They do nothing a 1000 dollar kimber or a rem 700 dont do at a 1/3 the price. I dont buy a 3000 dollar 1911 or bolt gun. but again your looking at dewalt money levels and id rather my cheap throw aways that will probably stil be working when the batterys die of old age and take the differnce in cost and buy me a gun. My son in law uses them and is a deisel mechanic and said thats what they buy at work. Now if someone wanted to gift me a set id take a set of the new milwaukee fuel tools. Its all i need and when it craps out ill toss it in the garbage and buy a newer set with new batterys and not worry about finding a discontinued one. At most i need to drill a hole a couple times a month or cut a couple 2x4s or build a deer blind in the woods. i bought the whole black and decker set with two batterys a saws all and circ saw (20 vt) for 99 bucks at menards.Īre they as good as the dewalts? HECK NO. coudnt find them anywhere for a while and someone gave me a link to them. I tried to get a replacent battery for my milwaukee because one died. A milwaukee 18 vt lithium older set (that actually put the dewalts to shame in power) and a cheap black and decker set. Ive got two power tool sets (well three now) A dewalt set with the heavy old 18 vt batterys that are getting tired. Saw with charger and battery was 500 bucks. Same thing but not quite so bad with my stihl battery chain saw. So figure 30 bucks for a charger and your paying 50 bucks for the actual too. Price was 200 bucks with battery and charger. I just bought a kobalt battery snow blower for the deck. You need the yellow DC9310 or DC9320 charger, not the older black ones that only do Ni-Cads.īatterys are the biggest cost in those tool sets. You do have to make sure you have a charger that will charge lithium ion batteries. They come on and off the tool like any other battery. They also don't self-discharge or have a memory like Ni-Cads. They work much better and last much longer than the old Ni-Cads. I've found these to be the best solution. Third, you can also get 18v battery packs that are made from lithium ion cells, although they are all Chinese aftermarket, not DeWalt brand. Third, you have to buy the 20v batteries, as well as the appropriate charger. Second, the adapters are made slightly different from the battery pack, and they are a huge PITA to put on or take off the tool. First, the battery will discharge if left in the adapter. Good, but 2 problems (noted in extensive reviews I have written about them on Amazon). Second, you can order adapters that will let you use the new 20v lithium ion batteries with the old 18v DeWalt tools. Or, as mentioned by other posters, you can find a place to send them out, and they will solder in the new cells for you. If you're handy with a soldering iron and understand basic series and parallel wiring, you can order relatively inexpensive new cells, solder them together, and you have a new battery pack, at a much lower cost. Don't do that! If you open them up, they all have a bunch of AA-like cells inside, all soldered together to make the amps & volts needed. I used to throw them away when they would not charge or hold a charge any more. Their old NiCad batteries and new LI batteries have the same voltage and packaging and will work on old tools or new tools.įirst, I used to think all these rechargeable battery packs (of all brands) were a special battery for that tool. That's one reason all my newer tools are Ryobi. This is to force customers to upgrade tools or keep buying the high-priced, low-performance, low-life NiCads. I have a lot of 18v DeWalt and other brand cordless tools, so I have plenty of experience with dealing with the batteries.ĭeWalt screwed its customers by going 18v to 20v and changing the packaging.
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