[18v drill recommendations?]

As all my XRP 18-volt Ni-Cads gave up the ghost, I replaced them with the non-compact 18-volt Li-Ions. The only negative side to the Li-Ions I have experienced is they are 2x the price of a Ni-Cad & you need the proper chargers.  Other than that, the Li-Ions have proven to me to be as good or better in many ways.  I personally would NOT invest another dime into Ni-Cad batteries (I know, its tempting when Lowes has Christmas & Father's Day specials where u get 2 XRP Ni-Cads for $100, but just resist).

KJONES will probably give you the best advise.  But my only problem is this- i had lots of $$$$ already invested in the 18-volt system way before the 20V Max even came out.  I have over 15 18-volt bare tools plus several chargers & batteries.  If i were starting off fresh with no cordless tools then the new 20v Max would probably be the way to go.  But for now, I cant financially justify breaking away from the 18-volt system (its been around for years and has proven itself).  At this point my only fear is that Dewalt will eventually (maybe years later) drop the 18-volt line & then I cant get parts or batteries. 

I have bought a few 12v Max tools and they do make a nice light duty addition to my 18-volt stuff though.

In the UK its all out war! They have doubled the price of batteries and dealers are trying to slid out any bare tools and old shape batteries, they have hiked the compatable Li Ion's and are expecting customers to dump all there old tools and buy new sets for the slip on batteries.

For me and my company that would be a 10K steriling investment I won't be making until allot more kit dies and if they keep going the next investment will be in another brand!

[Battery chargers]

I am new and it may have been asked?

Can you use the older multi chemistry charger for the Li ion batteries?

I am looking to ship a batch from US to UK, import duty if 2.7% and even with courier and vat are 50% cheaper than the scamming EU Dewalt. The batteries I was looking at are DE9180?