Hands On: RYOBI 14″ 40V Brushless Cordless Chainsaw

Here in our quaint yet not-so-sleepy North Florida town, there are trees everywhere. After just about every storm (and we’ve had our share of hurricanes recently), trees come tumbling down all over the place. Chainsaws are almost mandatory here. Most of us have been using gas-powered chainsaws for ages. Even with the advent of cordless … Read more

Hands On: RYOBI 40V Cordless Leaf Vacuum / Mulcher

Summer is gone and Fall has arrived! ???? Well, unless you’re here in North Florida, where it’s still 100 degrees, icky-sticky from the humidity, and the ground is as dry as a bone. We are slowly starting to see some temperature changes at night and a few leaves just giving up and letting go. And … Read more

Dremel Lite 7760 Cordless Rotary Tool Review

We LOVE our Dremel tools. Seriously, we use them on just about every imaginable project where full-sized sanders, grinders, etc. are just too much. These little rotary tools can actually help turn people on to creating, even if they’ve never done so before. Not that we’re really “creators” but we do use-n-abuse our Dremel tools. … Read more

Hands-On: The RYOBI Outdoor 40V Brushless Expand-It System

When we set out to simplify our lives by moving back to a smaller town after 20 years (and thanks for sticking with us and our lack of posts… it’s been quite the disruptive journey, to say the least!), that also included a smaller home and yard with less maintenance. A smaller yard means simpler … Read more

When to Use What: Cordless Drill/Driver vs. Impact Driver

A few weeks back, an apprentice of a contractor doing some work at our soon-to-be house (which is undergoing extensive renovations) asked to borrow the “drill” I was using in an adjacent room on another project because the battery on his had just died. When he returned the tool a few minutes later, he said … Read more

The GarageSpot Gearhead & Garage Geek Gift Guide (2016 Edition)

It’s Christmas time and that means websites everywhere are publishing gift guides. Since GarageSpot is a website, we’ll play along. Plus, our personal wish lists are quite extensive. So if you’re in a giving mood, our addres… just kidding. Oh, and since it’s down to the wire, if the websites we’re linking to can’t deliver by Christmas, … Read more

The DEWALT 20V Brushless Planer

When you need to remove cupping, bows or twists from boards for your woodworking project and don’t have access to a table jointer, planer or both—or perhaps you want to create a reference face for your benchtop planer—a good option might be a handheld power planer. The new  is getting lots of buzz online and, from … Read more