Some technologies will put out the higher voltage for longer and on higher loads though, so I guess that's what they may be trying to sell (but it's rubbery without numbers to back it up). ![]() All batteries of this chemistry with the same number of series cells will show over 20V at full charge. You could buy the old line Porter Cable stuff, modify the battery slot tabs, and interchange with the Stanley FatMax equivalents marketed in Europe and here in Australia. The Porter Cable name is not what it was though. That same line was marketed under Porter Cable in the US, and generally considered a cut above the budget brands, but beneath the premium stuff. The brushless drills/drivers are quite strong, and I've been able to auger (carefully) through a hardwood sleeper with one of these. Where there are plastics on Ozitos, there is alloy on my Fatmax, and mine are a mix of brushless and brushed (they started doing more brushless towards the end of the line). I'd say they are well above the budget tools such as Ozito or whatever, but not up there with the better Makita or Milwaukee lines (or indeed any of the other trade lines from smaller brands). This is almost like peak power figures in audio systems. As you say, Makita does actually spec a Voltage of "40V Max" though…which I guess should tell us all something (or it would if the term "Max" wasn't always being thrown around as a marketing 'bigger is better' type affectation. So…no laws, or even regulations around this - you can say whatever you want hoping that you don't fall afoul of 'misleading advertising' type regulations. This may have been self-regulation by the power tool industry though (via European Power Tools Association). On Porter Cable vs Craftsman…I'm still trying to figure out if they're the same tools.Įdit: On the voltage thing, I did find some info that there nominal voltages were the required spec up until 2017. They started slapping 20V on the Porter Cable tools, but our Stanley versions were emblazoned with 18V. It was a similar story with the old FatMax/Porter Cable line. In the US, they call the Craftsman equivalent the V20 also, but they actually say 20v. Here in Australia, there is no allusion to calling it 20V (but they do slip in the sneaky V20). It is for this reason that I understood Stanley-Black and Decker was not marketing their tool range as 20V in Australia (or Europe). I had read somewhere that EU did have restrictions on that sort of practice though. ![]() There are regulations around how you advertise this stuff, but not as specific as 'though shalt use nominal voltage' that I could find in Australia. ![]() The Makita max batteries are really just 36V right? Interesting…I hadn't looked at the Makita line, but the 20V DeWalt line looks like it's only marketed like that in North America, but not here (at least, I could only find 18V on the tools on their site).
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