Ryobi Battery question

[big-all]

I'm after the new recip, don't really need batteries just yet but if anyone gets the kit and doesn't need the recip saw, let me know.

i am after a uk spec charger and batteries so ------------

but i suspect you want yours sooner than the uk spec will apear

 

[gazza2]

I have just received my new ryobi stuff from the US, imported the torch as a trial, and it got here OK, so proceeded to order, the battery charger
and the 2.4 Lithium batteries as seperate items, cost me just under the ton for the lot delivered < Fantastic>

Neede to buy a 100w inverter for using the charger but so far all OK, - only used them once though to try them out , looking for a new project to try them out fully.

the new battery charger does charge the old batteries.

The combo pack at 159 on ebay looks like a good deal - however you will get caught for import tax.

i got mine from both suppliers on ebay Earth13 and someone else - no issues, too the cheapest postal offer and they arrived three weeks later

 

[Scrit]

Need to buy a 100w inverter for using the charger but so far all OK, - only used them once though to try them out , looking for a new project to try them out fully.

Buy a basic 110volt site transformer - cheap, bags of capacity, simple and will do the job. I run my Porter-Cable corded stuff on one

Scrit

 

[big-all]

has arrived at a price

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=786522#786522

 

[-Paul-]

On the screwfix site they look like the old style drills, and the batteries are only 2.0 Ah rather than the 2.4 Ah I'm seeing in the American adverts?

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/76529...V;jsessionid=NGD25PGLMAMHMCSTHZOCFEY?ts=30159

Compared to

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-RYOBI-ONE...ageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118

 

[Deluks]

Well they do say that everything's bigger, and better (and cheaper ) in the good ol' US of A.

 

[-Paul-]

I wonder if we will get the new drills and 2.4 Ah batteries coming through later, or maybe a better bet is just going with the HITACHI DV18DL. Would this be a better drill as well as having more powerful batteries, for only £30 more.

http://www.dm-tools.co.uk/product.php/section/4729/sn/HITDV18DL

 

[^woody^]

That must be a spelling error at screwfix.

I can't see Ryobi having different batteries for the US and the UK - I would assume they are just all produced the same, in some Chinese factory.

Alternatively, its' the Yank adverts which are wrong and they are all 2AH batteries instead!

I just hope the new lithium charger is a bit more intelligent than the current ones