Testing The M18 Dual SuperCharger And Forge Battery

[@strykerentllc]

Keeping manufacturers honest and affording consumers the insight that's needed to make a truly informed purchase is greatly appreciated!

[@Tools-Tested]

Glad you liked it!

[@NRP1991]

Great video. That charger looks wild. Looking forward to getting one of these batteries eventually

[@Tools-Tested]

No problem! Yeah you almost need the new charger to get the full benefit.

[@wackyweyland8857]

The reason they don't compare the old to the new is that there may not necessarily be a reason to upgrade from the old one to the new one unless you are investing in forge batteries. This charger seems focused soley around forge batteries compared to the other rapid chargers which seem designed for universal usage by all m18 batteries.

[@ericnichols9275]

Got the FORGE Battery last week it will go back to almost a full charge real fast after a short hard use and it charges faster then the other MILWAUKEE battery s and when i got the 5 amp Power Stack last year it was$250 over $60 more then i paid for my FORGE Battery at HD with a DISCOUNT

[@Tools-Tested]

Yep I was actually surprised by the price!

[@cccspokesmanandcofounder]

Always a great concise video.

[@Tools-Tested]

Glad you liked it!

[@mugen2002]

You should have tested the 6.0 HO on the old Supercharger too.

[@iamoutofcontrol5352]

Good stuff

[@riba2233]

Great stuff as usual!

[@Tools-Tested]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danielherschberger6424]

The new super charger is definitely faster than the old super charger if I remember correctly in a previous video it took the old super charger 26 minutes to fully charge the 6 amp forge

[@Tools-Tested]

Correct, it's about 5min faster from my testing.

[@ToolsInAction4u]

This is cool and all. And I can’t wait for batteries to go to solid state. But a 6ah battery charging in less than 30 min is awesome. Just constantly cycle 3 batteries. I may just sell all of my 5ah batteries and get these instead.

[@Tools-Tested]

Yeah its definitely impressive, just with both ports fast charged at the same time.

[@toolscientist]

3:56 interesting how much heat was around the terminals of the 6ah HO. Wonder how they reduced that in the forge. Different metal or coating?

[@Tools-Tested]

Yeah its crazy how hot the area around the pins is on the 12AH, they must have changed coating or contact area with the Forges pins.

[@besimr.5072]

Thank you

[@Tools-Tested]

No problem!

[@dmacl123]

Does a rapid charger reduce the number of charges a battery can take or reduce the run time? Is using a standard charger better?

[@PcGamer1654]

If it's not designed to take a fast charg and you force its max input in all the time, yes, it will shorten the life span of the battery.

[@Tools-Tested]

Yep overtime it will, the standard charger is currently the best for battery cycles.

[@bakkencutter189]

So which battery will give me the longest runtime. The 12.0 or the forge. Looking to Power my fish finder with it.

[@Tools-Tested]

Runtime will be longer with the 12AH, the forge is only a 6AH so the 12 is double.

[@2down4up]

Maybe I missed it but what was the time to 80% and or 100% on the old supercharger?

[@txvet7738]

Is that CAT battery a flat pack cells or cylindrical cells? I don’t know anything about CAT since I don’t use them.

[@Tools-Tested]

Yeah the 5ah is a pouch cell Graphene battery. The 2ah and 4ah are the normal round cells.

[@TranTek]

@@Tools-Testedshouldn’t Graphene be a lot lighter and stronger than others ?

[@slinkytrips]

We need to get you the new Bosch rapid dual bay charger, no current sharing as each bay gets the full value - that's an eye watering 32amps total. They have released it in conjunction with tabless cylindrical lithium cell battery packs, they claim the heat dissipation is better than flat pouch packs but we will have to wait and see some real world tests.

[@Tools-Tested]

lol yeah at some point hopefully I can add that charger!

[@chuckyz2]

Does charging faster lower the life of the batteries?

[@Tools-Tested]

Yeah it will, how much is hard to say though without long term testing. Slower is better if possible, you will also typically get longer runtime from a pack thats slow charged vs rapid charge hot.

[@tedmcdonald3377]

😎⚒️😎⚒️😎

[@AAP0000]

DEE GEE’S ARC

[@yorselrus1996]

I have plenty of batteries, so there's no need for me to supercharge them

[@AR-uj3js]

Milwaukee battery don't last long will show red and green on the charger or the red death light they have a stupid electronic protection weak circuitry design and they charged a ton of money

[@Tools-Tested]

Yep I have failed a few m12 6AH

[@garyganser2451]

@garyganser2451 2 hours ago If I heard you right, for M18 batteries the new Supercharger puts out less watts than the Rapid Charger. I dont understand that.

[@Tools-Tested]

The new charger has a lower max amp draw per the spec vs the older charger. That being said the new charger will charger at a higher amp over the complete charge of the battery vs the old charger surges and then provides less amps to the battery over that same time.