Ryobi's 6-Tool Combo Kit Looks Too Good To Be True, So We Turned To The Reviews

When you want a reasonably priced power tool brand, Ryobi cordless tools will come in handy during kitchen renovations and other DIY projects. If you'd like to pick up a host of Ryobi tools at once, you may want to consider a combination kit. One of the most popular options is the six-tool combo kit that ships with two batteries. Ryobi is offering this kit for only $199 at Home Depot. (You also can find it on Amazon.)

Considering you receive a drill, impact driver, circular saw, reciprocating saw, oscillating tool, and LED flashlight, along with two batteries and a charger, this deal almost seems too good to be true. If you purchased two Ryobi batteries and a charger by themselves at Home Depot, you'd pay $99 alone. That means you're basically receiving the six tools for $100.

You might naturally wonder — like we did — what's the catch? We decided to check out YouTube reviews and customer reviews to determine the pros and cons of this Ryobi six-tool kit. Before we dig into the individual reviews, it's worth mentioning that this kit has very favorable overall reviews. On the United States Home Depot website, customers give the kit 4.6 stars out of 5, and 90% of them would recommend making the purchase to others. The ratings are even better on Canada's Home Depot website. Customer reviewers there gave the kit 4.7 stars, and 96% of them recommend the purchase. Nearly 9,000 people left reviews on the two sites. Those numbers represent strong ratings for the kit.

YouTube reviewer Amazing Finds says the Ryobi six-tool combo kit is a great choice for a homeowner who needs some starter tools. Amazing Finds says you can do most jobs around the house with this collection alone. YouTube reviewer Makin' Life Work took the Ryobi products to a job site and put them through their paces. Makin' Life Work liked the balance and feel while using them, saying they're good DIY or handyman tools.

On the United States Home Depot website, customer Brian said the kit offered an excellent set of tools for the price and highly recommends it to other shoppers. A few reviewers who gave the kit a 1-star rating said the tools did not last, breaking down after only a few uses. On the Canadian Home Depot website, customer Ajax appreciated the quality of the tools and the fact that all of them use the same battery system, which greatly simplifies using them.

Based on the reviews, we believe the Ryobi combo kit is a good value, especially for someone who needs to get started with some basic tools. Each of the tools in the kit is useful, and receiving two batteries is helpful. We believe that Ryobi is a good power tool brand. In the past, we tried the cheapest cordless power drill from Ryobi and thought it performed well. Understand that most Ryobi designs only offer the basic features, but they're solid performers for DIY-ers, and this six-tool kit appears to be no different.