Home Depot sent us the Ryobi 18-Volt One+ Brushless 3-Speed Impact Driver (Model P238) to review, and the timing could not have been better. It is just the perfect impact driver for homeowners and even certain pro’s (more on that later).
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Ryobi 18V Brushless 3-Speed Impact Driver is Making an Impact
Home Depot sent us the Ryobi 18-Volt One+ Brushless 3-Speed Impact Driver (Model P238) to review, and the timing could not have been better. It is just the perfect impact driver for homeowners and even certain pro’s (more on that later).
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Wow! This is one heck of an impact driver! I am totally blown away by the battery life of this product. To be able to work for an afternoon and still have enough juice for the rest of the week is, simply put, mind blowing! Like the owner states, this would quckly become a tool that never quite makes it back to the toolbox for me. I always need a driver for some little thing or other, and it's often annoying enough to go pull out a screwdriver and do it by hand that a one hundred dollar investment in a reliable brand would quickly pay for itself! I'm also impressed by the quick release feature for bits. Being able to simply drop the bit in and go is like a dream come true! Having to finagle the bit in one hand while tightening the bit holder in the other is such a pain, to the point where I've wondered whether this is truly the most efficient method for replacing bits in drivers. Clearly, it isn't, as Ryobi has a WAY better system. And to release, all you have to do is give the bit a tug!? Woah!
My high school scene shop used the Ryobi impact driver model #P881 for the longest time and when gifted a donation to upgrade tools, we get a set of Makita lithium ion impact drivers. The immediate differences I noticed were the shorter depth, the light that shined on whatever you were doing, and the much faster speed than the Ryobi model. It seems that Ryobi has risen to compete with that. Based on the pictures in the article, the shortened depth is very similar to that of the Makita. Like Monique, I too was not a fan of the light on impact drivers at first, but especially in a dark theatre, over time I realized that light comes in very handy. I also like how this model has three different speeds. That is something I have not seen on an impact driver before. The other thing that stuck out to me about this driver is the battery life. With crew calls lasting up to 8 hours, this extended battery power is super important because the most inconvenient thing is when you have to take an involuntary break to let all the batteries recharge. It looks like Ryobi has made a very good, competitive model, comparing features and the price of other impact drivers.
So this is a nice peice of native advertising that I respect in that it put up front and center that it was sponsored article from Home Depot. That said I do really like the improvements that are being made with impact drivers these days. They are get smaller and more efficient to use and it seems that the Ryobi impact driver is not an exception from this fact. While this Ryobi seems to be a good improvement from their past models I am still skeptical of the Ryobi brand in general having had fairly poor experiences with them in the past. I honestly prefer to use Milwaukee products and I have their new surge impact driver and it honestly is probably the best impact driver I have used both quite and strong I love that tool. That being said I also really wish that we used more impacts in our shop because for a lot of the things we do standard drivers just don't cut it.
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