Home Depot kicked off their annual Ryobi Days tool sale, giving DIYers the opportunity to save big on the brand’s 18V cordless power tools.
The biggest Ryobi deals right now are their free tool offers.
Seasoned shoppers just need the links, so here you go:
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For everyone else, let’s dig into the details.
Ryobi 18V Free Cordless Tool Deal
Buy a Ryobi 18V starter kit for $99, and you get to pick a FREE tool.
The starter kit comes with a 2Ah battery, 4Ah battery, and standard charger. There are plenty of tools to choose from, including core tools, some outdoor power tools, and accessories.
The deal doesn’t seem to be working online at the moment, so check back. They’ve got over 20,000 available for online fulfilment, and so I’m guessing this is a temporary glitch.
A free tool plus 2 batteries and a charger is a good deal if you just need a specific tool for an upcoming project, but it also makes for great entry or expansion into the Ryobi 18V cordless power tool system.
Ryobi 18V Free Cordless Tool Deal
Ryobi’s 18V HP deal is a bit different.
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Here, you buy a 3-battery starter kit for $199, and choose from a selection of more premium and brushless power tools.
A reader tipped me off that this promo includes some of Ryobi’s newer tools as well, such as their fancy multi-functional tripod worklight.
Instead of spending up to $199 for a Ryobi 18V tool-only model, you get a completely starter kit with great potential for expansion. Or, if you’re an existing Ryobi user, you get some new replacement batteries and an additional charger plus your free tool choice.
The starter kit comes with a 2Ah battery, (2) 4Ah batteries, and a charger.
You need to take a close look at the free tool selection, as there are only a couple of Ryobi HP brushless tools and a bunch of cheaper tools.
For example, you can get the same Ryobi cordless reciprocating saw, valued at $79, with either deal. Although the 3-battery starter kit for $199 comes with Ryobi’s mid-tier “High Performance” batteries, it might be a better deal to spend $198 on two of the $99 bundles for the recip saw and something else.
In my opinion, if you’re shopping the $199 deal, be sure to choose one of the higher valued or brushless tools and accessories. If you want one of the basic $60 or $70 tools, the $99 free tool promo might be the better deal.
Thank you to Scott K for the heads-up!!
dcoleman88
Does anyone have the Ryobi stick vac in the image above? What do you think of the performance? I’m on the red team for everything else but their stick vac does not get favorable reviews. I’m looking for a vac for bare floors in a house with a German Shephard (lots of shedding lol).
Kyle
Honestly, just look at getting a Dyson. The power they manage to stuff into such a small package is mind boggling. They almost always top independent reviews for cordless stick vacuums.
Steve koffron
Has a Dyson and it was strong, but switched to ryobi with additional battery ability. Dyson ran of power when I cleaned car
Matt
I have the vacuum. It works fine. It’s loud though. I would prefer a Dyson but $$$$$
Dave
Have a Dyson Animal (pet hair specific model) for the carpet upstairs and an older version of the Ryobi (brushless, but not XP) for the tiled floors downstairs. It’s been great for my needs also cleaning up after a large shed-happy dog plus a couple of cats, and the wall-mounted charger with accessory attachments is handy as the vacuum just sits in grab-and-go mode in a corner of the living room. Only complaint is the debris canister is broken and replacement parts are no longer available, so the door is held on with duct tape.
I was in the same boat, most of my work tools are red but the stick vac didn’t seem great and was a bit expensive for home use – didn’t hurt I was already in the neon green system for a few specialty tools that don’t see everyday use.
One big caveat about Ryobi – there’s a big difference between the basic (mostly black) and premium (mostly grey) batteries. I wouldn’t use the cheap ones for anything more than a radio or flashlight, the dropoff in performance with the vac or any other tool requiring more than minimal power is substantial.
Brandon
I have every version of the 4-amp battery, except for the new Edge variant, and I will say that the standard lithium batteries (all black) have a very noticeable difference in performance (power delivery and length of time) compared to the Lithium+ (grey with green top) and Lithium+HP ((High Performance) Grey with black top) models of the same capacity.
The most notable difference with my tools is a noticeably shorter run time and less power in higher drain devices like shop vac, 1/2 impact, and leaf blower when using the standard 4 amp lithium battery; the stick vac I haven’t really noticed any difference in power but slightly shorter runtime.
Five or six years ago the Ryobi Days deal had a charger, two of the 3-amp Lithium+ batteries and choice of free item. The free item I chose was the 9.0 amp Lithium+HP battery. I would LOVE to have that deal come back again and I kick myself for only buying that deal once.
Bob
I bought that a couple weeks ago for the exact same deal as above. It replaced an older generation Dyson that would only run for a couple seconds and then require releasing and pulling the trigger again.
I have three dogs and it does as well as the Dyson ever did. I’m also happier having something that I can can externally charge batteries for and always have one to swap. It did not come with a wall mount, but I found a free 3d model to print that works great.
Skip
I would love to find that 3D model! I was planning to bend a different tool mount before reading your response.
Btw – The newer Ryobi stick Vacs beat the Dyson hands down! The Ryobi vaca are easy to clean and get parts for if needed. The Dyson was great early on but it is such a pain dismantling the head unit and removing all the hair.
kent_skinner
I have the stick vac, and am also on team red.
My mom was looking for a stick vac, and while everybody pointed to the Dyson, she read a review that said the Dyson container was about half the size of the Ryobi. I picked one up for her, used a few times and bought my own.
I’m very satisfied with the Ryobi. You can turn the rugbeater on or off, which is nice. I have about 850′ of polished concrete in my livingroom/kitchen (with some area rugs) and similar amount of hardwood in the rest of the house.
It’ll do a solid clean on either space, and pretty much uses up a 4ah battery. I’m considering a housekeeper, and would buy a second battery for that.
I don’t have a long hair dog, but it’s been fine with pet hair from visitors. The roller brush may have an issue, but no worse than any other roller brush would.
I’ll just say that if they made a mop I’d buy it.
TonyT
Ryobi does make a powered mop https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-USB-Lithium-Cordless-Agitating-Spray-Mop-Kit-with-2-0-Ah-Battery-Charging-Cable-2-Microfiber-Cloth-Pads-and-Formula-FVSM02K/329702035
Tim+E.
They also have a green version of the hoover Streamline hard floor cleaner, Ryobi’s is the Swiftclean wet/dry PBLSV747. It’s not a bad hard floor vac, I have the Hoover onepwr version, I just miss the really old floormate hard floor washers, with the good wide path, that put down a lot of water and picked it up well. The newer version but still old floormates are good, but I haven’t had them last as long, usually wind up with a stuck motor or broken something after 5 years or so. Then the crosswave came on the scene, and Tineco expanded, now the MO is less water and use the mop roller to pick up the water and suck it off there. Seems like TTI saw the Tineco design with the roller that got much closer to the edge, and tried to build their own version. Again not a bad vac, I’d rate it similarly with the crosswave, maybe a tad higher for that edge cleaning, but not as good as the now outdated floormate style machines to me. I don’t have any information on longevity of this style machine, I’ve only had the onepwr version for about 6 months, it’s still going fine, but I’ve read both good and bad experiences with regards to issues online, so my personal feeling gauge would be they’ll be in a similar ballpark, 5 years or so out of a machine before something fails. Maybe more if you take really good care of it, empty it all the time and let everything dry really well, that’s always been my experience with the wet washers, don’t take care of them and they’ll have issues much more quickly.
Tim+E.
For bare floors, I do like the dual roller power head better, the fluffy roller sometimes feels like it pulls a bit more up, but honestly it’s a pretty good vacuum as is. You can get the dual roller bar head separately (I suggest Direct Tools Outlet over home depot, look for a sale, should drop into the $40-$50 range), and it attaches right up to this vac in place of the single roller head.
Jim
We have the Ryobi stick vac and love it. Also got it to stay on top of a large, shedding, Heinz 57, rescue.
My wife loves using it as opposed to hauling out our US Royal upright.
I used the Ryobi lights (thank you direct tool) and my wife appreciates being able to walk out in the garage and grab a battery to finish vacuuming.
I will say the unit works well but does use up a 4ah battery quite quickly.
Roger
I’ve got it adapted for D20. It can be adapted to M. Use with caution. In terms of performance, it’s not bad. It does tiles well. Good enough on carpet if you go high and slow. For long hair you will have to clean the roller with scissors. Short hairs aren’t too bad. It sucks up fine clumpy clayish dust. The filter is washable, but also available oem and 3rd party.
The biggest problem is the gasket at the bottom of collection container can be easily lost in the garbage bin. Lost mine and had to replace it with window rubber seal. Replacement gaskets are now available. Don’t drop the container!!! The hooks are your only lifeline to connect. I recommend emptying from the top.
There is no flexhose. Car cleaning will be a little difficult. The brush attachment it almost useless. Stands up ok, enough, on it’s own. Most times i just run it on full throttle. You’ll have to use multiple batteries for the whole house.
edward
vac is so so. you buy this because it’s a reasonable price with the battery combo and the interchangeable batteries give you endless runtime. you don’t buy this because you want the best vac. also parts are readily available on amazon. the lights on the head are quite useful
Mike
I have that vac, I bought it because I already have the Ryobi batteries and such, and because my daughter and her husband, who are seriously invested in Dewalt and Milwaukee, bought one and loved it. We’re both big dog and cat households, and it’s great to just grab the thing out of the corner and run it around without having to pull out the canister sweeper and worry about the cord and such. Also, the light on the front of the vac is a big help. I will sweep with the room lights off and that light illuminates everything that needs picked up.
Steve
I have the non-brushless version and I’ve been very happy with it. I’ve never used a Dyson but it beats the corded shark vac I used to have. The roller is easy to remove and clean as well. The only that it struggles with is using the upholstery brush, it doesn’t have much suction. Also 4ah batters are the smallest id use with it. I tried a 2ah and it died in about 15 min. I haven’t tried my new HP batteries yet so maybe a HP 2ah would fare better. If jump on this deal for a second vac but I already bought a battery bundle; 2 4ah HP and 1 2ah HP batteries with a double charger for about $106 a couple weeks ago.
Larry
I have had the stick vac for several months and I think it’s great. Works well for me however, I do not have pets but it cleans the floors and upholstery with ease.
Kevin R Crider
We have one abs it does great.
Tony
Don’t buy a dison, we have one at our church. Runs about 10 whole minutes before needing recharged for several hours. I like my Ryobi, with 3 ,4 amp hr batteries I can clean the entire church (it’s a big church). And as far as power, beats that dison hands down
buffalo
I have two – one for the van and one for the house. It’s great. i’ve used the dyson and while I’m not a vacuum expert, this is just as good. One thing to watch out for is the rubber gasket around the cannister release can fall out. I’ve thrown mine away and ordered a 5 pack of them just in case i do it again. Other vacuums may do just as well or better, I already have a load of ryobi tools so why buy something that i cannot share batteries with?
xkrfan
I was hoping one of these promotions would include their Edge 4ah battery, but doesn’t appear to.
Tucker
Same – maybe for father’s day? I’d willingly do 2x Edge vs the 3 batteries in the HP deal
Stuart
I think there’s a slim chance of that.
Folks willing to spend a premium on the Edge batteries are likely to do so anyway. A promo might only reduce profits and not necessarily entice additional sales.
Keep in mind that Home Depot wants to draw sales and foot traffic away from competitors such as Lowe’s, and maybe online retailers such as Amazon.
What are you going to buy if not the Edge batteries, are you going to jump ship and go to Craftsman or Kobalt which still don’t have anything like it?
The Edge battery is advertised as a “special buy” at $99 right now. It was $129 before and after Black Friday, and shoppers bought out the entire display.
Supplies are much more limited – I’m seeing 8 available at my local store and 184 online.
For the $99 deal, I see 72 at my local store and 21,792 online.
For the $199 deal, I see 28 at my local store and 5,577 online.
It’s possible you’ll get a deal on the Edge battery, but $99 each is already a discount from what it sold for months ago. I think there’s a low chance it’s going to get better than that anytime soon.
AP
That tripod light looks soooooo nice. I have the M12 tripod and love it but wished it were a bit taller at times.
Tim+E.
I’d give it a 98% nice. The triple power options is fantastic, I have a couple 40V batteries from the auger and tillers, then picked up the shop vac on clearance, but honestly don’t really use them a whole lot. So this both is useful for the higher capacity over 6Ah/9Ah 18V for those times I need lighting on high for an extended period, plus it gets those batteries some use so they don’t just sit forever.
The tower itself, also fantastic. I love that I can put a fan up there, or other lighting options. I don’t get putting a speaker up that high though.
Admittedly I did just stick the little high volume inflator on it and hold the entire tower up to blow off a shelf by the ceiling rather than getting out a ladder. I also used it the other day with the gooseneck magnifying lamp to be a base for it next to my folding table rather than sitting the lamp on the table, since the table tends to wobble while I’m working, that made the magnifying glass stay more steady.
The light unit on top is where it loses the tiny bit for me. It’s a good light, bright, but it has a couple detracting factors. The 4 modes give you high medium and low, with all panels on, or the 4th mode is a single panel, which is one of the smaller “end” panels. It’s sufficient, particularly once you combine being able to tilt the stand and tilt the light panels, but I would like a few more options, maybe like 2 power buttons each controlling a half or something. Or one button controlling the brightness/power and one button controlling which combination of panels is lit up, so you can do all, 2 larges, 2 smalls, one large, one small type of thing on that button, and change the brightness level on each of those “on” panels options with the other.
The other detractor for me on the light on top is although the panels have a fairly wide dispersal, with them in the “stowed” and most “downward” configuration, there isn’t enough light below the unit. On the tower raised up, there isn’t enough light around the tower base for me, and there’s no way to get the panels in a better position to do that, without doing something like tilting the tower and then aiming the panels from there, which then loses the full-circle lighting. You can tilt the panels upwards from the stowed position, which helps in conjunction with the tower tilting to get some more focused illumination on an area. It’s reasonable to put on one side of the room and adjust the panels to cover the 3 other walls and ceiling. The fix there to me would be make the panels also swivel on hinge, similar to many of milwaukee’s LED lights, where you have both the hinge up/down, and a swivel left/right. That would also let you flip the LED panels around and stow them face-in for protection. In conjunction with the tower, that would also further allow more aiming options. I get why they went with what they did though, it saves cost and complexity, and since they incorporated a degree of freedom in the tower itself on the overall unit angle, that was probably the tradeoff of not doing a swivel or similar multi-degree movement on the light itself. This is not a huge deal, for the price (especially with this deal) it’s fantastic, I probably wouldn’t get just the individual light (PCL632B) at it’s cost as-is. Leaves room for a v2 on that though, this is kind of the next iteration/step of their three-panel folding light, so the next one from here can take it that little bit further.
AP
Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate it. You mention some really good points and It’d be nice if Ryobi saw this. You’re probably right in that they’ll improve it with V2. Seems to good of a deal to pass up.
Mike
If you are trying to get the speaker’s sound out over a large area, or a large group of people, you really want your speakers up above their heads so the folks in the back can hear as well.
Don
I purchased the Ryobi stick vacuum two years ago for the same price, but it included 6- 4- and 2-amp batteries. I also have a Dyson, which I’ve had for six years. The Dyson’s battery only lasted a little over one year and replacements are expensive, so I bought the Ryobi to replace the now useless and costly Dyson. To be honest the Dyson had more suction power and the brushes worked very well picking up pet hair on carpets and tile/laminate floors, but even when it was new the battery power lasted only about 20 minutes on rugs. The Ryobi did a decent job picking up pet hair and the battery charge lasted about the same amount of time; however, it came with multiple batteries, and I could keep it operating to complete the job by switching batteries as needed. No problems so far with the Ryobi and I intend to purchase an additional one today for another residence by taking advantage of this offer. I do not have any other Ryobi tools, but I am tempted to acquire some based on my positive experience with this sweeper. The big advantage as I see it is. although their tools are perhaps not made for professional use, their batteries are readily available and reasonable priced often on sale or connected with a promotion package.
david brock
wish they offered the car jump pack on this deal.
Tim+E.
They’ve finally started including the car jumper in the % off deals on Direct Tools Outlet, for what it’s worth. Makes the price a little more palatable, but wouldn’t be as good as including it with the $199 deal here.
TonyT
DTO has had the jumper kit for around $120 a couple times. You have to add shipping most of the time, but I jumped on the deal, and like it
Greg T
Anyone use the 18-volt chainsaws wondering if they’re any good for light work around the yard
Josey
I have the 10″ chainsaw and absolutely love it for my acre and a half. Over 4 years have cleared so much. It can cut a 20″ tree if needed. The battery lasts all day. I’ve only replaced the chain once. I consider it my best purchase of my life.
Sydney
Invested heavily in Ryobi because of such give-aways, one tool after another began to fail. Spare batteries as well. Weed trimmer would start a few seconds then stop. Took to HD and they said they never experienced such & did not know how to fix. Disappointed to say the least. Happened to other tools as well. My Ridgid tools have lifetime replacement guarantee.
Vards Uzvards
I got the Pet Stick Vacuum (with dual-roller bar, though) two years ago, for $219 before tax. Works great, no regrets whatsoever! The one offered now is a slightly lesser model, with a single-roller bar, but if you can get it for a hundred – it’s a great buy, of course.
The batteries included in this offer are worth $100 ($10 per 1Ah), and the charger is worthless, unless you really need one.
And the best “free” item this time is the tri-power tripod, with the PCL632 light included. You basically get it for a hundred bucks, regardless if you need the batteries, or not (in this case – return them).
Jessica Smith
I guess I kissed the dates for this deal somehow. Can someone please tell me the dates for these deals?
Stuart
Home Depot doesn’t say, but the deals are all still valid.
fm2176
The displays are still up. I bought the $99 starter kit this morning and opted for the power scrubber. Of all the free tools to choose from, that and the caulking gun are the only ones I didn’t already own in Ryobi or another brand. I plan to use it to clean my body armor. Transporting money in the Deep South makes me break a sweat, and summer is around the corner, so the banks and retailers probably don’t want to smell me before they see me.
The stick vacuum is nice; I got one a couple of years ago during this promo. It’s not part of the deal, and I have yet to use it, but I got the HP spot cleaner on clearance a month or so ago. It was originally a special buy bundled with a battery and charger, and I paid about $30 less than the bare tool version.
Ryobi Days gets less appealing each year, but then I own so many batteries and tools already. The year I bought into Ryobi (2016 or 2017?) was when they had the upgraded (was it Lithium+? I don’t think HP was out yet) 3Ah batteries and fast charger. I got the pole saw for free that year (subsequently stolen from my truck, which was then itself sold for scrap since I’d stored it on a family member’s property after retiring–long story). Since then, it’s usually been two standard 4Ah batteries and a regular charger. This year it’s a 2Ah and 4Ah. Who knows, with the economy and other factors, next year we might be lucky to get a two-1.5Ah starter kit.
Regardless, it’s always best to pick out the most expensive tool you can get and/or use with the deal, especially if you’re planning to return the tool and keep the battery kit. Playing around with the cart, you can get the kit as low as $55. Of course, if you don’t need the batteries, you can do the same to get a decent discount on the tools. In years past, I’ve seen things like the glue gun (which sold for $29 at the time, IIRC) included. Why get that when you can get a $79 tool instead?