BOOM! The New RIDGID 18V Brushless Reciprocating Saw R8647 Review OCTANE & Max Output Batteries

[@kartboarder22g17]

When the hair piece comes out you know your in for a good video.

[@georgedavall9449]

LOL! 😃😁😄😂🤣

[@wim0104]

BOOM!

[@greggrodgers5926]

Great torture test, moral of the story is don't loan your tools to hippies!

[@adambomb9452]

OMG! Totally did not expect you to literally blow up the tool! lol. Well thats one way to do a heavy duty teardown. You just earned yourself a like!

[@colinstu]

I was not prepared for the explosion test lol

[@stans5270]

Here at WorkshopAddict, when a tool doesn't blow us away, we blow it away.

[@WorkshopAddict]

I might borrow that!

[@TRYtoHELPyou]

Tks for beating it up. Think I'll take one. Why so many left orbital out is beyond me.

[@4673962]

Have had mine for a year and 4 months. Worked it to death in construction and demo. Never cut out. Even metal. Everything from 5/8ths anchor bolts to 2 1/2" fire suppressant water lines. Love it.

[@ihaveworms2078]

Given I already have various octane batteries including the 9Ah, I feel like going ahead and getting the octane recip saw while it's still available is not a bad idea. What do you think?

[@kubarber8936]

Is It covered under the( l.s.a ) ??

[@WorkshopAddict]

I should try that just to see.

[@kevink2555]

Excellent stuff I'll sub but is this better than the octane. Can we have a side by side comparison

[@loucifer323]

That's a first what did you use to blow it up

[@WorkshopAddict]

That is not a first. I used to do this all the time 4 years ago. I don't want the algorithm to shut this video down so I don't want to say what was used.

[@georgedavall9449]

@@WorkshopAddict I’m pretty dang sure what you used, but coz I likes ya Brian, I ain’t saying, juss sayin’ 🤔😬🙄😁😀😄😂👍🇺🇸

[@FixitFred]

These new max output tools seem to be a big let down. I recently sold off all my ridgid 18v tools for new Milwaukee ones I don’t regret that decision especially after they abandoned the octane line and brought out this new 3 tier product line that just doesn’t hold up.

[@gregorycutter6112]

Should have tried the 4Ah that it came with. I'm wondering if the octane battery had something to do with the cut out? I'll stick with my x4 and 5x for now but seriously thinking about moving from orange to red.

[@WorkshopAddict]

I did try it and cut it from the video. Slow and more cut outs.

[@gregorycutter6112]

@@WorkshopAddict Then I guess it deserved to be blown up! Thanks.

[@stu-po]

A good honest review with the most surprising ending I've ever seen!

[@XerxezsX]

Have the R8647B and use it with regular 4 amp batteries with a diablo carbide 3 tpi demo blade 3 blades for $31, the saw doesn't bog down at all, I did some research and it's best to use the Diablo carbide blades they're easily the best, spending money on the Diablo carbide blades saves you time, energy and money because they last longer and don't break. Do not cheap out on blades. I tested the saw and the blades cutting out a tree stump at home, I have 4 4 amp regular batteries, each 4 amp battery will last like 25 mins with max force on the recip saw, I used almost 3 4 amp batteries to completely remove the stump, the tool heats up but it never bogs down or shuts down, I went full force through the stump and the dirt no bogging down I was extremely impressed 👌

[@mics3747]

How many times did you try replicating the cutout problem with the 2nd battery? (Any times that aren’t shown in this video?) Bottom line question -> How likely is it that the 1st battery was the only problem? Thank you for reviewing a solid-looking tool that I might buy.

[@WorkshopAddict]

We do a ton of testing off video when we have issues.

[@stephenleepmg113]

LMAO !!!!! I THINK THE EXPLOSION VOIDED THE WARRANT THANK YOU FOR THAT LOL 😆!!!!!!

[@Ty_7]

Best review video ever for a tool instead of just cutting a couple things. BOOM!!! Just wanted to show its a brushless motor. Lmao

[@mak450]

I'm not so sure it cut out, as much as shut itself down. I mean, it seems more than powerful enough to get through that wood and keep going through the end even if the material does start to pinch. Kinda seems like the same aggressive safety bullshit my old brushed Gen5x had 🤔 Which, I'd consider more of a minor inconvenience than anything, but of course I almost never use a recip saw to make money.

[@Jarco101]

I have the octane but I never had to put it in such situation... maybe is time to have him to do some exercise to find out its capabilities

[@masoncoons9918]

Do u still plan on doing that dewalt 20xr 6 1/2 in blade left circular saw Review?

[@WorkshopAddict]

It's on backorder

[@masoncoons9918]

@@WorkshopAddict hmm i thought u already had the saw cause i coulda sore u had it but i could very well be wrong thanks for the update though

[@bushidosteelcraft1677]

Thank you for blowing this up. you made me cry laughing when you were talking about "taking it apart"

[@shavetail9429]

Damn! I thought Steven Seagal had taken over the channel. However, I think when the Octane line goes to the fire sale I'll be picking up a few "extras" and leave the new line to someone else.

[@Barbaratio]

Agreed, need to get me a cordless recip, so probably pick up the octane recip

[@boosted2.4_sky]

Uh oh...the mullet is back.....😳 really good point about using an octane 9 a h battery as opposed to a Max Output 8 a h battery... they may not be the same and it could be more powerful with the 8 a h...or not... we all have to see when the max output batteries become available but I was thinking the same thing when you put the nine amp hour on there

[@WorkshopAddict]

Thank you so much for watching everything and working to understand the full video. There was a lot in there.

[@donnysanner342]

Great vid brother. I think the ultimate test for a sawzall is cutting out a sheetrock ceiling with the front of the saw pointed up towards the ceiling , that dust is so fine it has killed many of my saws. Time will tell I guess.

[@WorkshopAddict]

That's a long term test. I have not found a way to recreate it in an extreme way

[@danthestanmanj594]

I work in demolition and use a ridgid sawzall. many over head/vertical cuts on both drywall AND very old plaster, leaving it inside scissor lifts while debris falls on and inside the little vents. it's still lasting me, although I did take it apart to clean it a few months ago. have had it for over 2 years I think

[@martylarson4692]

Boom.! .... "I gotta get better at taking these apart" haha

[@jayjayhooksch1]

Hope you registered the LSA on that one.

[@WorkshopAddict]

paperwork filed.

[@lonniehartke8823]

Use the 3ah octane or the 8ah max output. They both have 21700 cells.

[@greentjmtl]

Quite disappointing to see how it having trouble though a 2x lumber. My old brushed Bosch chug through 4 inch branches just fine, thought about upgrading to this, guess not.

[@bigb27me]

Wow!! Never seen u do a Tool Review quite like this one. When u were running it in the bucket I was wondering whether u were actually cleaning or torture testing the saw, but by the time u got to the field I was like "is he about to do some target practice on this thing or what?..." Seriously, Great Vid! Funny stuff! Maybe in the future u could give this treatment to the Sub-Standard tool releases & call it The "WATTS" (workshop addict tool torture & Stress) Test or something...✌

[@WorkshopAddict]

That's a great idea!

[@White_L1ght]

thanks. it's very helpful

[@feldmanjared]

was NOT expecting you to blow it up lol

[@danielsmith-ze3wy]

Awesome test

[@tensazero]

Most reviewers do a 3-12ft drop test... This one made it with flying colors alright...

[@landshark6659]

good thing its under warranty

[@PhillyFixed]

Hahaha nailed the disassembly narrative at the end.. Did you submit an LSA claim?

[@WorkshopAddict]

No, I should just for the laugh,

[@bluemantom77]

Good video I guarantee you if someone is motivated enough they may Frankenstein using parts from Milwaukee for the reciprocating saw since they're both TTI and in your opinion do you think the front metal clutch switch and Chuck from the Gen 2 Milwaukee fuel would fit the new ridgid hammer drill if someone wants to do a modification it's just an idea I wouldn't do it personally myself I have done things like that to DeWalt back in the day when they had Nicad tools I swapped out a couple of different parts of there models of their drills and other tools and made better the warranties were expired so I didn't care it was way before KZbin days

[@WorkshopAddict]

There are many differences, so using the different parts would be hard, but possible.

[@bluemantom77]

@@WorkshopAddict that's good to know I have a friend that does that kind of stuff he was interested he might do it once it comes out he didn't like the idea to Chuck wobble and the clutch being off I had an issue like that personally with an older DeWalt drill I still own dw990 clutch was off and never messed up to the proper numbers and it always felt like it was in between just like you showed and talking 22 years ago it happens I even had Chuck wobble then that's what motivated me to do what I did but it was different back then DeWalt was interchangeable of course the company wouldn't recommend it with people did it like my first upgrade was I replaced the trigger switch on my first cordless drill dw991 it originally had some weird trigger switch I didn't have the brass so I took a new one and put it in there still works beautifully I actually have a video on KZbin 5 years ago

[@bluemantom77]

@@WorkshopAddict thanks again for all the work you do it's really appreciated the honesty I respect people that are honest that don't act like robots because companies are waving paychecks in front of them and it seem like total fan boy so a certain brand and everything else is garbage I appreciate how you will give an honest review and use of different brands I'm partial to anything

[@georgedavall9449]

W O W !!! 🧨🧨🧨🔥😬😳😬😁😄😂🤣 I have a Gen 1 Fuel SawZall, and I can maybe remember ONE time it cut out? 🤔 Letting my wife use it recently, to work on the smaller stuff in my huge patch of mowed down trees, and she has not had an issue?! BTW, fellow Subscribers, check out the carbide tipped pruning blades from Diablo! Made in USA, and they cut extremely well! Wife has made cuts through 5 -6 inch stuff, and it almost looks like a chain saw cut it, no joke! Wow Brian, all I can say is, umm, Wow! Even though I ‘suspected’ what was coming, still a surprise, albeit a nice one! This saw seems alright, and I think it will run a tad better with the batteries, when they get here? Looked smooth? Stay safe and Healthy! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁✌🏻🇺🇸🧨😂

[@darrenporsch]

Leave the tool disassembly to AVE. At least he doesn't use a sledgehammer to take it apart. Plus he puts it back together and it works

[@wim0104]

The correct blade for the material & tool is so important. It's nice to have a monster tool that doesn't care, but I don't mind getting the blade right :-) It's the same with sharpening a chainsaw chain for hard wood, vs. soft.

[@WorkshopAddict]

I get it. A demo blade should do well with 2x lumber, no?

[@wim0104]

@@WorkshopAddict you're doing demo on fresh sappy wood, no? ;-) Here in Texas, demo is on petrified wood.

[@WorkshopAddict]

@@wim0104 Well, sort of.... We put up a wall in a bank and then needed to cut out a door that was added after the fact but on new lumber. What blade should I have used?

[@Rapidfire556]

I spoke too soon about the funniest part! Fantastic video!

[@WorkshopAddict]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@histguy101]

"And next we're gonna do the rocket propelled grenade test"

[@BigDaddysGarage]

I feel like “Ridgid” shots themselves in the foot.

[@taumax]

Would have been nice to do a comparison to the octane version

[@WorkshopAddict]

Watch the last 3 minutes please

[@taumax]

@@WorkshopAddict I watched the whole video. Doing a comparison would still give a meaningful data point to see how the tools compare with Octane 9ah battery. Is the new tool inherently more powerful with last gen battery? If yes, then we know for sure that the new tool is a hands down winner.

[@mdavid7149]

Totally that was the evil (fun) twin 😂

[@InNerdimensional]

Compare it to the.... Nevermind 😆

[@kartboarder22g17]

I would say if you're going to show cut out situations again and you know you have the Milwaukee right there put the blade on the Milwaukee with a lower Ah battery and show everyone else it goes through no issue. Wood is never gonna be uniform you need a comparison.

[@WorkshopAddict]

Roger that. I failed and should have done that. Never thought about it.

[@kartboarder22g17]

@@WorkshopAddict I just bring it up for future videos. Would really show a good comparison. Like right now I and you and others are thinking this seems weak sauce. Yet when you pull big red out to verify and say it did the same thing all of a sudden the Ridgid doesn't seem so weak anymore. I just believe in giving everyone a fighting chance. I fully believe a big red and an 8.0 would cut through that with the wobbling and blade from the Ridgid. With a 5.0xc.... I don't know about that one.

[@WorkshopAddict]

Makes total sense. I can't go back and fix it with this tool........ I missed a big opportunity by not doing that. Sorry guys.

[@kartboarder22g17]

@@WorkshopAddict nothing to apologise for, just for future improvement would be nice on future videos of other tool reviews.

[@craigshelhammer5683]

Between this and that massive downgrade of a hammer drill(really ridgid?cuttung the power in half?)and the new batteries being well...not so good, I'm really disappointed. Guess its time to go full Red as I need new ones.smh.wont even lsa them as id get sub par tools back. Already in reds 12v for my automotive side jobs,guess 18v is next

[@baseballdude8491]

Go Metabo HPT 36V for the big tools Just as powerful a and fast and run cooler than my milwaukee

[@IppiopaidFEEDBACK]

This took a weird turn.

[@nickoakvik]

Would have liked to see what it would do with the 4ah battery before you blew it up😂

[@WorkshopAddict]

Due to time constraints in editing, I left that out. The 4Ah was meh with it. It did great on small stuff, but any longer cut was boring.

[@vsar1938]

Thank you for being honest in your reviews. Also I just watched the part where you blew the thing up lmao. Wtf😂

[@vacc22]

12;18 “ It still works!”

[@nsxproperties560]

My Milwaukee 2732-20 with 12.0 battery is still more powerful. It has never cut out on me even when I put all my weight on it.

[@trevorsaunders206]

I’m pretty sure depot will still take it back 😉 New recip seems like Ridgid is trying to compete

[@_P0tat07_]

You went 100% whistlindiesel on that poor saw

[@snowgorilla9789]

Tree roots yes Tanerite not so much

[@josepapikingchulo]

More of the same, ridgid have to be honest, they are making cheaper tolls .

[@gsb5050]

That’s one way to dig a hole in the ground

[@baraksinz]

I’ll stick with my Metabo HPT 36v recip saw.

[@danukepaintball]

Curious what ridgids thoughts are on the dismantling process hahahahahahahaha

[@kdc300z]

WTF! There’s the long hair again!? Wtf is going on! I’m so confused.

[@kdc300z]

12:09 Are/were you sponsored by Ridgid?

[@WorkshopAddict]

I am 100 percent NOT sponsored by Ridgid or any other tool company. I can say and do what I want.

[@kdc300z]

@@WorkshopAddict you erm...may have “blown” that chance!!

[@WorkshopAddict]

@@kdc300z Well, if being me stops someone from wanting to sponsor me, then so be it. I am honest with my subs and I wanted to put a little extra in this video.

[@kdc300z]

@@WorkshopAddict you’re taking my comment too seriously. I’m just joking with the sponsorship thing.

[@WorkshopAddict]

@@kdc300z No worries. I am just being real. You have been on KZbin for 15 years. You know, some people you like to watch and some you don't. I can't make everyone happy. I make sure I am happy and life is good. 👍🏿 Honesty is better than money on this channel.

[@jayortiz2326]

If you have any tool that you don’t want let me know

[@WorkshopAddict]

I have a slightly use Brushless Ridgid Recip Saw.

[@thesniper704]

You think OCTANE is better then this ?

[@WorkshopAddict]

I don't know. I went through this in the last 3 minutes. Hard to say without having the 8 ah max output battery.

[@intheshopnyc849]

Lol 😂 ur putting a beating on that lol 👍🇺🇸

[@WorkshopAddict]

It is how I treated the Milwaukee FUEL, up until the BOOM.

[@intheshopnyc849]

So disappointed in this new line the only thing I want from it it the 21% NAILER NO CARE FOR THE REST WHEN OCTANE RUNS OUT ILL MOST LIKELY NOT BUY RIDGID ANYMORE 😔

[@WorkshopAddict]

Don't go that far. We need the larger batteries to come out to make a fair assumption of this tool.

[@intheshopnyc849]

@@WorkshopAddict understandable but so far disappointed

[@avgear2694]

BOOOM!

[@WorkshopAddict]

I was waiting for someone to get to that point in the video!

[@pointedspider]

Nobody runs over tools. They would point to the nearest person to move it... Or take 10sec to get out and do it himself.

[@WorkshopAddict]

That's like saying nobody gets into a car accident. They would simply avoid each other.

[@Johnny-st6jm]

Puedes poner subtítulos en español? Me encantaría poder comprender lo que hablas.

[@AR-hj7sm]

Ridgid needs to go back to the drawing board😒

[@intheshopnyc849]

They need too stay on OCTANE 💯

[@WorkshopAddict]

This tool cannot effectively be rated until the 8Ah Max Output battery is out. Although, it would suck to have to use the 8 and have the 9Ah OCTANE leave it cutting out.

[@victorlabadia881]

Goombye Ridgid!

[@gkhn4943]

perfect

[@AdamWoznicki-w5e]

Garbage. I have 2 brushless and 1 octane waiting to go in for repairs right now. Drills and impact drills have been pretty good. Circular saws, good. Chargers, mostly good. (far better than dewalt) Batteries, poor. I have 3 waiting for repair. Reciprocating saws, junk. This is from five crews.

[@cheynebest7028]

Some people just want the world to burn 🔥

[@floridaprepper598]

Come on man I have seen every freaking sawzall cut out it don't make a damn what brand it is we know you're a Milwaukee fan if you are invested in the tool and you like it buy it it gives a damn what everyone else thinks

[@WorkshopAddict]

I wish your sentence had more punctuation. If it did, I would know if you are coming at me over not having a fair video or not... I did my best to show EXACTLY how this tool performs without any bias.

[@jimi3182]

😅 nice

[@jayortiz2326]

WhyY why why why

[@konamanstudio2447]

😆🍻🍺😊

[@Rapidfire556]

Lol, the blades a little dirty.