replacement warranty on the drill from bunnings. More than $40 cheaper than other brands with 2 week replacement and only one year return to agent (8 week turn around) repair only, and with what essentially turns out to be NO warranty (after the 2 weeks) on the batteries. 12 months on the Ryobi.
regards

G/Day Willem

Michael Bubl'e CD,you have good taste in music, I bought the Cook the same CD for Xmas, now I'm in the good books for a few days lol lol.

Cheers

Bunnings currently have a special on the Ryobi 18V blower with charger and battery for $99.

I have a last gen 18V drill, vacuum, radial arm saw and the batteries are still good after 4+ years. The new generation and old are interchangeable , but the new gen charger is a higher rating and the batteries are stronger. How many brands keep the same battery shape from one gen to the next????

The new blower is cheap insurance in case the old batteries die.

FYI AFAIK the Ryobi 18V is the cheapest battery drill or whatever where the charger has a "float" feature that it automatically cuts down charge on full charge of the battery, so you can leave it on the charger, or if you forget to remove it the batteries are not stuffed. This is the main reason I bought them and they have been great.

While they are initially more expensive , their life is many times that of cheaper stuff because you can continue to get batteries , and the batteries last.

Regards Philip A

G'day bloke,

I bought the Ryobi 18 v drill + 2 x batts + angle grinder earlier in 2009 - justified on the basis of "I can then do repairs in the bush". Any reason for a new gizmo is a good reason.

The drill is fine although the clutch settings are pretty bleep weak.
Having 2 x batts is worthwhile IMHO.

However, the angle grinder component is disappointing. It spins at (from memory) 6000 rpm Vs 10,000 for regular angle grinders. in the few jobs I've done it does not even seem like 60 % performance. A gutless wonder. Now the unit is stuffed - a fully charged battery won't kick it over. Rang the guarantee hotline a week before Xmas - 'leave your name & number & we will call you back' said the message. You'll never guess what - oh, hang, you guessed. So I'll try again after 1.1.2010.

BTW, Ryobi is now a Bunnings exclusive. After doing the rounds of the tradies tool shop sales before Xmas 2008, it was the only brand I could find who did a hand held /battery grinder.

Cheers

RM

I buy my spare Camera batteries from here and have had no problems with them to date - They also stock Battery packs for Cordless Tools - which is the reason for the post ..
As the Camera Batteries are a reasonable price I assume the Cordless tool ones are as well ??

Cheers

Mandrake

And you were doing so well until I read
"and a Michael Bublé CD"....

Fair dinkum Willem,
You're supposed to be watching your weight.

How about a hacksaw blade?

Cheers
Alan