M12 CORDLESS XC HIGH CAPACITY LITHIUM-ION BATTERY [DIY & Tools] [DIY & Tools]

Works great

Bought Milliwakee Impact/drill on sale, without battery, regret not buying extra drills, was a great deal, battery is perfect for all application, no draining in power during impact drilling .

This battery does the job nice but use it within the capacity of which it was designed for.

Summary before story: -More than doubles battery life -Conveniently allows tool to stand up -Adds power to the tool. Cuts driving and drilling time significantly. -Takes 1.5x longer to charge than stock batteries (if you complain about this, you're a bad person...) If you have a Milwaukee M12 tool that uses lots of power, you haven't lived until you've used this battery. I bought this about a week into owning the Milwaukee Impact Driver kit, 2450-22. In that week without this battery my drill received moderate use driving screws into drywall, studs, and floor joists alongside a DeWalt 20v-Max Impact Driver, DCF885C2. The Milwaukee with its stock battery was slightly more compact but also had less power and stamina than the DeWalt. My driver often barely hobbled through the last legs of the day, or sometimes needed the other battery. During that time frame, the DeWalt was, by a margin, my tool of choice. Enter the Milwaukee 12v XC battery. I received it the week after, desiring a little more longevity from the Milwaukee driver. On the first night and every time hence, it takes about 45 minutes to charge from one bar of charge to the full four. I plugged this thing in the following Monday to compete once again with the DeWalt. The results were impressive. Monday turned out to be a day of heavy use. We needed to drill holes in new cabinetry, medium-hardness 1" wood. Myself and my partner split the building, me with my Milwaukee and he with his DeWalt. We were both using brand new Ryobi drill bits from the same kit, 1/64" difference in bit size. Each of us drilled about 400 holes that day. My Milwaukee with the XC battery made it with two bars of charge left, verging on a single bar. My partner's DeWalt was halfway through its second battery. I kept pace with him, to my amusement (he's a trade finish carpenter and I'm a rough carpenter and general laborer) and our drills seemed to be matched in power. This is real professional-grade stuff.

I too purchased this battery as an extra or spare. I got a great price through Amazon and if you need longer running times with your M12 series of tools, this battery will do the job. I found that the 12v radio did a good job with the original battery for about three hours and then I'd have to recharge the battery. But with this battery I can listen to music for about 6 to 8 hrs. without interuption. The reason I can't give an exact extended time is that I think it depends on how loudly you listen to the radio ( I've been listening loud these days because they have been playing better songs) and how often you make changes to the radios functions. This is because the radio lights up and stays lit for awhile after making any adjustments. On tools such as the impact driver, temperature gun thermometer kit, inspection camera and drills you could very easily forget you have to charge the battery at all. it lasts that long. Great addition to the M12 line and the charge time is not much longer than the original battery. One unexpected bonus was that either in the radio, impact driver or any other tool I've tried so far, the battery gives the tool a better balance without much added weight.