Post by Andy BurnsPost by TheoPost by Andy BurnsPost by Theohttp://youtu.be/CDFMOP0qr3Q
Interesting, but shit was what I thought he said?
Not quite as good as OEM, but looked pretty good for anything but the
highest loads
Ah, I thought you'd linked to Tools & Stuff, not Torque Test Channel
http://youtu.be/iawmyi4BljY
Hmm, a bit overblown there. The market for these isn't builders who are
breaking concrete all day and need 4 batteries an hour so they're constantly
on fast charge, it's DIYers who don't want to be chained to a battery
platform. A lot of the durability objections go away in a DIY context
(although the rubber flap isn't great - if phones can have waterproof ports
then they should too)
The more batteries you're going to use, the less the cost in having several
battery platforms on the go. It's when you don't have any investment in
platform then this makes most sense.
If you do use a few batteries, there might be some sense in having one or
few of these in your arsenal: you can always charge from USB-C to get you
out of a pickle. For example, car USB-C -> battery is easy here,
while you'd be left trying to find the rare/expensive Makita/Dewalt/... car
charger. They can also cover the cases where you have a long tail of
other-brand tools and don't want to invest in their platform, and the
battery protection might be better than Makita/Dewalt/etc (remains to be
seen).
I agree there's some build quality issues and there really should be a
stalling reset feature on the battery. It wasn't fair to just show that and
not demonstrate the battery working on non-stalling loads, which it seems to
mostly handle according to other reviews.
The review wasn't helped by him charging from a USB-A which is only going to
be max 10W, and not USB-PD 45W. He also didn't test the power output
feature.
Theo