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Why Do Batteries Suck So Much And When Is It Going To Stop?
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) |