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Well the time has come for me to get a new cordless drill. Don't ask why, I'll just tell you that a 25 foot drop was involved...
Anyway, I'm trying to get educated on the different battery types. Is there anybody around there that can list the pro/cons of each type listed in the title? Any help would be much appreciated.
Well the time has come for me to get a new cordless drill. Don't ask why, I'll just tell you that a 25 foot drop was involved...
Anyway, I'm trying to get educated on the different battery types. Is there anybody around there that can list the pro/cons of each type listed in the title? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Both will do the same work!!!!
If same both will drill as long as the other.
However the lith will recharge at least 20 times more and 1/2 or partial changing does nothing negative.
Makita makes a nice one!
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How about this Q in reguard to the batteries.. Can you run a 18 Volt drill with a 14 volt battery and vice versa assuming they plug into one another appropriately?
The main advantage to Li technology as Roofeditor said is the overall life of the batteries. Also, Li batteries can be lighter and smaller than their Ni-Cd counterparts. If I were to buy a new Li powered drill I'd go with the new DeWalt stuff, it has superior life and some patented technology developed at MIT that the others don't have. You want to do some research on the issue as I've been hearing some bad things about Li powered (Makita) tools used in cold climates. Also, Lithium tools are kind of a pain when the battery gets discharged, they just stop and don't provide the gradual loss of power that a Ni-Cd powered tool will, it's more efficient but still a pain. Another advantage of the Li batteries is that they don't "self-discharge" like a Ni-Cd will in extended non-use.
I would wait until more of the 18v nano dewalt batteries are out being used before buying. If it where me spending over $350 on a drill, I would want some feed back. If that platform is anything like the 36v it is not all that great, especially the hammer drill. Just from my own experiance with the two their 18v XRP had more power. Thats not to say all the 36v tools were bad, the circ saw and impact wrench work awesome.
Personally I have the 18v Li Makita 6 pc. combo and I have been very happy with it, and they get alot of use.
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Li ion are lighter and don't self discharge as much. However, 18V is the same no matter the power source. The bad part about Li ion is that they lose capacity from MANUFACTURE date, not the date of 1st use on the order of about 10% per year. And as stated they have cold weather problems. I tried to use my Bosch last winter(it is kept in my truck) and I had to bring it into the house to warm it up. After it warmed up it was fine in the cold weather. If you store in a garage that isn't heated yuo'll need to bring them in for a while to warm up before use. I bought my Bosch 10.8V Impactor last summer and have had to charge it 1 time and I use it quite a bit.
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Panasonic makes a really nice drill/impact driver. I love that thing. New it runs around 300 but I managed to get mine new on ebay for 175. Makes taking out extremely tight screws like they're not even their. For tightening it's same story.
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