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Makita Australia has the new 6.0Ah battery on their website. Makita USA press release back in November said a Feb 2016 release. Anyone heard anything?
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No haven’t seen or heard anything
Wow I thought makita just released the 5.0 recently now they have a 6.0 coming out
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jswoger1986 wrote:
Wow I thought makita just released the 5.0 recently now they have a 6.0 coming out
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Yea right after the 5.0 came out they announced a 6.0, i think bosch has a 6.0 coming out too.
My first makita 18V tool was 5ah, in late 2014. And to my knowlege, 4 ah even came out the same year. 😀 So things are really happening quick theese days. But I think 6-6,5Ah will be the limit for some time. (For 10 cell normal sized battery packs)
The 3 Ah cell’s used in 6 Ah is pretty old, but in newer times they may have managed to get the discharge rate up, and the efficiency on motors up.
But I can’t say I have heard of anything more than 3-3,2 ish Ah for a normal sized cell. And given that the tool industry lags behond the battery industry a fair bit, we might be in for a long wait. If you guys haven’t seen any more?
jswoger1986 wrote:
Wow I thought makita just released the 5.0 recently now they have a 6.0 coming out
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Must have been the 5.0 with fuel gauge then they just announced maybe 6 months ago
Jimbo
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Yup those are the ones I got
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Doesnt milwaukee have a 9ah battery or something crazy like that?
Fazzman wrote:
Doesnt milwaukee have a 9ah battery or something crazy like that?
The 6.0 and 9.0 batteries have been announced but I don’t think they’re shipping just yet.
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kdv wrote:
The 6.0 and 9.0 batteries have been announced but I don’t think they’re shipping just yet.
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Aah ok,i knew i had heard it somewhere,so much new stuff to scope out hehe. thank you for clarifying.
I would assume the 9.0 will ship out when their sds max comes out whenever that is
Jimbo
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yes. Problem is, they haven’t done anything breaking news or use a new tech. Just add a third row with more battery-cells. So we are still left with “just” 6ah ish for standard size.Fazzman wrote:
Doesnt milwaukee have a 9ah battery or something crazy like that?
They seem to be focusing on raising power density now that energy density is high enough. Back with the 3Ah batteries they had to limit power consumption to increase runtime not just to keep the battery working. Now they could make something like a 10Ah the size of a 6Ah but it wouldn’t power much besides the flashlights.