Just bought one two days ago and saw today the “Tool show” and they just happened to mention this video, this is amazing please keep making more of these.
Thanks for sharing. Interesting specs you provided, especially the details on air speed differences. This is a useful blower. Certainly not for the lawn, but I’ve been using for clearing sawdust when working outside, off the sawhorses and tools. Also easy to hold when on a ladder for blowing leaves out of the gutters. I have some of the HO 2.5 batteries. Performance basically same as 3.0 compact. For the blower I’ve been using the XC 6.0 batteries which weren’t tested here. Guess they would perform same as the HO 5.0 did.
Thanks. I use mine most for lawn clippings on the walkways, sweeping off the patio and the garage, powerful enough and light and nimble. My M18 blower is for spring cleaning and snow removal. The M18 is a beast in comparison to the M12. I have heard negative things about the 6.0 batteries, that they go out of balance easy. So, I have not added any to my collection. YMMV.
I have mine with a XC6.0 and it's been running without issues. I prefer run time over performance in this case, since I use it for small cleaning applications like removing leaves without blowing mulch or dusting my baseboards.
Yeh. It would seem that the XC6.0 should provide about as much air speed as the XC5.0HO (perhaps 4% less). I have just avoided 6.0s because I have not found a deal on them and I read in a few places on the intertube that they are more prone to going out of balance than XC4.0s. YMMV.
great test! do you find that the m12 fuel series motors can utilize the HOs better than brushed? with m18 apparently fuel models can somehow take better advantage of the HOs. non-fuel tools HO doesnt seems to matter vs non HO...or so i've been told. probably not related to the motor but rather the circuitry.
Thanks. I will be posting more test videos, though I do not have many brushed tools. The control of power into brushless motors is determined/limited by computer control while brushed motors have much simpler power regulation.
Just bought one two days ago and saw today the “Tool show” and they just happened to mention this video, this is amazing please keep making more of these.
Will do, and I have a few other videos testing M12 tools. M18 eventually later this summer!
This is exactly the test I was looking for! Thanks so much for posting this.
love to see you run one of the knockoff 9.0s with this tool as it's already so big you won't notice the bulk
So 4.0 is still good)
Thanks for the video.
For this blower and the Rover Flood Light, yeh there is little benefit to using HO batteries. For other tools, see my other videos!
Thanks for sharing. Interesting specs you provided, especially the details on air speed differences. This is a useful blower. Certainly not for the lawn, but I’ve been using for clearing sawdust when working outside, off the sawhorses and tools. Also easy to hold when on a ladder for blowing leaves out of the gutters. I have some of the HO 2.5 batteries. Performance basically same as 3.0 compact. For the blower I’ve been using the XC 6.0 batteries which weren’t tested here. Guess they would perform same as the HO 5.0 did.
Thanks. I use mine most for lawn clippings on the walkways, sweeping off the patio and the garage, powerful enough and light and nimble. My M18 blower is for spring cleaning and snow removal. The M18 is a beast in comparison to the M12. I have heard negative things about the 6.0 batteries, that they go out of balance easy. So, I have not added any to my collection. YMMV.
I have mine with a XC6.0 and it's been running without issues. I prefer run time over performance in this case, since I use it for small cleaning applications like removing leaves without blowing mulch or dusting my baseboards.
Yeh. It would seem that the XC6.0 should provide about as much air speed as the XC5.0HO (perhaps 4% less). I have just avoided 6.0s because I have not found a deal on them and I read in a few places on the intertube that they are more prone to going out of balance than XC4.0s. YMMV.
great test! do you find that the m12 fuel series motors can utilize the HOs better than brushed? with m18 apparently fuel models can somehow take better advantage of the HOs. non-fuel tools HO doesnt seems to matter vs non HO...or so i've been told. probably not related to the motor but rather the circuitry.
Thanks. I will be posting more test videos, though I do not have many brushed tools. The control of power into brushless motors is determined/limited by computer control while brushed motors have much simpler power regulation.
or write the purchase date on the battery.
sweet!