Update: removed stuck blade. Diagnosis: If you look inside where the blade goes and at the same time move the removal mechanism. You will see it pressing down on a little release lip on the saw holder. Problem is of course it doesn’t release. Ok now the fix: use a flat head screw drive to press it down instead. Make sure you try to move it in the same direction as the release mechanism was attempting to move it. This got it unstuck. Essentially the little removal action is very weak and it can’t push hard enough on the release lip inside. Once I got out it was fine putting the blade in and out but it is clear this removal mechanism is not well designed. Why this is a big deal. You DO NOT need to take it apart when a blade is stuck. Original post: Took me all of one use to get a blade stuck in it. Other than it worked fine. Now I just have to figure out how to get the blade unstuck!
Just purchased the saw and battery combo 2 weeks ago...used it yesterday for 1x. Had gotten the one hand model but got rid of it due to under performance and hard to work with--osteoarthritis the reason. My main use was and will be cutting fallen limbs/branches from my Live Oak Trees. Polished one large limb off yesterday: 8.5 feet long, 5.5 feet wide due to branches/leaf off shoots, thickest diameter of limb was 4.5 inches. This saw made short work out of this said limb. Former bow saw and lopper days are over. BTW, used a 9" Diablo Pruner blade. What a great experience and we are going to have a lot more fun coming up!! Thanks for your video review STR!!!
Thanks for the feedback and glad to hear it's working well for you. Yes, that Diablo Pruner blade is just the perfect blade for taking care of limbs and debris. Thanks for watching.
That's about all it's good for. I smoked this saw in one day, cutting T-111 siding around some windows I had to replace. It only made it half way around the second window (with about an hour between windows) before it started smoking bad. I pulled out my old, blue Ryobi recip to finish the job. The sad thing is that blue saw has been doing worse jobs for 15 years and never smoked.
Definitely should have tried a new metal blade when it popped out a second time, really curious if it's the blade or the tool considering it had no issues holding the blade while making the other cuts.
Should have put a new blade in after it popped out the first or second time and retested with a brand new blade to see if the problem was with the tool or the blade. Also, would have like to seen it actually compared to the previous model to see the performance difference.
It did the same thing with a new blade, when we were cutting at that angle, in steel. Any other cuts, in any other material, it held the blade just fine. We didn't have the earlier Ryobi version in the shop. Although, I'm confident this one is much more powerful...just by the seat of the pants feel. Thanks for watching.
I have the older blue version of the ryobi reciprocating saw and it from time to time lets go of the blade and the only time it has been doing it is on metal materials. So apparently they have not improved the blade clamp.
None of the hp tools have a 3rd terminal. It's the 2 extra terminals on the bottom side of the battery housing on the tool. So that recipe saw will take advantage of the hp battery cuz it has the extra 2 terminals. The new impact driver pblid02 however does not have the extra 2 terminals and does not require the hp batteries. Some do some dont
@@ryankirkpatrick5787 I've personally never seen a 3rd terminal inside the battery housing but I wouldn't doubt if it exists in some. I've always seen the extra 2 terminals on the top of the housing and the back of the battery itself
None of them require an HP battery, but some tools can take advantage of the HP batteries. All the HP tools will take advantage of HP batteries. Thanks for watching.
My ryobi brushless reciprocating saw kept doing the same thing after cutting alot of nail embedded wood frustrated I took a flash light to it , had a chunk or what looked like a metal shaving inside the slit for the blade picked it out and presto it was good
Great point, we checked that and couldn't find anything. However, any other circumstance and we didn't have this issue, but I thought it was worth leaving in the footage and noting. Thanks for watching.
Seemed like an awful lot of downward pressure caused the blade to come off. I noticed when you held your hand under the front it was fine, but when you went with heavy top down pressure it popped off.
Bought a sawzall in 2020 that was not brushless then couple months ago bought the brushless both Ryobi within weeks of both of them the blade holder snapped clean off and both tools were useless.
i thought there would be some kind of problem with this saw when i went on ryobi's website it said this thing has 3200 strokes per minute and diablo carbide blades say max 3100 strokes per minute
Doesn't look to me like you were putting the blade in correctly. The tab need to be fully pulled up before the blade is inserted. My only issue with the saw is more vibration than I would like. Also, it really needs 8" or 9" blades because the blade is recessed into the housing.
The blade was being inserted and locked properly. This is an issue that others have noticed as well. Other than that, it's a great saw. Thanks for watching.
I’m confused, which honestly is normal. Jokes aside, you said it doesn’t have the HP terminals, but aren’t the two terminals at the bottom rear of the battery stem opening in the battery area the two HP terminals? Yes it’s true not all of the HP tools have these two extra contacts but it sure appears that this recip saw does. I know all HP tools can use HP batteries just like every other 18V cordless Ryobi tool ever made, but if it’s lacking the extra HP contacts, will it actually perform better with an HP battery versus a standard battery? I’d love to see a head to head with two equal capacity batteries. One HP battery and one standard battery used in two HP tools, one with the extra HP contacts, and one without. I’m really curious if an HP tool lacking the two extra contacts will actually perform better with an HP battery versus a standard battery. Thanks for the awesome video! I stumbled upon your channel somehow and really enjoy your reviews. Thank you and keep up the great work!
It really seems like this isn’t much of an improvement over the previous brushless model. I’d like to see a comparison. The older model has a hold open blade release, orbital mode, anti-vibration handle and this saw has none of those features.
Your right on the orbital mode. I own both, but I think the name of the game is size and weight. This new recip saw is a bit smaller maybe 2/3 the size of the last p517 brushless recip saw. I can also feel a noticeable weight difference. Not sure exactly but I would say it feels at least 2lb maybe 3lb lighter. As far as vibration goes they are about the same.
ok the old one the gears under the black grip would explode I don't see any changes in tool besides it's brushless I went with the one handed sawzaw. Till I see gears not explode I will hold off killed 3 with that issue.
9:58 that's smoke coming out of the tool. Not a hater or anything, in fact I'm just waiting for my own to arrive, but that's a bit troubling. I've seen other videos of people reporting this particular model to smoke after normal use. Did that give you any trouble later on?
What do you think of orbital sawzalls? I have an older Ryobi at home, but I have the octane Ridgid at work. I think for pruning season this year I'm going to have both of my sawzalls and see if I notice much difference with the orbital feature. It's supposed to cut through wood pretty fast on orbital.
The orbital action works awesome for demo work in wood, pruning as well. The Diablo pruning blade works amazing in these saws. Ridgid makes one of the best recip saws, with their orbital action.
Just bought this. First saw of this kind ever. I didn't charge the battery yet but wanted to give a quick try on a small branch after seeing this video. The thing was only about and inch or so in diameter and the saw kept completely stopping as I cut. Any ideas why? Seems strange to me
What size battery are you running and what type of blade? that seems odd that it would cut out on such a small branch. This is a pretty power recip saw. These HP tools definitely like batteries that are at least 4Ah. Thanks for watching.
Guys Guys. Guys,, Come on , he was holding it wrong, any tool would have ejected the blade when held at that angle and that pressure, actually well impressed it didnt snap, Good blade. Good video though, look like a good powertool
Great video brother , I sure hope that's a prototype......flying blades across the shop is no good. I'm sure this saw is like the rest of the new line up......that is it's going benefit greatly from 4ah and up batteries.... preferably a 6ah and up. Btw , what cells are those new batteries and with Ryobi really stepping up their game where does this leave Ridgid ?
you prolly shouldn't have tried to start cutting the metal at the thickest corner of it, plus ya was putting maaaad pressure on the upper part of the saw, of course the blades gonna jam on the metal n pop out the saw under those conditions lol
That was very odd. We tried and tried to get it to reject the blade like that when cutting wood, but it wouldn't do it. The only time it would do that is when we were cutting at an angle, on the steel. It held the blade absolutely fine when we were cutting any other cuts.
Hhmmn... Wonder what Ryobi has to say about that? Have you tested it again since or replaced the tool? Could have been the blade design? Curious minds would like to know...
The only time we could get the blade to do this was cutting across two surfaces, at one time, in thick steel, while also applying significant downward pressure on the blade. Otherwise, it would eject, and we tested other blades too. Even putting significant downward pressure on the blade, while cutting on a single section of thick steel, it did absolutely fine. Thanks for watching.
@@Shoptoolreviews I know I really like ur video u test out every thing such as torque and hydraulic tools and what the tool can do or can’t or is it just right thanks for making video we appreciate ur help
I would have swapped to a new metal saw blade rather than continuing with the obviously previously used blade. He then says they could not make it happen again. So inconclusive.
Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results is the gist sign of ??? This guy is not too swift. Did not even closely inspect blade or chuck
Lol. That's funny. I guess you have a little camera in our shop that shows we never inspected this?! We don't show issues like this unless we've proven to ourselves that it's worthy and beneficial to make it on the video. It was something that we could replicate over and over. Thanks for your assumption and thanks for watching.
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Update: removed stuck blade. Diagnosis: If you look inside where the blade goes and at the same time move the removal mechanism. You will see it pressing down on a little release lip on the saw holder. Problem is of course it doesn’t release. Ok now the fix: use a flat head screw drive to press it down instead. Make sure you try to move it in the same direction as the release mechanism was attempting to move it. This got it unstuck. Essentially the little removal action is very weak and it can’t push hard enough on the release lip inside. Once I got out it was fine putting the blade in and out but it is clear this removal mechanism is not well designed.
Why this is a big deal. You DO NOT need to take it apart when a blade is stuck.
Original post: Took me all of one use to get a blade stuck in it. Other than it worked fine. Now I just have to figure out how to get the blade unstuck!
Just purchased the saw and battery combo 2 weeks ago...used it yesterday for 1x. Had gotten the one hand model but got rid of it due to under performance and hard to work with--osteoarthritis the reason. My main use was and will be cutting fallen limbs/branches from my Live Oak Trees. Polished one large limb off yesterday: 8.5 feet long, 5.5 feet wide due to branches/leaf off shoots, thickest diameter of limb was 4.5 inches. This saw made short work out of this said limb. Former bow saw and lopper days are over. BTW, used a 9" Diablo Pruner blade. What a great experience and we are going to have a lot more fun coming up!! Thanks for your video review STR!!!
Thanks for the feedback and glad to hear it's working well for you. Yes, that Diablo Pruner blade is just the perfect blade for taking care of limbs and debris. Thanks for watching.
That's about all it's good for. I smoked this saw in one day, cutting T-111 siding around some windows I had to replace. It only made it half way around the second window (with about an hour between windows) before it started smoking bad. I pulled out my old, blue Ryobi recip to finish the job. The sad thing is that blue saw has been doing worse jobs for 15 years and never smoked.
Definitely should have tried a new metal blade when it popped out a second time, really curious if it's the blade or the tool considering it had no issues holding the blade while making the other cuts.
It didn't do it in any other circumstance. Thanks for watching.
Most blades are rated for 3100spm and the saw is rated for 3200spm. So it's a 90% chance the blade was the problem
Should have put a new blade in after it popped out the first or second time and retested with a brand new blade to see if the problem was with the tool or the blade.
Also, would have like to seen it actually compared to the previous model to see the performance difference.
It did the same thing with a new blade, when we were cutting at that angle, in steel. Any other cuts, in any other material, it held the blade just fine. We didn't have the earlier Ryobi version in the shop. Although, I'm confident this one is much more powerful...just by the seat of the pants feel. Thanks for watching.
The old one is reciprocal, has adjustable shoe, need a side by side comparison.
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I have the older blue version of the ryobi reciprocating saw and it from time to time lets go of the blade and the only time it has been doing it is on metal materials. So apparently they have not improved the blade clamp.
None of the hp tools have a 3rd terminal. It's the 2 extra terminals on the bottom side of the battery housing on the tool. So that recipe saw will take advantage of the hp battery cuz it has the extra 2 terminals. The new impact driver pblid02 however does not have the extra 2 terminals and does not require the hp batteries. Some do some dont
This.
The compact hp do not the full size do
@@ryankirkpatrick5787 I've personally never seen a 3rd terminal inside the battery housing but I wouldn't doubt if it exists in some. I've always seen the extra 2 terminals on the top of the housing and the back of the battery itself
I haven’t seen the new full sized hp yet obviously not out. The current brushless all have the extra tab the new compact hp do not
None of them require an HP battery, but some tools can take advantage of the HP batteries. All the HP tools will take advantage of HP batteries. Thanks for watching.
I have the older brushless and never had that blade release problem.
My ryobi brushless reciprocating saw kept doing the same thing after cutting alot of nail embedded wood frustrated I took a flash light to it , had a chunk or what looked like a metal shaving inside the slit for the blade picked it out and presto it was good
Great point, we checked that and couldn't find anything. However, any other circumstance and we didn't have this issue, but I thought it was worth leaving in the footage and noting. Thanks for watching.
@@Shoptoolreviews thank you for being so thorough with your awesome reviews and for the reply keep them coming
Great review!
I use Diablo and Lennox blades!
Thanks I bought one!
$99
Seemed like an awful lot of downward pressure caused the blade to come off. I noticed when you held your hand under the front it was fine, but when you went with heavy top down pressure it popped off.
Thanks for watching.
Bought a sawzall in 2020 that was not brushless then couple months ago bought the brushless both Ryobi within weeks of both of them the blade holder snapped clean off and both tools were useless.
Releasing blade is the safety function, not to destroy inside mechanism.
i thought there would be some kind of problem with this saw when i went on ryobi's website it said this thing has 3200 strokes per minute and diablo carbide blades say max 3100 strokes per minute
It's an over achiever. lol. Thanks for watching.
Doesn't look to me like you were putting the blade in correctly. The tab need to be fully pulled up before the blade is inserted. My only issue with the saw is more vibration than I would like. Also, it really needs 8" or 9" blades because the blade is recessed into the housing.
The blade was being inserted and locked properly. This is an issue that others have noticed as well. Other than that, it's a great saw. Thanks for watching.
Do it yourself tools. Cheap tool not meant for professionals. Awesome video. Thank you.
Do it yourself, which means you need a brain to use them. Been using Ryobi every weekend for a decade. Plenty of life and power for the price.
Definitely a very powerful saw, but the blade flying out is a bit of an issue, wonder if it’s a fluke or bad design??
most reciprocating saw blades say max 3100 spm this reciprocating saw has 3200 spm
I’m confused, which honestly is normal. Jokes aside, you said it doesn’t have the HP terminals, but aren’t the two terminals at the bottom rear of the battery stem opening in the battery area the two HP terminals? Yes it’s true not all of the HP tools have these two extra contacts but it sure appears that this recip saw does. I know all HP tools can use HP batteries just like every other 18V cordless Ryobi tool ever made, but if it’s lacking the extra HP contacts, will it actually perform better with an HP battery versus a standard battery? I’d love to see a head to head with two equal capacity batteries. One HP battery and one standard battery used in two HP tools, one with the extra HP contacts, and one without. I’m really curious if an HP tool lacking the two extra contacts will actually perform better with an HP battery versus a standard battery. Thanks for the awesome video! I stumbled upon your channel somehow and really enjoy your reviews. Thank you and keep up the great work!
PBLRS01 [Portable BrushLess Reciprocating Saw Gen 1] is that what it means?
Sounds great to us. Thanks for watching.
how's the vibration on this new model compared to previous models
Interesting video... for now I will keep with my Ridgid
Fair enough! Thanks for watching.
It really seems like this isn’t much of an improvement over the previous brushless model. I’d like to see a comparison. The older model has a hold open blade release, orbital mode, anti-vibration handle and this saw has none of those features.
Your right on the orbital mode. I own both, but I think the name of the game is size and weight. This new recip saw is a bit smaller maybe 2/3 the size of the last p517 brushless recip saw. I can also feel a noticeable weight difference. Not sure exactly but I would say it feels at least 2lb maybe 3lb lighter. As far as vibration goes they are about the same.
They ditched the orbital mode?!
@9:58 is that the motor smoking?
Looks like the blade connection area, although I had a old brushed one that got a car dropped on it and it was fine
ok the old one the gears under the black grip would explode I don't see any changes in tool besides it's brushless I went with the one handed sawzaw. Till I see gears not explode I will hold off killed 3 with that issue.
The shoe is adjustable, did you even try before you assumed?
does the saw still work? Do you like this one better than gen 2 Milwaukee one. Which would you suggest, do you think these hp tools will hold up,
9:58 that's smoke coming out of the tool. Not a hater or anything, in fact I'm just waiting for my own to arrive, but that's a bit troubling. I've seen other videos of people reporting this particular model to smoke after normal use. Did that give you any trouble later on?
Could be wood chips on the hot blade.
Funny cos I have the same version as this it's happened to me in the pass but not as much compared to yours very weird 😆🤔😂
What do you think of orbital sawzalls? I have an older Ryobi at home, but I have the octane Ridgid at work. I think for pruning season this year I'm going to have both of my sawzalls and see if I notice much difference with the orbital feature. It's supposed to cut through wood pretty fast on orbital.
The orbital action works awesome for demo work in wood, pruning as well. The Diablo pruning blade works amazing in these saws. Ridgid makes one of the best recip saws, with their orbital action.
I have the Ridgid saw w orbital. It makes a world of difference in demolition. Dont use it when you need a fine cut tho
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cheap is right.can not handle vibration will stall and burn out
Just bought this. First saw of this kind ever. I didn't charge the battery yet but wanted to give a quick try on a small branch after seeing this video. The thing was only about and inch or so in diameter and the saw kept completely stopping as I cut. Any ideas why? Seems strange to me
What size battery are you running and what type of blade? that seems odd that it would cut out on such a small branch. This is a pretty power recip saw. These HP tools definitely like batteries that are at least 4Ah. Thanks for watching.
@@Shoptoolreviews battery was low so could that be it? I'm new to these. Thanks for follow up
@@briansview2886 probably, if it's smaller then a 2.0 I wouldn't even use it in a radio lmao
Guys Guys. Guys,, Come on , he was holding it wrong, any tool would have ejected the blade when held at that angle and that pressure, actually well impressed it didnt snap, Good blade. Good video though, look like a good powertool
Great video brother , I sure hope that's a prototype......flying blades across the shop is no good. I'm sure this saw is like the rest of the new line up......that is it's going benefit greatly from 4ah and up batteries.... preferably a 6ah and up. Btw , what cells are those new batteries and with Ryobi really stepping up their game where does this leave Ridgid ?
That's a great question about Ridgid, and we're scratching our heads too. Thanks for watching.
This has the 3rd tab
It takes advantage of the HP batteries. Thanks for watching.
I guess not the place to ask questions
Many here unanswered from a year ago.
This is an older video, so there may be some unanswered comments. Sorry about that.
not liking that blade flying off like that at all. If that's a quirk of the saw then that would be a no go for me.
It only happened during the cut on steel, when we were cutting across 2 surfaces at one time. Thanks for watching.
you prolly shouldn't have tried to start cutting the metal at the thickest corner of it, plus ya was putting maaaad pressure on the upper part of the saw, of course the blades gonna jam on the metal n pop out the saw under those conditions lol
Liked the video good to see you testing out on different cuts. Got to say I got no use for a new Reciprocating Saw that can't hold onto the blade.
That was very odd. We tried and tried to get it to reject the blade like that when cutting wood, but it wouldn't do it. The only time it would do that is when we were cutting at an angle, on the steel. It held the blade absolutely fine when we were cutting any other cuts.
@@Shoptoolreviews is it maybe the brand of metal blade? Did you try any other brands of blades in the steel?
Let the blade do the work instead pushing down on it
It is less vibration than the older one? I had the oldest one. The blue color, still working but the vibration is too much🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hhmmn... Wonder what Ryobi has to say about that? Have you tested it again since or replaced the tool? Could have been the blade design? Curious minds would like to know...
The only time we could get the blade to do this was cutting across two surfaces, at one time, in thick steel, while also applying significant downward pressure on the blade. Otherwise, it would eject, and we tested other blades too. Even putting significant downward pressure on the blade, while cutting on a single section of thick steel, it did absolutely fine. Thanks for watching.
@@Shoptoolreviews thank you for your reply, keep up the good work.
Blade ejection
Still no sawzall
We'll get one soon. Thanks for watching.
I should maybe rephrase, I meant it still no Milwaukee.
I would get it with 4 ah and then tool 179.99
Not a bad idea.
@@Shoptoolreviews I know I really like ur video u test out every thing such as torque and hydraulic tools and what the tool can do or can’t or is it just right thanks for making video we appreciate ur help
I would have swapped to a new metal saw blade rather than continuing with the obviously previously used blade. He then says they could not make it happen again. So inconclusive.
Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results is the gist sign of ??? This guy is not too swift. Did not even closely inspect blade or chuck
Lol. That's funny. I guess you have a little camera in our shop that shows we never inspected this?! We don't show issues like this unless we've proven to ourselves that it's worthy and beneficial to make it on the video. It was something that we could replicate over and over. Thanks for your assumption and thanks for watching.