Ryobi announced a new 2-in-1 Speed Bench Mobile Workstation, STM202, which serves as a portable workbench and a hand cart.
The Ryobi Speed Bench features a tubular steel frame, and a 42″ x 22″ x 3/4″ wood work surface.
The Ryobi Speed Bench features LINK system accessory rails that can be mounted in multiple locations.
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Ryobi says that a LINK double organizer bin is included, and users can attach other LINK-compatible products and accessories.
It has a total load capacity of 300 lbs in hand truck mode, for moving tools, boxes, appliances, or project supplies, and 400 lbs in workbench orientation.
The 19″ wide skid plate can be removed – tool-free – for lower profile storage or transport.
10″ all-terrain rubber wheels help with mobility.
The wood surface has SAE and metric measurements and protractor lines for convenient reference.
Ryobi says the work surface “allows for 4-sided edge clamping and the ability to mount miter saws and other tools.”
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Other LINK system accessories, such as hooks, bins, power tool accessories, or compatible vacuums, are available separately.
The Ryobi Speed Bench comes with (2) [short] LINK accessory rails, (1) double organizer bin, and a hardware pack.
Price: $199
ETA: May 2024
It will launch exclusively at Home Depot.
Discussion
It looks like Ryobi took a gravity-rise-style miter saw stand, added a flat platform to the bottom support, and a flat workbench top to the tool rails.
The Ryobi Speed Bench might have been inspired by the Ridgid rolling miter saw stand, which is also available at Home Depot.
The Ridgid stand can accommodate a wood board (not included) to create a work station.
There are some differences in the designs, but the resemblances are clear.
That’s not a bad thing, for the Speed Bench to closely resemble a rolling miter saw stand, I just find it interesting.
The Speed Bench construction might be a little different, compared to the Ridgid miter saw stand, and the top support will be different. Other than that, it really looks like Ryobi added a work top and a hand truck platform, and there’s the Speed Bench.
Jared
I was going to say “this looks just like my Ridgid mitre saw stand”! I like that stand for what it’s worth. It rolls well, locks up easily, is light – it’s a good stand. I can definitely see it working as a “Speed Bench”.
Looks like I could easily use my stand as a hand truck and mobile work station with some easy DIY mods – or even just buy an extra pair of mitre saw clamps and screw a platform to them. That’s fun. I wonder if you can pull the tabletop off the Ryobi easily and go the other direction too?
Stuart
This doesn’t have the same top rails, and so I highly doubt that you can use it with saw brackets or similar.
BigTimeTommy
Looks like you could put recessed screws into and attach it to the miter saw clamps with t nuts.
BigTimeTommy
Into a board*
Frank D
Was going to say essentially the same thing … looks like my Ridgid miter stand with a plank on it ..
Plain+grainy
It looks like something that you would iron your shirt on.I prefer the Dewalt plastic folding work table. Model DWST11556- with 1000 pound capacity. But I always use them on hard surfaces . Might not work that well in grass or dirt. I sure have trouble finding things with Acme’s site search engine. The search results rarely include what I was looking for.
Stuart
What does Acme have to do with a Home Depot-exclusive Ryobi product?
Plain+grainy
I didn’t know the Dewalt table model number by memory. So I thought I’d look it up on Acme’s site. didn’t have any luck searching there. I finally went to HD ‘s site, looked up the Dewalt table there. So I was wondering what I was doing wrong with Acme’s search engine(perhaps someone could give me some ideas). Maybe you need the product number to look it up. I do see this rolling table cart would be an advantage on a lawn or soft ground(more stable than a table where legs keep sinking in.
jake
When I type “workbench” into the acme site search field the DeWalt DWST11556 shows up as the second item. Sometimes you need to try various keywords to find what you are looking for.
Plain+grainy
Thanks! I usually enter the brand name first( then get many brands in the results). Entering the brand name is probably where I’m making my mistake. I really like buying tools at Acme, they do a great job!
Stuart
For things like that, Google tends to work better.
At Acme, it’s the first result for “Dewalt workbench” or “Dewalt folding.”
ALL on-site search engines tend to be clunky. Try Makita’s, where “18V impact” comes up with “0 items found.”
John
Wasn’t Bosch the first of this design 12-15 years ago for their table saw stand. I owned one in 2012.
Ryobi might sell well since it has minimal garish green.
Saulac
Either Bosch or Dewalt has one with gas struts to help with standing up. I believe they called “zero gravity “. These seem to look the same as those but does not have that lifting assist function.
John Newell
Bosch
NoahL
I like this as someone who has to set up and move things from job to job with minimal space. Having a hand truck that can turn into a miter saw stand or a work bench would be great, since it folds up to take up less space and looks like it’s lightweight.
Hopefully it will feel sturdy enough to not break
Mike
I look at things like this and the first thing I say: “I wish that had inflated tires.” Rubber tread on plastic wheels are still plastic wheels, and if you use that as a hand truck, it’s going to suck on stairs or rolling over rough ground to your work location.
Jared
For what it’s worth, the Ridgid stand rolls pretty well. It looks to have larger diameter tires though.
Trevor
Agree. Inflated tires would be much better when using it in the dirt out in the literal field.
John Newell
True, but I’ve found the larger diameter hard rubber Rigid wheel/tire setup better on stairs. I have several Bosch “Gravity Rise” miter stands, which I like a lot, but the combination of relatively small diameter wheels and inflatable tires makes them difficult to manage on stairs with even moderate-weight loads.
Crow
I don’t mind replacing the wheels on something like this if the rest of it is built to last
Stuart
Keep in mind that this is a Ryobi product aimed at DIYers and homeowners.
If you want a hand truck built to last, I’ve been happy with my Magliner – https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/magliner-gemini-sr-convertible-cart/%3C/a%3E .
Tucker
Hopefully Home Depot stocks it and has them out in the store to check out. I like the idea, seems like something useful for a good number of people. I’d definitely take a look.
Andy
Agreed, I’d like to see this in person since it seems pretty cool.
Michael F
I really like this idea but wish it had MFD style holes in the table for some clamps. Otherwise…I think this is a pretty great idea from Ryobi?
Stuart
I was thinking the same, or that an x-pattern of clamp slots might be nice.
A flat slab-type work top works better for most users. It might be possible to either modify or replace the top.
The plain slab top is going to be more economical as well.
SlowEng
On the Festool user group forum people DIY these things already with the mft style table. Some just bolted the mft table to miter saw stands. Home Despot has Ryobi miter saw stand on sale for $60 and that would make for a great base for mft style table.
John Newell
It isn’t a cheap solution, but the UJK Parf gear for drilling precise 20mm holes on 96mm centers works extremely well. I hesitated for a long time but finally bit the bullet last year. I’ve gotten a lot more use out of it than I would have guessed, and it would make putting a metric work surface on one of these stands very easy. Won’t help much if you want inch-based holes and centers, though.
Dennis
What I noticed from the pictures that I haven’t seen mentioned before is that Ryobi has bit assortment cases that can be mounted to the Link system. I don’t recall ever seeing these before and neither Ryobi nor Home Depot show anything like them on their websites.
Are these pictures previews of new unreleased bit (accessory) boxes?
Andy
I did some digging and it looks like Home Depot carries a few Link-compatible sets – for example:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Titanium-Drill-Bit-Set-22-Piece-A972202/326243202
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Impact-Rated-Driving-Set-50-Piece-A965001/326243154
Looks like the cases offer some of the same benefits as the newer Milwaukee packout-compatible cases.
Dennis
I would say they offer more benefits than the new Packout cases. They share some internal features. Seems like the internal bit holders rotate up 90°, which is handy. From looking at the pictures it seems Ryobi’s have some better space saving layouts. But they also claim that the cases nest. Although there is no mention whether they “lock” together when they nest.
But most importantly the Ryobi bit boxes attach directly to their wall rails, while the Milwaukee boxes are designed to fit inside other, bigger, Packout cases.
Ryobi’s accessory box system feels better thought out. Unfortunately I’m already pretty invested in Packout. So I’m gonna stick with those.
Saulac
I want a stand that also help with loading into truck/van, the those ambulance stretchers.
MM
Yes! I’m hoping that the StackTech “Transporter” that Stuart posted some pics of a while back will do exactly that. If I recall correctly it was supposed to be part of an expansion that is supposed to come out this year.
Rog
I don’t hate it! Good on Ryobi for recognizing and adapting an existing product form factor.
If I didn’t already have the Dewalt table (which I love), I’d consider one of these. I like the dual use of the cart.
Joe H
The total capacity should be at least double for it in the hand truck mode to really be a viable hand truck alternative or at least 500 pounds really. 300 is a bit light but still has use.
MM
I agree that 300 is low compared to what you can expect from a proper hand truck. But I think it’s more than enough for its intended purpose. It’s a Ryobi product, this is not for heavy industrial use. It’s for hobbists, DIYers, and perhaps some light professional work. 300 lbs seems plenty to move some tools & materials around in the garage when tackling a project.
Rog
My guess is it’ll handle more, but that’s the conservative estimate
MM
The frame might handle it but I’m skeptical of the practicality of hauling around a lot of weight on those fairly small plastic wheels. But I don’t mean that as a criticism. I see this as a “mobile work surface” first and foremost. The hand truck function feels like a bonus feature to help move some of your tools or materials while you’re wheeling the work table out of your garage to set it up and work on a hobby project. I feel that 300lbs is more than enough for that. I don’t think this even tries to be a replacement for a proper hand cart which I would expect to have a higher weight rating, a thin platform that’s easy to slide under and out from heavy objects, and more substantial wheels.
This reminds me a bit of the Festool cordless table saw which has a hand cart-and-stand combo thing. The mechanical design is very different but the basic idea seems similar: use the stand as a light-duty hand cart while you’re going to your work area, then fold it up to the stand mode while you work.
Mopar
This reminds me I want to buy a spare set of brackets for my Ridged miter saw stand and mount a top on them at the exact same height as my saw so the extensions will match. But then I think it’s easier to just grab a Pegasus table or 2 than it is to swap saws and tables back and forth.
CA
Has anyone had any luck with the Ryobi jobsite fan? I understand it has an adapter to go with red or yellow. It just feels like one of those items that I would use only a couple of months randomly out of the year and I don’t feel like spending the extra $ for red.
Blocky
I have the ryobi 8” 2 speed fan. I used to run it on makita batts via adapter.
Then my partner borrowed it for a week, forgot about it, and let it run all the way down without switching it off. Bricked a brand new battery that had only seen 3 or 4 cycles.
I saved a little on the fan and lost more on the battery. The makita fans switch themselves off when the current gets low.
The ryobi fan itself is quiet on low speed, loud on high and pushes reasonable amount of air at both settings. It’s good on an extension cord. The Milwaukee I would expect to be quieter at all settings, move more air, and not brick batteries.
Matt C.
This would be so much better if it just had the extension arms to make it a true miter saw stand. It could’ve been a workbench, cart and miter saw stand. But in its current state it can only do 2 out of 3 unless you’re cutting short pieces of wood. I would still consider though…
Addicted2Red
I’d buy it… on sale/clearance for $99
Alex Kahan
From the comments, it seems there would be a market for a robust hand cart with the ability to have a choice of work tops – solid, dog holes, x cut out and more. Adjustable height? More weight capacity? a second platform to lay out some hand tools and parts?
Don’t think this would be for me. I bungee my Husky portable bench to a loaded hand cart every once in a rare while. Trying to carry every single thing I might need at once, usually doesn’t turn out well.
Working at a Transfer Station aka “the dump”, someone recently dropped off a mint condition motorized adjustable height table 26″x48″. So far, only used it for working on a (shameless plug) photo exhibit ” The Dogs That Love A Great Dump – dogs that visit the Marbletown Transfer Station”. To be able to sit and measure Mats, then at the press of a button raise the height to use the Mat Cutter is a game changer. No more aching back from hours of bending over while standing. As soon as I’m done with the photos, I can’t wait to use the table for different cutting, chiseling and planing.
Paul
Nice looking ironing board!
jayne erin defranco
I do like this, but I have a black and decker workmate which I love
John Newell
This got me thinking…I have an unused Bosch Gravity Rise miter saw stand with a set of brackets. I think it would be very easy to drill a pieice of 3/4″ MDF with dog holes and mount that on the brackets. It wouldn’t have the hand truck platform but it wouldn’t require any new investment, other than some MDF and fasteners.
I got one of the Ridgid miter saw stands on deep discount from HD a few years ago and, with some limitations, like it a lot. I have a DeWalt 735 planer attached to it these days. The large wheels are a plus with the relatively heavy (compared, for example, to many miter saws) DW735 attached.
John Barton
This is the perfect tool I have been needing but not for building things. I do videography and live stream school sports and it’s a huge hassle to carry all the equipment to a football or soccer field, then set up a table to run the computers with. This solves so many problems in a single simple solution. I was planning to build something simular, but now I’ll just buy this instead!
Chip
I’ve done the same with a Ridgid, sans material mover/handtruck.
$30 buys an additional set of brackets with plywood.
My 2 stands share plywood top,mitersaw and tablesaw.
It has made going to the jobsite very modular.
its_jake
dang- was really hoping this had slightly more kreg ACS table type features, or at least provisions to expand the capabilities of the table top
Cutworm
I may be missing something but it looks like it would be a pain to roll around to me. I don’t see handles.