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Oct 04 2007

Top Five Power Tool Brands and their Lithium Battery options

Written by Jude Herr

Thursday, 04 October 2007

With all the hootin' and hollerin' about lithium battery power tools, you could probably use a good summary on who has them, which ones are backwards compatible, who sells Lithium battery upgrade kits and how much they cost.

Here's the lowdown on the Top Five Power Tool Brands and their 18v lithium ion battery Systems

BRAND	LITHIUM ION TECHNOLOGY	COMPATABILE WITH	UPGRADE KIT AVAILABLE?	LIFETIME (estimated)	COST
DeWalt	NANO (Nano Phosphate)	All DeWalt 18v Tools made since 1997	Yes DC9180C	2000 Charges	18v Battery: >$150.00
Makita	LXT Lithium Ion (Lithium Oxide)	Makita LXT Series Tools Only	no	1400 Charges	1.5 Ah: $69.99 Charger: $99.99
Hitachi	HXP Lithium Ion	18V DMR or DVF3	battery and universal charger (HXP Lithium, NiMH and NiCd) sold separately	1500 Charges	battery: $99 charger: $59
Milwalkee	V18 (Lithium Manganese)	V18 Series Tools and Milwaukee 18v NiCd Tools	Battery and universal charger(NiCd & LiIon) sold separately	2000 Charges	3.0 Ah battery: $99 charger: $49
Milwalkee	18v Compact (Lithium Manganese)	New Compact Tools Only	No	2000 Charges	Not available separately.
Ryobi	Unknown	Ryobi One+ Power Tools	Yes	Not Published	$99 (Battery & Charger)

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written by Andy , October 05, 2007

The Makita rep who was just at our store today said that Makita did not make their batteries back backwards compatible because they redesigned their entire line to be ergonomically balanced. makes sense.

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written by tooldork , October 09, 2007

how were the "top 5" chosen? it seems that Bosch is absent in this conversation and Ryobi and DeWalt entries are a bit premature.

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written by Ben Jackson , October 09, 2007

Bosch doesn't yet make an 18v lithium ion cordless system, they only make 10.8v and 36v. The aim with this article was to illustrate the differences between available 18v lithium ion options, not to rate them by quality. If we missed an 18v lithium ion system, please let us know and we will definitely add it to the chart!

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written by Ray , October 14, 2007

Why no Ridgid? They are certainly the quality mfgr compared to their poorer cousin and have had an 18V LI on the market longer........

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written by Jude , October 16, 2007

As far as I can tell, Ridgid's LiIon is a 24v. We'll make another chart and include 24volt options as well. Thanks for the info !

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written by Jack , December 12, 2007

To Ray, who are you reffering to by "the Poorer Cousin?"

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written by Dave , September 07, 2008

Does anyone know if the Rigid 18V Lithium-Ion batteries are backwards compatible with older Rigid 18V Ni-Cad power tools? Rigid is a division of Ryobi or at least this is what I have gathered trying to order parts for my drill. I purchased a new drill with the lithium batteries and am wondering if my old ni-cad tools can be used with these new lighter lithium batteries.

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