Hi, I've just bought two new Ryobi 4.0ah battery's and charger, well in fact bought them with a hammer drill as part of a package for £155 as worked out you got a free drill and charger instead of buying the battery's for £75 each at b&q.
I mainly needed them to power my old Ryobi blue +ONE impact driver and my new angle grinder to use breaking Land Rovers when I don't have access to electric. I also bought the hand held vacuum for round the house.
Problem is so far the battery's are not lasting at all, I used the angle grinder with a fully charged battery and cutting disc to cut off the cat on a Range Rover and on the first cut, it started cutting out about half way though, I looked at the battery indicator and it was down to one light in only a couple of mins. Charged it up then used the grinder the next day with a grinding disc to lightly grind the edges of a home made breaker bar I'd just cut with an electric 9" grinder, 10 mins or so down to one light again even though I'd only used it for light grinding. I had one light left to take some wheel nuts off with the impact driver which I just about did.
I got back home where I'd left the other battery on the handheld Hoover, the misses told me she only managed 3 quarters of the stairs with it before it started cutting out. She left it for a few seconds and then it worked again before cutting out again same as my grinder and down to one light.
I honestly thought these battery's were meant to last ages reading reviews etc with workmen saying they are powering tools all day etc.
Is it really possible I have two faulty battery's, I would have thought maybe one but not two?
Be interesting to know what people on here are really getting out of Ryobi's top of the line battery.
I mainly needed them to power my old Ryobi blue +ONE impact driver and my new angle grinder to use breaking Land Rovers when I don't have access to electric. I also bought the hand held vacuum for round the house.
Problem is so far the battery's are not lasting at all, I used the angle grinder with a fully charged battery and cutting disc to cut off the cat on a Range Rover and on the first cut, it started cutting out about half way though, I looked at the battery indicator and it was down to one light in only a couple of mins. Charged it up then used the grinder the next day with a grinding disc to lightly grind the edges of a home made breaker bar I'd just cut with an electric 9" grinder, 10 mins or so down to one light again even though I'd only used it for light grinding. I had one light left to take some wheel nuts off with the impact driver which I just about did.
I got back home where I'd left the other battery on the handheld Hoover, the misses told me she only managed 3 quarters of the stairs with it before it started cutting out. She left it for a few seconds and then it worked again before cutting out again same as my grinder and down to one light.
I honestly thought these battery's were meant to last ages reading reviews etc with workmen saying they are powering tools all day etc.
Is it really possible I have two faulty battery's, I would have thought maybe one but not two?
Be interesting to know what people on here are really getting out of Ryobi's top of the line battery.
