cheaperrooter
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When these first came out, I researched them fairly heavy (as a contractor, not as a flashlight guy) and the one thing I kept reading over and over was that somewhere around the 5 year point, they were going to self implode, disintegrate, or any other term that basically warns you it's going to be dead as a door nail!
I was and still am perfectly happy with NiCads. In fact even now of the 30 plus 18V batteries I have it's split down the middle. There are definitely times that you want the extra weight to balance out a certain tool. Drills are a great example and also the pivot head flashlight stays put much better.
Not to mention that as a plumber, when I'm deep in a crawlspace or a 30 minute adventure to a certain corner of an attic, I pretty much like to have advance notice when my battery is running out and don't like to be shocked by pulling the trigger and finding out I have nothing!!!
Before I take off to those type jobs I like to test the tool to see if the pack is fully charged or not. With Nicad I can judge by listening to the motor and tell if it's got a lot of juice, ions who the heck knows!!
However I am a prepper and VERY heavy into batteries (it's the one area of life that people don't think hard enough about) And what I loved about the lithium ion was two things and two things only. It's stability in cold weather, but MAINLY, the fact that once charged always charged. Who wants to get caught with their pants down and have something happen and the electricity goes off just to find the nicads were sitting up for a couple months and already half dead.
Plus if you come across a source to charge them when SHTF, you need them to hold its charge for as long as possible!!! No doubt hands-down, as a prepper, you want the ION.
However, the one big negative was at some point it would all come to a screeching halt and that would be the time to trash them. And hope your NiCad's haven't turned their back on you for not being your first love
Hasn't happened to me!!! My FIRST purchase was 4 packs stamped 2010 and yet? Going as strong as the day I bought them. What gives guy????? I know I'm special, I just never knew my batteries were too!
I was and still am perfectly happy with NiCads. In fact even now of the 30 plus 18V batteries I have it's split down the middle. There are definitely times that you want the extra weight to balance out a certain tool. Drills are a great example and also the pivot head flashlight stays put much better.
Not to mention that as a plumber, when I'm deep in a crawlspace or a 30 minute adventure to a certain corner of an attic, I pretty much like to have advance notice when my battery is running out and don't like to be shocked by pulling the trigger and finding out I have nothing!!!
Before I take off to those type jobs I like to test the tool to see if the pack is fully charged or not. With Nicad I can judge by listening to the motor and tell if it's got a lot of juice, ions who the heck knows!!
However I am a prepper and VERY heavy into batteries (it's the one area of life that people don't think hard enough about) And what I loved about the lithium ion was two things and two things only. It's stability in cold weather, but MAINLY, the fact that once charged always charged. Who wants to get caught with their pants down and have something happen and the electricity goes off just to find the nicads were sitting up for a couple months and already half dead.
Plus if you come across a source to charge them when SHTF, you need them to hold its charge for as long as possible!!! No doubt hands-down, as a prepper, you want the ION.
However, the one big negative was at some point it would all come to a screeching halt and that would be the time to trash them. And hope your NiCad's haven't turned their back on you for not being your first love
Hasn't happened to me!!! My FIRST purchase was 4 packs stamped 2010 and yet? Going as strong as the day I bought them. What gives guy????? I know I'm special, I just never knew my batteries were too!
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