Title: good tool bad battery
Review: The tool itself is quite powerless although I am not sure it is due to the weak battery. When I used it to cut acopper pipe or one (I really mean one) 2x4 is ok. The worst is the Ni-Cad battery. On a full charge, its runs about 5 minutes and then the battery runs down and heats up to the point that it needs to cool down for 10-20 minutes before it can be recharged. As such, the tool is useless. More then once, I gave up and finish the job with a hand saw. They offer a Lithium ion battery/charger upgrade for $200! So, the message from Milwaukee I get is thus, spend over $200 for the hatchet kit and if you really want it to work, double the money. This is a upsetting.
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