Yeah I have several Ryobi tools that were given to me. They surprised me ngl, especially the angle grinder.

Perfectly fine normie tier around the house brand

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>>2972950
Green is what you associate with faggy eco shit, it doesn't belong on power tools, makes them look cheap.

Now orange and grey I can get behind, looks industrial and tough.

>>2972950
Flashlights break. Batteries overheat easily. Circular saw has almost no useful power. Air nailer has safety to disable shot after 3 seconds. Router shuts off from normal resistance to bit. Drills are fine and get the job done. They work

I finally stepped into the battery tool game with one of the $199 Ryobi kits Home Depot had for black Friday. I really can't complain. For hobbyist shit they're great, the impact driver has helped already with a couple fixes on vehicles, the drill seems perfectly adequate, and the tiny ass circular saw was more comfortable that my big corded one for cutting 3/4" cedar. Haven't really had a use for the oscillating tool or reciprocating saw yet, and I've got a ton of flashlights already, but they seem solid enough.

>>2972950
>>2972971
red (not craftsman or bauer) and yellow are the only options for real men.
seems you two underwent gender change operations recently.
congratulations.
simple as.

>>2972950
As good a reason as any.6

>>2972971
it's radioactive green tho

>>2972950
>the color is cool
100% useless metric.

>>2972950
I bought a table top bandsaw from them. I painted it grey.

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>>2972971
I like this because they’re easy to see when I leave them somewhere

>>2972950
pay a little extra for eGo products. longer battery life is worth it.

>>2972950
I find the color to be ugly as fuck, although I do think they're decent tools to have around the house.

I buy prosumer grade because I want my tool to work without paying a fortune for them.

DIY grade tools are for people who bought a house and might make a bird feeder one day.

>>2972950
perfectly ok tools. I've built a few decks and stuff with ryobi. I prefer my makita tools, but ryobi is fine

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>>2976664
>prosumer
homo

>>2975939
>tfw fresh new set of orange guys because my last ones got dirty and lost their hi-vis appeal

>>2973461
all the best contractors i've hired didn't bother with expensive stuff that other people would steal. They used Metabo or Flex or some shit like that

They have a good lineup of tools that are all pretty decent. Im able to swap the battery from my jigsaw I use once a year to my vacuum cleaner or portable air compressor.

>>2972950
Woman logic.

Slightly off-topic, has anyone tried any of those cheap knock-off tools for specified batteries? Thinking about one of those off-brand small reciprocating caws for my dewalt 20v. I don't need to use such a saw often enough to warrant the price.

Should I buy kobalt, DeWalt, Milwaukee, or Makita? Just gonna get one of those $250 2pc kits with a drill and a driver

I have about 20 Ryobi tools and about 4 batteries, some which came with them (trash) others I had to buy (good). I do my own home renovation and maintenance including building a separate living space and they have never let me down yet. But my father (ex builder) gave me one of his old Makita belt sanders to use and I was quite jealous of the quality. Ryobi is fine for my needs.

>>2978816
These were the four brands I was considering when I started buying tools. They'll all do what you need them to do and will last if you take care of them. Here's how I narrowed my choices down:

>Kobalt
my favorite color is blue but most of their tools do not have illumination lights on them, and the only Lowe's in the city is clear on the other side of town.

>DeWalt
all of the maintenance people I know use DeWalt so they must be good. Their 20v batteries are difficult to remove. Their tools' motors have an unusual sound to them. I don't like yellow very much.

>Makita
no experience with this brand. Wide range of tools but no one I know uses them either.

>Milwaukee
I used Milwaukee brand tools at my last job and can attest to their durability. Very large range of different tools. Milwaukee is exceptionally good at ergonomics. Red is okay but I'm also from Milwaukee, WI.

I went Milwaukee. No regrets. Get brushless when you can. Consider only getting a drill unless you really, really need the impact driver for torque.

>>2978823
>Their tools' motors have an unusual sound to them
Brushless motors. No scraping brushes to make noise, but the electronics scream at you with high-speed high-power switching. On variable-speed tools, you can hear the tone change in discrete steps.

>>2978816
All the guys I work with have either Dewalt or Milwaukee, with more Milwaukee than Dewalt.

>>2978823
>Their 20v batteries are difficult to remove.
This is true, although it's easier if you flip them so the battery is on top.

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>>2972950
Green's fine, if you only need them for occasional DIY stuff. I mainly use Yellow. Not always the best in a category, but usually near the top and will always get the job done.

>>2978346
>Metabo or Flex
>didn't bother with expensive stuff that other people would steal
>Some of the most expensive brands that aren't Festool