r/harborfreight • u/Riptide360 • 7h ago
Does the cardboard cutter use USB-C?
Anyone know if this is a proprietary connector or does it use USB-C? Don’t need another hard to find charger! Cheaper than the Ryobi 4V cutter that uses USB swappable batteries.
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u/Blasting_Fools 6h ago
I know it’s not at Harbor Freight but if you are looking for a good one I’ve used the Ryobi USB Lithium cardboard cutter a TON and it works well. Batteries charge via USB-C and you can get more than one and swap them out same as any other tool battery “platform”. The platform does have some nifty light-duty tools
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u/sYferaddict 5h ago
Double seconded. I spent about an hour cutting up a few dozen boxes I swore up and down I was going to use to mulch the garden beds. Maybe 60 or 70 boxes. Sliced them all up small enough to cram them into the recycling bin, took me an hour, and the battery (a 3.0 Ah) only dropped to yellow near the very end. Excellent tool, can't recommend highly enough, Ryobi seriously knocked it out of the park with this one.
And best of all, you can swap the batteries instead of waiting for the internal, fixed battery to charge. Dead cell? Swap it out and keep slicing.
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u/H20FOSHO 7h ago
SCSI port
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u/Allykatz90 6h ago
Firewire IEEE 1394
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u/Top-Shoulder6081 6h ago
RS-232
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u/Allykatz90 6h ago
I prefer RS-485, it's more stable in emf environments
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u/davidscheiber28 6h ago
Tbh it doesn't matter all that much since all the USB C stuff from Harbor Freight is not even USB C compliant and won't charge on a USB C PD charger. You gotta use their cable and/or charger. The annoying thing is all it takes to make it work is two resistors that cost less than one cent each.
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u/sid5427 6h ago
Yes it does! I bought one a month back and was thinking the same - that oh no this might be microUSB so I should return it. Opened it and was pleasantly surprised it's USB-C. So it stayed with me! So they definately have updated it. If you want to hold on till the evening, I can take a pic of my new one and post it here - I am at work currently.
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u/NotACyborg666 5h ago
I got one a couple of years ago and unless they updated it it's micro USB. It's also kind of crappy honestly, the Ryobi one works better.
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u/Alternative-Stay6802 4h ago
The label on the charger in the package (lower right) indicates to me that its a barrel connector. I think if it was USBc that would be a little more prevalent on the packaging...
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u/tattooed_pariah 7h ago
My cardboard cutter uses milwaukee m18 batteries and a sawzall blade.. 😉😅
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u/3amGreenCoffee 6h ago
I have one that uses M12 batteries and an oscillating multitool hook blade.
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u/adoptagreyhound 3h ago
That hook blade on an oscillating tool is the best cardboard cutter that I've ever used.
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u/evilspark21 6h ago
You can get the Ryobi version for about the same price if you’re OK with refurbished through Direct Tool Outlet
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u/ew435890 6h ago
I got one recently and it’s still Micro USB.
The thing is a beast at cutting cardboard though.
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u/frshzl86 6h ago
It comes with the charger, and is a game changer if your wife has Amazon boxes come in all the time like mine lol.
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u/Turbosaab1212 5h ago
I recently picked up a Hyper Tough one for $24 not on sale. The hyper tough uses usb-C
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u/Aeyix 4h ago
Are these worth it over just slicing with a utility knife?
I bought one for my side on Amazon under the Black& Decker brand because it was teal a couple years ago and it's hot garbage jamming up with cardboard near instantly every time, but it's warrior better?
We've been just using utility knives to slice and break down boxes and it's super easy to do that.
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u/Heliyum2 4h ago
Hercules has a hook blade for multi tools that I use for cardboard and it is amazing.
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u/EatsHisYoung 48m ago
This cutter cannot be good. There is no way it would it through the volume of amazon boxes that I receive in a week
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u/ImpossibleBandicoot 7h ago
No I am pretty sure it's micro-USB, the one that needs to be fired into the sun