Milwaukee M18 High Output 6.0Ah vs Standard 4.0Ah REDLITHIUM Batteries | Right Tool for the Job 

DeWalt's battery ranges are a little confusing because they have a few different battery types that are designed to give more power to certain tools. For example, their FLEXVOLT Advantage tools are designed to get a higher boost in power when used with the FLEXVOLT batteries instead of the regular ones. Depending on what tool you were powering that could be why you didn't see a significant jump in power.

21700 is superior to the older 18650s, period lol maybe not a huge difference but it's there

when i get my hands on them, i will for sure!

@@OhioPowerTool Great thanks

@@OhioPowerTooldid you ever test this? I LOVE the size of the m12 HO cp 2.5 but want to know if they put out the same power as HO5.0 just less run time… I know there was a big difference between the non-HO batteries, but wonder if it’s the same with HO? please let me know! Thanks!

Thanks for checking it out!

and?

Yeah that’s the point.

@@m00nraker4545 Why not use a new 5.0 and a new 6.0. after all, the 5.0s come in like every kit to this day, and they're asking us to spend extra to upgrade. I hate buying batteries outside of a kit. Everyone knows the old 4.0s suck, even compared to the 5.0s. You can't tell me he doesn't have 5s laying around because everyone who uses M18 has a ton of them.

@@histguy101 are you on drugs, i've seen 5's that are JUNK, my 4 lasted much longer.

It would! You would get more power, runtime, and durability!

Honestly, that is one of the things that influenced my decision to choose Milwaukee when I was trying to decide on a professional platform to invest in when it was time to begin upgrading my arsenal this past year. DeWalt makes some great tools, but the model names and numbers, the various lines, between the 20 Volt Max, The Atomic, 20V Max XR, The Flexvolt, Flexvolt Advantage…etc. are a bit too confusing for the average consumer to quickly make heads or tales of. It seemed to me that if I need an Excel Spreadsheet with pages of data just to differentiate between the characteristics of different models within the same brand platform, that was going to cause me waaay more consternation than it was going to be worth. I feel like Milwaukee Marketing got that part right. They have Brushed, Brushless, and Fuel Brushless. And that same basic framework follows whether you are talking about M18 or M12. I will say that the Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3 thing can get a bit confusing sometimes, but there is usually a corresponding change to the model number that can then be used to help identify the various iterations. Great video. Keep up the good work!

I tend to agree with you on that. Milwaukee does make it easy to understand what you're getting, especially on the selling side of things! Thanks for watching and your comment James.

Exactly. It’s either Milwaukee, or Milwaukee Fuel. Not that other nonsense like XR, flex or whatever lol

@@noelv1976 Well, there Milwaukee brushed, Milwaukee Brushless, and Milwaukee Fuel. There's also M12, M18, V18, V28, and M28, and of course MX Fuel(72v)

Yes these do work longer with 6.0 newer batteries. They actually have a battery chart on most of them to show how long each can run on a single charge with each battery.

Hey Mark! I had to do a bit of a deeper dive into this, and have come up with two potential answers for you. One of them, apparently, is that it's not possible to convert PSI to ft lbs, as one is a measurement of pressure and the other one of total energy, and the other is that 1PSI is apparently equal to 144 pound-force/square foot, so you may be able to do a calculation based off that (if 1PSI is 144 lbf/sqft, 2PSI is 288, 10PSI 1440, etc). I hope that helps!

M18 Lights don't really benefit from High Output batteries, it's all about Amp Hours and longevity so that really depends on you. Do you want lightweight and compact, 2.0Ah or 3.0Ah? Or Mid weight and longer runtime, 5.0Ah to 8.0Ah? Stick light is meant to be task lighting you can easily carry, probably wouldn't be great with the 12.0Ah monster just for sheer size but again up to you!

If I am understanding the question correctly they do not have a feature extend the life of the battery through the charger. This in large part due to the fact that often time you will want a battery to be fully charged when taking the battery to a job. What the charger does do however is turn off automatically when the battery has reached the proper full charge. This also works for the extended capacity batteries as well.

Different power requirements! It turns out American appliances and European appliances run on different voltage levels; this side of the pond, our tools run on 110V while you guys run on 220V. Since you need just a tad more power, battery guidelines are just slightly different. As to why appliances have different power requirements between countries, well that's above this marketing man's pay grade, you'll probably have to take that up with someone in authority. What's ol' Chaz up to these days? Perhaps we could swing round his for a cuppa and get this sorted!

M12 have 18650. 2.0 has 2 4.0 has 6 I believe 6.0 has 8 I think been awhile since I've taken a 6.0 apart

Milwaukee will not invest into the 21700 in the M12 line... it's just not there to do it

@@stevennihipali3607 it would be beneficial for the stubby impacts and the ratchets and a couple other tools but I do agree

@@beefysghost867 I have the fuel ratchets, those things are a freaking beast with the 3 n 4.0's... the fastest speed ones, I haven't tried yet

@@stevennihipali3607 i love mine, I want to try the ratchet/ digital torque wrench they got out now

The 8.0Ah uses higher quality 21700 cells so they didn't have to drastically increase the size/weight of the 8.0Ah with the power increase! The 6Ah runs on Samsung T30 and the 8Ah runs on Samsung T40, so the 6Ah gives more power and the 8Ah has a long runtime.

@@OhioPowerTool Oh I see, so they both do run the 21700 but they are different. Thank you very much for the explanation, that helped lots :)

@@darrentoth7165 oh you're welcome 😊 🙂

The 8.0 uses 4000mAh 21700 cells. The 6.0 uses 3000mAh 21700 cells. It's kinda like the xc 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 are the same size, but use the 1500mAh, 2000mAh, or 2500 mAh 18650 cells.

Yes, the High Output batteries will give a significant performance boost for larger tools like miter saws!

Ok thanks

Can’t wait for track saw! It’s coming at some point…

Thanks! It was more about seeing if the new batteries actually changed how the tools themselves performed, but glad you enjoyed!

Hey Chris! We're sorry for the inconvenience; which batteries would you have rather seen compared? We may be able to see what we can knock together by way of comparison!