The ultimate Parkside/Ryobi flex?

[^woody^]

I present, the Ryobi to Parkside battery adapter! Use your [expensive] Ryobi batteries on your cheap Parkside tools.

Also for Ryobi fans, I notice that our Chinese friends are getting industrious with their 3d printers and there are some good, but cheap tools available now.

I've just had delivered cordless glue gun, solder gun and a nifty powerful hand blower all less than £20 each. Good for the less used tools, where Ryobi units would not be good value.

 

[big-all]

in general not adverse to adapters and cheap Chinese fittings for the obscure stuff seldom used and give flexibility that may be seldom used at this moment off time all my knock offs are for the dewalt batteries as in work/area lights 18v to 230v 200w adapters

the main reason i dont have any for ryobi is my shed looks like a very messy advert for ryobi with perhaps 100 items so little needed

and in general ryobi needs to be at around 35 to 40% off to be good value with a few exceptions

 

[robinbanks]

Gosh, that adapter's enormous. Why so big? Full of batteries? Or was the design intent just to make it harder to wield the tool in tight spaces

 

[^woody^]

Gosh, that adapter's enormous. Why so big? Full of batteries? Or was the design intent just to make it harder to wield the tool in tight spaces

There is a bit of perspective at play there, but Ryobi have kept the battery design with the bit sticking up so the adapter has to allow for that.
All the other manufacturers changed to slide-on batteries years ago.

I certainly would not want to use it on most other tools, but in this case, I needed a cordless heat gun for a specific task and this was the cheapest option

 

[^woody^]

and in general ryobi needs to be at around 35 to 40% off to be good value with a few exceptions

I think Ryobi and some of the outlets have realised that recently, with some good offers better than those previously.

 

[big-all]

I think Ryobi and some of the outlets have realised that recently, with some good offers better than those previously.

indeed the buisness model is closed shop as in cbs powertools Peterborough as ryobi direct

Ryobi at CBS Power Tools UK - Garden and Power Tools | Direct Powertools

Shop Ryobi Power Tools, Garden Tools & Accessories online ✓ Approved service agent & Warranty repairs for Ryobi ✓ Free Delivery in the UK over £100 ✓ From CBS Power Tools Ltd

www.direct-powertools.co.uk

and direct from ryobi eu

Ryobi Tools UK

uk.ryobitools.eu

no other sources so no real competition

 

[ericmark]

and direct from ryobi eu

Oh, well, my Parkside uses two batteries, and they are 20 volt each not 18 volts, so the machine runs on 40 volts. So can't really see how you could ever use Ryobi batteries?

 

[robinbanks]

It's marketing. 20v is fully charged, 18v is nominal. Both packs contain five 3.7v cells

 

[opps]

It's marketing. 20v is fully charged, 18v is nominal. Both packs contain five 3.7v cells

Indeed. My 12v Metabo drill is really only 10.8v.

 

[opps]

Blimey, someone is selling that adaptor on ebay for £25, although it is available for about £10.60 on Ali Express.

 

[big-all]

Blimey, someone is selling that adaptor on ebay for £25, although it is available for about £10.60 on Ali Express.

its worth pointing out
price is just one factor with adapters about 8 years ago i bought what i thought was a genuine dewalt to dewalt to allow the old plug in with a pillar to slide on batteries

on recipe found it had Chinese stickers on it so not genuine but worked ok buuuuutttt

it had parasitic draw so killed a new battery over night
things seem to be better now but you should never leave a battery plugged in when not in use untill you know there is zero parasitic draw

now the main point i am making the ultra cheap are more likely to fly by night dodgy dont care can ruin your battery than long time listed but a bit more expensive sellers

 

[opps]

its worth pointing out
price is just one factor with adapters about 8 years ago i bought what i thought was a genuine dewalt to dewalt to allow the old plug in with a pillar to slide on batteries

on recipe found it had Chinese stickers on it so not genuine but worked ok buuuuutttt

it had parasitic draw so killed a new battery over night
things seem to be better now but you should never leave a battery plugged in when not in use untill you know there is zero parasitic draw

now the main point i am making the ultra cheap are more likely to fly by night dodgy dont care can ruin your battery than long time listed but a bit more expensive sellers

Points taken. The images that I saw looked identical. I therefore assumed that the ebay version is probably sourced from the same people as Ali Express.

 

[StephenOak]

The images that I saw looked identical. I therefore assumed that the ebay version is probably sourced from the same people as Ali Express.

Or they are both just using the same image, which may have been 'borrowed' from somewhere else or one of these may have taken it from the other.

I have seen reviews where what was delivered was not what was shown on the website. With a range of reasons, the shade is different (of course it is), the actual colour was different (e.g. blue not red), it is a new model and the website picture was not updated, it was basically a different product intended to do basically the same job.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Oh, well, my Parkside uses two batteries, and they are 20 volt each not 18 volts, so the machine runs on 40 volts. So can't really see how you could ever use Ryobi batteries?

20v is the name of the tool range, rather than the working voltage. The working voltage is the same as others, around 18v.