have you ever wondered what the difference is between a standard charger and a fast charger well
today we've got three brands with six chargers and six batteries and that's exactly what we're gonna
find out so from milwaukee we have the standard charger and the rapid charger and two 5 amp hour
batteries from still we have their standard al-101 and their fast charger the al500 with
two of their five amp hour batteries the ap200s from ego we have their standard charger and their
rapid charger with two 5 amp hour batteries so we've got 56 volt from ego we've got 36 volt from
still and we've got 18 volt from milwaukee and you say but james you said they're all five amp
hour batteries why are they different sizes well let me hand you over to my twin brother to explain
exactly why hurry i'm james james's brother uh i'm now norman oh yes i'm norman james's brother
and i'm gonna tell you what the difference is between big batteries and small batteries because
on the side of them they say that they're five amp power they're both five and power so theoretically
they should do the same job shouldn't they well no because this one's got more stuff inside it than
that one has yes it's something called what hour so you're going to look at the one hour because
this one's got more sales than that one because it's 56 volt and that was only 18 volt although
they both stayed in 5 amp hour so let's do a simple equation and calculation on the board
to explain what that's all about james where's the pen gone i think he puts it in your pocket norman
if you times 18 by five yeah that gives you your watt hours yeah 90
watt hours you're going to compare two batteries it's the best way to look at it so on the
ego battery you've got 56 volts right 56 volt yeah 56 well and then you've got another again
five amp hour battery yeah five ammo batteries you times them together and well 56 times five
at 280 yeah that's 281 hours look they're both five amp hour batteries but you look
at the difference on the wall hours it's actually really interesting right so to make this test as
fair as possible to see what the difference is between charging with a standard charger and a
fast charger i've charged all the batteries up to full and then i've drained them completely
yes and it drained me doing that it took a long time they are all brand new batteries brand new
chargers everything is all ready to go and they're all plugged into the same plug yes not the safest
thing to do in the world but we want it again make it fair didn't want different plugs plugged into
different things so we'll press it on at the same time at the same time as a timer right let's set
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three two one go oh yes we've got lights flashing light flashing everywhere right charging charging
charging charging charging charging let's go so we are three minutes 45 seconds in
the milwaukee rapid charger has already got two bars on the five amp battery and the ego
rapid charger is already flashing between 25 and 50. so things are happening people oh yes they are
so here we are guys 20 minutes in and the ego rapid charger is flashing between 50 and 75
the standard charger is flashing between still still now flashing between 20 and 40 percent the
al-500 is literally nearly there we're not very far away the al-101 charger is still flashing in
the first bar to be expected the rapid charger from milwaukee is well it's in that last 25
at any minute that will turn green i feel it already and the standard charger is halfway
yes that's doing quite proud i'm very surprised what the standard charge is doing right keep
going keep going come on guys keep charging don't dodge that charger oh pardon the pun
oh is this still this still has stopped flashing at 27 minutes oh yes
i believe that is what you call a full battery oh yeah she is juiced up
oh look guys just before 40 minutes the ego has fully charged on the rapid
charger just before 40 minutes with this one here we should have i reckon
in hindsight we should have probably used the al 300 charger rather than al-1010 charge
it only really comes with the ak range but we thought smallest charger versus biggest
charger but doesn't really seem to be doing much so interesting to see why
that is ah yes look at that there we go the milwaukee battery has finally fully charged
it's flashing green i knew it flash screen i didn't think i was going mad so there we are
at 96 minutes guys yes we have got the ego fully charged on the standard charger yes she is proper
full all right guys all of them charged the still has finally caught up yes with the al-101 charger
they are all now fully charged right now the thing is finished stop this red light flashing i don't
know why it's flashing it should just go green there we go i don't know what's going on with that
one all the time it charged a long time ago anyway there we are they are all charged fully charged
fully charged charged ah fully charged yes they are awfully charged cool so we set out to see
what the difference was between a standard and a fast charger and i think we have got some very
conclusive results two hours between the two still batteries i wasn't expecting that an
hour between the two milwaukees and nearly an hour between the ego batteries that is rather
surprising so if time is of the essence then fast charger is the way to go you can charge them
quickly you can get on with your job or get on with other things at home but if time isn't of the
essence then you've got you know perhaps you're retired or got more time on your hands or you
can charge a move at night whatever it might be a standard charger might be absolutely fine some of
them haven't got a great deal of price difference between them so on our sponsors website at hayes
and machinery dot co dot uk these two charges there's only ten pounds between the two of them
on milwaukee to save in hours of time i think 10 pounds has got a lot to do the steel charger is
80 pounds difference between the two charges but you've seen how quick that charge is compared to
that so again that sort of makes sense and the egos there's only 30 pounds difference between
the standard and the fast charger so it's not a great deal of price difference between any of them
but what you've got to decide on what suits you because there is a myth going around i say myth
it could be true i don't know there's no way of me testing this if you have a standard charger and
charge your batteries slower you'll get a better longevity out of your battery and the batteries
won't degrade quite as much so you'll get more charges and your battery should last longer i
don't know if that's true so don't quote me on it but apparently that is a thing if you've got any
clever ideas of how we could actually test that to see which is bester we're using it over time
using a standard charger or a fast charger we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments so
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