Bill_R Loc: Southeastern Wisconsin

Same experience here. It pained me some just to toss a perfectly good drill.

BusterCrabbe Loc: Montreal

If one is careful enough there are some very good and very cheap knock off batteries. I have had some very good luck with my Dewalt tools. Their batteries are the best but the knock off, even if it states it is 5amp hour and in reality is 4, the HUGE reduction in cost still makes it worthwhile.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

I much prefer corded tools and a generator when working outdoors. I've always found cordless tools are dead when you most need them!

bwa

BusterCrabbe Loc: Montreal

Although mostly true, I bought a bunch of batteries from the get-go knowing that could happen so it never happened to me..... yet ;-)

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

I used Rigid pipe wrenches long before HD existed. Go to any professional/ tradesman tool store and you’ll see tons of Rigid tools.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Yep, Rigid is an old US tool company.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

They've been replacing the water main on our street for the past several weeks. All of the hand held power tools are battery powered, including the little chain saw they use to shorten a pipe when necessary. (The main is all straight and plastic, only the bends, junctions, shutoff valves and fire plug risers are metal.)

They've also torn down/replaced 2 houses on the street in the past couple of years. All hand tools of all trades on both houses were battery powered - no air tools, no corded electrics. Even the radio that one of the crews had was battery powered (it was a DeWalt, like their tools.) While they had AC power available through a temporary meter, the only things plugged in were the battery chargers, until the finish carpenters showed up with chop saws for the trim.

Batteries have gotten powerful enough and the tools light enough that it's simply the most efficient way for lots of folks to work these days.

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

The biggest savings is not having to have a generator and not having to follow the osha rules for cord maintenance and inspection. Also removes the trip and shock hazard.

Greg from Romeoville illinois Loc: Romeoville illinois

Home Depot sells them. They do not own or manufacture them.

https://www.protoolreviews.com/news/power-tool-manufacturers-who-owns-them/43632/

The Fat Engineer Loc: Scotland

I bought a Ryobi drill set in 2002 which had a three speed drill, two batteries and a charger. It worked well and over the next few years, I added a jig saw, circular saw, angle grinder, belt sander, multi tool, radio, hedge trimmer and brush cutter to name a few. Obviously, after three to five years, the batteries that came with my first drill died and while this was annoying, it was expected. I then found out that a new battery was astronomically expensive, one reason being that Ryobi had introduced Lithium Ion batteries and over several months, I replaced the dead and dying batteries with the new LI ones. One thing I did find out quite quickly though was that if I bought, say for instance a new two speed hammer drill kit with drill, two batteries and a charger, it cost not much more than buying two new batteries. OK, I now have three drills and three sanders and two multitools but there are many times when I use one to drill, one to drive the screw and still have a spare. All in all, I am happy to use Ryobi tools.