2nd wave of Flexvolt timeframe?

Anyone got any hints or tips about when some of the other tools featured in the Flexvolt announcements will come down the pipeline? I’d imagine around the time 9ah is released more will follow. Particularly interested in the SDS. 

I’ve seen both November and January for the 9.0. I don’t expect the second wave until spring when OPE etc. will come out. SDS Max I could see launching at the same time as the 9.0. 

January doesn’t make any sense to me, november/december would boost sales for holidays, nobody is spending money in January, lol. 

The supply chain is king. If they can’t get enough 20700 cells (or whatever size they are switching to) then optimal retail timeframes don’t matter. Plus, they’ll sell when they come out regardless of when that might be. As much as I’m sure they would like the extra homeowner sales, they can still get money from those people with their Black Friday fire sales on entry level garbage lol. 

Good question, I haven’t heard anything yet.

the new radio flexvolt is due November 1

I think model  number is dcr025 or dcr027

one of the worlds largest construction trade show is in January 2017 in Munich Germany 

Dewalt will have a large stand / booth

We will see the SDS Hammer drill launch there for Europe

(plus some secrets)

plunge saw / track saw dcs520 has launched Oktober 1st in Germany

November in UK

cheers

someone said plunge/track saw in October. If it was Europe exclusive right now is something I don’t know.

midogrumpy wrote:

9 hours ago, midogrumpy said:

the new radio flexvolt is due November 1

I think model  number is dcr025 or dcr027

hopefully is sounds as good as the dewalt toughsystem radio, which sounds awesome unlike all their previous models that just sucked….no bass..

midogrumpy wrote:

the new radio flexvolt is due November 1

I think model  number is dcr025 or dcr027

77Ford wrote:

23 minutes ago, 77Ford said:

 

I been scratching my head on this one….why DeWalt even is producing it? Because the Flexvolt battery will not fit in the Toughsystem radio? I will be amazed if it sounds any better. emoji41.png


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Because those worthless jack@**es at DeWalt advertised the tough system radio as having phone remote control capabilities and it doesn’t and this one is being much more explicitly advertised as having remote phone control capabilities and if it really does this time it will be worth it.

ToughSystem radio has plenty of questionable design features, but the sound is hard to argue with. The 025 is going to have to be amazing to find it’s way into my possession as a home shop radio. 

If the new flexvolt radio syncs to their lights so you can get the full concert effect then I am sold on both of them.

Bremon wrote:

ToughSystem radio has plenty of questionable design features, but the sound is hard to argue with. The 025 is going to have to be amazing to find it’s way into my possession as a home shop radio. 

I’m still jamming with my Bosch PB360 and cannot justify a change outside of the fact that my Dewalt batteries cannot power it. The sound is still incredible and it’s only five years old. I’d love to give the Toughsystem box a try but meh. I can’t see spending the cash on a new radio.

The Bosch cube is the ultimate site radio. It’s only failing in my eyes was being made by Bosch lol. I didn’t want to pay for charging capability or battery capability on another system. If it was red or yellow I’d own it. Much prefer it to the M18 Bluetooth which we’ve killed at work in no time. 

If they still sold a Bosch with a remote and sattelite radio I would have bought that instead.

ChrisK wrote:

I’m still jamming with my Bosch PB360 and cannot justify a change outside of the fact that my Dewalt batteries cannot power it. The sound is still incredible and it’s only five years old. I’d love to give the Toughsystem box a try but meh. I can’t see spending the cash on a new radio.

77Ford wrote:

20 minutes ago, 77Ford said:

 

I picked up the Bosch after I had the Toughsystem…….you are not missing out. The Bosch rocks


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Yeah I’ve had the Milwaukee M18 box….it sucked. I also had the Makita 18v….it sucked. The Bosch is an amazing sounding machine. I don’t have any more Bosch 18v tools so portability isn’t there but I’m always by a cord anyways. The sound and volume is amazing as is the reception. I kind of wish mine was BT but the ac cord works just fine with my iPhone and the sound is quality.

ChrisK wrote:

10 minutes ago, ChrisK said:

Yeah I’ve had the Milwaukee M18 box….it sucked. I also had the Makita 18v….it sucked. The Bosch is an amazing sounding machine. I don’t have any more Bosch 18v tools so portability isn’t there but I’m always by a cord anyways. The sound and volume is amazing as is the reception. I kind of wish mine was BT but the ac cord works just fine with my iPhone and the sound is quality.

I have the Milwaukee m18 Bluetooth radio, but then again I got it for free and wasn’t going to turn that down, first good radio I’ve owned in my life, I was never into radios and simply decided I wasn’t going to spend the money on one, but it’s a nice one compared to what I had lol

KnarlyCarl wrote:

3 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

I have the Milwaukee m18 Bluetooth radio, but then again I got it for free and wasn’t going to turn that down, first good radio I’ve owned in my life, I was never into radios and simply decided I wasn’t going to spend the money on one, but it’s a nice one compared to what I had lol

Sorry this was five years ago when they had the boom box. That was my Makita replacement which sounded great but had no reception. The M18 sucked in sound quality and reception but it had a bottle opener so that was nice. I got the Bosch and ever looked back. I’m sure the newer one is nice and almost every review of it says exactly that but that last one was piece of garbage!

ChrisK wrote:

11 minutes ago, ChrisK said:

Sorry this was five years ago when they had the boom box. That was my Makita replacement which sounded great but had no reception. The M18 sucked in sound quality and reception but it had a bottle opener so that was nice. I got the Bosch and ever looked back. I’m sure the newer one is nice and almost every review of it says exactly that but that last one was piece of garbage!

Ah well I’m not into their radio history as you can tell, im more of a practical guy so I tend to focus on more what I consider usable tools I guess you could say. 

KnarlyCarl wrote:

1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Ah well I’m not into their radio history as you can tell, im more of a practical guy so I tend to focus on more what I consider usable tools I guess you could say. 

Yeah I hear you. It’s like a butter face. It had a bottle opener but the rest of it was ick!

KnarlyCarl wrote:

2 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Ah well I’m not into their radio history as you can tell, im more of a practical guy so I tend to focus on more what I consider usable tools I guess you could say. 

I think the one he’s talking about might be the one in my spray booth. I think it sounds pretty good, and better than the old Dewalts we have in the shop. Bad taste on my part I suppose lol. 

A guy told me the radio is the most important tool on the jobsite. I’m not sure I would go to the extent of saying its “the most important tool on the jobsite” but I don’t really got much say since I’m not much into having a radio on the job site. Sure I enjoy music but just don’t see its value on the jobsite. It tends to be annoying, loud, and playing music I don’t like. There’s probably gonna be that one guy who wants it really loud and you cant hear anything cause of the loud music or your trying to talk to a guy and you cant cause of the radio. I could see using a radio if it wasn’t deafening or playing distracting music. I’d consider myself in the minority. I prefer a volume quieter than average and I prefer styles/genres of music different than what is typically listened to on the jobsite.

Bremon wrote:

50 minutes ago, Bremon said:

I think the one he’s talking about might be the one in my spray booth. I think it sounds pretty good, and better than the old Dewalts we have in the shop. Bad taste on my part I suppose lol. 

2790-20. Absolute junk for me!

Lol Chris, that’s the one. We’ve had it at work for anout half a decade now minimum. Thing is bulletproof, looks like absolute shit but keeps ticking. We’ve been pleased with it; it outdoes a forklift and plenty of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for volume lol

Bremon wrote:

16 minutes ago, Bremon said:

Lol Chris, that’s the one. We’ve had it at work for anout half a decade now minimum. Thing is bulletproof, looks like absolute shit but keeps ticking. We’ve been pleased with it; it outdoes a forklift and plenty of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for volume lol

That’s cool Bremen. That was one of my warranty issue tools. I got it about 5 years ago, replaced it and then got a Bosch. I did love that bottle opener though!

Similar to our experience with the M18 Bluetooth. Lasted about 2 months and just died randomly. Could power on and get a clock but that was it; I’m sure it’s a great radio but that one experience soured me on it.