DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jul 1, 3:47 pm, dpb wrote:
bob haller wrote:
I haved used PRIMECELL.COM thewy do a excellent job. ...
anyhow this is from their website./.........
...
If you are considering the purchase of new battery packs from the
original manufacturer.. remember this: If your tool is 5 years old...
it is likely that the existing replacement packs are also 5 years
old. They stopped making the battery packs... when they released the
new model, and the gadgets that go with it.. ...
I don't know these folks in particular and if you've had good luck with
them, that's good; I won't argue that.

But the above quote makes me extremely suspicious--it's simply untrue
for most vendors unless they completely shift battery pack designs which
few do because of compatibility.

Milwaukee has used the "slide-on" design "since forever"--it's certainly
not true they've not manufactured a new battery pack in nearly 15 years;
in fact they replaced under warranty a whole series of 18V packs owing
to a possible problem w/ the internal venting mechanism within the last
year or so for a tool of over 5-yr's age at the time. Manufacturing
dates will be on the packs.

I get really leery really quickly of any outfit with such obvious
nonsense as a sales tactic.

--

This is not an endorsement, since I've never tried PrimeCell. This is
nothing more than a slightly different interpretation of what they are
saying.

I *think* what they may mean is that if I have a 5 year old 18V drill
and they are now selling 36V drills, then they aren't making any more
18V packs. If I want to buy a replacement 18V pack, I'm going to get
one that is as old as my original one.

Now, that's not saying that it's going to be as bad as the one I've
been discharging/charging for 5 years, but it's not going to contain
batteries with newer technology.

In other words PrimeCell appears to be claiming that the original
manufacturer is going to give me 2004 technology, while they'll put
2009 technology in my 2004 case.

Ya know, one day someone will build a drill that runs
on 120 volts.

TDD