Chervon's Skil brand recently launched a new 20V Max 2AH lithium battery, and the battery itself has nothing to say, but the built-in USB-C port of this lithium battery is worth talking about. Power tool lithium battery + USB port to broaden its use scenarios is not new, power tools to open their eyes, today take SKIL this product as an opportunity to take a look at this field with you.
Let's take a look at the Skil battery, which uses USB-C PD30 port, 20 times the power of USB-A, the battery pack can be fully charged in 55 minutes.
It supports two-way fast charging, and when used as a power bank, it can provide up to 100W of discharge power to portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptops. Charging can power a wide range of devices.
The USB port is designed with a rubber stopper, which can be very dustproof and waterproof when not in use.
And this battery is designed with a separate LED to indicate the charging and discharging status of the USB port.
*$60 for a single battery (BY5100B-00), $99 for kit (CB5100B-11, battery + 45W fast charger + charging cable).
iBattery built-in USB port
This is actually SKIL's second-generation lithium battery with built-in USB port. As early as 2018, when SKIL launched the PWRCore 12 and PWRCORE 20 lithium batteries, it simultaneously launched products with built-in USB ports, and also deliberately named this function "PWR Assist", the first generation of product port USB-A, which only supports one-way discharge, that is, it can only be used as a power bank to charge other electronic devices, and does not support charging the battery itself. Today, the second generation supports bidirectional charging, but SKIL didn't rebrand the technology or specifically emphasize the PWR Assist designation.
Was SKIL the first brand in the power tool industry to introduce a battery with a built-in USB port?The answer is no. Black&Decker's SmartTech series of batteries, launched in 2016, already have a built-in single-discharge USB port. Unlike SKIL, the USB port is designed in the middle of the battery, which has the advantage that when the battery is mounted on the host, the host acts as a protective barrier for the USB port, but of course its protection effect is worse than SKIL's rubber plug.
In terms of USB port location design, coincidentally, the USB port of a series of batteries under the rising star Greenworks is also designed in the middle of the battery, which you can enjoy.
iiBattery adapterBuilt-in USB port
The lithium battery of power tools itself has the natural attribute of becoming a power bank, but the built-in USB port will also bring some uncertainties to the battery itself while increasing the volume of the battery, so compared with SKIL, Black&Decker, GreenWorks will be USB built-in, the vast majority of power tool brands still choose the battery adapter scheme to give full play to the role of the battery.
At the same time that Black & Decker launched the industry's first battery with a built-in USB port in 2016, Makita also launched the ADP05 battery adapter with a USB port (priced at about $38), which is directly equipped with 2 USB ports because there is no need to consider the impact on the battery size.
Similar to Makita's styling design is Dewalt, which has several battery adapters (which cost around $99) that look good and function.
With the development of lithium batteries, power tool manufacturers are no longer satisfied with the battery adapter only integrating a USB port, but to integrate a 120V AC port!The 18V battery adapter 2846 (priced at around $99) launched by TMI's Miwaukee in 2020 not only breaks the conventional in terms of the variety and number of USB ports, but also integrates a standard 120V AC port with a maximum output of 125W, a first in the industry.
Later, Ridgid, which also belongs to TTI Creative Industries, also launched an 18V battery adapter AC86097 (priced at about $99) in 2023 that is similar to the Milwaukee2846, which is also a USB-A port + USB-C port + 120V AC port, and further integrates the LED light function. This product power tool has been specially appreciated in May 2023, and interested students can jump to browse the details.
Overall, the cost of integrating a USB port inside the battery is low, but the number and function expansion are limitedAdapters that integrate ports such as USB are expensive, but more innovations can be made. Power Tools Eye-Opening: Both options have pros and cons and have their own audiences, what do you think?
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