Hitachi Battery and Charger Review
October 2, 2008 by toolman
Filed under Our Reviews, Tool Reviews
This review is for the Hitachi Lithium Ion batteries and charger we bought from tylertool.com. These came in the Hitachi combo kit model number KC18DCL. You can also buy these sperately. The model number for the batteries is EBM1830 and the charger model number is UC 18YRL.
Overall, we like the Lithium batteries. The Hitachi batteries are backwards compatiable. Hitachi puts a recharge life for these batteries at around 1,300 to 1,500 charges. This kit comes with the 3 amp batteries.
The Hitachi charger is also a great charger. Hitachi includes a universal charger that will allow a user to charge 7.2V – 18V Lithium batteries, and the same for NiCd and NiHM. Hitachi also has a built in cooling fan which helps lower the over all temerature of the batteries and allows them to cool down and charge faster.
We like the Hitachi batteries and universal charger. As you can see, there is not much to batteries and chargers, but after seeing some of the other batteries and chargers put out by manufacturers, we always like to take a look at the ones in the kits we review.
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Personally I don’t like hitachi tools. I don’t think they are professinal grade. They are OK for the home user, but I would never use one on the jobsite.
I agree with CJ, I have used Hitachi in the past, but not a big fan. However I do like the idea of the fan built into the charger to help the charge the battery faster.