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Ed Pawlowski

On 10/18/2014 3:03 AM, wrote:
On Friday, October 17, 2014 8:42:09 PM UTC-5,

Dave in Texas wrote:

The Primecell rebuilds wouldn't even take a charge.

Primecell does not make the batteries and probably most of the
rebuilders use the same brand of cells. I have to wonder if that would
have happened with any other one. You do have to charge them even if not
used.

I remember Leon's post about that from some years back. I had a Makita battery rebuilt here in town by a company that specializes in rebuilt batteries for older tools, but will do newer ones as well. They rebuilt my battery for my beloved Makita 14.4v monster, and it worked great. However, they went out of business.

One of the reasons I finally decided on the Ryobi was because of the lack of ability to find good rebuilds along with the my problem of putting a $90 battery in an 8 year old drill. Looking at the Ryobi, it came with two batteries (granted, low milliamp models) but they recharge in 30 minutes. They also come with a three year battery warranty along with the rest of the tool. If lost, they can be replaced with an exact match for $35. You can also buy up the battery amperage and get much stronger batteries for a few dollars more.
am totally off any rebuilds for now. If my tool failed when using it
on a job and the failure was due me being a little too tight with a buck
by buying a rebuild I would be really ****ed off myself.

Robert

Ryobi seems to have many followers for the reasons you state. One fellow
I know just tosses it every few years and buys a new set of cordless
tools.

I had a bad experience with a drill needing repairs and that is why I
moved up to the Panasonic. Could have been one of ten or ten million
that broke though. It was an OK drill when it was working.

At work we needed a light drill for a lot of small sheet metal screws.
It was just one project and would rarely be used again. I bought a 12V
Rigid and it did a fine job. That was 7 years ago and the batteries
will still take a charge, but don't know for how long. I should
replace them give it to someone that can use it as it just sits now.