Impact Driver - Ozito Brushless v Ryobi Brushed

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  [Deactivated] on 23/08/2019 - 14:41

  +3

  1. Whichever system you're already using.
  2. If not committed to any platform, go Ryobi. More tool variety.

  Brushless is good if you're working a drill hard. Absolutely no difference if you're driving in short and skinny screws/drills. Unless you've smelt a burning drill motor, don't bother with brushless.

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    Gareth on 23/08/2019 - 15:02

    Completely agree with tshow!

    If it were just comparing these two devices in isolation, I'd be going with Ozito. The Brushless Impact Driver will in general be better than the Ryobi brushed one (the Aldi kit with the Brushless Hammer Drill is still in stock - at least in my local store).

    However, the Ryobi ecosystem is so much larger than Ozito's. The flip side of this is that the Ozito units are generally cheaper and go on sale more often (thanks Aldi!).

    None of it matters if you've already invested in one of them.

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    tanksinatra on 25/08/2019 - 22:12

    Totally agree. Honestly its the actual specs on the motor and battery that matter more than the commutation method. A grunty brushed motor will outperform a weaker brushless motor.

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      [Deactivated] on 25/08/2019 - 22:32

      That's true too. Example Hilti. Amazing brushed drill.

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  Switchblade88 on 23/08/2019 - 17:51

  The Ozito brushless was JUST on sale, I believe, to match Aldi? But the Bunnings website is coming up at full price for me, so I dunno if it's still on sale…

  I can't tell you if brushless makes a difference for impact drivers, but for standard or hammer drills it is a world of difference; there is just so much more torque on demand.

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  jackinyourbox on 23/08/2019 - 17:54

  -1

  BRUSHLESS

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  whooah1979 on 23/08/2019 - 19:32

  I know it is not fair comparison, but our Milwaukee fuel kit kills our Ryobi kit.

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    [Deactivated] on 23/08/2019 - 20:44

    I moved up from a Ryobi to a Milwaukee too. Agreed that it is hardly a fair comparison.

    To be fair, moving up from random crap and lousy hand tools to Ryobi was also just as mind blowing.

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  [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 08:19

  If you register your ryobi straight away the extend the 2 year warranty to 6 years on most of the one+ range.

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  XabiFernando on 24/08/2019 - 12:32

  Thanks for all of the feedback! Will stick with the Ryobi for now but pretty keen to get into the Ozito family eventually - maybe a hammer drill.

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  Euphemistic on 25/08/2019 - 07:40

  +1

  TLDR: stick with ryobi. For light diy use brushed is fine. Don’t get upsold in something that you don’t need.

  I have ryobi gear, around 15 skins and 6 batteries, over half bought second hand. Mostly brushed and it’s been great. The 2 impact drivers put about 1000 screws into our floors with no issues. I used two becuase it slowed me to run one until hot then let it cool down. I had one blue and one green bought second hand. Sold the blue but the green is still going strong. It was better than the ozito brushed it worked along side at a renovation project I worked on for someone else. I’m not a trade, but a heavy diy user.

  Keep with the same battery model, it is cheaper and more convenient. . Alternatively it is possible to get an ozito to ryobi battery adaptor.

  In back to back comparisons my ryobi gear was better than ozito and Aldi gear. More torque basically. I have also compared back to back with makita and the makita wins. I only own ryobi it have borrowed other tooks on different sites.

  If I had my time again I’d probably buy a more premium brand, but when I started with ryobi I had no idea how much I’d be using my tools. It started out as minor jobs around the house and turned into a complete reconstruction of half the interior of our house. The batteries have all been great however 2 2013 batteries seem to have lost capacity lately

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    XabiFernando on 25/08/2019 - 09:40

    This is excellent colour, thank you!

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    whooah1979 on 26/08/2019 - 07:29

    +1

    I used two becuase it slowed me to run one until hot then let it cool down.

    Buy a proper brushless and finish the job quicker with no downtime.

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      Euphemistic on 26/08/2019 - 09:09

      This would probably be the solution if I had to do this job many times, but becuase I had two impact drivers already, purchased in bulk packs second hand it was fine. A new brushless would have cost 4x the second hand ones. the brushed is $99 new and brushed $199 new

      Also, I don’t expect to be using the impact drivers that much again so brushed will be fine for future works driving maybe a dozen screws at a time