• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Its also worth mentioning that adapters are available to convert between battery systems. If you’re on Milwaukee and want to buy a DeWalt palm router (which is superior IMO) then you can just get a converter to use it with a Milwaukee battery. You can keep the converter in the tool itself, and most tools don’t mind this.

    The exception is Ryobi. Converters only exist one-way, since Ryobi still uses “stick” type batteries for low voltage stuff. The opposite converter could theoretically exist (say, to use a Ryobi battery with a DeWalt router) but it would be very large and bulky and so nobody really makes them.

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      10 months ago

      Ryobi batteries in general are very bulky. That 12 AH is like strapping a boot to your tools. It’s also seemingly their weak spot, as all I read is people complaining about their batteries.

      • Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        They make a 12ah? I have the 4 and it’s huge. It lasts a surprisingly long time too. A 12ah would last a bazillion years.