Bremon Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Update from one of my favorite Canadian suppliers (BC Fasteners). M12 3.0, M12 XC6.0, M18 9.0HD available September 15 M18 XC6.0 available September 30 of more interest is charge times: battery/rapid time/standard time M12 3.0 - 65 min / 70 min M12 6.0 - 90 min / 130 min M18 6.0 - 68 min / 124 min M18 9.0 - 95 min / 180 min All I have to say about that is that rapid chargers better become standardized across their entire lineup and they can put the old ones out to pasture, or stick them in the crap kits with the budget brushed stuff because with the competition using fan-cooled high current charging these times look pretty pathetic to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Definitely need a rapid charger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremon Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 I still can't believe the pricing. For $25 more you can get a pair of 5.0 instead of one 6.0. At least the 9.0 gets you increased performance and roughly the same runtime as the two 5.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Bremon said: I still can't believe the pricing. For $25 more you can get a pair of 5.0 instead of one 6.0. At least the 9.0 gets you increased performance and roughly the same runtime as the two 5.0. This could be the reason: Here in europe at the least every battery that has a higher capacity then 100 watt hours ( 18v * 6 Ah = more then 100 wh ) falls under a law that states it is an 'dangerous amount of lithium' . Every battery with more then 100wh needs spezial packaging, special labeling, some precautions for transport, more paperwork... blah blah blah. And this all drives up the costs. 6 amp batteries are alot more expensive then 5 amp batteries here in belgium at least and that is because of that law I'm not sure if you have a thing like that in the USA but if you do, good chance that drives up the costs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremon Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Thanks for the info korno, I imagine Canada follows the US lead on that, and that's probably the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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