Starting a cordless power tool collection with garden tools - Ryobi?

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Every time I mow our lawns I get more fed up with the cords. Especially our side lawn which is long and thin, so requires I move all the cables half way through.
Added to my habit (might be an exaggeration, but there's two repairs on the cord!) of chopping through the cord on my hedge trimmer, I am liking the idea of turning to cordless - although wincing at the costs.

I know the timing seems odd, late October. But the hedges are needing trimming before winter, and I reckon the lawns need a last cut too.

If I go with Ryobi, I can get:
40cm mower
55cm hedge trimmer
45cm pole hedge trimmer
Charger
2x 5.0Ah batteries

For (gulp) £750 altogether from B&Q.

Any advice? Should I be going for something else? Is there a different place I should buy them from?

Thanks in advance.
 
I've got one of the Ryobi hedge trimmers and i've been really impressed with it, it'll chop through really thick woody branches and the 5ah battery lasts a surprising amount of time.

I've got quite a lot of other Ryobi power tools, drill, impact driver, impact wrench, grinder, tyre inflator etc so it was a bit of a no brainer for me.

I do have a Ryobi strimmer and that's actually quite a weakling, it's ok for light edging but and bigger weeds or really long grass it struggles with.

That does seem a lot of money but you'd have to compare against some online searches, i've bought my stuff from all over. Got my first kit of drill and 2x 5ah batteries and charger some from the ebay outlet from some store and then drips and drabs whenever stuff's cheap.

If you're going to invest in an ecosystem Ryobi isn't a bad one, the tools are pretty decent quality and can be picked up very cheaply as bare tools without the batteries, DeWalt and Makita stuff is of higher quality but it depends how hard you think you'll use it all. For home DIY and garden stuff i've found Ryobi to be perfect for me.
 
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Ryobi are pretty good. Other brands I would consider are Bosch, DeWalt, Stihl and Worx (Chinese made and generally a bit cheaper). To help your research, there's a list of manufacturer sites here.
 
That seems expensive - have you shopped around?

You'll need more than 2 batteries if you are going to do any of those jobs in the same sitting. I think the mower takes 2 batteries and it'll kill both pretty quickly.
 
I have the Ryobi 18v

Hedge Trimmer , Strimmer, 33cm Lawnmower.


I would honestly say if starting from scratch look at their 36v Range. the 18v will struggle with slightly damp grass and doesn't cope great with longer/thicker grass. However i honestly cannot complain about the overall quality and performance , my own laziness not cutting before gets too long xD

I would already have some if Ryobi actually delivered directly to Northern Ireland. Bu Since Brexit they still making excuses that they don't have a shipping partner set up, even though they can happily send out "free tools" promotions to NI residents but wont let you pay for the delivery.

They currently have 25% off the entire range so definitely a good time to buy.


36V MAXPOWER Cordless 40cm Lawnmower & 28/33cm Grass Trimmer Starter Kit (1 x 5.0Ah) RY36LM41LT33A-150 £399.99​

36V MAX POWER Cordless 60cm Hedge Trimmer (Bare Tool) RHT36B61R £143.99 > £107.99​

36V MAX POWER 50cm Pole Hedge Trimmer (Bare Tool) RY36PHT50A-0 £167.99 > £125.99 ​

36V MAX POWER 8.0Ah Lithium+ High Energy Battery RY36B80B £189.99 > £142.49​

36V MAX POWER 6A Fast Charger RY36C60A £73.99 > £55.49​


£831.95 with Savings

£975.95 Without Savings

With the above your getting superior 36v over the 18V, a standard and a fast charger and a 5ah +8ah battery and a strimmer for not a lot more

B&Q stores should have both he 18v and 36v lawnmower on display and there's a good difference in robustness on the 36v to check them out before deciding.

https://www.direct-powertools.co.uk/PBShoppingCart.asp?PBMInit=1 > Better value than B&Q


If you have a special offer code, please enter it below.
Discount Coupon CodeOK
ITEMSUNIT PRICEQUANTITY AMOUNT
Ryobi ONE+ Grass Trimmer & Lawn Mower Twin Pack 18V 5.0Ah Kit


(Code: GARDENKIT)		£ 299.95(+)(-)£ 299.95
Ryobi ONE+ 45cm Pole Hedge Trimmer (No Battery & Charger) 18V OPT1845


(Code: OPT1845)		£ 109.95(+)(-)£ 109.95
Ryobi ONE+ 55cm Hedge Trimmer 18V RY18HT55A-0 Tool Only


(Code: RY18HT55A-0)		£ 124.95(+)(-)£ 124.95
Ryobi ONE+ 5.0Ah Battery & Fast Charger Kit 18V RC18150-150


(Code: RC18150-150)		£ 124.95(+)(-)£ 124.95
Subtotal£ 659.80
 
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I have a Ryobi Drill, Impact Driver, trimmer, and hedge trimmer. When my petrol lawnmower dies I'll likely expand my collection to include a mower. No real issues with any of the kit but some parts can feel quite cheap.
 
Cheers for the replies.
36V - I did consider that for the mower - but considered it would tie me in to a smaller set of tools. The One+ range is extremely wide. Is the Maxpower range the same? I have to admit, I hadn't even seen that you could get the trimmers so I had thought that would mean my mower was completely separate to any other tools I might want.

The price I had come up with included:
40cm mower - £340
55cm hedge trimmer - £125
45cm pole hedge trimmer - £110
Charger
2x 5.0Ah batteries - £125 for one battery and charger, £87 for the other battery.

Then a 5% discount I can get at B&Q. Didn't find them cheaper elsewhere. In fact the mower was £60 more from Ryobi itself.

I suspect 2 batteries will be enough for me, as I'm far too lazy to mow the lawn and do the hedges all in one day. :)

I will have a look at pidgeonguy's links, thank you very much. :)
 
Hmm. The direct power tools place doesn't stock the 36V stuff. Ryobi's own page looks promising with a sale on - but half the stuff is out of stock, including the very nicely priced mower. :(
 
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Hmm. The direct power tools place doesn't stock the 36V stuff. Ryobi's own page looks promising with a sale on - but half the stuff is out of stock, including the very nicely priced mower. :(
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Yeah the Lawnmower/Strimmer Starter Kit is a good price at £400. Its basically a free strimmer. They do have quite a few sales on through the year so even if you pick some up and build the collection between now and next season your wallet wont take a hit.
 
Has anyone tried the Titan stuff that Screwfix sell? The tools are a little cheaper, but the batteries and chargers cost significantly less.

Or Greenworks are another budget one I've seen.
 
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Has anyone tried the Titan stuff that Screwfix sell? The tools are a little cheaper, but the batteries and chargers cost significantly less.

Or Greenworks are another budget one I've seen.
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It reads like the batteries are specific to the mower so I'd avoid like the plague.
 
I have the 18V mower and the battery life is "Short" (a strimmer and a hedge trimmer)
I only use it for the borders a robot mower does the rest.

I have a Circular saw, Tiger saw (english?), jigsaw Drill driver and detail sander, looks like a clothes iron)

I have one 5ah and 3 2.5ah...

The mower eats batteries, account for that.. Lucky to get 10 mins from the 5ah the others... less than 5...

I have a dyson version 6 i think that i bought a ryobi battery converter for from Amazon.... it looks a bit monsterous but it works flawlessly and its really a great addition.

Obviously im in a bit deep with ryobi now but im happy with it .... The mower is by far the worst thing its built like a childs toy and i think the plastic broke 1st season i had it, had to repair it.

bit of a brain splurge there but i hope it makes sense.

EVERYTHING is 18V. its good enough for home DIY but anything more serious.... look elsewhere maybe.

Knock off batteries are available id seriously look at them. the real ones are ludicrous.

The joy is you can buy the tools without charger and battery and thats nearly half the cost in Sweden at least... .
 
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The joy is you can buy the tools without charger and battery and thats nearly half the cost in Sweden at least... .
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It's kind of the same here, the batteries are an outright rip off. I wouldnt be buying 18v tools for gardening though if starting out from.scratch.
 
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Re battery mowers, I've got one of the Makita 36v ones (got it when there was an offer on which included the option to get a spare set of batteries), and it does our garden which is fairly large with ease as long as the grass isn't too high it'll also do the front and side.

I don't know about the ryobi 36v stuff, but with the makitas you use two of the standard 18v batteries so anything that use an LXT battery is compatible regardless of if it's the 18v or the 36v range.
 
I have to say I've not been impressed with the 18v Ryobi mower and strimmer

I hadnt noticed they'd launched a 36v bunch of kit so may give it a try
 
I'll give another should for Makita gardening tools, they have probably anything you could possibly imagine.

As for as my collection of Makita gardening tools goes, I have a 36V lawnmower, chainsaw, 18v strimmer and small hedgetrimmer. Even a 4-stroke blower but that doesn't could here :D. You definitely need more than 2 batteries so you can have a system going of charging the batteries you've just used while using a fresh set.

The one thing I wish I'd got and will keep the cost down for the OP, is the 18V or 36V multi-function power head - that way you can buy the attachment that suits your needs. Instead I bought the 2-stroke version from Hyundai (strimmer, chainsaw on a pole, hedgetrimmer, brushcutter all in one) and I ******* hate it. As soon as I get the Makita multi-function doodaa I'll be giving this Hyundai POS to the first mug I meet. Or stripping it down and making a nuts 2-stroke remote control car for my lad :).
 
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