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Overheard a guy at Home Depot say battery tools are a scam, now I'm second-guessing my whole setup
He was ranting to the clerk about how his $400 Milwaukee drill lasted 14 months before the battery started dying, and I've had the same issue with my Ryobi stuff after about a year. Anyone else feel like we're just renting these things with how fast the batteries go bad?
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johnson.daniel27d ago
Wait, so if the old cells are actually better quality, why don't they just swap the BMS board instead of us buying whole new packs? @kai_park sounds right about the planned obsolescence though. I've got three dead Ryobi batteries sitting in my garage right now, all from the same set I bought two years ago. The tools themselves still work fine but the batteries just stop holding a charge. Makes me wonder if there's a way to bypass the BMS and run the tool straight from the cells. Like is that even possible or will it fry the motor?
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alice33628d ago
I actually saw a YouTube video where a guy tested those aftermarket battery adapter kits. He got way more runtime out of old Dewalt batteries with a 3D printed shell than the brand new ones. Something about the cells being better quality in the older packs.
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Battery tech hasn't changed that much in 5 years, the real scam is people buying into a new platform every time the color scheme changes. @alice336 those adapter kits prove the cells are fine, it's the BMS boards that are designed to fail early. Paying full retail for replacement packs is just keeping the cycle going for the big three brands.
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