Mini circular saw?

[Erni]

Wait, it came with NiCads? Was this in the 90s? Or do you have the special low temp packs? The saw and batteries I had were this past year and the prevalent chemistry these days is lithium ion. It?s not the most powerful thing ever, but I haven?t felt it lacked for power, given the application.

Yep, got the kit around 2000. Came with nicads. Got lipos around 2 years ago, when the second set of nicads died.

And now that you mention it, I have not really done any cuts with that small saw on lipos.
Think it will much work better on lipos? I only have the 2Ah packs so not sure if that would be good enough?

[Not_A_Llama]

Yep, got the kit around 2000. Came with nicads. Got lipos around 2 years ago, when the second set of nicads died.

And now that you mention it, I have not really done any cuts with that small saw on lipos.
Think it will much work better on lipos? I only have the 2Ah packs so not sure if that would be good enough?

I would speculate it should be substantially better. Power-under-load characteristics for high drain devices really favor Lithium ion. 2Ah is a bit on the small side, but it should theoretically only impact run time (if it isn't dramatically better within the first minute of run, it ain't a size constraint)