RYOBI 18V ONE+ HP Compact Brushless 1/2 Drill/Driver Review MODEL # PSBDD01K 

She has become very curious on tools and will sit and watch me do most things for hours. If I could only know what she is thinking.

Yeah~ this might be the perfect boat drill/driver. It engages & maintains at super slow speed- which is critical with GRP!

I found it for 129 with bag, 2 batteries, and charger. What kit did you get?

@@buddybonbutt7510 Home Depot has it for $80 drill 1 chargers 2 1.5 batteries and 1 free 4.0 battery

There is no doubt the Milwaukee is better.

@@WorkshopAddict - I thought some of the Ridgid tools where almost on par with Milwaukee? It seems the Milwaukee M12 line is the one to invest in for close quarters if you only want to invest in one line of tools...even though I know you like the Dewalt 12V Extreme and many say they are very good.

Correct, or the communication from the battery platform.

These are now “HP tools” meaning they moved the HP chip in the one+HP batteries into the tool, so now any older batteries you use will have the same performance in these tools as the newer one+HP batteries they are making for the current brushless tools that have all the extra connections on the bottom.

@@Tabest31 The video didn't really prove that out though. 95% of the time the battery, not the tool, was stopping and the tool couldn't detect it.

They definitely can't sense an HP battery. Tried it, no work.

It cuts off due to overheating, he put that drill under significantly more stress than it would ever be put under in most situations. I have the same drill and it works just fine for anything I could ever need it for.

In most situations where you are drill holes larger than 1" anyway you will use a holesaw, not a spade bit. Which having used the same drill with holesaws on both wood and steel studs, It works just fine and never failed me.

Don't force the tool and they don't shut off like that.

Joey, I do believe you are correct. The issue i am trying to point out is that I still am getting a battery cut out that does not allow the tool to flash the LED light telling me why I am having an issue. So the electronics are not working as intended in the tool. If the battery is still the fail safe, then the high dollar battery returns will still keep rolling in, like you said.

Unfortunately there are almost no suppliers of the 26650 cells -- they all gave up on that format years ago for some reason. Of the remaining suppliers, none offer any high current (e.g. 25A+ continuous) rated ones I'm aware of that are competitive with the currently available 21700 cells which are widely available from the big manufacturers (Samsung, Sony, LG, etc).

@@WorkshopAddict Reps from Ryobi have stated the 1.5AH that comes with the kit is the first in a new series that uses new technology. There's just not much they can do with a 1.5AH as you really need more parallel battery cells to up the max output at the same voltage, thus why the HP batteries normally start at 3AH. But it could be they are going to be updating the entire battery line as they come out with more updated tools with the newer safety features built in... and it's not going to be limited to just this compact/light weight series, IMHO...

@@ZeoCyberG That is awesome right. But I cannot get the safety features of any of the tools to work with the 1.5 Ah batteries. The battery will turn off before the tool. What is even more odd is that there are only the positive and negative terminals used. So if the battery or the tool have more electronics, why not allow them to communicate with each other?

@@WorkshopAddict Have you checked out the reviews by Shop Tool Reviews? They seem to be getting the flashing... Maybe you got a bad batch or you're stressing it so hard it goes into emergency shutdown... Do any of the other tools lack the additional pins?... Perhaps they're developing a new system as they are going to be introducing new batteries later...

No, they're not replacing any of the other tools. They're just offering a range of more compact and lighter weight tools that in higher end brands like Milwaukee would be a 12v series but Ryobi can't make their batteries that compact because they still stick to the old form factor to keep everything compatible from newest to oldest tools. Mind, their normal tools are pretty bulky. So these serve a niche they previously never address before, except for a very limited try at 12v... But they are pushing better technology as indicated by the fact the tool didn't burn out during testing like the other Ryobi drill they had tested before under torture testing...

They have full size HP tools now that I'd say are like 75-80% of dewalt If you keep the dust and shit outta the motor.

I currently only have ryobi brushed tools, but I plan on getting brushless makita. Once i do that, I’ll use my ryobi as beater tools, quick jobs in the garage, or if I’m just helping a friend hang drywall or something like that

Agreed, but if you advertise it and upgraded electronics, make sure they work.

The manual tells most of it. I don't remember what 12 flashes is. Seems like a lot. What battery are you using?

@@WorkshopAddict I tried the 1.5 that came with it and a 2 ah battery same result

@@RiseAboveElevation A 1.5ah came with an HP tool?

@@WorkshopAddict yes it came with a 1.5

@@RiseAboveElevation IMHO, that is too small of battery, but it should work for screws. 2Ah should have been fine also. Do you have anything larger to try?

Look at the Makita SubCompact kit as well, $229 at Home Depot but they throw in an extra 2.0 ah battery that you can return (legit, it's printed on the receipt) for $65 which makes the kit $164, cheaper than both the Ryobi and the Ridgid option, and quieter than both with similar performance to the Ridgid. I just returned my Ryobi Compact HP kit and got the Makita instead, it's better in every way from build quality to battery capacity, and even includes the belt clips along with a much nicer case.

Rigid warren try is crap. They have so many loop holes and exclusions, just like Ryobi, both made by same company. Look up Den of Tools

@@georgeburns7251 ryobi took a sawzall that had a ranger dropped on it and legit visible tire marks lmfao.

I would not. I would look for sales and do everything i could to get to the Milwaukee line as affordably as I could.

@@WorkshopAddict Ok thank you!

Forcing the tool causes it to shut off like it was doing in the video....has nothing to do with the quality of the tool. I can force my Dewalt to shut down by forcing it as well....course I think the Ryobi actually is putting out more torque than the Dewalt compact drill :(. I recently got rid of all my Dewalt stuff as prices have increased on their tools, quality has gone way down as has performance...plus the battery cost is ridiculous.

@@wildbill23c force dies play a part but so does the drill and the bit being used

I was also under the impression the back plate was metal, but someone on youtube pointed out that it was just hard plastic painted to look like metal. I can confirm that the clutch setting on the Ridgid sucompact is plastic and it's a type of plastic which I am not a fan of.

Plastic. :(

Aww shame Ryobi chooses to do that, this could have been their chance to move into the serious pro market. The tools look great but plastic is brittle and breaks down easily over time. Metal would have been the better choice here and also that Chuck should be metal because they pictured it to make it seem like it was metal. I love their selection I just how they deceive their customers into making them think the tools are higher quality than they are.

@@berserkforeal6953 I guess the pictures were deceiving, but they never specified the material. Some plastics are more impact rated than others, so I don't know what they have on that chuck. I do like how the chrome stands out.

@@ProxyFinal Chuck is plastic where it in knurled.

Only time I've had ryobi tools fail was violent exposure to water. (Boat mightve sank). Milwaukee I've seen just be dead for no reason and the batteries are a pain in the ass to get out of the tools and chargers. Dewalt is great but I can buy 3 ryobis for 1 dewalt. I've even seen a ryobi sawzall keep going after it's been on for and had a car dropped on it. Definitely not the best and don't buy the brushed, corded or 40v but I've seen them put up with some crazy shit.

Ryobi is getting as confusing as dewalt. The 1.5 ah I had was HP, but not "High Performance" and some HP tools do not have all 4 connections, just 2. LMAO.

Yup, but we know what it will do and when it cuts out.

Have not been able to find one yet.

Yes it can. You bought one yesterday

LOL. No, but there are a few reason I am doing this. First, in the past we have smoked Ryobi tools by doing some pretty simple things to them. Since these tools have new electronics to save them, we are working to prove that the electronics work. While the led lights might not work, all tools are still working when pushed well beyond what they should be used for. This lets potential buyers know how well the tool will hold up and if it will smoke out like some other tools they might have had. Just trying to do my job and educate buyers.

@@WorkshopAddict You are doing a good job of showing us what to expect from these tools. THANK YOU!

Harbor freight offers reviewers a ton of money to compare tools and show that the harbor freight tool wins. I have 100% steered clear of doing anything with harbor freight.

@@WorkshopAddict - yeah I suspected this. .

Sorry... I want to go buy some and test them, but I know how much people are offered to sell thier soul to HF and I just can't even put them in the title of a video.

Along with the sketchy practices and not existing in the Canada they all lose. Just buy ryobi or dewalt.

I have several Hercules and Bauer tools, they work just fine, in some cases they outperform the yellow brand that's several years behind in updating their stuff, not to mention their prices have gone way up, so I switched to Bauer mostly, and some Hercules stuff. The Ryobi stuff isn't too bad either....The Ryobi, Hercules, and Bauer are great for home-owner/diyer type buyers....would I use them on a jobsite every day, probably not, I'd most likely go with Milwaukee anymore over the Dewalt stuff, haven't been impressed with anything from them for quite a while, I ended up selling all my Dewalt stuff recently due to battery and tool price increases over other brands. Bauer and Hercules are now mostly brushless, you'll occasionally run across an older model in stores, but you can swap them out for brushless while under warranty, can't do that with other brands. I can't see any performance difference between the Hercules and Bauer over my Dewalt stuff, and honestly I wouldn't buy Dewalt again they're prices have gotten too far out of hand for lackluster performance, and outdated products, other tool brands have new stuff out almost constantly, Dewalt hasn't come up with anything interesting for a while now LOL. If you want something that'll work on a jobsite, I'd honestly go with Milwaukee, or maybe Makita....I've noticed Makita's prices have gotten out of hand like Dewalt though, so gotta kind of watch for sales on stuff. If you want something for around the house, Bauer and Hercules will work very well....as will Ryobi, and any other tool brand for that matter. Hercules seems to be a close copy of Dewalt in terms of the tool designs, Bauer is kind of close behind in terms of design. The Bauer line has a lot more tools in the line than the Hercules line does though. Bauer has some outdoor lawn/garden tools too, where Hercules does not.

Well, the LEDs are not working on mine.

Isn't meant to be... It would be like expecting a 1/4 in. impact to perform like a 1 in impact wrench... Technology is improved but that only goes so far and so size still matters... These are the compact and lighter weight options, that's it...

If you want to see hearts and butterflies and have something marketed to you through a RU-vid video, there are plenty of other people to watch. If you want to know what your tool will do and wont do before you bought it, I have you covered.

It's a compact line that has similar specs to the small Bosch stuff.

⅜ would be enough but I'd just go for ½ since those have way more power and usually higher quality unless you're buying festool or a corded dewalt