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Posted by Rebel Rouser on November 3, 2007, 9:02 am
I have no prob with sears cordless tools for homeowner use, if you use
them according to the way they were designed.
But the battery pacs just plain SUCK.
They want hold a charge long, just give up the ship to easy. What brand
of cordless tools has a good battery pac for homeowner use?
thanks
mike lane
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Posted by Art Todesco on November 3, 2007, 9:34 am
Rebel Rouser wrote:
> I have no prob with sears cordless tools for homeowner use, if you use
> them according to the way they were designed.
> But the battery pacs just plain SUCK.
> They want hold a charge long, just give up the ship to easy. What brand
> of cordless tools has a good battery pac for homeowner use?
>
> thanks
My son has a Sears cordless set,
circular saw, recip saw, drill and light
and
this doesn't seem to happen. Sears uses
different voltages that other don't
seem to use, like 19.2 ... I think
that's what his is. He likes his set
very much.
I like the 6 1/2" circular saw ... very
quiet and powerful. BTW, I have a DeWalt
18V circular saw, recip saw and
fluorescent light. I've had the
circular saw
for about 8 years now. I think I like
the Sears circular saw even a little bit
more,
especially because it uses standard 6
1/2" blades and it seems to run very
smooth. My original DeWalt battery,
when fully charged, will still
work, however, not quite as good as the
new batteries I bought when I
bought the recip saw and light, about 1
1/2 years ago. Also, the old battery
will not hold the charge for more that a
week or so of non-use. Maybe you
just have a bad battery. I recently
bought a small cordless screwdriver for\
taking things apart and its battery was
just plain junk although I haven't replaced
it yet.
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Posted by aemeijers on November 3, 2007, 9:39 am
Rebel Rouser wrote:
> I have no prob with sears cordless tools for homeowner use, if you use
> them according to the way they were designed.
> But the battery pacs just plain SUCK.
> They want hold a charge long, just give up the ship to easy. What brand
> of cordless tools has a good battery pac for homeowner use?
>
I'm not sure there is one, once the tool is six months or a year old.
'Rechargeable' and 'occasional use' are two things hard to build into
the same tool. It is a lot better than it used to be, but even with
modern batteries, not deep-cycling the tool on a regular basis tends to
lead to degraded performance and short battery life. Cordless tools are
great if you are doing production or making a living with them- the cost
of new batteries or a new tool every 'X' hundred charging cycles is
more than offset by the time savings in not dragging cords around. But
for a tool that gets used in spurts, and then not touched for a month,
not so much. I see lots and lots of 2-3 year old rechargeable stuff at
garage sales and auctions, still shiny, with crapped out batteries. New
packs are either unavailable, or cost almost as much as a new tool.
Other than maybe stuff on deep discount on the remainder table, I don't
plan to buy any more rechargeable tools. I drive a desk for a living
now, so the work I do is so occasional that stringing a cord is not a
major burden.
aem sends...
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Posted by DerbyDad03 on November 3, 2007, 10:21 am
On Nov 3, 9:02 am, bbmcl...@webtv.net (Rebel Rouser) wrote:
> I have no prob with sears cordless tools for homeowner use, if you use
> them according to the way they were designed.
> But the battery pacs just plain SUCK.
> They want hold a charge long, just give up the ship to easy. What brand
> of cordless tools has a good battery pac for homeowner use?
>
> thanks
> mike lane
re: ...a good battery pac for homeowner use
I guess it depends on your definition of "homeowner use".
I own a home, thus I'm a homeowner. I've used my cordless tools to
install my own windows, remodel my own bathrooms, build 2 decks, hang
a couple of hundred feet of fence, etc.
Other homeowners may drill one hole year to hang a picture. For that
type of homeowner use, a cordless tool with a short-life battery is
fine. For my type of homeowner use, that won't do.
Search this group as well as rec.woodworking for terms like cordless
drills and cordless tools. Your question has been raised numerous
times and the opinions vary widely.
Myself, I'm a big fan of DeWalt tools, both corded and cordless.
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on November 3, 2007, 11:00 am
Batteries are the weak point of off cordless tools. They don't last
forever and they are expensive. If you leave them for a long time without
charging them, that does hurt the battery.
Replacement batteries are available and often you can get a better
battery for less by going to a battery supply house rather than to the
original manufacturer brand.
Many times it is cheaper to buy a new tool that comes with the battery
than to replace just the battery, especially with the homeowner lines.
> I have no prob with sears cordless tools for homeowner use, if you use
> them according to the way they were designed.
> But the battery pacs just plain SUCK.
> They want hold a charge long, just give up the ship to easy. What brand
> of cordless tools has a good battery pac for homeowner use?
>
> thanks
> mike lane
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Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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