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Jul 21 2008

One Year Ago: DeWalt 18v Nano Battery Makes it's Debut

Written by Ben Jackson

Monday, 21 July 2008

I just happened to be looking at some older articles and noticed something interesting: today marks the one year anniversary of when Toologics first broke the story (and first pictures) of the DeWalt 18v Lithium Ion NANO battery.

In the year since, we've seen not only the release of the DeWalt 18v NANO battery system, but also a few new tools to go with it, like the DC927KL Hammerdrill and DC827KL Impact Driver. Recently, two Combo Kits, the DCK475L and DCK675L were also added to DeWalt's NANO offerings. Heck, even Matt Kenseth's #17 DeWalt NASCAR race car was given a flashy new NANO-themed paint job.

Even though only a few NANO-specific tools have been released by DeWalt so far, keep in mind that the 18v NANO battery is backwards-compatible with the hundreds of older DeWalt 18v tools that were previously powered with NiCad battery technology. Compared to DeWalt XRP NiCad batteries, the NANO has a much longer work-life (2000 charge cycles versus about 800) and weigh almost half as much-a very appealing factor for guys who use regularly in the course of their work.

DeWalt has also explained their proprietary NANO technology with a buckets and balls analogy and also shared a comprehensive NANO FAQ with our readers that answers many questions you may have about DeWalt-exclusive NANO phosphate lithium ion technology.

Over the past 12 months, we've heard a lot of feedback from DeWalt users about the DeWalt NANO system. Many of the people who have invested in NANO technology have been thrilled with the results so far and love their NANO batteries. The DeWalt users that haven't upgraded to Lithium Ion technology yet have said that the NANO's $150.00 price tag is the single biggest obstacle. Like all technology, the price of NANO batteries will inveitably drop over time, but how long is anybody's guess.

What does the future hold for NANO? Only time will tell! Personally, I hope DeWalt jumps on the micro-tool bandwagon and produced some subcompact products powered by NANO Lithium Ion technology.

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Sub-compacts are winners!
written by Bob , July 22, 2008

Agreed, this is exciting. There is some serious competition in the subcompact category (Bosch, Milwaukee, Ridgid and now Makita). I hope DeWalt come out with a backwardly compatible 12 volt Nano battery along with some really compact 12 volt tools. Also I hope they come out with a a smaller 18 volt Nano battery with half the run time just like Makita in their white and black version tools. This should make their 18 volt tools even more light weight.

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One year later.....
written by Dave , July 23, 2008

Where are the innovative, re-designed tools? You have a battery system that packs more power into a small package and there is only the Impact Driver (4 pole motor copied from Makita) built to take full advantage? I do not think that Black & Decker is going to bring out any more Nano specific tools.
This is B&D 2nd attempt at Lithium tools and so far, it is a complete bust, just like their first try. Does 36v 'Corded power in a Cordless tool' bring back memories? Chargers going up in flames and better yet, chucks falling off the drills? I do expect to see sub-compact 10.8v lithium tools but would bet against anything less than 18v DeWalt lithium. the tools would be nose heavy and unbalanced with so few battery cells in the case. Besides, would you pay $100-$125 for a 12v DeWalt battery?
I have less and less DeWalt and more of the other brands. 5 years ago it was exactly opposite. Although, if Black and Decker keep dropping their prices, dirt cheap tools make an expensive battery affordable.
"They are dropping their prices?" you say? Better question might be, "WHY are they dropping their prices?".

Dave

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