DEWALT TOOL BASES

SCHMIDTTOOLSLOTS OF PEOPLE ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE NEW LI-ION 18V DEWALT BATTERIES SO THIS MIGHT HELP A FEW PEOPLE OUT. WE`RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK LOOK AT DEWALT 18V TOOL BASES AND TRY TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE 18V SYSTEM WITH THE NEW LI-ION BATTERIES AND WHAT TOOLS CAN BE USED WITH WHAT BATTERIES AND WHAT THE PHRASE "NANO OR LI-ION BASE" MEANS.OK WELL WHERE TO START, BASICALLY ALL 18V DEWALT BATTERIES WILL FIT INTO AND OPERATE ANY DEWALT 18V TOOL. I`LL SAY THIS FIRST UP THE TYPE OF BASE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AND IS PURELY A COSMETIC THING AND MATTERS ONLY AS FAR AS LOOKS GOES AND NOT FUNCTION. THE BRANDING DeWALT FIRST USED "NANO" WHICH IS SHORT FOR "NANO PHOSPHATE" (THIS IS DEWALTS OWN TYPE OF LI-ION CHEMISTRY) DIDN`T GO DOWN WELL WITH CUSTOMERS AND CREATED A FAIR BIT OF CUSTOMER CONFUSION. BUT BASICALLY OLD BATTERIES BE USED IN NEW TOOLS TOO AND VICE VERSA. THE BRANDING HAS SINCE BEEN CHANGED AND NOW THEY CALL THEM "XRP LI-ION."WOW, IT WOULDN`T HAVE TAKEN A GENIUS TO FIGURE THAT WAS A BETTER NAME THAN "NANO" IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU`D THINK. TO ME IT SEEMED A FAIRLY OBVIOUS CHOICE.....MAYBE THEY SHOULD PAY ME TO RUN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT. I DON`T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT AT THE MOMENT BUT THEY MAKE STRANGE CHOICES. THEY CURRENTLY PRODUCE A WHOLE STACK OF TOOLS THAT ARE ALL THE SAME NOW TOO BUT HAVE DIFFERENT MODELS NUMBERS ACCORDING TO WHAT BATTERY COMES WITH THE TOOL, JUST TO CONFUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARN`T ALREADY CONFUSED. LIKE DC825, DCF826, DC827 ALL THE SAME 1/4" IMPACT DRIVERS, ALL DIFFERENT LABELS, THERE`S MORE ABOUT THOSE IN ANOTHER GUIDE. BUT ANYWAY BACK ON TOPIC,A LI-ION DEWALT BATTERY WILL FIT ANY 18 V DEWALT TOOL BUT IT WILL NOT CHARGE IN A NI-CD CHARGER AND NEEDS A LI-ION CHARGER TO BE RECHARGED.