craigo

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So I needed a new hammer drill and also a corner sander (stripping windows)

Hammer drill, fab bit of kit. Corner sander, brilliant bit of kit. But, battery life. 2x 18 volt lithium 1.4ah batteries will only last 15 mins each using the corner sander !!!

Is this normal ? Seems a very very short working time between charges..

davegtt

Cant answer you but got a Ryobi hammer drill but no charger so if you get fed up of yours ship it this way lol

craigo

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So you had a "wonder buy"

I wonder why I have this drill with no way to charge it....

davegtt

No not at all actually, whenmy previous employment closed up for good tools were happily "divided" out between a few of us. I couldnt find the charger at the time.

Busterbulldog

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The Ryobi batteries dont last long...try them in the angle grinder lol..last about a minute fully charged.

scoobeenut

You need at least 3.0 or 4.0ah batteries for a decent run time.

alcazar

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I have two 3.0Ah batteries which last a decent time even in an impact driver.

WRXBOB

Avoid Ryobi, the amount of their gear that gets sent back under warranty is staggering.
Then when they get it back and decide it's not under warranty, they want paying before they will return it to you. Mate works for a tool supplies company and warned me off Ryobi.