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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2023
- Let's pop open some of these knockoff Milwaukee M12 batteries and see what's inside.
M12 "3ah" 1.3 ah battery. Like I said in the video these packs are actually pretty good for what I use them for.
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watching a Milwaukee being disassembled by a Dewalt....wars have been started over less
Lol he was out of batteries 😂
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That's was fun
Laughs maniacally in makita
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I use both fake and real, and you basically nailed it, you can be lucky or unlucky with the fake ones. I have some fake batteries that perform the same as originals, others go flat straight away. The real ones always good - you pays your money you take your choice. I have never had good fake Dewalt only good fake Milwaukee batteries, for some reason.
Actually the latest Milwaukee angle grinder and batteries are naff, lucky if you get 10 minutes out of them, I stick to my DeWalt/ Black & Decker, last all day.
@@dogwalker666 Yes I have the 18V Dewalt XR angle grinder, which is useful for light work, I just use to an old blue Bosch corded (probably from the 1980's) in the workshop. I haven't tried Milwaukee's bat grinder. I think its pretty hard to get a battery grinder that is really in the same class to mains powered, but they are useful.
@@supatim1 indeed my 110v DeWalt 1100 rpm is a different beast entirely however the big power tool transformer is a pain to carry around the factory.
I agree, they are both batteries at the end of the day - both can fail at any time - to me, I get the M12/18 batteries from work but when buying I get the KO’s from Amazon, got (2) 4ah ($27) and (1) 9ah ($24) - and the largest battery for the M12 lineup is a 6ah LOL. Work great, no issues - can’t bare to pay those damn Milwaukee prices!
@@dogwalker666 I work with steel, cutting, grinding, shaping, etc. I have six 5" grinders including the 60v-1400w dewalt battery and a 1900w metabo corded.
The Dewalt flexvolt has proven a reliable beast for 4 years, still going, if you use 9/12ah batteries it lasts a fair while unless cutting thick plate and can function as a grinder preparing surfaces for welding, etc.
They upgraded the motor to 1800w a yr or two ago but until it dies I'll stick with what I've got.
The corded Metabo is the strongest 5" I've ever held, tears through steel like an oxy torch, but developed a fault and seems to be shorting after maybe 20hrs continuous use, might be the brushes.
The first battery grinder I owned 6yrs ago was a brushed dewalt, with 1.3ah batteries it could barely cut a single m16 stud flush with concrete before the battery ran out.
Milwaukee grinders are mostly gutless but I've recently been working with a new model with a superfast brake and a larger motor housing, its got some guts and if I were sticking with Milwaukee only thats what I'd get, its the 'rapidstop' battery grinder.
One thing I found with some knock off 18v Makita batteries was that they didn't have any balancing circuitry. Definitely a fire hazard because li-ion doesn't handle charging in series very well.
I have plenty of both genuine and fake Makita and i can't tell the difference in power, toughness, or performance. Both fail and break when dropped at the same rate. I haven't seen any without balancing circuitry.
@@stevemckewen1046your capping so fuckin hard that you look like Abraham lincoln.
The waitly batteries are actually pretty decent for the money. Project farm did a great video on them and they tested the closest to the OEM batteries used.
You can get battery chargers that you could put those raw cells in that would tell you the actual capacity and max amps. But that would require that you actually desolder the cells from the pack, and the charger/tester isn't super cheap. But if you're interested in pursuing this further, that's probably the way to go.
actually, you can get a charger pretty cheap that will tell the actual capacity and max amps. I vape and I use a Nitecore charger which does exactly that and only cost $30.00. Nitecore is pretty well known and respected brand when it comes to chargers and most vape shops and reviewers will recommend them mostly because we don't want our 18650s blowing up on us lol.
those are welded and not soldered.... breaking the welds and then trying to re-assemble them would be risky and I would not recharge or store a re-assembled pack in the house or shop.
@NonLegit Nation 2 what is the model plz? Thanks
@@zbcc12 Nitecore UMS2 charger
I have one that does this for $30, but frankly only the dumb ones can wake up dead batteries. Its handy for seeing if cells have capacity, but I only really use salvaged batteries for mice and keyboards.
Edit: im talking about ni-mh
Dude you should be a voice actor, your voice would be perfect in so many roles. With or without the cold.
I have been using a Milwaukee Toughshell jacket for 3 seasons now, it came with one 2.0 M12 battery that works fine.
Bought two knock off 2.5 M12's for $40 CAD. Up here at the time they were asking $80 CAD for one replacement 2.0 M12 original.
Must have got lucky because my knock offs are holding up. They actually last a bit longer than the OG battery (because they are more Mah).
Good luck to everyone shopping.
I'm in the home gamer space with the ryobi tools, but have found it helps to just dig through reviews and find ones that seem like people say they last as long, or nearly as long as the real ones. You'll hear about it on the ones that are trash. For what it's worth, for the people that hate on ryobi, My 20+ year old tools all still work as good as they did new. They probably won't hold up as well if you like to use your drill as a hammer, but if you use it as a drill or a saw as a saw, they last just as long as any of the pro-summer brands. The 20 year old drills got used hard the first 5 years of their life, driving 3 inch drywall screws and pulling them back out building sets for stage plays back in the days before 1/4" impacts were common place.
Perfect breakdown. We aren’t curing cancer here and since you have all your fingers and no long thumb nails you get 10 points. I will have to deduct 2 points for the simple reason that no one is perfect!!
Carry on, I will be in the area all day.
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I have used both my Milwaukee 4AH M12 packs and the 5AH HO packs in my M12 impact guns Abe I’ve got to say the difference in performance is substantial. I actually took all my 4AH batteries home and replaced them with the 5AH packs.
I always enjoy a van/truck tour. Interesting to see other guy’s setups.
That might be my next video 👍🏻
That was my little bit of experience with the knockoff Milwaukee 3ah, it seemed to go the distance, but one drop on the floor and the casement broke between the top and bottom packs. For the proce difference, I'd be fine buying the cheap 1.5 packs, but lesson learned on the bigger ones, became i know that my tools will take tumbles, so the genuine seems like its worth the money.
Keep in mind... no matter which brand you get, if you drop em in the tool from much more than hip height, the battery won't survive...
My 3, 4,6Ah milwaukees do not survive a drop from a ladder...
I agree. I’ve dropped my drill from a good 20’ and it landed on the drill and survived. But I’ve dropped the same drill from the top of a ten foot ladder and it landed on the battery. That time the battery broke
As it is most of the time with fake stuff, the reason that someone says they're great and someone says they're crap, is because some of them are crap and some of them are great, and most people has a sample of just a few, or just one.
Its always a gamble buying fake stuff from cheap chinese shops, doubly so with batteries. you might get a good one you might get a bad one. but even worse you can get one that seems good and works good for months before it burns your house down.
I think general rule with "genuine" vs. "third party" is that genuine is always better 1:1, but other compatible batteries are usually 75% as good. So math is simple - if you can get 3x third party batteries for the same price as single original, then you will be better off. As well in my experience I have both something like 6AH battery for price of 3AH and if our math still applies then the outcome is quite obvious.
In short as long as "fake" batteries are significantly cheaper, they usually represents good value.
Unless the fake batteries catch your house on fire and cost you much more than a genuine battery.
The problem with the fakes is that they're usually using cells recycled from old laptop batteries, etc, and some could be on their last few cycles.
Laptop batteries use 18650s that are not designed for high current draw, they are designed for higher capacity at the expense of lower C value (current availability) opposed to the 18650s used in tool batteries which are higher C but slightly lower capacity...
@@T2D.SteveArcs Indeed, but the suppliers of these cheap fakes don't really care.
@@EddieTheH 😂👍
@@T2D.SteveArcs These things are not designed for high current draw either.
@@tarstarkusz laptop batteries usually have a C rating of 1 C so the maximum current you can draw from a 2800mah laptop cell (or series string of said cells ) is 2.8A.. tool cells generally have a much higher C rating of 10 to 25 C so if we had a high current 10 C 2500mah cell (or series string of cell) we can safely draw a continuous 25A , battery powered tools are generally high current draw devices hence laptop batteries are not suitable as they are usually made up of a couple of series strings of cells or sometimes just one string.
If a tool has 1 string of 10 18650s (36v) nominal battery and the tool pulls 25A you would have to use 10 C 2500mah cells because all cells in a series chain "see" the same current draw if you were to a another identical series string in parallel to the first then you could get away with 5 C cells as each cell would then "see" 12.5A draw.
no worries, your explanations were very good...i actually learned a bit
The higher discharge rate on the aftermarket 6ah battery is a huge plus. You'll get more cycles out of that battery vs the Milwaukee 6ah. Heat kills batteries, and lithium ion is so much more sensitive to that than the old nicads we grew up using.
The slight discrepancy in capacity between the two is because higher discharge rate requires thicker materials for carrying current. There's only so much "oof-da" you can fit in a can, so there's always a trade off between capacity and discharge rate, even with the highest quality components.
Love the channel btw and keep up the good work.
The Waitley high capacity batteries are a good value for use with lights and such. Others have found that they do seem to have about the same amp hours as the real Milwaukee. Definitely not the best to use with your main tools. Good video.
11:10 You couldn't be more wrong. It is incredibly common for cells to be mislabeled. They are very low quality cells that have a fake wrap on them with fake specifications. You will NEVER get 500 charge cycles out of them and they can catch fire. That is the real risk. Though there isn't nearly as much energy in these cells as an ebike battery, the fire is still very hot and energetic enough to catch other things on fire. Putting the battery fire out is near impossible. I charge mine in an old frying pan and never leave them plugged in when I am not around. That way if they catch fire, I can grab the pan and run outside.
Sounds to me like you may have already experienced a battery fire ? Can't say I have ever seen one myself. I can imagine it could get quite violent rather quickly. And yes, near impossible to put out.
@@-Mike-69 No, I have just heard about them a lot.
@@-Mike-69 Yeah it happens very quickly, it's over very quickly (if nothing else catches alight) and there is barely anything left when it's over. Just a heap of black soot and the copper terminals remains. I had a pack with 3 cells in parallel combust which left a dent in the wall and scorched the timber floor boards. Except for the thud of it hitting the wall it was near silent, just giving off a hissing sound that you wouldn't be able to hear from the next room as it self destructed.
@tarstarkusz he was not claiming that Batteries are never mislabeled. He was claiming that batteries which are not visible to the consumer are almost never mislabeled. That they usually only bother to mislabel the batteries if you can see them without destructively disassembling the pack.
I’m just a DIY guy, but I got two 4ah batteries and a fast charger from Kobalt for $63 plus tax. The platform has the tools I need and I love the clearance deals I can get on their tools.
The fake battery packs also tend not to have the overcharge protection that keeps them from melting down if you leave them on the charger
Same with low voltage protection to keep the cells from draining too much.
@@Green_Expedition_Drgn I think the undervolt protection, with M12 Milwaukee anyway is actually in the tool (I was told the way to tell is the battery indicator is on the tool not the battery)
I definitely don’t let those knock offs charge if I’m not in the same room.
@@FunkFPV sounds like trust issues to me.
Dude I started smoking again just so I can sound like you! You rock!
Ive used waitley for a few years in my drill and driver. Based on testing over at project farm. No complaints.
I have a couple knockoff Craftsman V20 6amp batteries, I haven’t really noticed a difference between authentic and knockoff. I use them in my lawn care equipment and I’m impressed with how much use I get out of them per charge.
Out of curiosity we bought a few aftermarket M18 batteries in work. There was one brand called Waitley which had the exact same Samsung cells inside as the Milwaukee. Still going strong too a couple of years later. And they were pretty cheap
I bought a pair of the Amazon 9.0AH batteries once, one of them had no chooch but I noticed they had less power by far on my M12 fuel 1/2" drill with a M12 6.0AH. I returned them and haven't been back. Use the knockoff batteries if you want but real batteries aren't that expensive if you shop for them. Home Depot site always has some sort of deal on them.
From personal experience. I had the m18 5ah knockoff when I first started my job. I used it on the framing nailer and my 1/2 inch mid torque. There is a noticeable difference. Not as much peak power. They basically run how a authentic battery runs when it's at half charged or one the last bar. The nailer cycles quicker and sounds happier with the authentic battery. I gave it to a new guy that started just to get him going but i told him to buy the real deal once he could afford it
The circuitry is usually for battery balancing. Nice vid!
My bro invested into the Milwaukee m12 ecosystem. The tools are genuinely impressive. The batteries on the other hand... Those stupid little plastic clips that hold the batteries in will break after about 5 uses in any kind of tool that puts any impact on them.
They'll still work... Until you throw them across the room out of frustration because they keep disconnecting.
It would be nice if you could take a closer look at the circuitry. See if both balance charge the cells. Cheap batteries might not have a BMS and just have over discharge protection and temp control.
If you want to DIY swap cells in a tool battery, Get R/C model/drone or airsoft battery cells as they are also high draw batteries.
I picked up a suspiciously cheap M12/6.0 off ebay fully expecting it to be a counterfeit (which it was), but it's VERY well done and I wasn't totally sure if it was maybe a "fell off the truck" retail pack until I opened it up and saw the usual blue-sleeved generic cells. It was in a very convincing retail bubble pack and the only outward sign it was fake was the label stamping on the back of the pack didn't have quite the right font for "M12", it looks like it was squished a tiny bit, and has slightly blurry edges versus the consistent sharpness of the real stamping. I kinda think it would pass well enough to be accepted as a return at a retail store on a busy day, so watch out...if it doesn't look quite right it's more likely a fake than just a variance in production. I would be livid if I paid ~$180 at HD for a fakie with junk cells that costs $35.
I haven't put it through any real use yet and I've never had good luck with those blue cells performing anywhere close to the label spec, but given the price I could buy legit cells from a legit supplier to rebuild the pack and it'd still cost less than half of what big red charges.
I might see if I can source just the plastics from one of the usual CN suppliers and build a grip of my own packs, guessing the little BMS modules are also something that can be found loose on the CN sites.
Very good explanation of this, if you were handy soldering you could probably rebuild using new cells but as you mentioned, they sell knock off cells anyway, if like you and you depend on the tool you could get whichever ones you want. At the end of the day it's what you rely on and if you can claim stuff back through taxes, do what you feel. Nice video 👍
You don't want to solder on these. You use a spot welder so they don't have time to heat up too much. They sell tools for it, or if you're being cheap, there's folks on the tubes here that will show you how to do it with a car battery.
@@johngaltline9933umm... wouldn't a spot welder send a power spike straight through the battery and the balancing cirquit, frying both spectacularily in the process...?
@@SonsOfLorgar the ones for batteries usually use four small “spots” the power flows from two to the other two. You only weld one pole of the battery at a time, so the power only goes through the welder. Typically you weld metal strips to the batteries then attach them to the circuits.
Big Clive meets Big Funk
Those Ultrafire batteries and flashlights are actually pretty good for what you pay for.
I’ve had good luck with the 9amphour ones use them as a power bank mostly, they do see some use on my right angle grinder but the tabs will let go on impact tools.
I found this to be true on the 8ah batteries as well. I bought the replacement shell (just the top part) pack of 2 for around $10, world of a difference. They'd always fall out of my ratchet, now I can't hardly get them out even when I try!
Truck tour would be neat!
I would say the knockoff batteries are probably good for some of those miscellaneous accessories, such work lights, speakers, etc. Stuff that you don't really need that high discharge rate for and just need something with capacity for run time.
I have 4 m12 batteries. 2 brand-name, 2 generic. I have 2 that hold a charge and have full power. Of the other two, the Milwaukee one doesn't run full power but will hold a charge. The bad off-brand will run at a higher amps, but only for about 5 minutes.
(Just now realizing that this reads like a math problem from a textbook 😂)
The wiring you showed is correct, but not exactly how they are wired together.
Instead of two series packs paralleled together, they pair each cell in parallel, then series the pairs.
I agree 💯 with the not being treated like a bio hazard for getting a cold
Waitley is actually a great brand for aftermarket batteries. I’ve been very happy with my 6ah. Over a year and it still works great. Actually outlasting one of my m12’s
Ive had good luck with the vanon brand m12 and m18 batteries they work great
When it comes to the ultrafire cells/batteries, they're not *actually* bad - the cells are just made for low current high capacity. The greater mass/volume of the cells usually correlates to lower power density, but higher discharge rate, assuming same cell quality; this is because more metal at each end = more current = more weight, but the storage capacity is a trade-off.
I believe the 6 battery packs are setup in 3 parallel pairs in series.
When I have ready access to a charger, a lighter battery is valuable to me. Thanks for the info!
Some of the knockoffs you actually have to take the plastic sleeve off the batteries to see the printing on the cell. Not all are like that but they sometimes re sleeve them and lie about the brand, and will use old batteries of a good quality but they’re old.
22 a day! Great shirt! Wonderful message.
I got a painful lesson in using cheap ChiComm knockoff batteries. I bought a B&D drill battery made by ChiComms off Amazon. Charged with it and was removing screws which were not overly tight. After about 30 seconds of use the battery exploded! Hit my knee hard enough to break the skin through my jeans. Lesson learned.
This video reminds me of AvE's videos. You even got the same mat that he uses.
I have four Milwaukee 3Ah and half a dozen knockoffs. Also I have TWO Milwaukee chargers. As the knockoffs get old - ONE of the two chargers does the red/green flash thing - meaning that the battery is dead - but the other Milwaukee charger still charges it up just fine. This is puzzling. However, at rather less than half the price - the knockoffs are still doing just fine - and I'll buy more of them. More problematic are the M18's. I had not previously used M18's but I bought their trim-router and now I need M18's. Milwaukee want nearly $200 for one battery and a charger...that's daylight robbery. So I'll never know how good they are because I bought the tool with no battery - and grabbed two knockoffs and a charger for $75 online. I don't care how good, bad or indifferent they are - $200 is flat out unacceptable...no, no, no - not paying it! So far, the router is doing just fine on the fake M18's.
I bought m18 knockoffs they were aweful...one started smoking on its first use and one wouldn't charge
I have 7-8 batteries; most are 5AH but I have a 2AH, 1 8AH, and 2 12AH… along with 2 M12 batteries (a 1.5AH and a 3AH I think)
Wanna know how much I spent on batteries? $0.00.
Unless you need a tool right this second; wait for a sale or buy them with a bundle. Sales will usually give you a free battery when you buy a bare tool and bundles are pretty much priced to be tool only pricing with a free battery or two and a charger.
@@Fetidafya I set up alerts for Dewalt and Milwuakee on slickdeals when I built up my tool collection. Over the course of a year I have quite the tool collection with more Dewalt 5ah and powerstack, as well as m12 2ah and 5ah high output batteries than I know what to do with. Every one of them I got for free in a bundle deal.
No way would I risk burning my house down with these sketchy knockoffs anyway
"Some type of circuitry on top, looks good."
I guess I'll have to agree with that.
Love the Milwaukee being torn apart by the dewalt😂
I always buy my things based upon who I can sue if something goes wrong
I think most aftermarket batteries are a step down from the factory versions, but some have protection circuits and decent cells.
There are some aftermarket batteries with upgraded cells vs the factory cells. If you upgrade a 5 or 6ah Makita 18v with top of the line cells, it becomes a much better power source.
Truck tour would be kool.
"I'm getting all scientific & all but basically the more stuff they jam into it, the higher the capacity....". Lol, I'm glad you pointed out your gravitation toward "techspeak".i feel less self conscious for having to draw out a diagram to translate. 😁😁😁
I do feel a bit sheepish, however, amidst all these comments that don't mention ryobi at all, in admitting to using them almost exclusively, even upgrading to the 4 & 6 ah batts & been perfectly satisfied w the results. But I'm curious if anyone has any experience w them & can gimme their opinion, my having no basis of comparison.
I have a few fake m12 batteries and they're working good still after a year
I bought a 2 pack of ryobi 18v knockoff batteries. I only fully charged twice and then was junk and the second lasted a couple months. But I took em apart and a genuine battery apart and they didn't have half the circuts inside them or have the capacity they were said to have.
Your shirt helped my day
You explained that perfectly. Well done sir, you get what you pay for
What's inside?.... I'll say "Disappointment."
You pointed out one major failure point for aftermarket batteries. The construction. They dont take a drop very well compared to the factory batteries. The plastic is definitely lesser quality, and the construction is sometimes lacking.
Bro when you opened that battery and looked at it like uh well I'm no BigClive 😂 I laughed so hard my stomach hurts now. 😂😂
I wish I knew half what that guy does about electronics.
@Funk FPV he's a genius when it comes to electronics for sure!
I always see you on shorts, but now my first video is here 🎉
The BMS/thermal protection is what worries me with knock offs. A replacement garage is far more expensive than the price difference lol
I have bought a few of the generic batteries over the years. I'm a reseller, usually focusing on tools, so I have to keep atleast 1 type of each battery in stock to test. So the one i get have been fine, BUT, I obviously don't use them every day.
parallel circuit = add amp hours together ( bigger battery capacity)
series circuit= add voltages together but same amp hour rating as one battery
People always talk about recharge cycles. I have batteries since 2016 that are still fine after lots of daily use. Nice video showing the truth!
I bought a chinese 3ah battery for a dewalt from the flea market, and it lasted me 3 years. For 45 bucks, not bad, but then I got a milwaukee sawzall and m18 impact driver, and I like the feel, and power better than the dewalt. I honestly think both are great brands, they both have good and crap products.
That's why I like ur content cause actually learn things.
I'll use anything, but for people who charge their batteries in the house I reckon it's worth paying for genuine stuff with good overheat protection that was tested before it went on sale!
personally i dont like cheap out on batteries just because you never know if they matched cells and/or balance the cells at all which both is risking them going up in flames, i just rather spend 50% more than risking buring down everything
Those arrow keys are bugging me so much 😂😂
Got me some M18's for Christmas and they kick ass so far!
I wish Milwaukee had a 9 ah m12 battery. It would really make the m12 vacuum a lot better
You are so appreciated.... weather you know it or not....
Nothing makes me feel more manly than getting home from work covered in cuts and burns, cracking open a beer and watching this legend tear into tools. 💪
Edit: The only downside is the bit about burning down your Gaff 🏠... I charge my batteries at work though so I'm getting me some cheap ones 😁
Lmao "I'm charging mine at work"
I felt that. Anything that feels janky gets used at work. The good stuff stays at home! 😂
Ive gotten plenty of the larger DeWalt generics and a couple 6ah M18 and I've actually disassembled a few of them. They are mostly fine, perhaps not quite as durable. The wires inside are thinner and more delicate. I had to replace the wires in one after dropping it. The cells though seem to be all the same with the round cell type. I haven't seen any generic powerstack style batteries to test.
ive had good luck with the knockoff m12 batteries. but i also expect them to fail every time i use them lol. i did have bad luck with a brand new m12 6.0 that had the lead to the lower cells break after light use. but for the 50 i spent on 4 knockoffs if one last 6 months i am cool with my purchase. i abuse most my lower amp hour m12s they make good soft hammers lmao i have considered purchasing individual cells and the knock off shells and making my own.
Knew there was a reason i loved your videos. A fellow lefty there 👏
Waitley has had a reputation of sending out whatever batteries they get in their packs. You might get Samsung or you might get the latest Aliexpress special. They also made sure if they sent them for someone to review, they had higher end cells.
if someone discloses that they received a product for free to test then I usually look at their results with a little bit of side eye for that reason. 😆
You forgot to point at it several times. It makes it better.
If I have low draw tools that I'm not beating up and I want to keep a battery in them like flashlights or maybe a quarter inch impact things like that knockoffs aren't bad, but those that work in construction and maybe dropping or being really hard on their batteries / high empire draw tools I'm sure it's not worth the money because you'd be burning through them in the warranties worth it to have on the name brand, for the most part if you can catch really good deals through Lowe's or Home Depot on their sales it's just best to get the name brand batteries
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my waitley m12 3ah really ended up being 2.8ah cells, fairly good for the money.
Though the genuine Milwaukee batteries are expensive, especially the big ones like the 12amp m18, I prefer to stick with them as (like you said) their performance and construction is reliable. I also don’t want to risk my tools and chargers with knock off batteries, if the power spikes and they damage the motor or catch on fire I’m sure Milwaukee has a way to know that you used unapproved batteries and therefore would deny any warranty claim, Milwaukee might not even let you pay them to fix the tool. I know how my Milwaukee batteries hold up to extreme cold and heat, both in storage and in use, but it’s a gamble how the knock offs will perform especially since you can’t rely on them using the same internals as the last one you bought from them!
I run Milwaukee and Dewalt and have been quite happy with their performance and longevity and have never had a problem with my tools due to batteries so, regardless of savings I will not put an off brand battery in my tools and chargers.
8 minutes in and its obvious that the knock offs are resleeved. Very curious if they are reclaimed/refurbished or just from a cheap manufacturer..
Edit ok maybe assumptions were made lol
Great video. I know the Samsung cells are very reliable (been using them for years). I personally wouldn’t cheap out on batteries as I use the stubby impacts (lots of vibration). Not sure how they would hold up. I wouldn’t want 6x18650 cells to self destruct in my hand.
I’ve been using the knock off batteries going on a year with all my M12 tools including my stubby impact and 1/2 hammer drill all with good results. I have two 6.0 and two 7.0 plus four 3.5 all knock offs. The only original Milwaukee batteries I own are the three 1.5 ones that came with my tools these originals I use exclusively in my heated jackets. I purchased all eight of the knockoffs for the price of one original 6.0 so I can’t complain.
Yup. Samsung, LG, and Emrin are the only 18650 battery manufacturers that I trust. Cost a tad bit more, but they last way longer and I've never had an issue with them. And a few dollars is worth not dealing with a lithium fire in my opinion
"Heavy's good! Heavy's reliable!" Boris The Bullet Dodger!
I see you too are a man of good taste, watching BigClive I mean!
I can't say much about the knock off M12 batteries, as I only have 2 genuine M12 batteries that I use in a 3/8 impact gun and a 1/2 right angle impact. I have had good luck with knock off M18 batteries from a company called PowerExtra, on Amazon. I got 2 6Ah batteries for $93CAD, and have been using them in my high torque 1/2 drive impact, 5" grinder, and a compact drill/driver set, all of which are brushless. They have done well for over a year now. That said, there is nothing like an authentic M18 8Ah in the grinder, and a 12Ah in the big impact! Expensive as fuck, but sure lasts a long time, and gobs of torque! Oh, I should also mention I used the knock off 6Ah batteries in the Milwaukee chainsaw. Did not go well! Great for the drill driver set though.
Have a great day, Sir! And God Bless! o7
Hmm, the cannibal in me wonders if he taste good too!
The thing that really throws me off with understanding amp hours is that milwaukee has an 18v 6.0amp hour standard battery which is about the same size if not exactly the same size as the 3/4/5 amp hour batteries but then milwaukee has the high out put 6.0 which is significantly larger and lasts a lot longer, so if amp hours is how long the battery lasts than how can they both be 6 amp hours if one definitely without a doubt lasts longer? (i use these on the 18v big blower which over heats anything that isn't a highoutput battery and on their angle grinders so it's quite easy to tell the time and performance of the batteries with these tools)
I would call them affordable alternatives, not fakes. They're in fact real batteries, and not knockoff/counterfeits either. I have used them, and have no issues with them really. But I still prefer my Milwaukee and makita batteries
ive been using both cheap and oem batteries even bought the 9amp hr ones so far had no issues
So, I have both the M18 and M12 line up. My M12 lineup is my side work go to setup - I use both knock off AND genuine M12 batteries - decides to try out a set (2) of a random KO brand on Amazon. Got the 4ah and have had both for two years now, never an issue, work as intended.
I hear good and bad on both KO’s and genuine failing - they’re batteries, both use same tech - the KO most likely use recycled cells and that’s why they’re so damn cheap.
Just bought a KO 9ah (largest M12 is 6ah LOL) so curious what this KO 9ah is actually drawing but have used it on my M12’s - 1/2” drive impact, Hackzall, oscillating multi tool, hammer drill driver, my inflater and my 1/4” impact driver - it def feels much more powerful then the 6ah, but my 6ah was used, passed down from my uncle and only holds 3 bars when fully charged.
I mean for the price, $24 on Amazon, the 9ah KO is totally worth it. The set (2) of the 4ah were $27. So, honestly I would rather go through a bunch of used batteries then spend what Milwaukee charges for their damn batteries!!!
I bought a pack of m12 6.0 knock off batteries from Amazon for like $50. One of them stopped working within a week and the other one works perfectly fine. I use knockoff and legit m12 batteries but I don’t like paying $100+ for a 4.0/5.0 m12 battery when the impact itself was only $100
You generally get what you pay for with batteries.
If you buy cheaper ones that have the same specs as more pricey batteries you are essentially rolling the dice. Which if you don't use then a lot might be more cost effective for you that getting the guaranteed quality of more expensive batteries.
always a treat watching you, funk. thanks for posting
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Funk and TTC should get together and go bowling.
I check in on his videos before I buy any power tools.
TTC?
Great video, one suggestion at 9:57 you said 4 batteries instead of 3
That thumbnail 😂