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No, they just swapped drills for me and kept the charger and battery, but said "here why don't you keep the bag". I was like ok sure. I already got the LSA swapped too.Oh, by the way, this kit I linked is $159 and I seen a bare 9ah batteries on the shelf on sale for $99, so $259 isn't a horrible deal for the drill, 2 batteries (9ah and 3ah), and a bag.
Related, has anybody bought the $39 mini radio that pairs with this battery? Thoughts? I bought the phone charger, works great.
I bet that's bright!
no, but i was wondering what toys I could buy to run!
I can't think of any ice fishing application... but the ridgid 4 angle grinder is pretty impressive. We bought one of the 5 tool kits for work and added the 4.5" angle grinder. Ended up using it far more than I would have expected and it has held up very well.
Smitty was that the 9.0 ah battery? Any guess on how many holes you drilled?
I have a ridged x4 (returned it for cut out problems) got the x5 brushless with 4ah batteries. seemed to work good for a season with mora 8". Then this year is has been cutting out really bad, both batteries even fully charged.. sent the drill for warranty and picked up the new Octane. right out of the box, first attempt on my old 4ah batteries it shut down after quarter turn! So now im thinking it must be my batteries! Ridgid sends me 2 new 4ah batteries..give them a full charge and SAME PROBLEM! So now I have 2 Ridgid drill (x5 and octane) 4-4ah batteries and I get quarter turns out of every tool...Not sure what the deal is. Mora cuts great when it will spin..but I am about to give up on ridged.
or get one of the less aggressive cutting bits, like a k-drill, or a lower torque bit, like a Nils.
the octane drill likes octane batteries even tho they say it works with all batteries. i already tested it with gen5x 4amp batteries and it didn't cut anything like the octane 9amp battery does. i also tested the gen5x 780 inch pound brushed drill with octane 9amp battery and all of the combinations failed except for the octane/octane matched system. i tested it on a brand new lazer 8' lazer so i know the blades were new and cutting well. a year ago, i also tested my gen5x with gen5x batteries on a 8" lazer with dull blades someone walking onto the ice had and couldn't cut one hole with it. you can listen to the drill motor to know whats going on. i could hear the motor struggle hard with the dull blades on the 8" laser.for kicks, i tried a 6" lazer on a ridgid 12volt drill on my 6" lazer with sharp blades and it did what i expected it to and that was cut out with the results like your having now.since you have the octane drill, you'll need the octane battery. it's not to late to return the drill and get the octane drill with 3 amp battery and charger kit for 160$. you'll be surprised the difference it makes when you use the matched system. i wouldn't want the 3amp battery, but it's almost free and comes with charger and a contractors bag. remember you have 90 days to use anything you buy from hd.the drill is 150$ tool only. the drill, 3 amp octane battery and charger and bag is 10$ more to try it out. you already have the 150$ into the drill. you missed the free drill with the 9amp battery/charger for 160$ deal that lasted nearly 3 month. xmas is always best time to buy tools. they do price match so if you buy the 9 amp drill kit and keep the drill, you can watch for a price drop on the 9 amp battery/charger kit to see if it goes on sale and make them match the price. i did just that and they gave me back 40$. you need the battery to be sold in a kit to be able to qualify the lsa and the charger/battery is a kit. batteries sold by themselves are not a kit and have only a 3 year warranty.
Since I have stopped worrying about keeping the battery warm and started leaving it in the garage with the drill I've been having almost no issues. I did have two cutouts yesterday related to low battery. I was on 1 bar of battery and had drilled out a large flat when it happened. Drill was starting to slow down so I knew I was nearing the end. I dont hold that against it.
Again, I have cut outs on first pull of trigger on 2 BRAND NEW drills and 2 BRAND new batteries after FULL CHARGE.I am starting to convince myself the "new" technology is ridgid trying to keep up with warranty claims from ice fisherman and making them so they CANT break because they wont work hard enough..
just emailed them. AGAIN. I nicely asked them to upgrade my batteries or I will be returning it. I am sick of chasing this, and having my Milwaukee buddies harassing me..
