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by steverb 1891 days ago
The thing to remember with battery powered tools is that you are not just buying a tool. You are buying into a battery ecosystem. Plan accordingly.

Fortunately, you can buy batteries for most popular tool brands long after the brand stops supporting them, and in a pinch you can buy adapters to make brand a batteries work on brand b tools
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bombcar 1890 days ago
The proliferation of “buy tool get battery free” deals means it’s not as much of a pricing headache anymore - more of a convenience thing.

Milwaukee continues to sell batteries for their far outdated NiCAD.

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fnord77 1889 days ago
one brand (rigid) offers a lifetime warranty on batteries, but in practice from what I've seen on the 'net, they try to do everything possible to deny warranty claims.
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