Battery Packs

[redmed]

Since Milwaukee & Ridgid are owned by the same company TTI are both their battery packs made with the same Lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide formula?

Are Dewalt packs still Lithium Ion Iron Nano-Phosphate (LiFePO4)?

What other Lithium-Ion formula's do the other manufacturers use?

What are the advantages of the different formula's? Does the Lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide formula retain energy better or worse than the Lithium Ion Iron Nano-Phosphate (LiFePO4) packs?

 

[rlitman]

Milwaukee and all other tool manufacturers buy cells. They only make the pack.

 

[bcradio]

Pretty loaded question set there

 

[Stuey]

Primer: http://toolguyd.com/power-tool-brands-dont-make-their-own-batteries/

I haven't checked Ridgid, but Milwaukee's latest packs have Samsung INR cells, Dewalt has I believe Sanyo cells. Chemistry varies depending on the cells used in the packs.