A workshop full of cordless energy instruments can be a workshop full of battery chargers gobbling up retailers and energy strips. Ryobi’s new USB Lithium cordless power tool system trades proprietary chargers for USB-C ports on the battery themselves, permitting them to share the chargers your cellphone, pill, and laptop computer use.

The 4V, 2.0Ah lithium-ion batteries characteristic a built-in LED so every one reviews their charging standing whereas plugged right into a USB-C cable. The batteries can’t be used to cost a cell machine by way of that USB-C port nor do they supply sufficient kick to energy cordless instruments you’d use on bigger building or carpentry initiatives however are as an alternative designed to energy a brand new line of instruments geared in the direction of house upkeep or craft and passion initiatives.

The $20 batteries are designed to energy a brand new $60 Dremel-like rotary tool delivering 5,000 to 25,000 RPM, a $70 power carver that appears like a rotary instrument however as an alternative makes use of chisel-shaped instrument heads that transfer forwards and backwards with a millimeter of journey 14,000 occasions per minute that promise to essentially step up your whittling sport. Those are joined by a $60 power cutter with a self-sharpening blade that appears like an upgraded model of these cutters designed to simply tear open plastic blister packaging, however can deal with varied skinny supplies together with cardboard, carpeting, rubber, and leather-based. And lastly, there’s a cordless powered screwdriver known as the Twist Driver that includes a mid-handle pivot that converts it from an inline to an angle driver.

There are at the moment no particulars on run occasions, cost occasions, or when the brand new USB Lithium will probably be accessible, however they’re anticipated to reach someday this spring, and can solely be accessible at Home Depot’s brick-and-mortar shops in addition to by way of the corporate’s web site. The instruments and the batteries additionally don’t seem to incorporate USB chargers, however after years of smartphone possession, you may most likely discover just a few of these floating round a drawer someplace.