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And from what I've noticed every company out there is terrible with their marketing. A year or so ago I was shopping for some 12V tools. I saw stickers that were literally put the Bosch 10.8V tools to say that they were 12V. I saw the same thing for DeWalt Nano-Phosphate. A sticker over the battery with XRP-Lithium. Where did that ever go? Just seems to me like no one is exempt from their marketing teams getting carried away. All I was saying from my original post is that everyone that went to that event was quite impressed with what we not only watched but I demo'd myself. Maybe DeWalt will expand their 12V line and we'll be comparing apples to apples. Until now all I ever see online is a drill against a drill. Milwaukee's got over 30 tools in 12V. How do you compete with that?!?

Joined the race? I don't understand. My co-worker has been using a Milwaukee Lithium tool for over 5 years...

@DewaltDude, And with all due respect sir, your logic is saying this, any technological improvement in history could be chalked up to the statement, "We should have put this in there to begin with." Also, please don't get me wrong. I actually like DeWalt and own their tools. Just want to discuss this particular technological improvement.

If TTi puts the same good technology into the Ridgid Hyper-Lithium battery so what? This a good thing that they're adding fuel to the competitive fire. I'm looking to see how other companies respond with new innovation too instead of just slagging what's an obvious improvement.

I love tools and am always interested in new technology. I heard about Red Lithium and was excited, specifically about the temperature claims. They put on an event recently which I attended. They had two demo stations set up. One was a freezer with a sawzall in it and a couple 18V batteries. A Digital thermometer was giving the reading of the freezer. The freezer was reading -22 Celsius. They took the sawzall out of the freezer, put on a battery and passed it around. The tool and battery were absolutely rock solid freezing cold. Then they cut through a 2X8 with no difficulty. Needless to say everyone was pretty impressed. The other demo was a drill driving an spade bit into some thick OSB. They showed the power difference between regular lithium and Red Lithium and everyone was impressed. Then they put the Red Lithium XC battery on the drill and it performed even better. I think that if you want to see a good test of what a line of tools is capable of doing, you should really be showing a video of what Milwaukee with an XC battery vs DeWalt with their battery. Until DeWalt offers one, it's clearly a competitive advantage. Another reason why everyone is the room was impressed was because they had displayed their entire 12V tool line. Most of the group were plumbers by trade, but there were electricians, HVAC/R techs and general construction guys in the room too. Seeing the full offering was really impressive to us and a huge reason why I don't think that, at least at this time, I could ever see myself switching brands.