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Review of new Ryobi Tools One+ HP line, including a cordless drill, impact driver, impact wrench, reciprocating saw and more.
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In this video, I want to introduce you to some new Ryobe tools
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They're part of the HP Compact Line and there's lots to talk about here
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But before I do, I just want to talk to you a bit about the Riyobi brand and how I came to know about it
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I was a cabinet maker working in a shop in the mid-1980s
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And that's when I first remember seeing Ryobe. I think they were brand new in the market then
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What struck me at the time is the same thing that strikes me now, and that's this brand of tools delivers the best value for the dollar
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There are more expensive tools that are kind of higher end, and there's certainly plenty of tools that cost maybe a little bit less than Riyobi
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and are quite a bit worse. So the Riyobi brand is kind of just a little bit of
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just a little bit above as cheap as it gets, but way higher than that in terms of quality
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In fact, the quality is so high and the reliability is so good that I know professionals who use
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these, even though they're designed for consumers. Not all pros want to throw around a $400 drill
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on a construction site where I can fall off a ladder, get run over or whatever. No drill
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is good enough to withstand that. So, Ryobi is popular with consumers
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surprisingly popular with professionals and I think this HP compact line is just going to build the
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reputation of the brand. So what we've got here is a line of compact tools. They're fairly small
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I'm going to be talking more about that. But, and this is the thing, they use the standard
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1 plus 18 volt electrics. So you get 18 volt power in a package that's surprisingly small
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This is a smallish battery here, 1.5 amp hour. They get larger and that translates into more runtime
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But bottom line, very small, very powerful, completely interchangeable with all the regular
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one plus batteries that are out there and that have been out there for a long, long time too
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Ryobi has consistently made a commitment to this battery platform so you can get even tools that are very old can still take these batteries So anyway let take a closer look at the individual tools now So there are six tools in the HP Compact line and I think the two that are going to be
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of most interest would be the drill and the impact driver. They're both very small and light, exceptionally short
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This is very important in an impact driver. It's very short from here to here
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that makes it easier to drive screws because the closer you are to the
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screw the less likely you are to fumble and have the driver bit fall out of
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the screw and it's also easier to just get into tight quarters with it so same
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goes for the drill I mean this is this is exceptionally short for an 18 volt drill
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I mean it's just a smidge over over six inches in total length fits in the
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pouch easily and yet It's got the full 18 volt power. Now, related to this, you might find this kind of interesting
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This is an impact driver, and this is what they call an impact wrench
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They work the same way, except as you can see, this is designed to take a socket, 3H drive socket
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So it's useful for tightening and loosening, actually. Loosening is of a value with an impact wrench
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Because many times when you're working on machinery, if the fasteners are old, bolts and nuts and things
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it can be hard to get them off with a regular wrench, but because of the rat-tat-tat action
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so the high-vibration reaction of an impact wrench, it will break that corrosion free much more easily than you can do with a wrench
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So that's where I use impact wrenches most often. This next tool I want to show you is a right-angle drill
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Now, you're not going to use a drill like this all the time, because if you've got enough room, then this is actually easier to use
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You can put more downward pressure on it and all that stuff. However, every once in a while, you won't be able to get in to drill a hole where you want to, or to drive a screw, because this is a drill, but it can also drive screws too
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So that's where the right angle design comes in. And boy, is it ever short
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In the right angle direction, I've never seen one. short, it's just the slightest little bit over three and a half inches from here to here
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You know plus your driver length of course the driver bit or whatever drill bit you using but Rayobi can control that so they just make a really short tool
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It's got a headlight on it. Like I said, you're not going to use this all the time, but when you need it, you'll love it
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Two speed is more, so lower speed and higher speed. Nice little addition to the lineup
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The next tool I want to tell you about in the HP line is this reciprocating saw, once again very small
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But before I demonstrate it, I just want to point out something. Brushless
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That's a feature of the HP line. But what does it mean? Well, traditionally, the motor inside a tool like this had brushes, which didn't look anything like brushes
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They're blocks of carbon spring loaded, and they press up against the rotating part of the motor internally
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And that's how you deliver electricity to a moving part of the motor
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of the motor. The brush sits on top of the rotating part of the motor and eventually the brush
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will wear out. So that's one advantage of the brushless design. Another advantage is that it gets
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more work from a given charge of battery pack. So it's just more efficient. That's the bottom line
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So you're going to see brushless motor technology all over the place. In fact, I would think
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a great many tools now are brushless, cordless tools are brushless. We're starting to see it on the more economical consumer side of things
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and that's certainly what we see here too. But a reciprocating saw to be as useful as possible
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needs to do more than just move the blade back and forth in a straight line
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It actually should move the blade in a kind of a bit of a D-shaped pattern
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like this. And the reason for that is it will make the cut much more aggressive
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Now look at this. Watch the blade in relation to this foot here
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And you'll see some of that D-shaped pattern. This isn't just straight up and down here
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You see that? That helps to make for a more aggressive cut with a reciprocating saw
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And that's really what you want. Reciprocating saws are coarse tools. They're typically used for renovation work
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cutting through wood, pipes, screws, nails, stuff like that. So we really don care about smoothness with a reciprocating saw just speed And just let me show you how this works on a pretty thick spike actually
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It's going to go right through it, I expect. So lots of power, lots of cutting capability, even in metal this thick
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I think maybe one of the most. innovative tools in the HP line is is this little saw here I've never seen or used a tool quite like this but I can see where it's it's a value
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it's a small bladed saw it's actually very controllable look how slow I can make it go
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and how fast can also change direction too it's rotating this way now because sometimes you want it that way
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maybe if you're cutting forward you'd want it this way but sometimes you want to cut backwards so you always
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need to cut against the rotation of the blade that you're using. So this particular blade is for
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metal. I'm going to show you how it works in a second, but there's also a blade for tile. This
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would be a diamond, diamond blade. Small industrial diamonds set into the perimeter of that blade
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And then this is an abrasive blade for drywall and plastic, it says. So let's go over. We'll see how
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this thing does on some pretty thick steel. Quick work, quarter inch thick, cold rolled steel right there. No problem
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Just before I finish up, I want to mention that Ryobe tools are available exclusively at Home Depot
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That's been that way for a long time now. I remember when the two got together
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And it's a handy thing for you because there's lots of home depots around. So there's no problem finding, buying, you know, warranty coverage, stuff like that
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In terms of warranties, all these tools and the batteries have a three-year warranty
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So keep your bill. You're going to want to... The batteries are fairly inexpensive to buy as these things go
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But if you can get a new one for free, you know, why? not so all and all I think you're going to be really pleased with this everyone I've ever
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met really likes their Ryobi
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