Ryobi EID600VK and EID8102VK: Discontinued — What to Buy Instead
Two corded hammer drills from Ryobi's DIY range. Both retired as the brand moved to cordless.
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The EID600VK and EID8102VK were corded percussion drills in Ryobi’s DIY range — 600W and 810W respectively, with a hammer setting for masonry and a keyed or keyless chuck depending on the revision.
Both are discontinued. Ryobi’s corded range has shrunk to almost nothing as the company committed to the ONE+ cordless platform.
Corded tools are worth keeping
Unlike the cordless tools of the same era, there is no battery to strand these. A corded drill that runs is a corded drill that will keep running, and the two things that fail are both cheap: carbon brushes, which are a stock consumable, and the mains cable, which usually goes at the strain relief where it leaves the body.
If the motor still has power and the chuck grips square, there is no reason to replace one of these.
What to buy if yours has died
For general drilling, the Metabo HPT D10VH2, linked below, is a good corded 3/8 in drill with a variable speed dial and a metal keyless chuck — a step up in build from the DIY range these came from.
For masonry specifically, do not replace like for like. A percussion hammer drill taps the bit; an SDS rotary hammer strikes it with a piston and drills concrete several times faster for similar money. If the hammer function was why you owned these, buy an SDS drill instead and keep an ordinary drill for everything else.