Checked New Hartford, NY and no Rigid twin packs in sight.
Might try during the week, one guy that works is real sharp and will have all the info.
He was a Sears tool man his whole life and always pointed out what you should buy and what not to buy.
Thanks, dchomak. Given that they are Qs and not Rs, would you still consider that a good deal? Is it still worth $50?
If you had the choice between getting the 12 20Rs from Ridgid or 20 20Qs from Ryobi (both $50 at my HD, what would you do?
According to the reviews by HKJ, the R’s are slightly better. But maybe that lies within the margin of error for just a few samples? Both will output 20A at full capacity. In a drill pack I don’t think it matters. In something like a flashlight, a little better becomes a “must have”
So I went to my local HD today to check if the Ryobi packs had dropped. They had and all 3 that were there the other day were in a cart on their way to checkout before I could get my hands on them. One guy bought all 3 sets.
So off I went to hit up some of the other stores. I found one pack sitting on a shelf unlabeled at another store and snatched it up for my father.
I then found some of the Ridgid 2 packs and picked up one pack to tear down for the high current cells.
I took apart my single stack and got 5 of these…
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Any idea what brand? I wondered if they were LG’s.
Also, can someone give me a short and sweet verrsion of how to get these deals at the self scan? I’ve read a lot at the front of this thread, but didn’t really see an explanation.
Thanks! 
These deals for the drill packs are on, it is just that maybe every store has not updated their prices yet. elsewhere in this thread there are other deal types going on that require skill and a lot of luck.
are you going to upload a picture?
Here’s how:
great…forgot how to post pics here.
http://edcforums.com/threads/theplumbahs-edc-evolution.99264/page-202#post-2170411
Click on the tree ;)
the 12 R’s should be $35 by now, I wouldn’t pay 50. Keep an eye on them.
Sorry y’all…I’ma BLF newb.
Plus the iPad doesn’t click. I tried posting my Tapatalk IMG but didn’t show.
Here is a link to the pics 
http://edcforums.com/threads/theplumbahs-edc-evolution.99264/page-202#post-2170411
Thanks for your help.
Crud. Linking here doesn’t break any Rules does it?
EDIT: Ive reread the ruls now
I will grab those pics and post them for ya.
BTW, this is not the first time someone has bought new packs at a discount, only to rip them apart for the cells.
SAKplumber, here are your picsc\
Got it figured out…and you copied it all here So whattdya think? LG?
Saynos & Panasonics in that thread. Samsung and possibly LGs in this one. Sweet
Wonder if those are 26500's in there. Could be handy cells if they are.
That looks like a ryobi nicad pack to me
Yeah those are sub-C NiCad’s. The good thing about the 18V Ryobi tools is that the tools are compatible with the new Li-Ion packs.
It does appear that way, except for the "One+" label.
EDIT: Nevermind. One+ platform covers both Ni-Cad and Lithium.