Siliconemelons
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I have been enjoying the craftsman v20 line of stuff - decent cost / goodness ratio thus far
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Palum
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I got DeWalt ones since I have all their batteries for other tools.
Weed whacker is great because I don't really use it a ton, just trimming around the garden beds and walkway. The blower is very good but battery is pointless. I can clean off my patio and walkway a couple times. I would need like 20 batteries to do my yard in the fall, it just eats electricity.
Ended up getting a 2 cycle backpack off Amazon, best thing ever.
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I'm Ryobi for cost/feature and we only have Home Depot here in my dinky town. I'm not sure of the nomenclature but the smaller 18V batteries I first bought when we moved here in '15 just died on me. I was using a belt sander and it just 'quit'. Go to recharge and they just flash red. It's not like I'm going to run out anytime soon but that was weird. I do love the tools.
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theres 3 types of 18v ryobi batteries
basic 18v
then the high performance (hp) these have more power per cell also there are 2 extra battery contacts in the back
and this allow ryobi HP tools to output more power
ryobi hp tools are usually brushless too and a higher premium
then theres edge which just came out, it's basically a lighter hp battery
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I had a couple of ryobi batteries go bad too. My son started to buy all kinds of tools for his HVAC job so he gave me 2 dewalt driver/small impact, because he got another better set plus I had their monster impact 1/2 drive for car shit(1200ft/lb) with another battery so im switching to dewalt now. All 20v. I think they are just better, more durable. And my son tells me that in the trades most peeps use Dewalt.
Just replaced my sway bar and tie rod ends on my Ipala with that impact, that fucker will take any bolt/nut off like butter.
Just replaced my sway bar and tie rod ends on my Ipala with that impact, that fucker will take any bolt/nut off like butter.
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Lanx
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nah man these are old ass batteries, no gauge at all. P102 on them 1.3Ah / 24Wh. I wasn't too worried as I have a lot of them.theres 3 types of 18v ryobi batteries
basic 18v
then the high performance (hp) these have more power per cell also there are 2 extra battery contacts in the back
and this allow ryobi HP tools to output more power
ryobi hp tools are usually brushless too and a higher premium
then theres edge which just came out, it's basically a lighter hp battery
Siliconemelons
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I just got the "Big" craftsman v20 blower- glad i got the big one as it just seems to be about the power I would want - it came with a 5mah, I already had 2x 2 and 1 4 - and the 4 is big, lasts forever on drills etc... but the blower - after just my driveway its 33% down on the 5 lol
I almost got "just the tool" for like 25$ less, but I figured, heck another battery and charger for 25$ may as well - I figured it was another 4, but no it was a 5! good thing as yes, blowers just drain battery.
Palum
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Yea it works great and being battery is nice since don't need PPE to just clean off the patio or blast the garage out real quick. Just hilariously inefficient with the batteries.
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I went with Harbor Freight Bauer stuff for outdoors. I have the weed wacker, blower, hedge trimmer, and I’ll get a chainsaw in spring. I really have no complaints. I bought two 5ah batteries when then went on sale and I can do all my chores with just one. I just do typical suburbia lawn and garden care on 1/2 acre.
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Cannot tell you how many company tools I went and got out of the pawn shop in Myrtle Beach SC.
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Cannot tell!
Seriously my sister in law worked at one of the big pawn shops in MB "DICKS' if it's still there, between her (my brother worked for me) and the people I knew around town that would call me I would get a call at least once a month. It got really bad right when the economy was tanking 2005-07.
Borzak
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I used to go into a couple of pawn shops in a very remote area along the river in Louisiana. Was nothing there but chemical plants and refineries. Everyone knew all the stuff had walked off from someones work truck or work place. I saw a LOT of speciality tools that I'm pretty sure the person selling or buying had no idea what it was. Saw an IR camera deal that would show temp a couplel hundred feet away. Mentioned it to someone and they went and bought it, was their companies and the pawn shop was selling it for a fraction of what they had paid.
Daidraco
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Here in Virginia - you can buy most shit w/o needing to show your license or anything (Unless its title based, or a gun of course.) So once its in my hands, I just dont give a fk. But selling, they collect a bunch of information on you just for that. Then compare that to multiple databases in some kind of Pawn Shop specific software. I cant imagine you wouldnt want that software unless you are knowingly wanting to fence shit. At least do your due diligence so you dont get into that position anyways.must be nice living in a city with no laws heh
i heard 2 stories of pawn shop raids
first time i think they were raided for selling "new" tools and shit, 2nd time was gun stuff, like damn stop being stupid
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Currently looking at getting our master bath completely redone, gotten two quotes so far, both in the 50k-ish range, but totally different styles - one does those pre-fabricated walls while the other prefers tile and grout. Any thoughts? I kind of like the concept behind the pre-fab style - seems like it'd be less maintenance, but I think it would likely hurt resale. Also, somewhat leery of the prefab quote claiming they only need 3 days of labor.