Brian I’ve been waiting on your review of this battery since it was announced. Nobody puts the drop off and recovery data out there like this. I always appreciate the honest truth about these. It looks like this one will be worth the price tag.

Great testing. The HD12 starting voltage is fairly normal, they just dont like to charge like other M18 batteries do. Often to their eventual determent. Just another benefit of the FORGE, you dont have to buy an HD12.0 which we're on our 3rd (for high demand tools, not runtime focused tools).

What is nice about the forge battery I seen was how well it performed but how freaking fast it recovered. That means more cuts and more work done in a certain amount of time. Can't wait to get my hands on one and put it in the field. Also can't wait till the next year for the new tablets batteries there releasing !

@jaycarneygiants You’re right on target with the thoughts that the 8ah being a poor choice of battery vs the xc6ah with 21700s ( a poor choice relative to the others like the 12 or xc6.0 forge 6.0 and imo a really poor choice for high power draw tools. I’ve personally seen the 2826-20 top handle 14” chainsaw kill two of the (48-11-1880) xc8.0 AH batteries, out of warranty of course but the only and both times it happened the batteries were used on the same tool and it’s been the only tool to do something like this. I also own and regularly use the 2727-20 16” saw with an 18” bar regularly and have never had that issue…I figured the battery had just been drained below the LV cutoff but the odd thing is that the voltage on the pack is still 18.5v and the individual strings of cells are all still balanced within .3v so my guess would be either the tool pulled to much current and overloaded the pathway and possibly either shorted something out and fried something on the board or what I’m not sure and am not an expert but I’m also unsure because dr left hand thread has a video showing a similar situation and said whenever he seen that he’s had to replace the board on em so I’m not sure I also seen a few arborists using the same saw complaining about the 8s and having issues with the 8ah specifically…it’s always the eight or 9s with issues ime

The 8.0 is not even as good as the 6.0 due to the cells. Im pretty sure you already knew that though.

I don't know because I got to Milwaukee rotary polisher and it lasts longer with the 6ah HO then the Forge

You said in the video that the 12 ah battery you were testing wasn’t high output but then why does it say high output on it?

What would be your recommendation for the Milwaukee inflator. The forge or hd 12. Inflator is used for airing back up when offroad so I do need considerable runtime to inflate sometime several mud tires

Im tempted to try it on a couple of rip cuts on a fuel 7-1/4 circular saw to see how well it performs against the 12.0HO battery. And how many id need to run through a whole day 🤔

Now if you can test the FORGE vs FLEX STACKED LITHIUM VS 5 amp POWER STACK and see who keeps the most power and when I get my FORGE BATTERY going to do a winter test below Zero all 3 batteries face off to see who can withstand the temps

Being a forklift mechanic , do u think that I would benefit from this ? Mostly use a mid torque, sometimes a high torque impact is needed. The HO 6ah seems to give out more beans than the 8ah as well as the 12ah.....

I TESTED my ONE HANDED MILWAUKEE M18 fuel RICIP SAW and used the FORGE BATTERY it was soo cool but the saw got so hot in the 30 mins it used i could not even change the Blade

I have flex sidewinder with the 10ah she is a beast cut fast but the motor will stop due to overheating and the led flash, but the 10ah stack i can't overheated it, my milwaukee 2732 the motor will not overheated but the batterie does, i when doing hard rip keep 2 batterie near me, so with the forge this is a game changer if they don't overheated

I’m concerned about Milwaukee’s use of lipo battery in these new forge batteries. Coming from the RC world, lipo batteries need carefully maintenance to ensure long life. The can’t be discharged too low or stored at full capacity for a long. They also need to be balanced charge too. The other issue with lipo batteries is that the have the likelihood to puff up if they are over discharge. Not sure what Milwaukee is doing to address these downfalls with using lipo batteries.

It's an interesting test for sure. I would like to see how the forge performs in the Milwaukee Table Saw.

Brian there is a major complain from bunch of customers saying this forge cut out when under load from grinders to multi tools high speed Also verified that it cuts power

Milwaukee did it right againt ! Nice tech .

Thanks, can’t wait to pick a couple up

Tabless cells are coming to the market now as well and they will replace pouch cells. They will last longer then pouch cells they are better designed technology better heat management and around the same output of energy.

J'ai tester la forge avec tout les outils milwaukee actuelle, banc de scie , sidewinder gen2 , rear handle , buffeur 6", chainsaw top handle 12", chainsaw 16" , non la batterie ne chauffe pas !! Je pense vraiment que c'est la meilleur batterie toute marque confondue sur le marché, avec la sidewinder jai deligner du 4x4 pleine profondeur de coupe et j'ai vider la batterie et elle na pas chauffer, on peut sentir le torque aussi, elle est plus puissante que la 12

How do you think this would do in the vacuums? Would it last longer than the HO 6.0? Compare to the 12.0

only problem is the cost. price of one is the price of 2- 6.0 High Outputs

This was a very informative video! Thank you!

Hey workshopaddict, how come you don't collab with toolshow? You have great content and could benefit from some more exposure. You are anong the most honest tooltesters I see, and I appreciate that you mainly stick with pro brands. Thank you for your reviews!

Man, your tools look a lot cleaner than mine. How do you keep them that clean?

When will they come out with their forge 12.0?

Longest lasting? Milwaukee doesn’t mention that at all.

The forge battery has made the power wheels faster.

Can you check how many watts the charger uses when supercharging the battery,wanting to know if my 500w inverter will work with that charger.

It's nice to see that the Forge platform is much more than just a gimmick. Too bad I can't say the same for the M12 platform.

CAT graphene seem to be king of the cordless tool brand.

Just bought one for $100. Didn't take that long to charge on a rapid charger

Do you have a vid on the grinder with the forge 6.0? Curious if it overheats with continued grinding.

Can you still charge the new 6.0 forge battery on the normal m18 charger?

I have all Dewalt tools. It seems like Milwaukee did a better job on the Forge than Dewalt did on the Power Stack.

I call forge vs powerstack

Thanks!

You need to hang a weight to give constant pressure if you want reliable numbers to go off.

Does this damn batterie overheated / thermal cutout when ripping with a saw ? I still have to wait months 😂 every influencer on instagram have the forge but nobody test them are respond to me they don't seem to care

$200 for 1 battery? How does it effect anything in the real world?

Cur some steel with it