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Last year, I got my husband a Ryobi set for Christmas. We do a lot of BBQs. This summer, he was usin...
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That's what did it for me. I got a Black & Decker drill in high school, and by the time I finished college, the batteries would no longer take a charge. Of course they no longer sold the batteries for that model, which meant the drill was now garbage.
I saw Ryobi has committed to not changing their battery format, and they've kept to that for 20+ years. You can take their old blue tools and stick a new battery in there and it will still work. I've spent thousands on Ryobi tools now because I'm confident I'll always be able to get batteries for it. Also doesn't hurt that you can buy stuff through their outlet, DTO, for even less than HD.
I mentioned above (or below) that I got some Ryobi blue tools more than 20 years ago and most are still working with new batteries.
Ryobi blue also. They are kinda banged up but still doing the job with the newer batteries.
I got my wife on it. Her dual roller bar stick vacuum, pool floaty inflator, and the hot glue gun all use the same batteries as my 2 gallon shop vac, my impact wrench, the weed whacker, my chainsaw, my soldering iron, etc.
Having a cordless soldering iron was a game changer when I was underneath the console of my boat wiring up a relay to send direct power to my depth finders rather than sending the full load through 30 year old 22ga wires and an ancient switch. Otherwise, I would've had to drag an extension cord across the driveway and screw around with not bumping the cord.
And yea, the glue gun is amazing. I've got the largest one that uses the big sticks, and it works great. Heats up quick, and doesn't make a mess. Doesn't tip over easy either.