gasket999
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Hi folks.
The time has come to replace my old range of cordless power tools. They're mis-matched and a lot of them are still ni-cad.
I'm going to move to a common-battery family and the choice had my head spinning. In the end, I've chosen Dewalt XR, primarily the brushless-motor type tools.
I'm starting with the tools I use most frequently: combi drill and a hex-drive impact driver which will be followed fairly swiftly by a 1/2"Dr impract wrench. After that I'll be replacing my corded oscillating multi-tool and my mini circular saw. I'm also interested in a cordless lawnmower (I have three small patches of grass that all mean dragging the lawnmower through the garage).
I'm looking for a bit of advice on batteries. My better existing tools are 3.0AH so I'm not looking for anythign smaller than that.
The place (FFX) I'm probably buying the starter pack from (drill, hex impact driver, charger and 2x batteries) offers all manner of packages in all battery sizes. The prices are:
3.0AH £199, 4.0AH £249, 5.0AH £284. Though of course I'll shop around for better prices before buying.
Does anyone have any experience about the differences? While the 5AH is much more expensive I'd be less likely to need a 3rd or 4th spare as I'd think at that capacity most jobs I do could be done on a single charge.
Alternatively, I could get a smaller size, but I'd probably need to buy spares to have on standby. So there won't be a massive amount in it cost wise - basically I can have 2x 5ah batteries or 3x 4ah batteries or 4x 3ah batteries for the same price.
I've been thinking that the larger batteries may be ungainly or overly heavy for the types of tool I'm using but some of the more hungry tools (lawnmower and other garden tools) may scoff at the lower power and tend to be bundled with 5.0AH batteries.
Any advice would be welcome, I'm not a pro but I do use the tools frequently and as its quite a big investment I'd like to pick a battery size that will be supported long into the future (I'd prefer not to mix battery sizes.)
Thank you.
The time has come to replace my old range of cordless power tools. They're mis-matched and a lot of them are still ni-cad.
I'm going to move to a common-battery family and the choice had my head spinning. In the end, I've chosen Dewalt XR, primarily the brushless-motor type tools.
I'm starting with the tools I use most frequently: combi drill and a hex-drive impact driver which will be followed fairly swiftly by a 1/2"Dr impract wrench. After that I'll be replacing my corded oscillating multi-tool and my mini circular saw. I'm also interested in a cordless lawnmower (I have three small patches of grass that all mean dragging the lawnmower through the garage).
I'm looking for a bit of advice on batteries. My better existing tools are 3.0AH so I'm not looking for anythign smaller than that.
The place (FFX) I'm probably buying the starter pack from (drill, hex impact driver, charger and 2x batteries) offers all manner of packages in all battery sizes. The prices are:
3.0AH £199, 4.0AH £249, 5.0AH £284. Though of course I'll shop around for better prices before buying.
Does anyone have any experience about the differences? While the 5AH is much more expensive I'd be less likely to need a 3rd or 4th spare as I'd think at that capacity most jobs I do could be done on a single charge.
Alternatively, I could get a smaller size, but I'd probably need to buy spares to have on standby. So there won't be a massive amount in it cost wise - basically I can have 2x 5ah batteries or 3x 4ah batteries or 4x 3ah batteries for the same price.
I've been thinking that the larger batteries may be ungainly or overly heavy for the types of tool I'm using but some of the more hungry tools (lawnmower and other garden tools) may scoff at the lower power and tend to be bundled with 5.0AH batteries.
Any advice would be welcome, I'm not a pro but I do use the tools frequently and as its quite a big investment I'd like to pick a battery size that will be supported long into the future (I'd prefer not to mix battery sizes.)
Thank you.