Test run and 1st use of some Kobalt 24 V cordless power tools. #scrapfarm #scraplife #reseller #fleamarket #trashtocash #retailarbitrage #scrap #clearance #powertools #kobalt
I've been in the Kobalt line for almost 2 decades starting with the 18v and now with the 24v line. I have the core line in hand tools along with outdoor power equipment. So far I'm very happy with them and will keep buying them. I've done several videos on my channel and will talk about them on my live streams
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Definitely not junk. I'm not the hardcore construction worker. I'm a diy guy and use these tools moderately. And they are very reliable. Kobalts power tools havent let me down. I recently purchased the 3/8 impact wrench and it works like a dream. For $100 you couldn't beat it. Try to buy the battery kit during holidays (Black Friday)/ thanksgiving time. Usually they'll have a deal where they'll give u the pack for the low with the purchase of a power tool.
I love my Kobalt power tools! They hold up great and do a fantastic job! I bought mine from a young married kid doing construction. He used them for 6 months and sold them to me. He spent about $800 dollars or better on them. I bought them for $450 dollars.
They are upper end of quality for home owner category. I have a bunch of them, if they break within 5 years take it back in and exchange it hassle free. I would not use them everyday as a professional trades tool though. The xtr stuff is a professional trades capable platform.
I believe Kobalt is supposed to be Lowe's budget line similar to Home Depot's Husky line. From my experience, Kobalt is hands down the better of the two.
Husky is Home Depot's hand tool brand. Their power tool brand is Ridgid. And Husky is not their budget line. it's their in-house line like Craftsman was when Sears owned it.
I've never been let down by Husky. I think Kobalt makes similar hand tools, but it seems like they can be a bit more hit or miss. I think Kobalt 24V power tools are like Rigid. I think they compete on price better, and they seem pretty consistently good to me, even the weird types of tools that other brands tend to cheap out on. Not every one of them is fantastic, but I've never found a dud that didn't seem worth buying.
Kobalt is one of the most under rated power tools. They are in most cases better than Ridgid at HD . Kobalt does have an extra battery cell making it 22 plus volts
I had the same black and decker cordless drill for 20 years. This year I got a new Ryobi one for my birthday. I LOVE it. I am a cheapskate when it comes to buying tools. I also by the cheap stuff and never had anything nice like my new Ryobi with 2 batteries. I get so many projects done now. I got my circular saw at a flea market for 5 bucks. Best deal ever!
Wow, great purchase again. I really like your unpacking videos. The light for 21$ is amazing, the price is unbelievable good. What a performance on the field. Felt like floodlight with a handy tool and the 12v option, simply great (I directly looked for this thing here in germany ;-). And the other tools are the ones you mentioned in some earlier clearance hunts I guess. Great way to get those from Kobalt with the benefit of testing and no way to get them from your preferred trademarks. Thumbs up, get out of your routine and get surprised (often positively .-). Thanks for your entertaining videos. All the best
I bought some used Kobalt 24v stuff to use the batteries (with an adapter) on my discontinued Ridgid 24v tools that came with garbage batteries. I was impressed with the Kobalt products and have been slowly building a set in the platform. The 24v seems to give the tools a bit more power than stuff using 18/20v batteries. I think this is a great line for the do it yourselfer/hobbyist and some items like the XTR recip saw are top notch with quality and performance.
Been using kobalt cordless tools since they first came out as 18v, daily as a contractor, only problem I've had is the drill driver trigger malfunctions between 3rd and 5th yr, I've tried to exchange the driver only but they say they have to exchange the whole kit, I'm on my 3rd kit since my first purchase of the 18v somewhere between 12-14 yrs ago, I have most Ridgid and DeWalt cordless tools also but always reach for the kobalt daily, even without the 5yr no hassle warranty I'd still buy kobalt.
As far as the Cobalt line is a fantastic product I work for car dealership as a mechanic and I acquired their drill believe it or not I took it to work and told all the other technicians here I want to see if these things any good use it abuse it beat on it do anything you need to it was free you came in the kit I didn't care that was 6 years ago and to this day anybody that need to drill comes and borrows the Cobalt versus the Milwaukee still going strong and with the original battery it came with
I use all my Kobalt tools pretty heavily on a day by day bases and I still have all my original tools that I bought 6 years ago and they are still kicking it hard. Definitely not junk tools at all and are a very under rated brand.
The right angle impact is way underrated by kobalt lol. I believe it did around triple the break away torque than what it’s rated for? One tool that slides under the radar is the tower light. Caught it for $90. It and the 1/2 inch xtr high torque are killer. Also I bought a cheap 13 dollar set of square to hex adapters. I use the 3/8 to 1/4 hex adapter on the right angle to have basically a right angle driver. It’s been handy a lot more than I expected
Heck, I wish Milwaukee was the "fancy" version of Ryobi. Nope! Parent company TTI has done an excellent job with their power-tool brands, in terms of power, performance; for the money. I despise admitting that, but they have. You've got HART. Slightly better than entry-level brand. Wal-Mart exclusive. Positioned just above Wal-Mart's Hyper Tough brand. But H.T. isn't part of TTI. HART is mostly slightly better than cheap plastic construction. But not by much. Battery packs so cheap that sometimes when you buy the drill, the included battery won't charge up at all. (Lots of HART drill returns for that very reason.) Motors are pretty cheap too. Designed to last a handful of years if put through occasional use. But very cheap. Also very under-powered. Then you have Ryobi. For the DIYer who actually enjoys tackling home improvement projects. Massive selection of tools, at reasonable prices. But a lot of their models outside of their One+ HP line are just under-powered. More care involved in selection and construction of the innards. Though not to a huge degree. Still kept to a price-point. RIDGID.... Cult-like following. Significantly more expensive than Ryobi. But better in every way, shape, and form. Including quality of the motors and components used. However, no where near the value of Ryobi. You pay almost Pro-grade prices for tools that are still below Pro-grade. Stuck in an odd middle ground of not being as good as Milwaukee, but at nearly similar prices; which makes RIDGID not nearly as good of a value as Ryobi. But if you really love orange. Here's your brand. Since Kobalt realistically competes with Ryobi, RIDGID ends up being slightly better. Milwaukee: No expense spared for this brand by parent company TTI. The Golden Child out of its lesser siblings. RIDGID comes close, but always falls a bit short. The best, Top of The Line motors and components; all set aside for TTI's red brand. Care, attention to detail, only the best for Milwaukee tools. Made for the Pros, with machining price-tags to boot. The most impressive power, torque, components designed to last years with daily hard use! Ryobi? That's for the home owners and DIY enthusiasts who either don't have or refuse to pay Milwaukee Money for significantly better tools.
I own all kobalt 24 volt stuff... They're very much so underrated in my opinion... Also they are NOT 18volt. Technically they are 20 volt nominal voltage. They charge to 24volts and operate at 20 volts under load. The tools listed as 18v usually run at less voltage.
@@ScrapFarm right on, and you'll probably notice a little extra oomf if you did that. Assuming the battery adapter has no electronics in it to reduce voltage output.
@@morscovium8881 the tools aren't garbage. Perhaps you got a defective one. Shit happens. Bring it back get another under warranty. As for the voltage thing, you basically described what I said word for word. What I essentially said was that 24v runs at a higher voltage than 18v or 20v listed tools. Which is true.
@@morscovium8881 lol, you do you man. I edited nothing for the comment you're referring to. Look again, the edited comment was an after thought from my main comment. And was done a long long time ago. Additionally, you seem to forget that kobalt is a value proposition. They cost at times 1/3rd the cost of Milwaukee. And in my experience get quite close to the power level Milwaukee provides. Are the motors less efficient than Milwaukee? Yep. Obviously. They run at a higher voltage, and output slightly less. You can also get a kickass flashlight, the XT drill and impact gun a high output 4ah battery and a regular 2ah battery for $300. And the XT line is pretty great. Been using the shit out of those drills and they're awesome. I have not noticed the issues with batteries dying quickly, with the exception of the 24v leaf blower, and the orbital sander. But it's worth mentioning the 24v leaf blower is pretty decent and adequate for being compatible with the main line of 24v batteries. Ultimately, do what you want man, idk? I love my kobalt stuff though. Literally have had zero issues with them. And haven't started a job they couldn't finish with ease.
I got a Kobalt Chain Saw couple years ago. 40v Max 2 amp hour. 14 in. bar. Never had any issues with it. Works great. That spot light is crazy military powerful. What's that smoke at the end with the red light? You smoking a cigar? Ha!
just plugged in the old Porter Cable drill and impact, have a pile of dead dead dead batteries and a couple still hanging in there.....wish they would standardize all the interconnects for us...
I've never had problems with any of my ryobi... And ryobi is the only company that's back compatible.... So that right there in my eyes gives ryobi way more value... You really can't beat buying a two dollar tool from the nineties at the flea market and beating the crap out of it for years.
We don't have that brand here, as far as I know. They seem to be of decent quality and powerful, but huge....lol. Good video and a good demonstration of how you plan to use the tools. That light must be extremely good. Let us know how they are holding up after extended use.
Sounds to us that the Kobalt Tools are very Good - of cause Time will tell if You are Completely Happy with them when You work them for a While ! Still the Price was very Good ! Many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!
I got to this video, after finding my hardly used Kobalt tire inflator malfunctioning today. Got a nice blue brick now, and after the batteries go dead on my other items, thats it. But honestly EVERYTHING these days is junk. Built to last, isnt how you make investors happy.
A lot of it has to do with the fact that they haven't sold enough units. They are now releasing the gen 3 for Kobalt tools, which are packaged in blue. They are probably trying to sell more units, so they can bring in more new stuff whether it's the XTR or gen 3
I was looking through and see if anyone corrected you. No one did? 18 volt and 20v are same battery platform. 24v has one more cell than 18v. So, it makes a true 24v. You could later say 26v.
if the battery dies in your light bamby might have a sneak attack watch your back and the nice thing about the cordless rachet no air hose lets you into tighter places
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I have a suspicion that distribution channels raise the price of 'international' branded tools, meaning that you get more bang for the buck from Lowe's and Home Depot proprietary brands. Everybody who touches the product before the end consumer, gets a percentage. Makita, Bosch, Metabo, etc are great, but overpriced compared to Kobalt, Rigid, Craftsman, etc.
Ryolbi does offer a 3/8 impact works great on brakes from my nissan 2016 frontier. The rotary thing Ryolbi has a router that is close to that thing. The light is impressive with the dual use 12v or battery. Nice video I will stick with Ryolbi for now.
Kobalt is Lowe's answer to Ridgid and I would say is better than Ryobi and DEFINITELY better than Craftsman. They're made by Chervon who also makes Ego, Skil and the Flex line. Ryobi is stepping up their game and working at Lowes at cust service I see Craftsman cordless and gas lawn tools returned all the time..
Milfuckee might only be 12v but it puts out 220lbs in a compact package. Their 3/8 ratchet does close to 60. Between that and the 1/2” stubby impact doin 250 I can pull my entire car apart.
The atomic DeWalt beats the Stubby. Stubby was great when it was first guy on the block, but $199 for barstool now days? I got the Dewalt Black Friday deal with 2 batteries and charger for $199. Also 6 weeks later saw these kobalt impacts on sale for $39 each. I don’t have kobalt tools, but ended up getting two 3/8” and two 1/2” impacts. I’ll throw one set in the truck
The Kobalts are definitely under-rated garbage 😆. No really, they are solid tools for moderate use. I like the color and bought them even though I already have too many tools.
They have a right angle die grinder.... They do not offer an inline one.... And if they did it wouldn't be $37... Comparable tools like that are almost 300.
Parts are not available. Lowes tells you to contact Kobalt. Kobalt tells you they keep only a limited number of parts for 90 days after manufacturing date. Kobalt is part of Sunrise Global Marketing based in, you guessed it, China. Disposable as a Bic lighter.
the battery sucks for them had some last summer and the charge wouldnt last very long ... ended up swapping them out for new ones and then sold them on ebay ....
@@ScrapFarm i have always had good luck with the ryobi ... hell i got a blue set i bought back when i was working building vickys in dc back in 2008 it came with 4 batts 3 of the 4 still work like they did when i got it new and they have been beat to hell and back cracked cases and all lol
I really feel like the old blue brush ryobi is built way better even though it's brushed.... I've burned up multiple green tools and I don't think I can remember burning up one blue tool.
@@ScrapFarm I have a vast collection going way back but can always use more at the right price you know the addiction I got hooked because of the warranty but always had there tools
@@ScrapFarm With Rigid s warranty being lifetime on tools batteries chargers etc Almost a no brainer and they make a decent tool I use them every day had one 1/2 impact brake they replaced it no questions asked and had batteries also replaced from 5 years ago no problem definitely a big seller for ne
The tools are supposed to be pretty good. you're right watch the torque test channel and also project farm for that right angle impact wrench. which did well. But to me that big grinder you have doesn't look that much more powerful than a good Dremel or other competing brand. for something that big it doesn't seem like it's got much guts with a carbide bit I assume you're using on that metal
It doesn't have to be very strong it's just convenient that it's portable for those times where you just have to removal a little bigger or hog something out... It's already came in useful a couple times
Some of the Cryobi stuff is the original Millfakee design. Like that ratchet you got. Here in Australia the 12v tool skins are only an extra $30 over the Ryobi. Best purchase I made was that 2nd gen ratchet. If that doesn’t get it done I go the 1/2” impact. I keep an air rattle & torch in reserve if need be. I’m still running some corded Ryobi from 1982 but their stuff now? Hell no certainly running a bit on their old name now days. It’s double the ‘store brand’ price but not double the quality. I found a leaf blower .. I could fart leaves away more
For sure it's definitely hard to make decisions I mean I guess everything's got a warranty but... I got 2 batteries a charger and a tool for less than a bear tool from dewalt.... Probably should have bought 2 of them at 40 bucks lol
