Ryobi RSH2445B Questions & Answers
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How do you change the blades on RSH2445B easily.
It's in the instruction manual (sort of - diagrams instead of words)
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You have to reach past the hood and fiddle around to get at the blades. The older model was much easier to change.
Where in Auckland NZ can i get new blades as mine are blunt. What cost and are they easily fitted?
Bunnings have them in Australia. Not sure if you have Bunnings in NZ. Needs an alan key type device to undo bolts and difficult because disc spins. I ended up taking entire internal disc out but couldn’t unbolt as fused.
Is there an attachment for this shredder that will allow me to feed leaves into it?
There must be an electrical service centre somewhere in Melbourne that repairs or even quotes on electrical garden products. These products are becoming more popular due to smaller domestic yards and the inconvenience of mixing, buying and storing fuel.
Some weeks ago I submitted an issue. No response however let’s have another shot at it. Stopped. No power. Been a good unit although does block up often. But where can I take it for assessment, quote etc. Or is there anybody out there had similar issues. My unit is about 2 years old. Bruce.
Can we assume you have pressed the overload "reset switch"? If you have and its out of warranty, take it to a local mower repair place. Cheers.
I have this shredder and have to unblock it frequently do to sticks clogging in the roller. Do I need to replace the blades? Also the nut in the middle of blades becomes loose.
I removed the roller, although not recommended by the manufacture due to safety issues, but it did help. It does not like all green mulching !!! Have to mix a bit of dry with the green cuttings
I did the same as Peabody. No safety issues unless you shove your arm up there whilst it’s on..... the roller is plastic and pulls out easily. Blades are reversible,
I removed the roller and threw it in the bin and the machine works fine, you still have to unclogg it every hour or so though. Never had an issue with the bolt.
I have to agree with all the other poor reports on this product. Tried various bits of plant life thru the machine both dry and new cut it just does not like shredding. Has experience with a similar model Borsch in the Uk and was far better actually far far better. Come on Rybinsk this is crap take them of the shelves they are not doing your reputation any good.
Bunnings has suggested this Ryobi shredder (RSH2445B) rather than the RSH2445T model for our needs, particularly as the cutting mechanism will cut leaves rather then just squash them.
Most of the reviews of this model are not encouraging and I am also concerned about the feeding shute/method (of both models) as it seems very small and that it would take a long time to feed smallish material into it.
I prefer to buy an electric machine rather than a petrol driven one.
So my questions are:
1. Does it cut leafy material and not just mangle/squash it?
2. Does it cut twigs into smaller pieces?
3. Is it painfully slow to feed in smaller material (rather than a longish branch type piece)?
Don't waste your time and money with these shredders, you'll just end up frustrated and out of pocket. The mechanisms simply do not handle leafy material and continually jam. Twigs are ok but it is so slow that you you try to put larger pieces in which then jams the blades. You'll spend more time pulling it apart to clear jams and blockages than you will actually shredding. I ended up biting the bullet and getting a large petrol shredder and haven't regretted it. Hope this helps!!
Awesome bit of kit. I've just purchased this little rippa and first thing I did was remove the plastic bar with the 5 discs in the discharge chute to the catch bin, now I've just had this beast running for 8 hrs straight ( that's right all you haters - 8 hrs) feeding any and everything that will fit into the feed chutes, including and up to it stated 45mm diameter solid wood, and has mot missed a beat. Do your self a favour...... go out and buy it
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