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Ridgid is the brandname of the Ridge Tool Company of Elyria, Ohio. Founded in the 1920s as a manufacturer of professional plumbing and HVAC tools, it has branched out into more general-purpose hand tools and power tools. It is now a division of Emerson Electric Company. The vast majority of Ridgid products, notably including some power tools and wet dry vacuums, carry a lifetime warranty which covers everything except normal consumables (oil, drain cables and cutters, filters, cutting dies, filters) and normal wear and tear.
Specialties
- automatic-chuck pipe threading machines.
- Ridgid SeeSnake video sewer and drain inspection systems.
- Ridgid SeekTech utilities locators.
Hand tools
- pipe wrenches, including premium lightweight aluminum models and Ridgid RapidGrip spring-loaded self-adjusting pipe wrenches.
- manual pipe threaders.
- manual tubing cutters.
- manual drum augers ("hand spinners") from Ridgid/Kollman.
- basin wrenches and other plumbing speciality tools.
- broad range of hand tools (recent).
Power tools
- pipe threaders.
- drum augers and other powered drain snakes.
- utility pumps.
- wet/dry vacuum cleaners (recent).
- common power tools (saws, drills, etc.) (recent).
- air compressors and air tools (recent).
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