Reply by dbhost

If you want to make sure the battery doesn’t crap out on you. Don’t use cordless tools. Pretty simple solution if you ask me…

I’ve had cordless tools from Ryobi, Skil, B&D, Makita, and Ridgid. The BEST battery life I got out of any of them is with the green Ryobi 18V whatever the tech is on those… But generally speaking, cordless tools are IMHO mind you, sub par for anything you need reliability for…

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