Comments on: Cheap-Ass Tools: Ridgid Reconditioned Tools

By: Nick da Hick

Nick da Hick — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:54:00 +0000

I am not a fan of the newer rigid tools. I’d rather by grizzly, if I am going to go more inexpensive….

http://www.grizzly.com

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:17:47 +0000

^^ At least be fair and say Ridgid Li Ion tools. I still use the corded metal Ridgid drill from the 70s that my Dad gave me. 20 years with him and 10 years with me, and it’s running strong. I’ll keep it just because of the hours on end I spent with it as a teenager with a wire wheel and iron fence.

By: eschoendorff

eschoendorff — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:30:41 +0000

If you are considering getting Ridgid tools, please read this thread first:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20241&showall=1

By: jeff immer

jeff immer — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:31:50 +0000

if that’s true it’s one hell of a deal, thats a lot of extension cord,
and at least the batteries not going to go

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:19:52 +0000

If you check out the specifications for the reconditioned 18V Cordless Lithium Driver:
Cord Length: 144 feet
Voltage: 120 Volts

By: Will

Will — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:02:35 +0000

A friend of mine got a reconditioned Ridgid compound miter saw–the arbor lock broke after less than 5 hours of use such that end of the pin was hitting the shaft while it turned. This is the scary part of using power tools with ear muffs as it is harder to hear the sound of a dangerous condition developing. It must have hit the hole in the shaft enough because the blade started to loosen. Luckily, we did hear the sound of the loose blade through the ear muffs, stopped using the tool and no one was hurt.

While this type of thing can (and does) happen to new tools as well, I won’t trust life and limb that the recondition check was thorough.