Thread: Ryobi One Plus Range esp. Drill

G'day.
I've had the Plus One hammer drill/driver for a few years now and I like it.

The original batteries lost their go after about 12 months. I bought the 2 battery pack for $88 from Bunnies and another charger. These newer batteries are lasting just as good as they did when new.
I now have the One Plus angle grinder, sabre saw, circular saw, planer and torch. All running from the 2 batteries.

I am going to get another 2 battery pack as the angle grinder chews battery power when going hard at it. The grinder is great with a 1mm metal cutting wheel. It is handy for onsite steel garage work when no 240v is available.

I have others too ('trade quality'), but for around my house I have two Ryobi Plus One 18v hammer drill/drivers and they are fine. I got them on special at around $120 each with two batteries and plus one charger and I never run out of battery. Theses are not trade devices, but mine have had a flogging [technical term ]and are still running fine after 2 years of solid use.

Ryobi has released its Plus One lithium ion battery system tools and the batteries fit all Plus One tools (so I understand). So we should be able to upgrade the older Plus One to Li-Ion by just buying the batteries and appropriate charger. Right now they are new, but my guess is it won't be long until they start appearing in sales.

I too have a few of the Ryobi One tools (drill, circular saw, wet & dry vac) and am happy with the drill and circ saw (not sure what I was thinking when I spent $30 on a 'dustbuster' when I have a big vac in the workshop!!!

I bought a 2 x battery pack and all have been going well for over 2 years. The batteries are starting to show signs of getting tired in the last couple of months - hoping that the new puke-green lithium ion batteries will be available soon so I can upgrade.

Hoping they will put out an impct driver kit with 2 x batteries and a charger... Does anyone like my chances????

I'm also looking to buy the laminate trimmer (ie. hand-held router) - I'm hooked on this whole 'one battery to run them all' thing. Big fan.

I have a Ryobi 18V drill and am happy with it,(it replaced a good Makita that didnt survive a 6 metre fall onto concrete). Not trade quality, but for home its great. My batteries lasted a bit over 2 years, bought another pack of 2, they have been going fine for about 2 years so far.

The thing that used to really annoy me was the hammer function would come on by itself. I never use hammer on this drill, so I pulled it apart and permanantly disabled it, less frustration now.

If I lost this drill or it died tomorrow I would replace it with the same.

As I reported in another thread, a couple of months ago the local M10 sold all of its Ryobi stock in a hurry at greatly reduced rates: I bought the two-ratio variable-speed drill CID182L FOR $85, the Impact Driver BID180L for $90, the Fluro light CFP180L for $20, and a Line Trimmer OLT1823 for $30. I also bought three batteries and two chargers for $40, and everything has worked very soundly to date. As well, I bought the 240v Scrollsaw for $110, and it, too, seems good enough for the limited use I give it.

I've got one as well similar story as the others

On inquiry from bunning regarding the lith ion batteries they expect to have them ( just the battery's) in stock within the next two weeks price umknown

Originally Posted by adamc

Hello All,

I've had a read through the onlinetoolreview of the Ryobi 18v drill and I was wondering if anyone could add some more recent "in the field" reports. Battery life? Is the whole kit still going strong in general? There seems to be an opinion that Ryobi isn't worth a pinch of anything based upon there track record, however the newer XTR kit is worth the beans.

I'm looking for a cordless to drill and drive into hard and softwood. I can't see me drilling into concrete any time soon nor putting up a steel shed so an impact driver nor hammer are needed. Seem fair?

Would the Ryobi 18v system at under $200 (and then sticking with them for other cordless tools) do the job or am i better off with a smaller battery (12 or 14.4) in a "better" brandname for a bit more outlay? The Ryobi is from B's and I'm comparing it to a Dewalt 12V XRP for $329 on sale some place else (with three batteries). Or a 12v AEG for $199 on sale.

I especially hate buying semi-crap: if it's crap then that's fine. If it's top o' the line then that's bloody great, but I don't want to outlay $200 for a 2 year tool when I could add $100-150 and get a 5-10 year tool.

Also, apparently Dewalt are dicontinuing 12v systems. Does this leave me in the dark for future parts/battery packs?

Cheers . . .

a d a m

Morning Adam,
See my recent post (poor service) and draw your own conclusion

Cheers,
Jon.