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I have a fair bit of construction tools (DeWalt brand) but the batteries are damn expensive

Is it unethical to buy the cheaper compatible batteries

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[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago

The trick is you're doing it backward. For a lot of tools, the cheap tools aren't much worse than the expensive ones unless you are at the level where they are in constant/heavy use, hours of driving from the store, and you desperately need the extra durability, but the reliability of the batteries is where it's actually worth the cash. Good batteries can hold a charge while not being used and last longer while in use. Cheap batteries can be e-waste after a week of use, or even before you open the box if they're really bad.

As for ethical? The question is absurd. They're your tools. It's unethical for companies to even sell tools with proprietary connectors because it effectively acts as them telling you what you are allowed to do with your tools. There is no ethical problem in bypassing corporate B.S.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unethical is making the tools such that the battery case is incompatible with any other tool. FYI, all tool batteries are just a bunch of 18650 style cells (little bigger than a AA). They are literally all the same inside. Because of greedy corporations, we have to buy different batteries for different tools with different chargers. You know, like back before all phones were usb-c?

There should be a universal tool battery spec. Instead they are all a little different so they can make money and we get tons of e-waste.

I believe in the eu they have standard batteries. It's just us schmucks in the usa that get this bullshit.

You know you can just do things, right?

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Unethical? No.

Ive bought some of the cheapies off Amazon for my DeWalt tools and they worked fine but one went bad after maybe a dozen charge cycles. Still it was $50 for two 6Ah batteries so I'm still in the green compared to having bought DeWalt brand batteries. I also have a friend who is an actual contractor and uses them every day and even he buys the knockoff batteries.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

It's capitalism, doing whatever is most profitable for yourself is the ethical choice according to these corporations. You're just working within the system they constructed.

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