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Following their success with the 12V Max line, the new DeWalt 20V MAX Cordless Tools introduce a new level of cordless tool without alienating their faithful 18V following. While the PTR team was recently up at the 2011 DeWalt Media Event, we received a one-on-one introduction to the new 20V MAX cordless tools and got the low-down on the direction that DeWalt is taking with their cordless tools. With nearly every other cordless tool manufacturer putting a large focus in developing smart tools and lithium-ion technology, DeWalt knew that the only way to keep pace was to reinvent their 18V cordless tool line. Now “reinvent” is a loose term as DeWalt isn’t reinventing the whole wheel. Instead, the company is essentially keeping the best parts of what they currently have in their 18V tools and adding in new features, electronics, and better battery technology. For the North American market these new 18V lithium-ion tools are to be known as 20V MAX with battery like Dewalt PS130 Battery, Dewalt A-9275 Battery, Dewalt A9252 Battery, Dewalt CD1200 Battery, Dewalt PS3550 Battery, Dewalt DC9096 Battery, Dewalt DE9039 Battery, Dewalt DW9096 Battery, Dewalt DC390 Battery, Dewalt DW056 Battery, Dewalt DW999 Battery, Dewalt DC9091 Battery.
As a residential contractor, there are plenty of DeWalt corded and cordless power tools in my jobsite trailer. Just for fun one day, I went out to one of the trailers that I kept and snapped a photo of one of the early 4-piece 18V Ni-Cad cordless tool combo sets that I purchased back in 2001. Now granted, I have been through at least a dozen batteries and have had the hammer drill rebuilt once at a DeWalt service center. This set of tools, however, is still kicking. We have seen that this is the case for many guys. They bought their 18V cordless tools, added more tools, and before they knew it, they were invested pretty deeply into the yellow and black product line. Much to DeWalt’s credit, many of these users from the early days of cordless technology are still faithful to the DeWalt line because DeWalt has continued to offer support and batteries for them to keep their tools running. In fact, DeWalt has sold over 63 million 18V Ni-Cad and Lithium-ion since they started that business back in the mid 1990’s.
Shifting to today’s contractors and craftsman, DeWalt realized that not only do they have a faithful following, but there are many new guys to the business that are looking for real job site performance in their tools. At the same time they also realized that the current offerings in the 18V line, while improved on some levels with the Nano technology Lithium-ion battery, still suffered in terms of performance and ergonomics. Early on, internally DeWalt identified that a large group of their users were so vested in the 18V line that introducing new cordless technology and tools at their expense would be a potentially devastating move. If you are one of these DeWalt 18V cordless tool diehards, you can relax. According to the upper management at the DeWalt Media Event, the company will not only offer support and batteries for the current 18V line – they will continue to produce both Ni-Cad and Lithium-ion dedicated tools. In DeWalt’s mind, the two platforms can coexist. But just so we are clear, the two platforms are not compatible in any way.
As far as the actually DeWalt 20V MAX cordless tools, they realized that many of the current 18V tools are class-leaders with both good performance and features so there was no sense in changing the mechanical design. They kept much of the same upper portions of the tools that included chucks, motors and such, with the biggest visual changes in the form of more comfortable and ergonomic handles and grips. Some of the biggest changes are on the inside with upgraded electronic controls. The new electronic controls that are built into all the new 20V MAX tools serve three main purposes:
1.They prevent the tools and batteries from being damaged in extreme temperature conditions
2.They prevent the batteriesfrom being damaged in high current applications, and
3.They prevent the batteries from draining down to far during discharge.
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