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I gave up looking too, there's some nice stuff but everything I saw was stuff I don't need or don't want. A lot of the pricing didn't really strike me as being all that spectacular either

The waiting really isn't the hardest part, it's the knowing you're going to have to wait...that's what kills me. I hate ordering stuff online, I want to go to the store and get it. Ordering just starts the whole "Well crap, now I'm gonna have to wait" process".

You can sort it out by category, there's a list on the left

I had to stop looking, there's so much stuff on sale that my head started hurting. My Home Depot card got scared, almost jumped out of my wallet and ran for the hills...

They're doing an overstock sale on all kinds of stuff.

And of course after saying that I just get the shipping confirmation email...

Haven't got it yet, haven't even got a shipping confirmation yet. Sick of waiting...

Yup, Klutch is basically Ryobi in sheeps clothing. Same product, same pricing. The only difference with the compact drill is that Ryobi gives you two of their better batteries, compact Lithiums that have the battery gauge, Klutch gives you just the standard compact and standard "full-capacity" batteries. The $10 price difference is pretty stupid when you consider the Ryobi version is $10 cheaper for two better batteries. Klutch seems to be their own thing though, they have tap and die sets, sockets, cord reels, flashlights, etc.. Probably Northern's house brand. I don't recall if I've ever bought anything from Northern, I think I did but can't remember what. They seem like the Walmart of the tool world though, everything you want they have it. No problem with that of course, I've always said that brand name doesn't really mean much these days. The only thing you see in brands is the level of customer service and quality control being different, otherwise a drill is a drill, a hammer is a hammer.

Somehow curiosity hit me, Googled Ryobi to see who was behind them. Turns out it's Techtronic Industries, the mother company of Ryobi...and Milwaukee, Rigid, AEG, Hoover, Dirt Devil, and others...surprising to me to be honest, didn't realize that Ryobi was part of the same company that makes Milwaukee and Rigid

Mine are the "pro" ones they had before the Fatmax boxes. Basically the same thing except with plastic latches. They have little feet molded on the bottom, and the lid has a little recess around it that the feet sit in. I've always stacked mine together and they don't slide around. When I re-organized the garage I actually had to grind the little feet off of one box so I could slide it off of the box under it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to have it on the shelf behind my rolling table.

The Stanleys stack too...

I've got some Stanley boxes that are similar, really like them.

When I first started using Gearwrench I noticed right away the difference between those and typical speed wrenches. The swing on the Gearwrenches was way better in tight spots, some spots where a typical speed wrench couldn't even move. And they were thinner too, so I could fit them into close quarters easier than even regular box or combo wrenches. And I'm not a standard wrench kind of guy, they're caveman tools if they don't ratchet. Regular open-end, combo, and box-end wrenches...you can have them. Can't stand "turn the wrench, move the wrench, turn the wrench, move the wrench...figure out which way to flip the wrench so it fits...turn the wrench, flip the wrench, move the wrench, turn the wrench..." Geez, just thinking about it makes me go googly-eyed.

I've got three sets of the original "5°" wrenches, two standard and one metric. Those are good enough, I haven't run into anything yet that I'd need tighter degrees in the ratchet to justify the 120XP's. I'll bet they're pretty frickin' nice though. The difference between 5° and 3° probably wouldn't make much difference in what I do, but I'd assume they serve a purpose or Gearwrench wouldn't make them.

I'm a blubbering idiot when it comes to Gearwrench, don't as me why. I have a butt-load of Ryobi tools, which makes me look like a rabid Ryobi fan, but Gearwrench...all you have to do is say "Gearwrench" and I drool all over myself. I just like their stuff, I stare at their catalog almost daily.

Gearwrench Pass-through socket set and Gearwrench bit set. I'll use the hell out of them but it was kind of a whim buy more than a need. I have plenty of sockets and wrenches and bits and such, but the pass-through stuff has been on my mind for a while and the bit set looked pretty cool so I said what the heck. It'll look good next to my other Gearwrench stuff... Yes, I'm a little kid inside, and tools are my toys.

Thickness planer and some hand tools ordered, trip to HD later to pick up the AirStrike and some random stuff.

Ryobi makes a little battery gauge that you pop on the battery to see the charge level, it's cool and beats guessing...

Even on sale it's still too expensive for me...

Two biggest selling points to me are 1. Ryobi has always been a strong performer for me, and 2. Every tool and every battery is compatible with each other. Price plays a factor but if Ryobi didn't perform for me I'd be using something else, regardless of price. The photo is a bit deceptive, the "blue" tools have the larger NiCads on them, which makes them look bigger in the photo. The "blue" drills are bigger, but not by much, compared to the "green". Side-by-side the "blue" is bigger but not by much. The thing that makes the newer tools feel lighter and feel nicer in the hand is the lighter battery. The NiCads weight a ton, and the Lithiums feel like you're holding air

Color-wise I thought I would care less, but I actually think it's not a bad color to stare at, looks really nice and isn't obnoxious. I don't have a preference though, as long as they work they could be pink and lavender and I wouldn't care. Build-wise, the "green" tools do seem to run better than the "blue", and they're definitely lighter and easier to work with. Tool colors: Dewalt yellow always grabs me, always liked the yellow.

You guys have all that nice expensive stuff, great collections but too pricey for me. Since we're doing family portraits here's my small Ryobi collection, can you count how many Ryobi tools are in there? Ryobi Family Portrait by Ed Durbin (Katodog), on Flickr

Worx JawSaw - $69.99–$89.99 your choice between the JawSaw or the JawSaw with extension. I actually wouldn't mind having one of these, everything I've seen makes it look like a decent tool to use. Don't have enough trees to justify buying one though.

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Spray contact cleaner inside the motor, then hit the trigger a couple of times to run the motor. Could just need a good cleaning