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Doctor Evil

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Originally Posted by Andy Hall

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:31:25 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Doctor Evil wrote:
But you can get 10 of those for one Makita, so they are more cost
effective. And in time Lith Iron or Lith Poly batteries would have been
introduced. Better than being lumbered for 10 years with outdated stuff
with old battery technology.

Most decent quality drills today will work perfectly well with present day
battery technology. What may, or may not, be wonderful for a mobile phone
doesn't necessarily mean the same advances for power tools. There's just
no point in making a cordless drill smaller or lighter than current decent
ones - except possibly for specialist use. And you can be certain any new
battery technology will be more expensive and have other disadvantages.
Self discharge is one. Doesn't matter on a phone which will be charged
regularly. But a DIY cordless drill which was flat each time you wanted it
would be a waste of time.

Maybe we should get him a hacksaw with lithium battery for
Christmas....... It could save a lot of problems for a lot of
people..... :-)

They are now experts in new battery technology. What bright sparks we have here......