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DeWalt Power Stack 5 Amp Hour Battery: A Comprehensive Test
Choosing the right battery for your tools is crucial to maintaining their optimal performance. DeWalt offers a variety of batteries, with the DeWalt Power Stack 5 Amp Hour Battery being a popular choice. However, there are variable factors to consider when selecting the right battery. To help you make an informed decision, we ran some tests on the DeWalt Power Stack 5 Amp Hour Battery, the XR 5 Amp Hour Battery, and the XR 6 Amp Hour Battery.
Battery Performance Test
To compare the performance of the three batteries, we ran them through a heat gun test, and the results showed that there was not much difference between the XR 5 Amp Hour and the Power Stack 5 Amp Hour batteries. However, we discovered an error in our testing as we did not have our voltmeter hooked up during the test. When we checked the ending voltage, we found out that the Power Stack 5 Amp Hour battery bounced back quickly compared to the XR 5 Amp Hour battery, which had a slow bounce-back rate.
Further battery performance tests showed that the XR 5 Amp Hour battery depletes itself quite quickly and dies at around 11V. On the other hand, the Power Stack 5 Amp Hour battery holds a lot higher voltage and dies around 12.10V. Likewise, the XR 6 Amp Hour battery holds similar performance characteristics to the XR 5 Amp Hour battery.
Heat Gun Test
The XR 5 Amp Hour battery went on for 17 minutes and 26 seconds during the heat gun test, while the Power Stack 5 Amp Hour battery went on for 16 minutes and 26 seconds. The XR 6 Amp Hour battery went on for 21 minutes. These results indicated that the XR 6 Amp Hour battery has the longest run time.
Circular Saw Test
We are yet to run tests on the DeWalt Power Stack 5 Amp Hour Battery, XR 5 Amp Hour, and XR 6 Amp Hour batteries to determine their optimal performance when using the circular saw. Therefore, we cannot determine which battery is the best choice for power tools.
Half-Battery Performance
We believe that it’s essential to purchase tools based on their half-battery performance since it’s more realistic as to how most people use their tools. Unfortunately, we don’t have sufficient data on this yet. Understanding how quickly performance deteriorates when a battery gets to half of its capacity can help you determine what battery holds up the best throughout its range.
Conclusion
For the DeWalt Power Stack 5 Amp Hour Battery, it is a great balance of power and size, making it the most popular DeWalt battery pack. It is crucial to handle the battery correctly and understand its characteristics for optimal performance. Subscribe to our channel for more information on DeWalt power tools and batteries.
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Which one lasts longer and then drops off with your mom?
the old 6ah xr battery had 20700 cells and a yellow 6ah sticker. The newer 6ah xr battery has newer bigger samsung 30t 21700 cells and a white 6ah sticker. so I think you have the old one in your videos.
Can you please do a tool review on powerstack battery
What tools can be used on the powerstack battery
Can the new Dewalt pruners be used with a powerstack battery and what charger chargers the powerstack battery.
Can the powerstack battery be used on flexvolt tools. What happens if powerstack battery on a flexvolt tools. Is their any damage.
Have a happy new year and all the best 2023.
Thankyou so kindly for all your help
It would be cool to see how many circular saw cuts you can get done with the PowerStack compared to the standard 5Ah in the same amount of time.
I like using my 9 amp flex volt on my impact driver for assembling overhead doors. The 5s just don't last long in heavy steel
I like the New Power Stack 5 amp but it's just not a Flex Stacked Lithium DeWalt needs to come out with a 8 or 10 AMP Power Stack next year and they need a 2500 inch pounds Impact Driver they are coming out with a new XR DCF 845 but it's not going to have not close to Flexes 2500 inch pounds of the Quick EJECT I admit the DCF 891 with the 5AMP Power Stack is a monster don't have the DCF 900 yet but I'm sure it will take OFF more lugs then most can with the power stack
Like your idea make a flashback on your last video. Now I saw your video like serial)
Re bounce back, that's exactly what I said under the other video when I watched it last night. Re title of this one, false and misleading. You have not shown power, only voltage over time. Offer stands to help produce a definitive video on all of these packs and also how the various tools fit into that data. Hit me up.
Looks like they would make the tool a 14.4v with 20 or 18v battery and regulate the voltage down to maintain 14.4 for almost the entire life cycle of the battery. Or a 12v tool with 20v battery regulated down to run the 12v motor.
The voltage regulator would have to be more than a simple circuit or resistor, so it wouldn't use the same amount of power.
Awesome videos. Not in Dewalt but technology and info is great and will someday likely apply to me.
Any plans on testing the flex 3.5/6/10ah powerstack?
Can you test the 10ah XR?
As usual great work Brian. Was hoping to see the saw test on this video. You rock brother !!
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