tools, again

[heehaw]

like many of you, i have had many different brands: an have had to replace batteries in all of them: the only actual equipment failure, is a dewalt drill, it hasn't actually failed, but it makes all sorts of wierd noises: but still works: tool repair co said it wasn't worth the cost to repair, so i kept using it. the difference in all the tools: now i don't have to fork out $$$$ for battery replacements.
heehaw

 

[jpm]

many years a go i bought a ryobi a it work great.in the years i've had all the choices .i've ended up with ryobi lith.

 

[bigtiller]

Thanks to this thread I just bought an 18 volt Ridgid impact driver. It's pretty light and lots of power, 1400 inch pounds.

Now watch, in 3 weeks it will be marked down 20 percent.

 

[mostly_gas]

When I was in college, my brother and I went have each for a TI calculator. 3 months later it was half the price. That was after price had been cut 2 or 3 times :laughing:

 

[SARG]

I have been told by a friend who favors Ridgid tools .... that Ridgid actually will replace bad batteries as part of their warranty. He stated it is necessary to register the tool to obtain a "warranty card" from Ridgid. He also said he has gotten two replacement batteries free so far.

I haven't checked this out yet ...... but we all know that cordless tools are great ... but the battery replacement costs are prohibitive.

 

[bigtiller]

When I was in college, my brother and I went have each for a TI calculator. 3 months later it was half the price. That was after price had been cut 2 or 3 times :laughing:

When I bought my first calculator in the mid 70's, I traveled 23 miles to the closest Sears and paid $20 for it.

That was half a days take home pay!