High Output vs Regular tool battery brands: Kobalt, Ryobi, Milwaukee, Knockoff Milwaukee, and Ridgid. Batteries compared for performance using various “high drain” powertools, including chainsaw, circular saw, shop vac, and leaf blower. Batteries tested at approximately 70F and at near 0F. Batteries also bench tested for capacity and drain curve. I bought all of the batteries and tools used to test the batteries to ensure an unbiased review. So, thank you for supporting the channel.
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Several tool manufacturers make high Output batteries that are supposed to Make fifty percent more power and run Cooler the question is are they just Taking your money or can they deliver on This promise and the first test will Compare regular and high performance Batteries in a chainsaw then we'll Compare performance using a circular saw We'll see which offers the best speed in An air blower finally we'll look inside The batteries to see if they're all the Same let's compare two Ryobi 4 amp hour Batteries one is a high output and the Other is not and the regular Ryobi OnePlus is made in China Roby claims Their high output battery makes 30 Percent more power and runs cooler we're Going to test that high output battery Costs 85 or 35 dollars more than the Regular I bought two batteries each just In case it caused damage to one of the Batteries during testing battery sales Made in China with further processing in Vietnam the shape size and design of the Batter cases looks the same and the Standard Ryobi battery weighs 703 grams And the high performance weighs 25 grams More at 728. the regular Ryobi battery Claims to make 72 Watt hours and a high Output 74. in a recent video I tested Compact chainsaws chainsaws during Batteries very quickly which makes it a Perfect tool for the test the chainsaw
Diner will measure the amount of Downward force it takes to stall the saw I'll place a 10 pound weight on top of The tester and it's right at 10 pounds Both batteries are fully charged testing The regular battery first and aerobi Makes a lot of torque but doesn't offer A lot of chain speed 46 Pounds of Downward Force to stop the chain on the First attempt anderobi performed the Same on the second attempt at 46 Pounds And at three in a row at 46 Pounds on a Third attempt testing the high Performance battery and high performance Battery came to a stop at 46 Pounds in The first attempt and a high performance Battery dropped off a little to 45 Pounds on the second and it's 45 pounds On the third attempt so the regular Battery actually performed a little Better the batteries are fully charged So let's test The Cutting speed cutting Through pressure treated 4x4s with 10 Pounds on the bar and the Ruby has a Pretty slow chain speed but it made the Cut with the regular battery at 6.79 Seconds on the first attempt And regular battery lost a little speed On the second attempt making the cut in 6.94 seconds and the third pass is about The same as the first two at 6.89 Seconds so very consistent results at 6.87 seconds on average let's see if the High performance battery can deliver
Better results And high performance battery made it Slows cut yet in 7.35 seconds or about a Half a second slower than the regular Battery And high performance battery did better On the second cut at 6.54 seconds And the third cut is just under seven Seconds for a three cut average of 6.96 Seconds so the regular battery is just a Little faster I just pulled the regular Battery out of the freezer And the regular battery is really Struggling and the saw stalled three Different times finally finishing the Cut and 15.72 seconds on the first Attempt and the regular batter has Warmed up just a little bit of stall two More times on the second cut 12.47 Seconds or three seconds faster And the regular batter has warmed up Quite a bit and made the third cut in 9.22 seconds and high performance Battery is a lot better at 9.43 seconds On the first attempt and the saw never Stalled and high performance boundary Performed about the same on the second Attempt at 9.53 seconds and never Stalled during the cut And the third pass is the fastest of the Three at 9.38 seconds so the high Performance battery seemed less affected By the cold temperature compared to the Regular battery I compared to battery
Shop vacs a while back and I kept the Ryobi for this test the airspeed meter Is attached to the suction hose so let's Compare the airspeed and run time Beginning with the standard battery and The standard battery is at 23.5 miles Per hour at the start of the test it's Up a little to 23.6 at minute two 23.6 At minute 4 and it's still at 23.6 at Minute six and it's down just a little To 23.4 minute a once again it's down Some to 23.3 at minute 10. and it's down Quite a bit to 22.75 at minute 12. down Again to 22.42 at 14 minutes and a Standard battery is finished just short Of 16 minutes and the battery is at 111 Degrees and the high performance battery Is moving a lot more air than the Standard battery at the start of the Test at 25.4 miles per hour two minutes Into the test it's down to 24.9 at Minute four the high output battery is Moving about the same amount as the Standard battery at 23.6 down to 23.4 at Minute six and high performance battery Is really dropping off by minute 8 at 22.9 it's down some more to 22.8 at Minute 10. and it's down again to 22.3 At 12 and it's a 22.02 at minute 14. and The high performance battery lasted just Over 16 and a half minutes the high Output battery is 5 degrees cooler at 106.4 so the high performance battery Started off very strong but dropped to
The same level as the standard battery By minute four from minute four to Minute 15 almost 70 percent of the total Run time the standard battery actually Outperformed a high performance battery I did not expect that let's see how the Batteries perform when they're extremely Cold at around 0 degrees Fahrenheit and The standard Ryobi is really struggling At 19 miles per hour two minutes into The test the batteries are warming up And the airspeed is increasing to 21.8 Up again to 22.2 by minute four and it's Holding around 22.4 at minute six and at Minute eight and it's up again to 22.6 At minute 10 and 12. and the standard Battery is out of juice at about 15 and A half minutes and a battery temperature Is at 82.5 and the cold high performance Battery started off a little bit Stronger at 19.8 miles per hour and is Still performing better than the Standard battery at 22.5 at minute two And it's at 22.6 at minute 4 and up Again to 23 a minute six and it's Holding very close to 23.4 from minute 8 All the way through 12. and high Performance battery is down to 22.6 at Minute 16. and high performance battery Outlasted the regular battery by about a Minute and a half it's also a little bit Warmer at 88.6 degrees the performance For both batteries improved as they Warmed up when the batteries are
Extremely cold the high performance Battery consistently outperformed the Standard battery throughout the entire Test so the standard battery performed Better at around 70 degrees and the high Performance did better when starting out Below freezing a quick look inside the Battery case in each of the two battery Packs uses a total of 10 18 650 cells I Went and bought two batteries but if you Buy just one the price is a hundred Dollars per battery for this Milwaukee M18 XC 3.0 the Milwaukee lineup has Three different levels of battery Performance HD batteries or your larger Amp hour batteries but if you're looking At just a 3 amp hour battery there's CP And XC it claims to have up to 20 Percent more power up to 40 more run Time than Milwaukee M18 XC 3.0 is made In Mexico at a price of 119 or 20 more Than the XC 3.0 is this M18 red lithium High output CP 3.0 it claims to make 50 More power and runs cooler looking at This diagram one might interpret that The CP has 50 more power than the XC However if you read the fine print it's Comparing itself against the regular CP And not against the XC it claims to have XC power in a compact size I went ahead And bought two batteries just in case I Damaged one of them during the testing And the high output CP 3.0 is made in China so the question is is this high
Output CP 3.0 worth 20 more than the XC I measured the length width and height Of both batteries while the high output Is a little bit shorter it's also longer And wider and Milwaukee XC weighs 713 Grams and the high output battery is 121 Grams lighter at 592. an air blower uses A lot of juice and it's the perfect tool To compare batteries I'll use an AirSpeed meter with a pitot tube to keep Track of the airspeed throughout the Test we'll keep track of the airspeed Using feet per minute both batteries are Fully charged and very close to 20.7 7 Volts I inserted a temperature probe Inside of one of the battery's Vents and Is starting off at 74 degrees Fahrenheit Testing the high output battery first And high output battery is at 8 352 feet Per minute at the start of the test down A little to 8318 at minute one and still About the same speed at minute two and It's down quite a bit to 8164 at minute Three a pretty big drop at minute four At seven thousand nine hundred and Thirty seven thousand seven hundred Seventy at minute five another big drop At minute six is seven thousand four Hundred and forty six and the battery's Finished at 6 minutes and 22 seconds and The battery is very hot at 143 degrees Fahrenheit and exe batteries started out At 8 329 feet per minute which is a Little bit slower than the high output
Battery 8450 at minute one is faster Than the high output a small drop up to 8405 at minute two and down to 8196 at Minute three and it's about 100 faster Than the high output at minute four a Small drop to 7927 at minute five a big Drop to 7006 at minute six and the Battery is used used up at 6 minutes and 22 seconds and it's about 30 degrees Cooler at 109 degrees the blue line is For the Milwaukee XC 3.0 and it Outperformed the high performance Battery for the first five minutes but It dropped off near the end of the test The XC also remained a lot cooler than The high performance battery the battery Temperature is very close to zero Degrees Fahrenheit and high output Battery is 900 feet per minute slower Than the start of the test at 7468 and Is gaining speed after a minute 7990 8042 and then at two and stayed About the same at minute three and four And high output battery is losing speed At minute 5 and it's down to 7586 at Minute six and the battery is out of Juice at 6 minutes and 39 seconds it is Pretty hot around 122 degrees Fahrenheit And the Milwaukee XC is 300 feet per Minute slower than the high output at 7163. it's gaining speed announced at 7561 at minute one and it's up some to 7782 at minute two up again to 7806 at Minute three still gaining at minute
Four at seven thousand nine hundred and Thirteen and it's losing speed at minute 5 as 7744 and at minute six seven thousand Five hundred and seventy and the battery Gave up at very close to seven minutes Or about 21 seconds longer than the high Performance battery it's also around 40 Degrees cooler at around 80 degrees Fahrenheit let's get the knockoff Battery in the XC 8.0 for right now and We'll come back to it later in the video And the high performance battery Performed a lot better than exe when it Was cold it started off stronger and Remained on top throughout the entire Test and the XC 3.0 uses 10 18 650 cells And high performance battery uses five Of the much larger 21700 cells each of The 21700 cells has very close to twice The capacity as one 18650 cell Cobalt Has two versions of their 4 amp hour Battery the first version cost 60 Dollars and the second the high output Version cost 70. both batteries are made In China the ultimate output battery Claims to be a compact battery it's not As tall but it is longer and wider and Is 5 cubic inches larger and a Cobalt Extended runtime weighs 789 grams and The ultimate output weighs 65 grams less At 724. testing the extended run Battery First and the Cobalt stalled at 20 22 Pounds of downward force on the first
Attempt and the Cobalt performed very Close to the same on the second attempt At 23 pounds so about 22.5 pounds on Average and the ultimate output ran out Of steam at 23 pounds in the first Attempt and the ultimate output Performed about the same on the second Attempt at 23 pounds so the ultimate Output really didn't do much to improve The performance of the saw let's test The Cutting speed of the Cobalt with 10 Pounds of weight on the bar and the Extended run battery made the first cut In 3.59 seconds 3.69 seconds on the second attempt for The extended run Battery and is 3.64 Seconds on the third cut for a three-cut Average of 3.64 seconds And the ultimate output made the first Cut in 3.49 seconds and the second cut Is just a little slower than the first At 3.69 seconds and it's 3.69 seconds on The third cut for a three-cut average of 3.62 seconds so the ultimate output Technically won by two one hundredths of A second but it was extremely close I Just pulled the regular battery out of The freezer And the battery is just too cold to Power up the chainsaw and it's stalling Let's see if the ultimate output can Perform better when it's cold And the ultimate output battery is Performing a lot better than the regular
Battery but the saw is extremely Underpowered and installing out after Supporting some of the weight on the bar The Cobalt finally made the cut in 23.5 Seconds so let's compare the battery Drain curve using a fully charged Battery beginning with the extended run Battery with a 5 amp hour load applied The battery started off at 23.66 volts It's down to 23.83 at 5 minutes and it's Down to 22.21 at 10 minutes and the Voltage is at 21.71 at 15 and it's down To 21.29 at minute 20. at 25 minutes the Battery is at 20.99 20.74 at 30 minutes And 20.44 at 35 and it's down to 20.11 At 40 minutes and the test will be Stopped at 18 volts to protect the Battery and it's over at 45 minutes so The extended performance battery made 3.72 amp hours and 77.4 Watt hours and The ultimate output started out higher Under load at just over 24 volts and It's doing seven tenths of a volt better At five minutes at 23.51 volts and it's Down to 22.91 at 10 minutes down again To 22.33 at 15 and 21.77 at 20 minutes And the two batteries performed about The same at 25 minutes around 21.15 Volts at 30 minutes the voltage is at 20.62 which is lower than the standard Battery and it's falling fast down to Around 20.1 at 35 minutes and the test Is over at 42 and a half minutes which Is two and a half minutes less compared
To the extended performance battery 3.5 Amp hours and 73.6 Watt hours so the Standard battery made about 4 Watt hours More compared to the ultimate output Taking a closer look the high output Battery is represented by the red line And the ultimate output maintained a Higher voltage for a little over 25 Minutes and then fell below the standard Battery for the remainder of the test And the extended run Cobalt uses 12 High Star brand 18650 cells just like the Milwaukee High Performance battery the Cobalt High Performance also uses a 21700 Samsung cell Ridgid also makes two Versions of their 4 amp hour battery at A price of 99 for the regular version Comparing that to the max output at 110 It claims to make more power and more Run time the plastic housing on both Batteries will looks identical but the Regular as well as the max output Batteries are made in China and a Standard and high output batteries are The same size the standard battery Weighs 682 grams and the max output Weighs 4 grams more at 686. a while back I tested battery-powered circular saws And I kept the rigid on hand for this Test let's see how quickly the saw can Cut through a one foot section of 2×4 And the board will be on a set of Rollers and will pass under the saw I'll Use five pounds of weight in a rope and
Pulley system to pull the board under The saw both batteries are fully charged Let's test the regular batteries first And the regular battery made the cut in 3.69 seconds on the first pass and the Regular battery was a little bit faster On the second cut at 3.34 seconds 3.03 Seconds and a third cut for a three cut Average of 3.35 seconds for the regular Battery and the max output battery made The fastest cut yet in 2.83 seconds and The max output is almost as fast on the Second attempt at 3.03 seconds and is 3.03 seconds on the third pass so the Max output is 12 faster on average than The regular battery let's see how the Regular battery that's been in the Freezer performs and the batteries just Too cold to power up the saw and a cold Max output battery performed about the Same as the regular battery and it's Just too cold to power up the saw as a Bonus I thought it'd be very interesting To compare a knockoff 9 amp hour battery Versus a red lithium 8.0 at a price of Only 44 dollars a really good price is This Milwaukee knock off 9 amp hour Battery the knockoff is made in China so Is it possible that the 44 knockoff Battery is actually better than this Genuine Milwaukee battery which costs 229 dollars the knockoff is a 9 amp hour Battery the genuine Milwaukee is eight Sales made in Korea with further
Processing in China and the knockoff Milwaukee isn't quite as long or wide But it's a little bit taller and Milwaukee 8 Amp Hour battery actually Weighs almost 100 grams more than the Knockoff I repeated the same test for The 9 amp hour knockoff battery in the Genuine Milwaukee XC 8.0 using the air Blower and the red line is for the Milwaukee battery and it started off Stronger than a knockoff around minute Four they were very close to the same Speed but the knockoff battery fell off Quickly and the knockoff ran out of Juice at 11 minutes and 48 seconds and The battery temperature was 90 degrees And the Milwaukee battery lasted over Four minutes longer at 16 minutes and 5 Seconds with a battery temperature of 93.5 I also ran the cold battery test on Both batteries and the red line is for The Milwaukee battery both batteries Started off slow and needed a few Minutes to warm up however the Milwaukee Battery started off stronger and Outperformed the knockoff for the entire Test it also lasted about three and a Half minutes longer than the knockoff The knockoff 9 amp hour battery is on The left and it uses 15 18650 cells the 80 ampere at Milwaukee uses 10 21 700 Cells so this really helps explain why The genuine Milwaukee outperformed the Knockoff so at the high output batteries
Worth the extra money I think that Really depends if you work in an Environment where the battery packs are Going to be extremely cold they're Probably worth the extra cost other than That I really don't see a whole lot of Extra value all the videos in this Channel including this one our viewers Suggested so if you have a video idea I Hope you'll take time to leave a comment Thanks so much for watching please take Care and look forward to next time