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These batteries are the new 2.6 amp and I bought them to replace my old ones for my 9.6 volt drill and small power saw. I am pleased. Both of these tools now work much better being especially noticeable with the saw. The old style batteries would hardly power the saw so I rarely used it, now while working on my model train layout I will have a small portable circular saw to use.
These NiMH batteries are far superior to the old NiCds, even though you need to buy a new charger to use them with an older tool. In warmer conditions they were equal or the Bosch won. These batteries seem to be able to deliver power much better at low temperatures than the newerlithium ones, so I was able to drive screws around freezing much better with my old 9.6V Makita than the much newer 10.8V/12V Bosch PS20-2.
Be SURE you have a charger that will charge a NiMH battery -- many if not most standard Makita chargers will NOT.
You have to buy a new charger also by the way. Great product if you can shell out the money on an old drill. The batteries were not freash and it did not let me down. Although you will spend a chunk of money if you are doing this to replace the older type of batteries for your drill, but to me it was worth it. I love my 9.6 drill and did not want to buy a new one (these last for ever if you ask me) the power is much better than ever before and they last forever. that is up to you. I used mine to drill several 3" holes through 3/4 inch treated plywood and was already using it before I started the project.
My original Ni-Cad batteries would no longer hold a charge and I was about ready to replace everything when I saw this battery at Menards. It will also allow charging a battery sooner after use than the old charger. The drill has almost full torque until the battery runs out instead of gradually getting slower as the Ni-Cads seemed to do. Like others, I do wish it would have been more clearly marked on the packaging that my older charger would no longer work, so I ended up going back to the store to buy the new charger (another $50). This gives the feel that the drill has more power than before, though that may just be my perception.For those people who already have the correct charger, then purchasing this battery is a no-brainer.
Overall I'm extremely pleased with this product. One drawback to the new charger is that it is larger and won't fit in the original case for my drill. I'm helping a friend build a deck and there are some tight places on the deck where his brand new drill would not fit while mine still would due to the narrow design. This battery provides an excellent upgrade option for those with older Makita tools. Still, it's a better charger and it will work for both the old and new batteries, with better indicators for the charging status. The old charger would require waiting quite awhile for a recently used battery to cool down before it would accept it. Besides the larger capacity and more time between charges, this battery seems to produce power more evenly over the life of a single charge. From this description, it may sound like I would have been better off just to get a whole new setup, but as others have mentioned the newer drills are heavier and shaped differently than the older models.
It was more expensive than another Ni-Cad, but worth every penny. The new chargeer requires little or no cool down time before the battery can be popped in. If your model came with the model 9033 battery, this one even has a bit more capacity (2.6 amp-hours versus 2.2). For awhile I just kept the new charger in my main toolbox, but recently I found a great deal on a used drill with case (and another Ni-Mah battery) on ebay, so now I'm all set.
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