Cheng Liu

I love Ryobi tools, but one of their primary weaknesses is that their kits don't often contain their best tools. I was able to get the 6 1/2" circular saw CPO for about $40, I thought that was a great deal.

The nailer looks awesome, I really wish Ryobi would make a framing nailer. I'm just curious, can that framing nailer shoot 16 penny nails?

Yeah the light is great. Now that Ryobi is making a 9 mAh battery I can only imagine how long one of these lights can run on one of those.

I wonder if they will now start producing more powerful tools specifically to make use of the bigger batteries. I for one would love to see a heavier duty SDS rotary hammer (preferably the kind that resembles a reciprocating saw), a cordless (or better yet hybrid) 10" (or better yet 12") sliding compound miter saw, and a 7 1/4" circular saw. I also wonder what this means for their 40v tools. I don't know much about batteries so I am not sure of which one has more power between a 2 mAh 40v battery and a 9 mAh 18v battery.

I know what you mean. I am considering holding off on the pulse driver because I suspect that they will release a multi-speed one at a later time. It's also why I may be holding off on the stick light, since I assume they will be releasing a hybrid version of that at some point (since it is already available in Australia).

Is one clearly better than the other? I am wondering because Ryobi is releasing a pulse driver and I am wondering if I should sell my impact driver to buy it when it comes out.

It looks like Ryobi is releasing a pulse driver. I have heard good things about pulse drivers in general, I wonder if I should sell my impact driver and buy this instead.

The newer Ryobi one has that. I sold my old one in favor of it.

I had the older model Ryobi 18v one and it was great. It is two mode (drill and hammer-drill) so no chipping but it is great for drilling through concrete.

I use Makita Gold bits and they have worked well for me.

Out of all the tools I own or have owned, the only one I could think of would be the SDS rotary hammer. I used one to drill about 20 holes 6" deep each through solid concrete and it took two 4 ah batteries to do it.

What diameter is that sliding compound miter saw?

You can? I guess the arbor size is the same 5/8".

When it comes out in America I would highly recommend they make it either 7" or 10". I've seen other 8 1/2" miter saws like the one made by Metabo, but I would avoid it because the unusual blade diameter would make the blade selection very limited.

From what I've heard, this is one of the most in demand and difficult to find One+ tool. Why they never released a newer version of it is beyond me. If I was them I would just make the Milwaukee one but replace the red and black housing with a lime and charcoal one since Milwaukee and Ryobi are made by the same company anyway. If they did that, and better yet; made it a dual power tool I would buy it as soon as the money became available.

Unless you need an attachment capable trimmer. I was going to go with Ego, but the trimmer not being attachment capable was an issue since I have a lot of high and deep hedges what would require a pole hedge trimmer to trim. That is why I went with Ryobi instead.

I believe the Ego one is self propelled. To be frank though, most cordless mowers are pretty light so self propulsion is not considered a high priority feature by most manufacturers.

Especially since Stihl cordless OPE costs a fortune.

From what I've heard each one of them has advantages and disadvantages.

Many manufacturers have weed whackers that resemble this system. I know for example that Ryobi and Greenworks/Kobolt (from what I heard Kobolt 40 and 80V OPE is just Greenworks OPE with a different color housing) offer such systems.

I have heard good things about all the systems that you are considering. As a warning though, both Dewalt hedge trimmers are not attachment capable. If that is a feature you need (like I do), the Kobolt one is the only one of those three that is. I use Ryobi 40v equipment and I like it a lot. I have the trimmer (which is attachment capable) and hedge trimmer attachment (for high or deep hedges), chainsaw, hedge trimmer, and blower. All of them work well although I would love to replace the blower with the blower/vacuum, sadly that is currently only available in Australia and Europe.

The only problem with Ego is that unless I am mistaken, they are only sold at The Home Depot and he says there isn't one anywhere close to him.

I would love to see this finishing nailer throw down with with other comparable finish nailers from other brands like Milwaukee, Ridgid and Ryobi. I myself am looking forward to buying the Ryobi (since I am a member of team lime green) 15 ga nailer when the funds become available.

Would it be better to have a 9ah 18v battery or to have a 4ah 36v battery like they use on most OPE?

One issue that I feel plagued Kobolt in the past was the variety of tools. I don't remember them having much more than the basic 5 (circular saw, reciprocating saw, drill, impact driver and light). That is one thing they will have to resolve if they want the 24v line to succeed. One group of tools they should look into is cordless nailers. I feel like those are going to be the next big thing in cordless tools.