Lousy DeWalt 20V Max battery!!

[Pablo]

It runs ok, but only charges to two lights. Drives the drill, saw and even my fan for a good while. Piece of junk!!



I mean it’s only been in hard use since 2011.What the heck??

 

[UncleDave]

That sounds like a great value which I love to hear.

Im morbidly curious.....Any way to tell how many cycles are on it ? It could theoretically be more or less of a value depending on what we learn about it.

I dont know dewalt super well, but do you know what the configs is? Is it a power stack deal?



On the Makita end The 18 V stuff can be read by a tool that gives you cycles, temps, and each individual cells status.
The 40V stuff tracks what amount of time and what tool they were used on, and I think max temp on each.

 

[Zee09]

I got like 4 months out of a 40V Ryobi....really junk...refuses to charge

 

[Nukeman7]

I mean it’s only been in hard use since 2011.What the heck??

That sounds like a great value which I love to hear.

Im morbidly curious.....Any way to tell how many cycles are on it ? It could theoretically be more or less of a value depending on what we learn about it.

I dont know dewalt super well, but do you know what the configs is? Is it a power stack deal?

Pablo's battery been in service since 2011, I think the DeWalt power stack batteries came out ~2022.

I have a 5 AH DeWalt MAX 20V battery that still holds full charge after 12 years of regular use. I'm convinced DeWalt's rechargeable battery technology is world class.

 

[UncleDave]

Pablo's battery been in service since 2011, I think the DeWalt power stack batteries came out ~2022.

I have a 5 AH DeWalt MAX 20V battery that still holds full charge after 12 years of regular use. I'm convinced DeWalt's rechargeable battery technology is world class.

I saw that pablos battery has been in service since 2011.

Thanks, got it on stack age. Pablos is filled with cyclindricals of some make-up.

I would agree that DeWalts battery tech seems to be competitive.

I'm unsure what the metrics of "world class" are though when one builds in all the variables.

Curious does anyone do a comprehensive battery comparison ?

 

[UncleDave]

I got like 4 months out of a 40V Ryobi....really junk...refuses to charge

Bummer.
They taking care of you?

 

[4WD]

I mean it’s only been in hard use since 2011.What the heck??

2010 batteries were the GOAT …

 

[Zee09]

Bummer.
They taking care of you?

No, they gave me the run around.
Had good luck going to Greenwerks.

 

[AKhan87]

I have had Milwaukee batteries since 2013/14 and after 115+ engine rebuilds and countless suspension work, they still work flawlessly to this day.

one-time a battery case/cover broke because like an idiot, I kept on trying to loosen a rusty bolt (which should have been heated) and after years of abuse, it broke the cover/case but the actual battery worked fine. Note: the rusty bolt didn't break but did come off after heating it.

 

[Pablo]

All the whining about batteries I have generally been pleased with all mine

 

[John105]

I’m still using some from 2016 and purchased on eBay. Likely counterfeit but can’t tell.

 

[John105]

All the whining about batteries I have generally please with all mine

It’s another one of those things where on a YouTube channel it creates controversy then gets likes and hits and subscribes. And in the end doesn’t matter too much.

 

[Delta]

I had the DeWalt 18v for the longest time. Couple years ago my XRP batteries finally crapped out and with no legit replacement I had to buy some new tools. I could have gotten the goofy adapters, but we have a couple of those at work and I hate it.

I conceded and went with Milwaukee

 

[zzyzzx]

I'm adding all of these stories to my long list of reasons to only use corded tools.

 

[Pablo]

I'm adding all of these stories to my long list of reasons to only use corded tools.

What stories?

 

[wavinwayne]

It runs ok, but only charges to two lights. Drives the drill, saw and even my fan for a good while. Piece of junk!!

I mean it’s only been in hard use since 2011.What the heck??

Very impressive!! /Project Farm voice...

We have Dewalt power tools where I work that were purchased when the program started 11 years ago. A few of the several dozen batteries have died, but all the others are still going strong. These tools are used 5 days a week by former Marines in a production environment, and they've held up very well.

 

[Pablo]

That sounds like a great value which I love to hear.

Im morbidly curious.....Any way to tell how many cycles are on it ? It could theoretically be more or less of a value depending on what we learn about it.

I dont know dewalt super well, but do you know what the configs is? Is it a power stack deal?



On the Makita end The 18 V stuff can be read by a tool that gives you cycles, temps, and each individual cells status.
The 40V stuff tracks what amount of time and what tool they were used on, and I think max temp on each.

A lot of cycles. Built a lot of stuffs over the years! Old school didn’t track cycles but that is pretty cool. In fact pretty much only use the DeWalt 20V for saws, and my wrists have whimped down to Milwaukee 12 driver drills, those 20V cause wrist torque pain.

 

[Pablo]

Very impressive!! /Project Farm voice...

The funny thing - this is exactly how I read/heard it!!