I Bought A Pallet of Walmart Tool Returns for $2,217...... Mistake?
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Also, as someone who used to work Walmart customer service, using the tools for projects then returning is EXACTLY what they do lol
Yeah, it happens at Harbor Freight too. Low life people doing low life stuff.
having worked for walmart as well, can confirm.
@@BigHeinen Happens at lowes and homedepot.
Or well, the battery dies and doesn't charge again like for the drills and impacts. Though when that happened to me I just bought a new battery since those are fairly cheap for low end tools.
@@BigHeinen sure the multi billion dollar company is hurting :(
So, I work at Walmart and I bought that hart multi tool kit 2 years ago to have in case I needed to do small projects around the house. My wife wanted me to buy her a noodle board and I thought that I could make one myself. I’m now in the process of trying to start my own woodworking business and I still use those hart tools. They’re not awful for the price, and I get a discount on them and am able to keep an eye out for when they go on clearance. But that one kit and my wife’s project got me interested in woodworking and I’m going to be grateful for that brand forever.
We are happy to hear this. Thank you so much for sharing! We hope you continue to work on projects with HART tools and let us know what you are working on next!
You would be so much happier with an older new stock cheap Milwaukee or dewalt. It’s such a nicer experience and not much more money at all.
@@codygooch510 I’ve got better stuff for my big power tools. But most of my woodworking is done with glue ups and joinery. I don’t generally use mechanical fasteners unless I need to. But, if I need to cut down some plywood or do some framing or just have something portable that I use once in a while, they do the job pretty well. Plus I work at Walmart, so I see when they go on clearance and I get a discount. It’s just convenient for me. But the stuff I have that matters is generally more respected brands
The American dream. Capitalism at work. Welcome to the club !
To be honest, if I worked at Wal-Mart, got a nice employee discount, and could have first pick of tools that go on clearance; I'd likely have a bunch of HART power-tools too. Thanks for being honest about having other tools from more premium brands. I'd personally love a collection of Milwaukee tools. But my budget says Ryobi. It's fascinating that HART, Ryobi, Ridgid, and Milwaukee are all owned by the very same parent company.
Sometimes the batteries get really discharged. All you need to do is manually hook up some wires to get a little.charge into the bad pack from a good one. Then it will take the charge on the charger. Hopt that helps.
I had to do that with one I got with my drill from Walmart
I was going to reccomend jump starting them... they have probably sat for a very long time discharged
@@kylethiler why did you buy a drill from Walmart
@@codygooch510 why does it matter
@@kylethiler I’m doing a case study on people who waste their money & buy tools from a Walmart. Thanks for helping
Re the batteries, they'll have LiPo cells inside them, that most chargers wont charge if the cells have dropped below a certain threshold.
A hacky way to kickstart them back is to connect them to a charged battery, and it'll suck out some of the charge. Usually in minutes the "duff" battery will have enough to then be identified by the charger and allow it to get fully charged.
That being said, you got a proper bonus pallet for once!
Hoping they find this comment and you said it way better than I was going to
Do this at your own risk, jump starting LiPo's is not recommend as it is potentially dangerous to do so.
I’ve done this to several DeWalt batteries and it works every time!
As a Walmart worker who has completed hundreds of returns, I can confirm that 90% of those tools are returned because of the batteries.
I can't wait to see the live edge, epoxy table that you make out of everything in that pallet.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nah we just here for the mystery pallets. more of these please
@@takoflame4948 I take it you don't understand sarcasm?
Which will happen first:
-John learns his lesson and stops buying rip off pallets of tools
-John runs out of stores he can think of that sell pallets of stuff
DT: My bet is that he runs out of stores and then starts revisiting the same stores to check/compare with the first visit(s).
He should stick with Home Depot that was a great haul
Runs out of stores 😂
Hey that's me, the UPS DRIVER! Haven't gotten to the drills yet to try them
Donnie Platt made out better than anyone. Got all that use out of those tool AND his money back? That's a win. Way to go Donnie! His wife is probably upset though...
Plus a shout out from John. 😂
Wife maybe be happy to get her personal drill back.
Donnie can be a girls name too.
@@SamLemont touchè
As the good book asks: , 'For what shall it profit a man if he gaineth the whole world, but lose his dildo?'
I'm only liking this video because I like your channel...but I'm REALLY hoping that we get to see some builds in the future. I feel like it's been forever since we seen a good build video.
I fully agree, I love John and his personality but these "tool return" videos are starting to become cookie cutter in my opinion. The build videos have been very scarce, which is sad because they are usually really good. Even the videos using the outdoor saw are good in my opinion.
@@masonharris6961 , I agree 100%! If I wanted to watch unboxing videos then I'd search for them. It just kills me when I find a channel with content that I like and then that channel starts putting out different content and completely forget that the original content is what drew everyone in.
@@unsanctionedchaos2994 yeah same here, I found this channel because I loved the crazy projects and personalities. But it seems those have tamed tremendously for whatever reason. And I’m not trying to say anything bad at all, but hope the videos steer away from the unboxing, to me it seems like the easy way to make content vs crafting something which is what a majority of the people want (in my opinion)
Couldn't agree more.
I like seeing the content like this, it’s definitely different but it’s a nice change of pace but I’m not saying your opinions aren’t valid! That’s how you guys feel then that’s how you feel
I am surprised people even do return heavily used tools. I live in the UK and never thought of that even being a thing but finding out people just return anything and it gets accepted without any issues is just mind boggling
We don’t generally think that way either. I’ve never once heard of anybody doing it. Even if a tool breaks with a lifetime warranty guys will just accept that the tool did it’s job and paid for itself and well buy a new one.
You gotta think what kind of person would buy tools from damn Walmart.
@@codygooch510 exactly the people returning used tools and clothing and stuff are pretty low people. Either at a low spot in their life and just don't have the money. Or are lowlifes just trying to scam the system. Far from the common American though. .
Yeah you would never get away with this in the UK
People return live christmas trees to Costco after christmas due to their very liberal return policy
You wouldn't return a drill that wouldn't charge? None of those looked heavily used. Most of them looked to be unused basically. I'd just jump the battery and get it to charge. Completely discharged batteries won't work on a smart charger usually and require a little juice to make the charger recognize them just like with cars sometime.
Before tossing those batteries out, I would try "resetting", or "jumping" the BMS. This sometimes works. I have never tried it on Hart but have had luck on other TTI branded batteries.
I had 2 hart batteries that wouldn't take a charge new from Walmart. 5 sec jump start and they took a charge never had a issue with them since
I hope the delivery guy didn't end up with one of the bad drills haha, either way it was nice of you to give him some tools 👍
i believe you can buy batteries separate so even if the ones he got have bad batteries he isnt completely sol
@@dakotadriggers8838
He will need a charger though. But he can buy that separately too.
Since it is HART, likely not too expensive at all.
If you're looking for suggestions of what to do with all the drills; some place like Habitat for Humanity would be really grateful for them! You can buy the batteries for them.
he spent $2500 and you want him to spend more money on batteries so he can donate them 😂😂🤡
@@brandonrippeonphoto I meant "you" as in "people" can buy them, not as in he should buy the batteries... Why don't you try not being a degrading jackass?
I'm new to wood working. Not asking for a thing but I think it's amazing that you're doing this. Tools are expensive. I'm currently buying 1ish per month amd taking hand-me-downs. I'll even invest in my brother so I can get his used ones. I'm loving the projects!
Whenever I get demotivated because of my lack of creativity, I come to John's channel and binge watch like 5 videos and then I get motivated again to create new things. And some day I'd like to purchase a bunch of mystery boxes and give some kick ass tools back to the community,. :)
Same thing i do when there no more idea to do it and i will sure to see this more new tips and idea that help us more options
The batteries were more than likely ran down and stored cold. It is possible to revive them instead of throwing them out. Use a multimeter and find the positive and negative terminals. The middle terminals are balance contacts. Take a full working pack and hook them in parallel using a jump cable. You can make one using ring terminals. + to + and - to -.
Or watch a tube video that explains the procedure.
Jumping them does actually work. Sometimes. If they get below a certain charge level, the charger will error out.
@@soup108 If you jump them, it transfers some of the power to the dead battery. That is the whole point.
Old video, but I was about to say the same for future buys. The charger need the battery to have a small amount of juice, to register it and start the process. This method saved two of my batteries that I forgot in the garage during winter.
@@soup108 You're only supposed to jump them so the battery gets enough charge to be recognised by the charger.
Just my personal feedback: the first of these was ok, all the others were boring to me. I feel like there's nothing else in these videos that I haven't seen.
I personally would be totally fine if that's the last one of that kind of video.
But thats me. If others like it or you are having fun (or profit) from buying these - by all means, keep doing them. I'm not hating, just saying it's kinda 'meh' for me at this point.
Also, I'd really love to see morebuilding projects. Even if it's just a "boring" table with some epoxy and no encased pizzas or bullets. I couldpretty much watch those forever. Not every video needs to be an insane superv-creative unique project IMO.
As my office's unofficial handyman I was tired of always having to bring my good tools to work to fix things, I picked up a Hart drill for $20 to just keep in the office. It's OK for what it is & will get the smaller jobs done around the place. I will say that it's loud and there's a noticeable delay when the trigger is pulled. Thought about getting an impact driver too but it wasn't on rollback!
Bet all those drills that look OK had a bad batch of those batteries. Hart is made by TTI (Milwaukee, Ryobi) but doubt that there's much if any quality control. Someone gets one as a gift or buys it and then tries to charge the battery with no luck. One can still go online and buy a replacement battery so not a total loss. Thanks as always because I always wondered if those pallets were worth it or not. The percentage of junk is sometimes high but also I wouldn't want to end up with a bunch of the same type of tools I already have.
Ryobi tools are for those that work on the weekend and don't care if they break the tool doing what needs to get done. And there's a bunch of oddball tools they make that are useful for around the house work. I use Ryobi and haven't really had any issues with them and keep pace with people that have "more professional" tools(Milwaukee, DeWalt, Ridgid, Makita). I also throw my tools around because they're cheap enough to replace and they just keep going so I haven't had to replace many of them.
No reason to buy those cheaper brands. You can get the older versions of tools from Milwaukee for just as cheap for 3 times the amount of tool lol.
I got lots of Milwaukee 18 v
Tools since 2012 I’ve had 3 drills die for various reasons and 6 batteries!
There not like they use to be !
@@codygooch510 🤣🤣🤣
@gldwng IIOO no.. Ryobi doesn't hold a candle to the more expensive versions/brands of their tools. However, they do work just fine for the homeowner that does the occasional project that doesn't need a premium tool (which is me).
I’ve never broken a Ryobi. I had to buy new batteries for the cordless 18v kit I bought in 1998 and used in three full renovations. That was after 20 years. I’ve used the hammer drill to put holes through foundations. That being said, they’re clunky and heavy. They aren’t rewarding to use. But most of the snobbery comes from middle-aged and elderly men looking for some sort of validation for their choices.
you know those batteries can be stripped down and repaired, usually the faults are broken connections or a knackered small component that costs cents to repair
They could also just be below the normal threshold for charging too. Lithium batteries have charge protection so if the voltage drops below a certain amount (by sitting for long periods, especially in the cold) the charger thinks they’re defective. Chances are most of his batteries are good, they just need to be “jump started”. I usually take a charged battery with two wires clipped to the +\- and hold it on the “dead” battery for a couple seconds. It gives the batteries just enough to fool the charger into thinking it’s ok.
That is cool you give them away to viewers or customers...I am new here so that is just awesome to see someone do that for their audience on youtube.. where it isnt just one item only given away. Thanks for the content am enjoying it!!! be well and much love and respect.
I worked at the returns desk at Lowe's for a while. People were constantly buying tools (lawn mowers were a common one), using them, then returning them because "they didn't work."
well, they work badly is why they get returned, and they found a better one on-sale for less.
11:37 The Hart reciprocating saw… the preferred tool of catalytic converter thieves 😂
We’ve seen this. More than once. Do you still do woodworking projects on this channel?
@JohnMalecki you should see if lee valley offers return pallets. They sell high quality stuff so depending how much a pallet would cost, you’ll definitely get quality items in it
Oh John the way you said 'watch you stand in the background & have a good time with yourself' 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve taken batteries apart and used a “repair” type AGM/Lithium charger to bring them back to life. Have to hook them up directly on the battery. Fresh from the store they are sometimes so drained they won’t even take a charge. Most of those batteries could probably be saved.
I enjoy hart tool's, if the kids borrow them I'm not disappointed when they don't come back.
I am because when they need one next time then they'll want to borrow my good ones...lol
I have that first kit you found. Honestly its decent for the price flashlight is bright af circ saw works well impact driver has done a good bit around the house sander works well havent used the drill yet
Great video as always.I have alot of hart tools and like them alot for the price.I use them around the house for projects as well as at work as a flooring installer.I have beat them up pretty well and havent had any problems with any of it this far.I recommend them myself,but to each his own.
Love the content John. You are a great inspiration, reminding me that despite only having 2 functioning braincells that are continuously fighting each other I can still become a woodworker.
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I saw a decent computer water cooler in there! That's pretty cool. I didn't even know walmart sold those
Haart batteries are super easy to fix, unscrew them pop out the pack assembly and check each cell. If all are equal charge up with a 24V adapter through a brake light bulb till you get 3.4V or better per cell. Next reassemble and apply the 24V to the + and - output terminals briefly. Finally pop in the charger and charge the rest of the way. The batteries should not be stored in the tool if not used for a while as it will make them over discharge. ❤
So, you no longer put out serious build videos?
Guess it's time to unsubscribe.
You use to be enjoyable to watch.
I’m new to woodworking and diy and I really like hart. It’s cheap but gets the jobs I need done
Thank you for your feedback!
I really would like to get a tire inflator. That looked like a nice one. Great video 😉 👍🏼
My Wilson racket has served me very well over the years. I use it to swat at wood bees on my porch...now they go away when I pick it up...
John stopping by the shop one day would be sweet. I wanted that pallet coffee table just so I could come meet the crew. Lol. I work for the rail road so if I come that way I'll for sure be stopping in. I love that u allow it.
Any time you want to unload any of those extra "First tool set vibe Ryobis" you just let me know. Particularly the new brushless line. Head-to-head they're competing quite nicely with the red and yellow tools you're paying 3x as much for.
Ahhhhh. Love hearing that Pittsburghese. Reminds me of home! Go Stillers!
batteries might still be good! it could be the control circuit or just a single cell that went bad preventing the battery from being used. if you can open them up and take out the 18650s they can be used in other projects. handle them with care tho.
There are services that get at risk folks setup for their first apartments. Kitchen supplies, linens etc. these drills and wireless speakers would be great for getting someone one setup for self reliance.
It's still crap but it's definitively not the worst return pallet you've buy 😆
Shoot the poop looks awesome...
Lou might be the most unintentional funny person I’ve ever seen. Everything he did and said cracked me up!
God I need that booster and air pump I have awful luck with flats my jeep and car both have a flat right now its crazy love this video fun to watch
That clip from Jimmy Dickens auctioneering, 🤣 fits perfectly
Dang I could use a drill/driver set for my camper…may have to go buy a shirt!
John you gotta do an Amazon one. If you fancy flinging one those kits over the other side the pond a can totally take one off your hands. Recip saw is something a could deffo use as pallet buater. Just got keys to my first proper shop trying kit it out. On that note got table saw 10" planer small power tools need no what next to get. Tracksaw or bandsaw going into chopping boards live edge tables and pallet work?? Your thoughts please!👍🏴
Use the drills to power a diy go kart/ electric vehicle (I've seen people do with drills. The motors have decent torque for the size and the removable/swappable batteries take care of some of the most complicated/possibly dangerous part of electric vehicles with the battery charging and management.
*Edit as I just finished video, of the tools work, you can buy individual batteries (also, the batteries might work but the charger doesn't, happens sometimes)
You can use any power source to use the tools for electric vehicle. Or if you want to keep a few around to abuse, they make adapters that will take one brand of battery to a different brand. As the power is the same, the capacity and connectors are different. Just use the batteries charger not the tools.
Ie: I made an adapter to use my Ridgid batteries with a few tools I bought of Ryobi tools that I didn't need as much but didn't buy the Ryobi batteries. I use the Ridgid charger to manage charge etc. The tools don't know the difference with power. (I also made an adapter to be able to plug a tool in instead of use a battery. Let's me use a tool that is always used in the same place without worrying about batteries. Also can be used if a battery does and you're almost done. Plus I just like to tinker and make things work the way I want to. Because I can.)
You can use all those tools to do a lot of practice on basic tasks, like charging the cells they come with. You can then call the process of completing those tasks "battery drills".
Thank you for doing this so I know not too. It would be fun to see the mystery box but if you're just looking for tool deals there's better ways to get them
I heared that Hart tools are actually build on older generation Milwaukee plans that the company bought. Only i would guess that they probably cheap out on the components quality.
So for what i hear, they are not complete crap, just not up to date with the newest quality tools technology, and they won't resist long in an industrial daily challenge, but are totally fine for the occasionnel homeowner use.
I miss the build videos lol these are still fun to watch
These are so much fun to watch. 😁👍🏻
That CAT excavator most certainly counts! 😂
Love the video. You guys make opening boxes funny somehow. 😂
I would love the computer All in one liquid cooler that has the RGB lights. And any computer accessories. 😬 Keep up the great work!
I have a couple of Hart cordless tools and they do ok for around the house kind of work.
I have a hart brushless 1/2" impact, brushless drill, and brushless impact driver and four 2ah batteries i got for $150 when my local Walmart was shutting down, they're pretty good for the price, i completely stripped an old 4runner with the 1/2"
for the bad batteries you maybe able to contact hart and they may replace them by the serial numbers. it's worth a try.
loe your videos man and you have inspired me to start woodworking
I’m that homeowner that bought his first tools at Walmart. Got the drill/driver, recip, flashlight and a weed eater that all run off that 12v. Not the greatest, but they do what they need too. I’m doing basic repairs, not building houses. I will say that in the weed eater that battery overheats pretty quick when under constant load.
I would love to get IO radiator and the nighthawk router. What was the model numbers for them?
Trying jumping the batteries with another one and see if they take a charge after + to + - to - on a good battery of the same voltage works on other brands
try the old jump start trick to get to voltage up enough to charge.
Hey John , I’d really be interested in seeing you make a subwoofer box and using your craftsmanship skills to execute something like that.
Hi john love this channel always get a laugh out of all you guys. Maybe you could make a table out of all the drills.
Yinz. get it right lol
Love the Letterkenny insert!
I already have drills but can I please get the sander and the big speaker, they will be out to very very good use
Man I was drooling over the impacts. I could use one to work on my old chainsaws and such. I did get a Bauer from harbor freight so we will see how it does!
Those tools look familiar, when my store first got its line of drills under a different brand name, we got ALOT back, because people were using the lithium batteries to power random crap, and they would get drained below the safety cutoff voltage and no longer be able to be charged.
if you don't mind extreme sketchyness with a side of possible flames and explosion, you can take a good battery, with some wires with blade terminals on them, connect the + of a good battery to a + of a bad battery and - good to - bad aswell for a few minutes, the quickly disconnect and slap in a charger and it will bring the bad batteries back to life.
do it outside, with safety gear on and a stainless bucket nearby(and a C02 or powder fire safety thingy with ya)
Checked out the shirts after the video. Love the designs and got myself one 👍🏻
I have two Hart tools. The two speed drill and the pact driver. They work pretty good for me.
We appreciate your feedback, what projects are you working on with your HART tools?
OMG, I wish I could be so lucky. I’ve been slowly trying to buy some tools and you get more in one box then I have all together. LOL! I wish I lived closer.
i could definitely use that aio cooler
I will take the Donnie Platt set haha, wanted to switch to all Ryobi but will take a shot on the Donnie Platt one of a kind set!
Love this for the Letterkenny reference!!!!
We like our Hart drill. Works great for putting our IKEA furniture together.
When those batteries run below a certain level they can't be charged anymore I think. It happens with Makita tools. They can be kick started again but it requiers some tinkering.
I would LOVE the jumper pack for the car battery if you're looking to get rid of it... ;)
Yo that Casey Jones and April O’Neill NECA action figure set is definitely worth hanging onto.
This was a cool change up, great tools wish I could afford a pallet for myself lol
have u tried to put the batterys that do work on the other ones?? most of the times when the batterys fit you can use them.
Hilarious! I’ll take a Hart tools set bag to keep in my truck! I like the Dallas kicker clip!
Hilarious video my guy! If that Nighthawk router works I'd be happy to take it off your hands LOL. Much love, much respect.
Seems to me we have the start of a beautiful Drills in Resin worktable!
How do you decide who gets stuff. I could rebuild the batteries and get them working
You should build a jig that fits all the drills, and put holes in boards for like closet build
just bought a home but needs a lot of work I'm wondering if i should buy the hart kit ?
One thing I know people do it buy a new cordless drill, to swap the battery out with a dead one on the one they already have. Then return the drill. The store employees will usually look inside to ensure everything is there as well as making sure the product isn't an old broke one. But seldom do they look at the batteries.
If u take a good battery u can jump the bad ones, we had the same problem with Dewalt battery's, they will work if u jump them
Awesome I really need tool now!!! the combo multi tool should be cool
Had the same problem with my warrior drill from harbor freight. Just jump the battery with a paper clip or scissors.
Donnie Platt definitely brought those tools to a site and go flamed so hard he had to return them and buy a respected brand lmao also I love the letterkenny references
Did you try doing the battery jump trick where you connect two batteries together?
I think a good thing to do with these pallet tool's is either A.) make a charity that gives them to schools to teach shop classes. Or B.) auction them on your website and take the money that you get to refurbish a local schools workshop classes.
Either way the tools go to ppl who need them and the school gets helped out. Tons of ppl who benefit for the initial purchase you made.
All of those batteries are still good, there is a protection circuit on the charger that won’t let them charge a completely discharged battery. Take a 9 volt battery put 2 small jumpers to the positive and negative on the drill batteries let them sit 10 min and all will charge agin just like new
Just a FYI those "BAD" batteries are likely just discharged too far for the charger to allow charging. They can be recovered by poping the cover and charging them to ~12v with a power supply (I do this all the time to recover batteries). At that point the charger will charge them. It appears that proper voltage cutoff was not done on one or more of the tools or there is a drain in the design somewhere. I would be interested in buying them from you if you don't want to go through the trouble. Better than sending them to a landfill.