Hi Donald! Thanks for contributing to the discussion and commenting. My experience is still the same although I literally just had one 5aH waitley that did not fully charge to 3 bars on a DCB112 dewalt charger. Charger showed solid light but battery reported only two bars. I transferred it to my dewalt radio charger to see if it made a difference and could get it back to full charge but forgot to check the outcome. The battery is 2-3 years old now so I would not be crushed if it started to show its age. Otherwise, all other after-market batteries have been just fine!
Howdy again Donald! Thanks for the tip. While I have purchased the after-market batteries, I have yet to purchase a dewalt-alike tool so I have no practical experience with longevity or jobsite rigor. However, I have purchased refurbished dewalt tools and have had good luck there. Like you recommend, maybe looking into static tools like the speaker and floodlight might be a great way to plus out the tool inventory without worrying about their robust-ness. Good idea!
one thing I learned about repairing these things is often the charge controller has just turned itself off due to repeated (usually 3) imbalanced charges. As far as I know, there is no way to reset the firmware, but you can get replacement controllers for ~10-15$...better than a new battery. I tried this with 2 of my dewalt batteries, successfully recovered 1 of them.
Thanks for checking out the video and for your comments! I have never deep dove into battery repair except for the few videos on "hacks to recover noncharging batteries" which have not worked for me for the two dewalt and one Waitley batteries I have lost. It would be nice to know if the success rate can be 100% recovery but as long as you can use a purchased controller again if it does not recover batter #1 but maybe will recover battery #2, then you really might not be out any money in the end and will have recovered one or more batteries that might otherwise have been replaced at full cost (DeWalt or aftermarket).
Thanks for commenting! I agree with you that is videos where tests are way more scientific in their testing, the Waitley seems to do well for an after market DeWalt 20V option and a big cost savings.
Have noticed any drop in quality of the Waitley batteries? I’ve seen some say the quality has suffered in the last year or so. Looking to grab a few for home use in my Makita. Many thanks!
Thanks for the question/commnet DST! I have only had one problem and I am not sure if it is a problem. I have one 5ah Waitley the did not fully charge on a DCB112 charger on my last job. Charger said full but battery said 2 bars. I transferred it to my radio charger but then forgot to check the outcome. So....the jury is still out on that battery. Otherwise, I would estimate that I have at least 15 Waitley batteries from 5ah to 6ah (mostly 6) and have not had any other issues that I am aware of. They do not have all the longevity of run time that their DeWalt OEM batteries do but since they are often less than half the price, I can have two Waitley 6ah batteries ready to go vs one DeWalt 6ah. I like that math and so I will continue to buy both but when budget is cruching, Waitley wins out.
Always happy to respond and hopefully, be helpful! I am always benefiting from other construction/tool content youtube channels and am trying to do my part to pay the kindness back with providing content and responses of my own.
Howdy SBA! I love your poems. You are very prolific. But...back to tools. As far as these batteries, I have not seen anything in the documentation or in the YT video reviews of the Waitley batteries about a low cutoff. To my knowledge, I don't recall the batteries stopping before no bars were reached. All that said, I have lost only two Waitleys to their stopping recharging but I have also lost two DeWalt batteries to the same thing so I think I am still winning at their lower price point.
Thanks for the comment Juan! I am really happy with the cost and performance of the Waitley batteries. I prefer DeWalt original when I can afford them but finances as they are, the Waitley are my typical purchase since they are affordable without too much compromise.
Hey there Fort Meyers! Hope all is well. Wife and I vacationed there once and loved it. As far as your experience with Waitley aftermarket batteries…..I wish I had an answer but my experience is very different. I have had Waitley (5ah and 6ah) batteries in my arsenal for well over two years now with some batteries approaching 3. All of them have seen long action and multiple charges on DeWalt chargers. To my knowledge, they are all still performing well. If the run times are shorter with age or if there is a power drop off, I have not seen it and do not have the ability to test in that capacity. There are supposed to be battery hacks out there in YT videos about brining batteries back from the dead but with the one 60V 9ah DeWalt battery that died, none of the hacks worked. Ron Paulk had a similar experience and videoed his attempts and results. Was it wrong to have a trumpeter play Taps when I recycled the battery at the transfer station? If I were to lose a waitley battery or three, I would very likely replace them quickly and without thinking hard on the purchase since I have had a good experience. I like that they seem to run well, run long, and have (for me) longevity and most conveniently, at half the price of DeWalt brand at same amp-hour rating. In my mind, I can “afford” to replace them more often because they are less expensive by a lot and do what I need them to do. I do not know if any of this helps so I will wish you good luck in future battery investment, be it the time to defibrillate them back to life or in new purchases of either aftermarket or of genuine DW.
I get mine on Amazon. Here is a search title for you: waitley 2 Pack 20V 6.0A Replacement Battery Compatible with Dewalt DCB200 DCD DCF DCG Series Cordless Power Tools It came up for me with a pair of batteries for purchase. $51.00 Good luck if you want them and if you get them in, I hope they perform for you for the price point they are at.
A DeWalt 20 volt 8 AH battery weighs 2 lbs the DeWalt replacement 20 volt 8 AH batteries weigh 1.4 lbs these manufacturers are putting whatever number they want on these batteries do you believe a battery weighing 1.4 lbs has the same AH as a 2 lbs battery. My DeWalt 5AH battery weighs 1.7 lbs
Howdy BKS! Thanks for checking out the video and for commenting. I will confess that I have no idea how regulated battery labeling is and just how "close" a rating is on a battery to be "close enough" to being considered correct. You are correct that there are clearly measurable differences between DeWalt and the aftermarket battery options, weight being one of them and power per use/longevity of run time being others. With all the videos I have seen comparing DeWalt 20V batteries to aftermarket "DeWalt-interchangeable" batteries, the DeWalt are always superior (in apples-to-apples comparisons). Some aftermarket batteries, however, can be rated "pretty good" when comparing their reduced cost to their reduced performance and can be a strong alternate purchase for DeWalt tools. This is where I landed - on having the aftermarket Waitley 20V batteries as a sound economical choice for my DeWalt tools. In the empirical tests I have seen, Waitley seems to rise above the other aftermarket batteries. I will always prefer an actual DeWalt battery over any aftermarket but I do not always have the resources to buy DeWalt when needing extra batteries. Currently, I am probably around 50/50 DeWalt to aftermarket. In my Amazon cart is a 2-pack of DeWalt 6ah and a DeWalt 8ah ready to buy when the funds are there to back up my claim to my preference (and to support your observation of better quality!) In my long term on the jobsite experience, I have found Waitley to be a solid battery platform as a secondary option to the more expensive DeWalt batteries.
I have had a good experience so far with the Waitley batteries. 2 months no issues
Hi Donald! Thanks for contributing to the discussion and commenting. My experience is still the same although I literally just had one 5aH waitley that did not fully charge to 3 bars on a DCB112 dewalt charger. Charger showed solid light but battery reported only two bars. I transferred it to my dewalt radio charger to see if it made a difference and could get it back to full charge but forgot to check the outcome. The battery is 2-3 years old now so I would not be crushed if it started to show its age. Otherwise, all other after-market batteries have been just fine!
Also look into knock off DeWalt tools. The Bluetooth speaker and flood light have served me well
Howdy again Donald! Thanks for the tip. While I have purchased the after-market batteries, I have yet to purchase a dewalt-alike tool so I have no practical experience with longevity or jobsite rigor. However, I have purchased refurbished dewalt tools and have had good luck there. Like you recommend, maybe looking into static tools like the speaker and floodlight might be a great way to plus out the tool inventory without worrying about their robust-ness. Good idea!
one thing I learned about repairing these things is often the charge controller has just turned itself off due to repeated (usually 3) imbalanced charges. As far as I know, there is no way to reset the firmware, but you can get replacement controllers for ~10-15$...better than a new battery. I tried this with 2 of my dewalt batteries, successfully recovered 1 of them.
Thanks for checking out the video and for your comments! I have never deep dove into battery repair except for the few videos on "hacks to recover noncharging batteries" which have not worked for me for the two dewalt and one Waitley batteries I have lost. It would be nice to know if the success rate can be 100% recovery but as long as you can use a purchased controller again if it does not recover batter #1 but maybe will recover battery #2, then you really might not be out any money in the end and will have recovered one or more batteries that might otherwise have been replaced at full cost (DeWalt or aftermarket).
I have noticed that Waitley gets allot of good reviews. 👍
Thanks for commenting! I agree with you that is videos where tests are way more scientific in their testing, the Waitley seems to do well for an after market DeWalt 20V option and a big cost savings.
Have noticed any drop in quality of the Waitley batteries?
I’ve seen some say the quality has suffered in the last year or so.
Looking to grab a few for home use in my Makita.
Many thanks!
Thanks for the question/commnet DST!
I have only had one problem and I am not sure if it is a problem. I have one 5ah Waitley the did not fully charge on a DCB112 charger on my last job. Charger said full but battery said 2 bars. I transferred it to my radio charger but then forgot to check the outcome. So....the jury is still out on that battery.
Otherwise, I would estimate that I have at least 15 Waitley batteries from 5ah to 6ah (mostly 6) and have not had any other issues that I am aware of. They do not have all the longevity of run time that their DeWalt OEM batteries do but since they are often less than half the price, I can have two Waitley 6ah batteries ready to go vs one DeWalt 6ah. I like that math and so I will continue to buy both but when budget is cruching, Waitley wins out.
Thank you. Very Helpful.
Always happy to respond and hopefully, be helpful! I am always benefiting from other construction/tool content youtube channels and am trying to do my part to pay the kindness back with providing content and responses of my own.
Do they have the low auto cut off to prevent the tool draining them too low?
Howdy SBA! I love your poems. You are very prolific. But...back to tools. As far as these batteries, I have not seen anything in the documentation or in the YT video reviews of the Waitley batteries about a low cutoff. To my knowledge, I don't recall the batteries stopping before no bars were reached. All that said, I have lost only two Waitleys to their stopping recharging but I have also lost two DeWalt batteries to the same thing so I think I am still winning at their lower price point.
Yes, that is BMS standard for all lithium ion batteries
@@Utuber-x44 Thanks for commenting on the battery management system! I did not know it is a standard.
Good video thanks for the info.
Thanks for the comment Juan! I am really happy with the cost and performance of the Waitley batteries. I prefer DeWalt original when I can afford them but finances as they are, the Waitley are my typical purchase since they are affordable without too much compromise.
No good experience from me. Bought more than a year ago - used / charged 2 x since - now " DEAD" worth fixing ? I'm in Fort myers Florida Thanx
Hey there Fort Meyers! Hope all is well. Wife and I vacationed there once and loved it. As far as your experience with Waitley aftermarket batteries…..I wish I had an answer but my experience is very different. I have had Waitley (5ah and 6ah) batteries in my arsenal for well over two years now with some batteries approaching 3. All of them have seen long action and multiple charges on DeWalt chargers. To my knowledge, they are all still performing well. If the run times are shorter with age or if there is a power drop off, I have not seen it and do not have the ability to test in that capacity.
There are supposed to be battery hacks out there in YT videos about brining batteries back from the dead but with the one 60V 9ah DeWalt battery that died, none of the hacks worked. Ron Paulk had a similar experience and videoed his attempts and results. Was it wrong to have a trumpeter play Taps when I recycled the battery at the transfer station?
If I were to lose a waitley battery or three, I would very likely replace them quickly and without thinking hard on the purchase since I have had a good experience. I like that they seem to run well, run long, and have (for me) longevity and most conveniently, at half the price of DeWalt brand at same amp-hour rating. In my mind, I can “afford” to replace them more often because they are less expensive by a lot and do what I need them to do.
I do not know if any of this helps so I will wish you good luck in future battery investment, be it the time to defibrillate them back to life or in new purchases of either aftermarket or of genuine DW.
I read the reviews, watched the videos and went to buy Waitley batteries. Waitley seems to have disappeared 😞
I get mine on Amazon. Here is a search title for you: waitley 2 Pack 20V 6.0A Replacement Battery Compatible with Dewalt DCB200 DCD DCF DCG Series Cordless Power Tools
It came up for me with a pair of batteries for purchase. $51.00
Good luck if you want them and if you get them in, I hope they perform for you for the price point they are at.
A DeWalt 20 volt 8 AH battery weighs 2 lbs the DeWalt replacement 20 volt 8 AH batteries weigh 1.4 lbs these manufacturers are putting whatever number they want on these batteries do you believe a battery weighing 1.4 lbs has the same AH as a 2 lbs battery. My DeWalt 5AH battery weighs 1.7 lbs
Howdy BKS! Thanks for checking out the video and for commenting. I will confess that I have no idea how regulated battery labeling is and just how "close" a rating is on a battery to be "close enough" to being considered correct. You are correct that there are clearly measurable differences between DeWalt and the aftermarket battery options, weight being one of them and power per use/longevity of run time being others.
With all the videos I have seen comparing DeWalt 20V batteries to aftermarket "DeWalt-interchangeable" batteries, the DeWalt are always superior (in apples-to-apples comparisons). Some aftermarket batteries, however, can be rated "pretty good" when comparing their reduced cost to their reduced performance and can be a strong alternate purchase for DeWalt tools.
This is where I landed - on having the aftermarket Waitley 20V batteries as a sound economical choice for my DeWalt tools. In the empirical tests I have seen, Waitley seems to rise above the other aftermarket batteries.
I will always prefer an actual DeWalt battery over any aftermarket but I do not always have the resources to buy DeWalt when needing extra batteries. Currently, I am probably around 50/50 DeWalt to aftermarket. In my Amazon cart is a 2-pack of DeWalt 6ah and a DeWalt 8ah ready to buy when the funds are there to back up my claim to my preference (and to support your observation of better quality!)
In my long term on the jobsite experience, I have found Waitley to be a solid battery platform as a secondary option to the more expensive DeWalt batteries.