I got seriously lucky and found two floor units in the very back of the garden department at Home Depot that had sale tags on them for $850. I took a picture of them and went up to the customer service aisle and asked them to get me down a boxed unit. Once it arrived, they rang it up at $1599. I showed them the picture, and they sent an associate to pull those tags and bring them back. Needless to say, they had to honor their mistake (it took two managers to approve the sale). After my military discount, I ended up paying $689.11! So looking forward to our garden this year :)
@@user-kd3vg4xu5z It is running just the same as when I purchased it... but I will say that Ryobi really dropped the ball on a part that is meant to fail. The shear pin for the tillers is meant to fail before serious damage occurs in the drive mechanism, however, they don't have a replacement part for this item. Look at the exploded diagram and notice that the part is shown, but no reference number is listed. I spend hours with customer support before I finally got a resolution. This was last year, so hopefully they have it figured out now.
We just got one. A few points: I agree with many of the Home Depot site/reviews. It has shear pins on the tines, and if you hit something hard, they will break. And Ryobi doesnt seem to offer them. I got a bag of 10, 2" clevis pins, (with multiple holes to minimize chance of damaging the tiller. Easier to replace clips than the trans) It NEEDS all the weight you can fit in the bin. Its heavy, but will still buck and bounce without. I used river stone for more weight than sand. Im in Central Texas, with clay and stoney soil, and it performed pretty well. I got maybe 750 ft^2 on all 4 batteries. Maybe 45 minutes of continuous work. One other note about the bouncing: if its big enough, it will pop one of the batteries loose, and it will stop. Sadly, it has no "neutral" setting, so you either drag the machine, and force the tires to roll and skid, or you need power to propel it. The tines have only one speed: full speed. A slower tine speed could help mitigate bouncing, and reduce the chance of breaking pins. We got ours for $999, then got a HD credit card for another $100 off, so i cant complain about the price. Its cheaper than most rear tine tillers. If you want to buy extra batteries, they are $200 !la piece, and it can take 4.... Lastly, as of late January, 2024, it looks like Ryobi is discontinuing the machine. You might find them at further reduced prices.
I enjoy reading the articles on your website, I just wish you guys made more video content. IMO seeing a tool perform is more informative than reading about someone’s experience. Thanks for the content you put out though
Just out of curiosity with two of those batteries on the quick charger what's the wattage? The most Ardent treehugger could run the charger off a solar panel making a completely green
You might be able to use a walk behind rototiller if you make multiple passes, but it's going to jump around a lot and put lots of stress on the machine...
This no cultivator, maybe a flower bed agitator. Shouldn't have to push that hard to make it work. Needless to say the price would get you the best gas model out there plus extras.
I like the idea. But this machine is to light and not heavy duty enough . Especially if u can use the batteries in your power tools. And snowblower and push mower. Batteries last u a dozzen years. Not the end of the world to buy new ones.
Poor design! You can tell it’s very slow and sluggish and lacked responsiveness when it switched to reverse. My gas 25 year old Craftsman 6.5hp rear tine would tear that Ryobi tiller to pieces. The parts, like plastic switch heads used and other parts look cheap! like they’ll break easy. Low confidence in its capabilities and performance. I’ll wait till more gardening companies bring more electric tillers to market!
Think gas tillers are about 1200. Like that. The batteries are probably worth 400 or more. And if a person will use it on an electric push mower. Be multi purpose. Electric leaf blower. Won't need to buy batteries for those things then.
Anything Ryobi makes should be between $100-300 max because it’s only good for mild front yard and back yard work. For heavy duty work you need something gas or diesel powdered.
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I got seriously lucky and found two floor units in the very back of the garden department at Home Depot that had sale tags on them for $850. I took a picture of them and went up to the customer service aisle and asked them to get me down a boxed unit. Once it arrived, they rang it up at $1599. I showed them the picture, and they sent an associate to pull those tags and bring them back. Needless to say, they had to honor their mistake (it took two managers to approve the sale). After my military discount, I ended up paying $689.11! So looking forward to our garden this year :)
Haha way to go 🎉
How’s it running a year later?
@@user-kd3vg4xu5z It is running just the same as when I purchased it... but I will say that Ryobi really dropped the ball on a part that is meant to fail. The shear pin for the tillers is meant to fail before serious damage occurs in the drive mechanism, however, they don't have a replacement part for this item. Look at the exploded diagram and notice that the part is shown, but no reference number is listed. I spend hours with customer support before I finally got a resolution. This was last year, so hopefully they have it figured out now.
Man they must suck cause in 2024 WITH four batteries they only cost 899. Not 1600??
We just got one. A few points:
I agree with many of the Home Depot site/reviews.
It has shear pins on the tines, and if you hit something hard, they will break. And Ryobi doesnt seem to offer them. I got a bag of 10, 2" clevis pins, (with multiple holes to minimize chance of damaging the tiller. Easier to replace clips than the trans)
It NEEDS all the weight you can fit in the bin. Its heavy, but will still buck and bounce without. I used river stone for more weight than sand.
Im in Central Texas, with clay and stoney soil, and it performed pretty well. I got maybe 750 ft^2 on all 4 batteries. Maybe 45 minutes of continuous work.
One other note about the bouncing: if its big enough, it will pop one of the batteries loose, and it will stop.
Sadly, it has no "neutral" setting, so you either drag the machine, and force the tires to roll and skid, or you need power to propel it.
The tines have only one speed: full speed. A slower tine speed could help mitigate bouncing, and reduce the chance of breaking pins.
We got ours for $999, then got a HD credit card for another $100 off, so i cant complain about the price. Its cheaper than most rear tine tillers. If you want to buy extra batteries, they are $200 !la piece, and it can take 4....
Lastly, as of late January, 2024, it looks like Ryobi is discontinuing the machine. You might find them at further reduced prices.
I enjoy reading the articles on your website, I just wish you guys made more video content. IMO seeing a tool perform is more informative than reading about someone’s experience. Thanks for the content you put out though
That’s crazy! I think Ryobi is serious!
Thanks! I'm thinking of getting it!~
At 2:10 , he looks like he's pushing hard....isn't it supposed to be self propelled?
I was going to comment on that too, he doesn't know how to use a tiller.
It burns the battery up when you use self propelled
Maybe, but the self propelled is engaged because you can see the wheels driving.@@bizizbizbam8209
Did those A / 2 batteries till that patch / I don’t remember hearing how much area U can til per charge. ? ?
I just bought one and the speed control switch was broke of where can I buy a new switch any ideas? Thank you and I loved your video.
The front tine non "self propelled" tillers are waaaay easier to use, they steer easier with a lot more control.
Definitely not easier to steer
Just out of curiosity with two of those batteries on the quick charger what's the wattage? The most Ardent treehugger could run the charger off a solar panel making a completely green
I think it pulls like 400-500 watts
any 40 volt battery you say? Looks kind of tight with the 6 AH, would it fit a 12 AH?
Ryobi says all 40v batteries fit
What about heavily contacted clay soil though?
That's not ideal with any rototiller, even on a tractor. Best to run a ripper, or plow, then disc if your soil is that compacted.
You might be able to use a walk behind rototiller if you make multiple passes, but it's going to jump around a lot and put lots of stress on the machine...
This no cultivator, maybe a flower bed agitator. Shouldn't have to push that hard to make it work. Needless to say the price would get you the best gas model out there plus extras.
Extremely expensive... I'm guessing no one sells Used battery tillers😆🤔
I like the idea. But this machine is to light and not heavy duty enough .
Especially if u can use the batteries in your power tools.
And snowblower and push mower.
Batteries last u a dozzen years.
Not the end of the world to buy new ones.
$1,400 ouch
Poor design!
You can tell it’s very slow and sluggish and lacked responsiveness when it switched to reverse. My gas 25 year old Craftsman 6.5hp rear tine would tear that Ryobi tiller to pieces.
The parts, like plastic switch heads used and other parts look cheap! like they’ll break easy. Low confidence in its capabilities and performance.
I’ll wait till more gardening companies bring more electric tillers to market!
Yeah ryobi can go Epstein itself 1600$😂
Think gas tillers are about 1200. Like that.
The batteries are probably worth 400 or more. And if a person will use it on an electric push mower. Be multi purpose.
Electric leaf blower. Won't need to buy batteries for those things then.
Anything Ryobi makes should be between $100-300 max because it’s only good for mild front yard and back yard work. For heavy duty work you need something gas or diesel powdered.