Why be a dick? lot’s of people who don’t use every tool all day every day have good tools in good condition but need or want another choice to power them. Oh yea, where are the people who said this couldn’t be done? tip them back slightly to change the center of gravity and they stand up. the lighter 20 volt max batteries with a smaller footprint may not be heavy enough to stand on the battery. My thought on the angled adaptor? some of the tools are front heavy such as hammer drills and the like. rumor has it some reps will be “passing them out” to contractors. i encourage all dewalt customers to do the same. i may just pick up the converter kit and an adapter. i have proclaimed all along that i would buy one when available and i plan to do just that. I am glad to see this finally coming to be. that would mean a no brainer to convert to the 20 volt max batteries in your old tools. the other tidbit i picked up is that the 18 volt batteries will be seeing a price increase of 20 dollars over the normal 99 – 119 price. I just returned from the big iron farm show and the dewalt reps had the same story as you. I was just going to pipe in on the other post with this same info. I think this is a sure win for Dewalt users, but also a win for Dewalt. This is a great move to combat Milwaukee efforts to bite away at the cordless power tool market. I’m pretty confident that we’ll see a similar 18V XR to 18V adapter outside the USA. We’ll never know the exact reasons for the timing, but the important part is that Dewalt listened to their users and finally came out with a 20V Max to 18V battery adapter. Powering a 20V Max tool with an 18V battery pack is pretty much out of the question. Dewalt’s current generation of power tools, and the same is true for other brand’s Li-ion cordless tools, are much more sophisticated than previous generation of cordless tools.īut powering an 18V tool with a 20V Max battery – that should be simpler, right? I’ve seen some DIY adapters, so why not an official Dewalt adapter? Well, it’s here, or at least it will be quite soon. But, when writing yesterday’s discussion post about the rumored adapter, it seemed extremely reasonably that an adapter was forthcoming. I have always believed that if Dewalt wanted to come out with this type of 20V Max to 18V adapter, they would have released it at the beginning, alongside the launch of the 20V Max platform. Just in case, I’m checking with Dewalt and will update when I have an anwer. I assume that a 20V Max charger is required, and that you cannot charge a 20V Max battery through the adapter and plugged into an 18V charger. The Dewalt DCA2203C starter set is reasonably priced, considering that it’s $129 via Amazon for just a pair of battery packs. Plus, the smaller battery size might fit better with the adapter when attached to certain tools. Seeing as how Dewalt’s 18V XRP NiCd battery pack ( $89 via Amazon) is rated at just 2.4Ah, it makes sense that the starter set comes with compact 2.0Ah battery packs, as opposed to higher capacity ones. In addition to the Dewalt DCA1820 20V Max to 18V battery adapter, there will also be the Dewalt DCA2203C starter set, which comes with the battery adapter, a 20V Max and 12V Max multi-voltage charger, and (2) 2.0Ah Li-ion battery packs. They do say that the adapter should not be used with premium (higher capacity) battery packs and DC970 or DC759 drills. Update: It is recommended that the adapter be used only with their compact battery packs, although Dewalt’s product page seems a little unclear about this. I think that compatibility issues might only arise due to physical obstructions. I cannot find any existing Dewalt 18V tool where the 20V Max adapter might not fit – can you? Maybe that’s why the adapter is angled, and not because of balance considerations as I assumed. The 20V MAX* Battery Adapter allows most of DEWALT’s 18V tools to operate off of the advanced Lithium Ion battery technology. One thing to note is that some tools might not be compatible. Perhaps that’s what largely contributed to the timing of this adapter. So bridging 18V users to the Dewalt 20V Max platform makes more sense now than before. A lot of these and other new cordless tools are unique to the 20V Max lineup, with nothing like them in 18V users’ trucks, garages, Jobboxes, or tool sheds. Dewalt is really kicking their 20V Max lineup into gear – here’s a look at some of their upcoming cordless tools. Investing now in DEWALT’s 20V MAX* batteries will allow users to purchase less expensive bare tools in the 20V MAX* system, compared to their kitted versions. The adapter also opens the door for DEWALT’s 18V tool users to begin to invest in the advanced technology of DEWALT’s 20V MAX* tools – currently over 70 tools with more to come.
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