My dewalt came with 2ah batteries so that all I have experience with, except for the 5ah clone I bought. I can tell you the clone will easily last 3 times as long as the dewalt 2ah batteries...
Replacement Batteries for Cordless Drills
- Thread starter Steve in VA
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So after 2 months of being frustrated every time I wanted to use the cordless DeWalt tools with the new dead batteries, I decided to drop the Ni-cad and go with the Lithium- ion. Got the new 5 amphr 2 pack, they arrived yesterday, took an hour each to charge. Unlike the other batteries, the charger light flashes while charging and stays on when done. With these two, the light flashes and goes out when charged. I do like the charge indicator on the side of each battery. I used one for 10 minutes with the saw-zal, and it lasted. Both it and the other still read full charge this morning. Hope this purchase works out well...
I guess you get what you want but this video convinced me to pony up the extra cost of the factory DeWalt batteries.
That is a great price..20V anything DeWalt is usually $89+
Back in Feb I picked up a 20V 5AH battery for $65 on Amazon. It says they are still available but with shipping from Amazon the way it is now I am going to hold off.
3 days and the knock-off's are still holding full charge. Good sign so far...The new Ni-cad replacements would go dead in 24-30 hours just sitting. The original old DeWalt batteries would die overnight.
Update to the great battery conundrum.
The majority of the cheapie batteries died within 3 months. So, I ponied up and bought a 10-pack of real Makita 4.0 batteries from Makita's Amazon page. 4 of them were dead within a week. So I started a return for the whole lot and got a new batch. I took the dead ones and switched em out for good ones and then returned that batch. Within 2 months, half of them were not charging. I wrote to Makita's HQ and told them what the deal was and how much money I had shelled out over the course of my 40-year construction career and chewed em out for a few more sentences.
Then I had a back n forth discussion with a few of their reps and low and behold I got a new 10-pack set of batteries and a Tshirt and a tool bag.
So now I have 15 batteries. and a little happier about it too.
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But will they last any longer? Is anything different with them?
So far so good. It's been a year using them every day drilling/screwing into steel and jig blocks on my tool bench at work.
Not quite 3 years and the knock-offs are still working great. The 2 amphr 20V DeWalt the same age no longer registers full charge, but one light short of full. Run time has also dropped since day one. However, the 6 amphr flex DeWalt battery has continued to work great, without noticeable issue. Use it often for my 18V stuff too, and so far no issues.
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I went back and looked at when I started this thread; three years ago.
The $18 knock off battery I bought back then is still going strong. Charges fast and holds a charge well. Doubt I’ll ever buy a name brand replacement battery after my experience and the comments on this thread.
The $18 knock off battery I bought back then is still going strong. Charges fast and holds a charge well. Doubt I’ll ever buy a name brand replacement battery after my experience and the comments on this thread.
My DeWalt knock-offs were 18V replacements, Li-ion 18V 5.0Ah 90Wh
ML:DC9096-LI
Manufacture: XNJTG China