On Feb 22, 6:28*pm, "Leon" wrote:
"RonB" wrote in message

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I was in Home Depot over the weekend and saw an end display for new
Ryobi TEK4 products.

What the hell are they doing?

I guess failing at improved quality control and customer service they
have decided to start marketing everything. *Cameras, cell phone
chargers, cute flashlightes (yeah, we need more of those in the
world), multimeters......

The end cap looked like an ad for Harbor Freight or Craftsman.

Oh Well.

Actually it is decent stuff. *I have their head phones and they are quite
nice compaired to my previous pair of noise canceling ones. *BTY the TEK4
has been out *at least 6 months.

I saw the display on my last outing to HD. While most of the stuff I
wouldn't use, I wouldn't call it junk either. It seemed decent. The
camera is water resistant and if IRC, drop proof at 20 ft. Some of the
stuff is a mystery as to why they made it. I am scratching my head on
the multimeter and MP3 player.

I didn't pay as close of attention to that as I was looking more at
the Milwaukee display of some of their new stuff. I really like the
new right angle drill they have and I would like to bring home the new
miter saw if it wasn't the price of an entry level cabinet saw.

I do own a Ryobi benchtop bandsaw that I use primarily for circles and
it has been fine except for a blade wandering issue that was due to
operator error. It isn't the greatest but it does it's job.

Allen