That's how they got me as well. Lowest priced plus on sale. Reviews were mostly fine for the trimmer itself. Most people seemed to have more issues with the customer service, which, that's pretty standard for many companies these days. I was tired of constantly having to fix the name brand gas weed eater I had, so I picked up one of the battery powered Ryobi models. It works...fine lol. Battery could last longer. Otherwise it does exactly what it says it does on the box. I've never had a problem with it. My other handful of Ryobi tools are in that camp. Kinda cheap feeling but seem to work as advertised.

The only one that was shit is the drill. I have a low-end black and decker drill that has lasted me about ten years. The Ryobi I got maybe hit three.

I'll tell you though, the best tool I own is my Scott manual push mower. Picked it up for $99 and I've never had an issues and it still cuts like it did when I bought it four years ago. A little WD40 in the spring after pulling it out of shed hibernation and off to cut.

[–] Quentinp@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I always heard "buy a cheap tool and if it breaks buy better version" - haven't really done enough to go thru any ryobis yet, except for leaving batteries out in the garage all winter.