Tom Watson wrote:

Had a simple enough job to do today. Wanted to run the base, chair
rail and bed molding in our 5' x 8' bath.

I've a Paslode finish nailer but, since I don't make my living doing
this sort of thing anymore, when the extra battery fried, I didn't
replace it. I just used this sucker about two weeks ago and set the
battery in the charger when I was done, as is my habit. I took it out
the next day and put it in the box.

Today I go to fire the bad boy up and got this weak assed response
from the battery.

Batteries Suck.

I was an early adopter of battery driven drills, starting with a
troika of Makita's and currently housing a similar group of Dewalts.

In every instance I bought extra batteries, treated them according to
specs, and cursed them as they quickly degraded into too short useful
run times.

Batteries Suck.

Blought myself a nice Dell laptop about eighteen months ago and only
got one battery because, with a runtime of about four hours, I didn't
figure on needing more. Now the battery runs for about two hours -
and that ain't enough. Yes, I followed all of the instructions and
advice about how to maintain battery life.

Batteries Suck.

I'm looking into a new car, with the express intent of reducing the
cost per mile, so that my sixty miles of commuting a day will not
continue to eat my wallet.

I'd be interested in some of this current drop of hybrids, which use
batteries - except for one thing...

Batteries Suck.


watson - who is thinking about oiling up the old Yankee, cleaning the
rust off the trim hammer, and looking for a good mileage car that
doesn't rely on batteries - because...


Batteries Suck.


Tom Watson - WoodDorker
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ (website)
Yes, Tom batteries SUCK. Especially Makita batteries. I've already
thrown out a couple year old 18V Makita, and now another is pretty much
shot. Those suckers are $70 a copy and I'm not happy with their
performance. I have 4 Makitas and like the tools but I get ticked every
time I go to use one and it grinds to a halt in a few moments. If
anyone knows of a good aftermarket battery for Makita products, don't
keep it a secret.

Dave