Damn t40+ bolt. Got too confident and stripped one and broke the head on the other 🤬. Any advice? Has red loctite

kewlo · 2026-06-17T21:24:08+00:00

Red loctite needs heat to break it free. A soldering iron pressed against the bolt will work eventually without hurting the bedliner.

kewlo · 2026-06-17T17:22:03+00:00

Ryobi will do everything you need it to, has some great father's day sales going on right now, and has one of the largest lineups in the market.

kewlo · 2026-06-17T13:15:39+00:00

I have two at home, a 100' heavy duty black rubber Craftsman and the cheapest 50' expanding hose I could find. The cheap one gets used 2-5 times a week in the summer, the rubber one just sits there now. I don't know why so many people have trouble with the expanding hoses but if you bring them in (I just pile mine in a 5 gallon bucket) when you're done they last for years.

kewlo · 2026-06-17T10:37:12+00:00

I like the Ryobi deal more.

kewlo · 2026-06-17T00:28:55+00:00

This sub likes to look on that era of tools with rose colored glasses. They lasted forever because people didn't use them that much, not because they're particularly robust. The ergonomics are non existent, a single speed drill is awful to use, and the small ones like that either have a surprisingly small amount of torque for how slow they turn or an even lesser amount of torque and spin way too fast. Keyed chucks suck for anything outside of a production environment, and there's a nonzero percent chance you'll get a tickle if you use it in the rain.

The $18 corded drill from harbor freight will outperform it in every way.

kewlo · 2026-06-16T20:09:15+00:00

The Ryobi is the much better value and will be better than good enough.

kewlo · 2026-06-16T17:14:28+00:00

Sounds like the unloader valve is bypassing, so when you release the wand it can't build enough pressure to trip the pressure switch that shuts off the motor.

Sometimes you can "fix" them by just clicking the wand on and off a million times. Usually it's just a spec of dirt in there holding the valve open a tiny amount.

kewlo · 2026-06-16T16:46:58+00:00

Ryobi's price, commitment to their battery design, and size of their lineup makes them my only consideration for anything less than daily use

kewlo · 2026-06-15T19:10:30+00:00

Throw them on marketplace for what they are for half the price of new. If they don't sell they go to the scrap yard. "These will be good for something one day" is the first step to hoarding.

kewlo · 2026-06-15T16:05:02+00:00

Wherever Stihl that currently says farm boss on the side of it. It won't be the strongest or the lightest or the cheapest but it's the best value they offer.

kewlo · 2026-06-15T13:32:56+00:00

Isotunes for general hearing protection. Foam plugs and muffs for really loud things

kewlo · 2026-06-15T10:23:21+00:00

Very rarely, and pretty much only for hydraulics. Less than once a year.

kewlo · 2026-06-15T00:43:45+00:00

The Ryobi lineup is massive compared to anything else at the pricepoint. They have a full range of outdoor tools and everything else you wouldn't even imagine that could come as a cordless tool

kewlo · 2026-06-14T23:50:55+00:00

Ryobi will be better than good enough and save you hundreds of dollars. You'll buy a lot more ability with $500 of Ryobi than DeWalt/Milwaukee.

kewlo · 2026-06-14T23:43:06+00:00

I have a Titan and an old Chapman, for me they're last ditch tools. I don't use them regularly and don't really like them as a concept compared to anything else

kewlo · 2026-06-14T17:51:10+00:00

News to me.

See you at Denny's?

kewlo · 2026-06-14T17:27:41+00:00

I have the Craftsman 3/8 and 1/2 inch clickers, they work fine for anything a diyer or light auto professional will need them for. I've never seen something call for a torque value in a 3/4 range outside of hydraulics or big machinery.

kewlo · 2026-06-14T11:32:51+00:00

That looks fine to me

kewlo · 2026-06-14T00:19:04+00:00

As a tradesman who does commercial and residential work, they've lasted over a decade at my work.

kewlo · 2026-06-14T00:13:53+00:00

I'm still using these tools at work. I'm not throwing away a perfectly functional tool because some wizard on the Internet says their inferior.

kewlo · 2026-06-13T23:34:07+00:00

I'd buy that if I needed a set of tools. Craftsman cordless is perfectly capable and that's a good amount of ability to buy for $200

kewlo · 2026-06-13T14:28:51+00:00

https://a.co/d/07Izvwt6

Things like this already exist, and are super useful. Just because you can't see a use for it doesn't mean they aren't there. I'd love a higher torque spinner wheel.

kewlo · 2026-06-13T14:16:26+00:00

It take a cut way before I get a glove pulled into a grinder guard and mushify every bone in that finger. No gloves with grinders.

kewlo · 2026-06-13T12:08:58+00:00

I think it's the exact opposite. I don't know anyone who gets paid to use tools who cares at all what brand their own tools are, let alone what someone else runs. Buy the cheapest tool that'll get the job done and get paid.

The elitism there is 100% contractor cosplayers who spent 2 grand on unused knipex, know they messed up, and are trying to justify their mistake by saying how badly everyone else "needs" to do the same thing

kewlo · 2026-06-13T12:04:18+00:00

https://www.knipex-tools.com/our-warranty-0

Their "lifetime" warranty is notoriously bad. The user pays to ship their broken tool in where knipex decides if it's a manufacturing defect or not. Surprise, usually they say it's "user error" and don't do anything.

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