Rippa R22 PRO: 88.4hrs of HARD USE - How has it held up? My buddy Neil let me check it out!

I purchased this machine in December 2023 for making a YouTube Video. I was setting sail shortly thereafter and didn’t want it sitting around in my yard, so I decided to list it for sale, and Neil ended up buying it off of me. I am NOT a Rippa dealer, but the machine was still basically new, so I figured it should give Neil no problems and make him money for years to come. Well here we are, January of 2026, and after 88.4 Hours of hard commercial use, I finally get a chance to give the machine a walk around and see what has held up, what hasn’t held up, and more importantly, give you the opportunity to see it all for yourself. I spoke with Neil at length about the issues he’s had, and he told me that he isn’t interested in pursuing any warranty claims with the machine. Overall he’s not really happy with it, and his goal is so sell the machine after he fixes a couple things in order to purchase a unit from another manufacturer. He has some buyers remorse, but he figures it did what he needed it to do and if he breaks even with it he will be happy.