On 9/2/2016 8:28 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
The Li-ion batteries or charger for my Hitachi cordless combi drill have
started playing up, so I have started looking for replacements and came
across this Ryobi at Homebase:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebas...ries%29-382105


The price isn't out of line with other suppliers, and it comes with two
2.5Ah batteries rather than 1.3 or 1.5. The only thing that concerns me
is that it says the weight is 3.4kg! Unless they mean for the drill,
batteries, and charger.

Anyone got one of these? Is it that heavy?

I expect that is for the whole lot.

I have several Ryobi tools and they are quite good, but when the drill
got tired (after a lot of heavy use) I went over to Makita, and that
seem to me to be a bit more solidly made than the Ryobi. I'm a bit
suspicious of Homebase, and TBH I would wonder if these are
significantly better than the cheaper Aldi-Lidl equivalents.