I Bought 1 Star Home Depot Tools

I Bought 1 Star Home Depot Tools

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[richards]

The jack was twisted before it even lifted the truck, you could see the wheel up in the air like a dog taking a piss 🤣

[warrenrose]

My wife found 8 blue Ryobi tools at a yard sale. She bought them because she remembered me telling her about their commitment to keeping the same battery format, so she knew they would work with our modern Ryobi tools and batteries. I was so proud!

[Turtle]

Years ago, my dad bought a blue Ryobi set with the vacuum, drill, chainsaw, recip saw, circular saw, and jigsaw. We STILL use them, over the year have gone away from the big Ni-Cad batteries and replaced them with modern Lithium ones. The fact that you can go to the store today, buy a brand-new battery, and throw it in a 20-year-old drill, THATS support. We both love them, and I have even bought myself a brand-new set of Ryobi tools and batteries. I love my Ryobi tools, much more bang for your buck than any red. blue. or yellow tools.

[ConansEasyDadCarry]

Pretty much all my tools are the Ryobi One+ or corded. I'm not a contractor- I'm a guy who does DIY, some woord working, and yard work. The worst that's happened is that a couple batteries have crapped out. But that's been years ago, and I walked into Home Depot and they took care of it no problems. The other day I went from the angle grinder for dealing with some aluminum railing, to the mini chainsaw for some bad weeds and small limbs, to the drill for putting togather some shelving, and BACK to the yard for some trimming. 4 hours of work between different tools- no failures, and a combined 4 bars down between 2 large batteries. I get it, they aren't the most beastly tools. But reading some reviews and watching some of these videos, it seems like people expect ANY tool to just do the job for you. I don't buy Ryobi to build the Ark- I just gotta take care of the yard and do some projects.

[MajWoody]

John, bought my Blue Ryobi set and extra tools in 2005 as a wedding gift. To date I still have and use the sander, job light, jigsaw, palm router, stapler, and wife. I have made multiple epoxy clocks, tables, and even home remodeling projects over the years. Not the greatest tools but functional for being 19 year’s old.

[sq]

I worked for a sign shop in the early 2000s and my boss was a self made entrepreneur. I was 16 then and 37 now. I now know he probably bought all those blue ryobi tools as a DIYer and then brought them over to his brick and mortar business. He had every major tool they sold: Mitre Saws, drills, circular saws, impacts, lights, heat guns, you name it. I worked there for ten years and say what you will but those blue Ryobis, battery or corded, never let us down. A big reason why my garage is filled with green to this day.

[Mr]

Porter Cable is quite alive and well. They are at Tractor Supply and steadily building up their lineup with new brushless tools. One hand recip, grease gun, mid and high torque impacts, circ saw, drills full recip etc

[SleepToots]

I bought that Ryobi saw to cut a gap in our sidewalk to install a drain system. It never gave me a problem. Best $69 I ever spent.

[mathewborys]

Bought the blue Ryobi kit 20 years ago. Most tools long gone but the impact and drill are still hard at it. I am no light user either, the little 1/4 inch impact with the new batteries is a beast. Built a second story on my house and currently turning my old barn in to a garage / man cave. been dropped from 10 feet dozens of time and from top of the 30 ft scaffold for roofing the barn once. holds a spot close to my heart.

[Selbitschka]

My first set of 18v tools was the kit of blue Ryobi tools that came in a bag and a great start. I still have all of them and they work! Those NiCd batteries were where they started. Once they changed to lithium I was locked into all 18v Ryobi tools and they have served me very well!

[CommodoreFan]

Still have a set of blue tools. Amazingly enough, they still work. They live at home, and I use Milwaukee for work.

[AnubisRLDD]

Porter Cable is still in business John. Thought you might like to know.

[williamkirts]

Started woodworking after Iraq in 2006. Tried to be brand loyal with Craftsman, but Sears went away and the brand kind of died. When I needed to do some home construction, I tried Ryobi. Some were good, some got returned; but the price point was nice. Fast forward almost 20 years and I still have and use those Blue Ryobi tools, of course I'm not doing everyday work, so for the sometimes or hobby use they're not bad. I'm also still old school, haven't jumped too far onto the battery tools wagon. I can see the use and ease of batteries, but sometimes a good corded tool seems to have more power. I also have a mixed bag of tool brands, finding what works best for me. Love the content, keep up the good work, and thanks for the inspo(?).

[animalmotherx]

….whoever edits for you is a major cinephile, and I appreciate it.

[bubby-unbenny-un]

The king👑 of youtube is back and better than ever and I love your videos and channels

[Muskratt]

Seriously, John, why are your tests getting so lazy? The heat gun all you tested was a fast temp with a full battery when all the reviews complained about the length of battery life. You didn't try any pvc bending, heatshrink for packaging, or even electrical how you claimed it would be used for. We all expect so much more from you, especially with you claiming yo be a MASTER with your own app, websites, and masterclass tutorials. I'm so saddened by the lazy effort I'm seeing in confirmed youtubers today.

[ryanfountain]

Jack was bent before he started lifting. The front left wheel wasn’t touching the ground until he put pressure on it

[oldmantwofour]

I don't think this was accurate. I definitely did not see Sam breathing on Corian for 30 seconds.

[RyTrapp]

John, get us some over-glasses Shop Shades!
I love this series, as useful as user reviews are, there's a LOT of them that you just can't trust(some people have some really odd expectations sometimes)
Sam was killing me with the Napoleon Dynamite breath😂

[jpo]

I have a "Blue Ryobi" cordless screwdriver/flashlight combo. So, so on torque for the screwdriver, never used the flashlight. Since I do electronics work it was sufficient for the time, but not amazing. Then the batteries refused to accept a charge and they were relegated to the "forgot about it" pile.
I switched to the Milwaukee version and never looked back. 20 years later, the Milwaukee batteries still accept a charge.

As an aside, I have the Ryobi "one +" line of cordless tools and they work great. I smoked a 18v cordless drill and figured it was toast in the torque department. Bought another and finished the job. After the smoked drill cooled off, i tried it and it worked fine. Still have it, and use it, 15 years later.
I really like the Ryobi "one +" line of cordless tools.