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I'd rather not. Competition in the power tool market has resulted in very impressive batteries over the last few years. Combined with the new brushless motor te
by twblalock 5y ago
I'd rather not. Competition in the power tool market has resulted in very impressive batteries over the last few years. Combined with the new brushless motor tech, consumers of cordless power tools are better off now than they have ever been.
If we had standardized on the old 18v-style batteries, with the stick that goes up into the tool handle, we might still be stuck with them.
Similarly, if the EU had gone through with standardizing on micro-USB plugs for smartphones several years ago, as it threatened to do, I doubt we would now have phones with USB-C which is so much better.
- inetknght 5y agoYou can innovate in batteries while standardizing on form factor. I very much don't want to have to buy ten different batteries for devices and have none of them work with each other. AAA, AA, C, D, 9V... these are all very much handy to have. You can find them with Alkaline, NiCad, NiMH, Li-ion, and the only thing is whether you can, and if so then how often, you can recharge them