Ryobi drill

[Salty]

Does anyone own one of these?
HD has it listed as a HP412KS, but the Ryobi site does not list that model number. Is it the same as the HP512 model?
HD has it in an ad for $39. Apparently the 'S' means it comes with a stud finder. Is it tyoical to NOT see the sale price of their items when searching for them online?
I would like to have a cordless drill but don't want to spend a lot of money on something that I wouldn't use that much. I thought this might be a good one to use in place of my hand held screwdriver.
They seem to think they are too smart by half. The ryobi site invites you to the HD site to buy the drill, even provides a link. But if you searh HD for the model number Ryobi lists, it doesn't find anything. It's no wonder people get disgusted with their service and their stores.

[cwsmith]

I can't give you an answer regarding the similarities of the two models that you question. What I can tell you is that both Ryobi and Home Depot have difficulty keeping their web sites up to date. But I think that Ryobi is worse.

I have also noted that these "Combo" tools "come and go like the wind" and it's difficult to keep up. Not that the individual tools themselves change, but how they are packaged certainly does; and the combination of tools that are available today may not exist in a month or two.

Regarding the quality or useability of the particular tools, I'm pleased with the corded Ryobi tools that I have. All my cordless tools are Ridgid though.

CWS

[jackellis]

HD had Skil cordless drills (I forget whether 12 or 14V) on sale for $29 each on Black Friday, so I bought two. They may not be as rugged or as powerful as some of the better names, but I think they're fine for moderate use.

As far as I'm concerned, if you can buy any halfway decent cordless tool for under $40, you're essentially buying a new battery and getting the tool for free. I started out with a couple of really cheap Chinese-made 18V cordless drills and they worked well until the batteries failed and I could not find replacements. You won't have that problem, but new batteries are spendy.

Another option (my favorite) is to pick up a used tool cheap at a garage sale. I have four Makita 9.6V cordless drillls, plus chargers, plus extra batteries I bought at garage sales for a total of about $60. One of them sounds like it has sand in the gears but it seems to work just fine.

[Salty]

Got one of these drills today. The sticker on the display said it was a model HP412K but you could see the label underneath said HP512K. It is indeed a model HP512K.
Seems to be a decent drill for $39. I haven't done much with it while the batteries charge. I believe that sale ends on the 17th.