Maybe a you suck?

[george graves]

Something tells me that using a tool once a week is very different than using it 8 hours a day.

I assume that if it was your first day on a construction site and you showed up with a Ryobi you'd be laughed at?

[LBJefferies]

Something tells me that using a tool once a week is very different than using it 8 hours a day.

I assume that if it was your first day on a construction site and you showed up with a Ryobi you'd be laughed at?

It probably depends more on the specs and quality of the particular drill than the brand name. I imagine Ryobi makes some good stuff, and some shitty stuff.

[5Toes]

^ just like almost every other company.

It was $50. If it craps out big deal right? Over GJ people talked about the 2001-2003 Ryobi recall on this near identical model. They all beat the hell out of theirs and it still works fine

[Roysneon]

Ok what's Gj?

[Justin B]

Google and I think garage journal

[george graves]

Yea, I had to look it up in my 5toes-to-English dictionary.

[5Toes]

Garage Journal ... blog/forum for tools

http://www.garagejournal.com/

Or George Job

[chadthestampede]

FredK makes this thread worth reading.

[FredK]

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[FredK]

FredK makes this thread worth reading.

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[M-technik-3]

Ryobi hammer drill and normal drill, both LiON battery powered had them for 5 years now great things.

[F34R]

Something tells me that using a tool once a week is very different than using it 8 hours a day.

I assume that if it was your first day on a construction site and you showed up with a Ryobi you'd be laughed at?

Depends if they are assholes. But that brand is like sub par, like for a weekend DIY. For 50 bucks that sounds like a good deal.

Craftsman, Hitachi, Milwaukee, Bosch and a few others are top notch. I have been doing construction for 13 years, and have seen some funny tools brought on the first day. Have had my Craftsman 19.2 cordless set for going on 7 years. I also have a Hitachi corded hammer drill, it is a monster.

The batteries are almost 50 dollars for my 19.2, I guess that gives you an idea.

[QUKBMER]

You got a good deal,i have had the same brand for about 6 years now and i have had to buy new batterys only. Good stuff.;)

[george graves]

Craftsman, Hitachi, Milwaukee, Bosch and a few others are top notch.

I'm susprised that these isn't one or two industry standard. How's DeWalt?

[F34R]

I'm susprised that these isn't one or two industry standard. How's DeWalt?

I have a DeWalt brand corded and sawzall. The corded works well, it has a low RPM and a good amount of trq for sinking. The sawzall does the job, not as good as the milwaukee that was stolen from the back of my Dad's truck.

In my vast experience of power tools the DaWalt brand holds up very well. Their battery powered stuff is shit, I only trust Craftsman for that area.

I have owned every brand of power tools on the market currently, the only ones that have made it longer than two years is the ones I have listed before hand.

The DeWalt corded is the first one of it's make in our line up. It powered through a summer of deck building. Only complant is they over heat and then lag. The other ones we have do not do that. The Hitachi corded hammer is my favorite. It will drill 12"+ holes in slabs of concrete and never bitch.