Cordless drills/drivers

[Wayne.]

I have a 12v cordless drill, when I first got it, it worked fine. I
would get about 1.5hrs out of it.

It does not get used as much as my original one, but it is flat out now
getting past 30mins without me having to change out batteries.

What gives? My old one was a 3.6 or 4.5v that was second hand and
already had a year's worth of mileage.

 

[Sylvia Else]

I have a 12v cordless drill, when I first got it, it worked fine. I
would get about 1.5hrs out of it.

It does not get used as much as my original one, but it is flat out now
getting past 30mins without me having to change out batteries.

What gives? My old one was a 3.6 or 4.5v that was second hand and
already had a year's worth of mileage.

There's a huge variation in battery quality.

Sylvia.

 

[Wayne.]

There's a huge variation in battery quality.

Sylvia.

Wouldn't there be a huge improvement over the development timeline?

 

[Mike Manuka]

I opened the battery pack on Makita 12v drill and went to Jaycar and bought
LION cells.
Drill works and works and works probably 2 1/2 times longer than previously.

Bought 18v LION Ryobi kit at Bunnings 2 x batteries, charger and torch $299
and works all day on one battery.

 

[terryc]

Wouldn't there be a huge improvement over the development timeline?

It is most probably not being built by the same factory. Lots of stuff is
built toa price these days.