Ryobi R18P-0 18V ONE+ Cordless Polisher (Battery & Charger Excluded)

Very good polisher, I mean very good for the money, battery life is a little short unless using a 4ah or above but it really does work well, The pads it comes with are medium quality but the unit itself is a 9/10 and well worth it for any enthusiast or someone not confident with a rotary yet.

Had a few machine polishers over the years however never a cordless one and my word, it's so much easier to use. The freedom is great, smooth in operation little bit noisy however only at max speed. Couple of fully charged Ryobi batteries and you'll get round a car easily. I single staged the roof, tailgate, bonnet, drivers side wing, door and rear quarter, passenger rear quarter before my 5AH battery died. Completed the rest with my 2AH. Pads that come with this are really good quality also, similar to my Menzerna ones. For the money it's amazing. If you're into car care your paintwork shouldn't need a 2 - 3 correction anyway, which this would struggle to do. Highly recommended for any paintwork enhancement.

Bought this as I already have a pod of 2, 4 & 5AH batteries so it made sense to have. For the cost, it is a good machine and does the job just fine. A few things to note before buying….. 1. The throw stalls at low OPM. I found that I had to run it at 7,500 all the time to avoid stalling. On completely flat surfaces, it doesn’t stall so much but as soon as you touch a contour it stalls. It never stopped spinning but it stopping throwing which increases the risk of burning the cars paint. 2. It is quite heavy on batteries. I was using it for a paint correction on a whole Ford Focus MK3. I used 2 x 4AH batteries and 1 x 5AH. I managed to cut and polish the bonnet before a fully charged 4AH battery ran out of juice. I kept 2 batteries charging while 1 was in use so didn’t have issues with running out. If you don’t have any Ryobi batteries or you have lower AH, you may struggle. 3. The supplied pads are not great quality. After around 1/3 of the car, the backing of both the cutting a polish pad came away from the foam which caused me to stop working on it. I ended up forking out £280 to buy the corded Meguire's MT320 which came with 3 Meguire's pads. I completed the car using the corded DA which is superior to the Ryobi unit but you would expect it to be for the price. So I’m summary - make sure you have 3 4 AH (minimum) if you plan on polishing a whole car and but a decent set of pads to use with it. I’m happy with it and will be using it for correcting every now and again but wouldn’t be my go for a full correction.

Used a couple of times and so far so good. Easy to use and handle. Perfect if you already have Ryobi One products. Managed to get a few light scratches and marks out of the bodywork!

This ryobi polisher is an excellent upgrade to my car cleaning equipment as I take my car to shows. Used properly it leaves a beautiful finish on the paint work. Extremely good at removing scratches long battery life and great speed control. Great value for the money

I have to say that this range of tools for the home user are just great wide range all off the one battery - this was bought to prep a car for a show - which it won - it is like the rest of the range an honest hard working product and a great addition to the range

Not used it yet but looks like good quality and good value for money.

Well happy