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    The Batteries Plus by Southwest Plaza made some hot rod batteries for my air-soft, and for a Snap-on drill too. Good guys in there.

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    I be a sparky also,, 21 years worth,, I've had my share of Makita,Dewalt,Milwalkee, and a few others.. At the moment I have a Ryobi set.. Others may laugh,, but it is the best set I have had.. Fairly rugged,Lifetime warrenty.. Plus the batteries are half the cost of the others.. And, on to of that, I can upgrade to lithium batt's without having to buy new tools. My 2 cents...
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    Marlin,
    I've got 32 years in and am about ready to hang the tools up. We work with several mechanical contractors and lots of their "tinners" use the Ryobi's for the same reasons you do. Best bang for the buck.
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    Ancient thread here, but am wondering if anybody has rebuilt any batteries recently.

    Brand new Dewalt 18V XRP are "only" $50.
    Bare cell kits online seem to be $40+
    Batteries Plus's website is showing $70

    Does it even make sense anymore to mess with it? Maybe I'll cut a couple old ones open to see if I can salvage some cells and then pony up for new batts.

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    thread.

    Going off to do some research. I have an OLD Dewalt 14.4 combo. The batteries have long since died but the units still work.
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    We just had a thread last week in the buyer intel section about this. Check there before you do anything.
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    Does batteries plus rebuild forklift batteries?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlin View Post
    I be a sparky also,, 21 years worth,, I've had my share of Makita,Dewalt,Milwalkee, and a few others.. At the moment I have a Ryobi set.. Others may laugh,, but it is the best set I have had.. Fairly rugged,Lifetime warrenty.. Plus the batteries are half the cost of the others.. And, on to of that, I can upgrade to lithium batt's without having to buy new tools. My 2 cents...

    this^^^^

    I ran a custom remodeling business for years, kithcen, baths, basements, decks etc. without a doubt the ryobis were the best units i ever had, way out performed makita, dewalt and rigid hands down.
    I have noticed that their neweer bateries and chargers don't play well with the older blue tools. It might be my imagination.
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    Company called Rapport, just off of I70/Ward used to be call Cargo Battery. They rebuild many different types of batteries.

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