My son is considering buying a Ryobi 18 V electric drill battery pack and charger to replace the two wearing out Ryobi ni-cad battery packs and two non-functioning Ryobi chargers that he presently has. One charger was for nicads, the other charger was for nicads and lithium batteries. Now he charges the batteries using a separate power supply and says the electric drill itself is fine, the batteries are getting weak.
SInce he is very carefull about his electrical and electronic stuff, he is pretty sure he has not done anything to cause the battery chargers to fail. He is concerned that buying a Ryobi lithium battery pack and nicad/lithium battery charger may be a bad investment since the two other chargers were not reliable. He notes that the new ni- cad/lithium charger he is thinking about buying is almost twice as big as the old non-functioning dual charger, so maybe Ryobi or their supplier has learned something.
Anyway, he would like to hear comments from others in this group about their experiences with Ryobi products.