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I have a Ryobi battery 1/2" -- the HP one. They make two; the lesser one sucks. THAT ONE does not suck and successfully and immediately breaks things free like a pinion nut on a differential -- or lugs on a truck, or a nice big fat axle nut.
They claim "1,100 ft/lbs" which is BS, but 600-700 is not BS. Its the real deal and I like it a lot.
I bought the Ryobi because I have other Ryobi stuff including a "blue" sazall that is 20 years old and refuses to die, despite cutting all manner of things including debris after hurricanes when I lived in FL. My experience with the batteries is quite good in the lithium series -- the NiCDs are all long gone, but of the lithiums only one has failed, and it was one of the little 2AH ones. All the rest just keep working and some are close to 10 years old now, which is more of a testament to their charger not cooking them than anything else.
Are air-powered ones better? Sure, like the old IR 1/2" and especially 3/4" drive units, but you need a nice beefy compressor to drive them. But I can grab the Ryobi and get off whatever I need off before the compressor can charge, so there you go.
They claim "1,100 ft/lbs" which is BS, but 600-700 is not BS. Its the real deal and I like it a lot.
I bought the Ryobi because I have other Ryobi stuff including a "blue" sazall that is 20 years old and refuses to die, despite cutting all manner of things including debris after hurricanes when I lived in FL. My experience with the batteries is quite good in the lithium series -- the NiCDs are all long gone, but of the lithiums only one has failed, and it was one of the little 2AH ones. All the rest just keep working and some are close to 10 years old now, which is more of a testament to their charger not cooking them than anything else.
Are air-powered ones better? Sure, like the old IR 1/2" and especially 3/4" drive units, but you need a nice beefy compressor to drive them. But I can grab the Ryobi and get off whatever I need off before the compressor can charge, so there you go.