When you are out on a jobsite doing a small renovation, installing a kitchen or running a little bit of trim, hauling in a compressor and dragging around an air hose can be kind of a hassle. The new generation of cordless nailers are making the portable compressor less and less necessary, and in my opinion, that is a great thing. The one thing I do miss about not carrying a compressor on to small projects is having the air blower handy. I really love being able to blow dust off of whatever I’m working on. It’s also nice to be able to take an “air shower” instead of jumping back in the truck all covered with dust! More and more power tool companies are now adding cordless blowers to their lineups. In most cases, they are sized to serve as a sort of a hybrid combination of a cordless leaf blower and something designed to clean up a jobsite. Ridgid has added an extremely compact but powerful blower to its 18V GEN5X cordless line of tools, and it’s much more suited to the jobsite than some of the larger yard/job hybrids. The size and design are unique, and it has some really nice features. Ridgid sent us one to review, so here we go! Read More