New battery?

[wwaayne]

Anyone heard Dewalt will release new slim body 20V battery?

3Ah

[Jronman]

hadn't heard but sounds like a good idea.

[Cr8ondt]

No official word but I'd bet it's in the cards, DeWalt is using 20700 cells in the FV 9/3 and 20v 6ah batteries so it would be quite a simple transition to make slim packs in 3ah.

[Staypositive]

These are on Amazon in the US

 

[wwaayne]

same model

[framer]

57 minutes ago, Staypositive said:

These are on Amazon in the US

 

not sure who would pay that much for 3.0ah when you can buy 5.0ah for same price, or way less if you buy on ebay.

[jkeating3]

1 hour ago, framer said:

not sure who would pay that much for 3.0ah when you can buy 5.0ah for same price, or way less if you buy on ebay.

The weight you save might have the same value as 2.0 Ah. I mean, not to me, but to someone... I guess?

[Marcv76]

The 3ah batteries are the upgraded cells, so they should have superior runtime over the regular 2ah and still be relatively compact.

[Framer joe]

So, if the 3ah, 4ah, 5ah are all the same size in large form...can Dewalt make a 4ah and 5ah the same size as the new dcb230 ..3ah ?

[FrosBros82]

Hmmm. Yeah, I hear the arguments both ways. I guess I usually like my small batteries on lights, simple impacts, etc. I would be more inclined to buy the bigger batteries at the same price though. 

[Framer joe]

I'd buy a bunch of slim 5ah...if they were the same size as the slim 3ah ...that would be perfect for cordless finish guns..drills, compact impact..

[Babysaw]

I picked up four of these from a guy on OfferUp today. They are the real deal. My planer runs at a noticeably higher pitch than either 4.0 or 5.0 batteries make. I expect the 20v mitre will perform similarly. Lower impedance for the win!