5 Ryobi items so uncommon they’ve ended up being collectables

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Released Oct 3, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT

Patrick Campanale has actually remained in the tech area for well over a years, concentrating on PC/gaming news and evaluations, along with maker-focused items to construct small companies.

With a start in innovation back in 2010 surrounding the Palm/webOS environment, Patrick invested his developmental years establishing mobile applications along with blogging for numerous publications, ultimately resulting in beginning his own site in 2014. After running an innovation blog site for a couple of years, he got out of that function and into the world of high-end custom-made PC production and structure, with a concentrate on YouTube video production and overclocking. In 2017, Patrick signed up with the 9to5Toys group as an editor/writer/reviewer with over 14,000 posts being released throughout his time there, varying from offers and roundups to extensive evaluations on the current innovation, computer game, 3D printers, and more.

In his leisure time, Patrick enjoys to develop jobs from wood utilizing different robotics and techniques, consisting of leveraging the innovations of CNCs and lasers. If Patrick isn’t dealing with a computer system or playing computer game, he’s most likely in his 2-car garage workshop developing something distinct. In addition to all this, Patrick is likewise the media director at his regional church where he feels God has actually called him to serve, and he enjoys every minute of it.

Ryobi has actually made power tools for years, and while some have actually ended up being market stalwarts, others are now antiques of the past and antiques. Here are 5 special Ryobi tools so uncommon you’ll just see them in a collector’s home– and the 3rd one down is my preferred.

One+One dual-battery miter saw

2 batteries are much better than one

RYOBI has actually been making 12V, 18V, and even 40V tools for rather a long time. Did you understand they likewise made 36V tools for a brief time? Well, they kinda made 36V tools.

For a brief time, Ryobi in fact made a dual-battery miter saw. It utilized 2 18V ONE+batteries in series to provide 36V of power to the miter saw.

It’s a special facility, and one that unfortunately didn’t last long.

This miter saw was indicated for those who required to get heavy work done on the task website without plugging into regular power. With 2 9Ah batteries, Ryobi ranked this miter saw at over 800 cuts per charge. This suggested that even heavy users need to have the ability to make it through a complete day of deal with a single set of batteries.

Regretfully, the dual-battery beast miter saw disappears, however it’s certainly wished for in the Ryobi groups.

12V vehicle hammer[

Who wishes to by hand drive nails anyhow?

Some tools I comprehend why Ryobi canceled– like the next tool I’ll be speaking about. Others, I do not comprehend, like the 12V car hammer.

If you’ve never ever become aware of a car hammer, it’s simply what you ‘d anticipate.

An automated hammer. Generally, there’s a cup that you put over the head of a nail, and after that it hammers the nail in for you.

Milwaukee has a comparable tool called a palm nailerhowever Ryobi’s 12V automobile hammer has a various( and more ergonomic)style than Milwaukee’s

At the end of the day, Ryobi simply isn’t putting much effort into its 12V line of items like other brand names are, that makes the excellent 12V tools it stops much more desirable.

Gas-powered reciprocating saw

When batteries do not have sufficient power, a gas engine does

It’s obvious that Ryobi makes gas-powered tools like string trimmers and blowers, however did you understand that Ryobi made a gas-powered reciprocating saw? I sure didn’t.

Usually, I would believe that an 18V reciprocating saw would have all the power I ‘d require. Years earlier, I assisted demo my moms and dads ‘yard with over 2,500 square feet of rotten decking and assistance beams plus 8 years of overgrowth utilizing an 18V Ryobi reciprocating saw.

Ryobi when made a gas-powered reciprocating saw. You check out that. Gas-powered. It was made back in the 1990s, when battery-powered tools weren’t anywhere near where they are today in regards to power, and the majority of tools were still plug-in if you wished to really get any work done.

The desired EJ-100 utilizes 25:1 2-cycle gas and is thought about a holy grail tool by numerous. Of the really couple of Facebook Marketplace listings I’ve seen for it, many people simply show it in their workshop nowadays rather of in fact utilizing it.

I can’t state I blame them. The idea of attempting to utilize a reciprocating saw properly with a gas motor strapped to it isn’t high up on my list of things I wish todo, though I would like to own one.

Outcry 18V RC truck

I desire this RC truck

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Credit: Ryobi

In other news, Ryobi likewise made an 18V RC truck for a while, and this simply scored an area on my “must collect” list. When I was speaking about this short article with a coworker here at How-To Geek, he raised that Ryobi made an RC truck for a while, and I had no concept.

The Uproar RC truck was a 1:10 scale truck that included two-wheel rear-wheel drive, spring suspension, and a leading speed of 20 miles per hour. That’s right, this thing ran.

It just had a 150-foot control variety, however, however you might follow it while it repelled at blistering speeds (for a battery-powered RC cars and truck).

I’ve owned a great deal of RC cars and trucks throughout the years, and the exclusive battery chargers were constantly frustrating to handle. The idea of being able to utilize my drill battery to power my RC vehicle is really appealing.

Garage door opener

Why does Chamberlain constantly mess up whatever?

I do not learn about you, however I’ve never ever truly “loved” any garage door opener that I’ve owned. They work, however they’re not something that I walk around speaking about. Ryobi altered that script and made a garage door opener everybody desires, however no one can have.

The garage door opener was easy in concept: a plug-in garage door opener that utilized an 18V ONE + battery as a backup if the power ever headed out. It likewise indicated the opener functioned as a battery charger if you wished to switch in a dead battery.

After a couple of claims from Chamberlain over patent violation, Ryobi was bought to pay $11 million in damages and was disallowed from offering the openers till 2023, though that was reversed in 2019. Unfortunately, now a number of years past when the injunction was raised, Ryobi still does not actually offer the garage door openers anywhere.

I believe the story here is more that individuals liked having a multi-function garage door opener than it was a fantastic garage door opener. We’ll never ever actually understand unless Ryobi begins offering the tools once again.

Ryobi may be viewed as a DIY brand name, however they’ve made some enjoyable items for many years

While Ryobi is absolutely a DIY/tool brand name at heart, I like seeing the cool or insane other tools that it’s launched for many years. The RC vehicle and garage door opener take the cake for me, as neither is clearly DIY-focused, however certainly DIY-loved.