Further to this video, and from further use, these four green labeled 6ah Waitley batteries that their performance is very poor in comparison to the older Waitley 6ah batteries that I’ve had for around 3 years. These are still going strong.
@Sproutt. Yeh not much. It’s like a cordless SDS. You wouldn’t bring one to a job where you were planning on drilling loads of deep holes through hard stone. It’s handy if you know you have to only do a little or you think there’s a possibility. Throwing it in the van without having to worry about petrol, oil, refilling onsite can be quite handy as it’s small, light and just add batteries. The battery ones are pretty wimpy. I’ve also used the Dewalt. It’s about the same as the Makita. Batteries cannot replace the energy produced by hydrocarbons, so in my view, battery saws are for specific use cases as opposed to a petrol replacement. I’ve also found that the battery saws are useless at cutting steel. There’s just not enough power in them to cut steel with the thicker discs. Whereas this isn’t a problem for the petrol ones as they have the power and capacity to eat through steel. I’ve found even a 4” grinder with a 1mm disc far more effective at cutting even small bits of steel than the battery disc saws. I have a petrol saw for planned and larger jobs and if there’s a delay risk associated with a petrol saw breaking down, which they often do, I’ll hire one locally and just use my petrol one as the backup.
Hi.i bought some de Walt 18v 4ah batterys what a load of rubbish took about 6 weeks to arrive from I guess china wish they had never arrived.just recycled them in a skip Roger.
Further to this video, and from further use, these four green labeled 6ah Waitley batteries that their performance is very poor in comparison to the older Waitley 6ah batteries that I’ve had for around 3 years. These are still going strong.
How much concrete can you really cut on one charge with that saw
@Sproutt. Yeh not much. It’s like a cordless SDS. You wouldn’t bring one to a job where you were planning on drilling loads of deep holes through hard stone.
It’s handy if you know you have to only do a little or you think there’s a possibility.
Throwing it in the van without having to worry about petrol, oil, refilling onsite can be quite handy as it’s small, light and just add batteries.
The battery ones are pretty wimpy. I’ve also used the Dewalt. It’s about the same as the Makita. Batteries cannot replace the energy produced by hydrocarbons, so in my view, battery saws are for specific use cases as opposed to a petrol replacement.
I’ve also found that the battery saws are useless at cutting steel. There’s just not enough power in them to cut steel with the thicker discs. Whereas this isn’t a problem for the petrol ones as they have the power and capacity to eat through steel. I’ve found even a 4” grinder with a 1mm disc far more effective at cutting even small bits of steel than the battery disc saws.
I have a petrol saw for planned and larger jobs and if there’s a delay risk associated with a petrol saw breaking down, which they often do, I’ll hire one locally and just use my petrol one as the backup.
Hi.i bought some de Walt 18v 4ah batterys what a load of rubbish took about 6 weeks to arrive from I guess china wish they had never arrived.just recycled them in a skip Roger.