Cordless Power Tools Survey Indicates Battery Features Most ...
WEST CHESTER, Pa. July 2009 – Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, recently completed a blind survey of... In addition, the cordless tools utilize Metabo’s unique air-cooled charging technology that cools the lithium ion battery pack during charging. Cordless Power Tools Survey Indicates Battery Features Most Important to Tool Users. The lithium ion series features Metabo’s new Electronic Single Cell Protection (ESCP) concept that allows for longer battery service life by electronically monitoring individual cells while in use, and during charging, to prevent damage. A similar, unrelated cordless drill/drivers study recently completed by an independent global research firm that conducts quality and customer satisfaction research supported Metabo’s findings and determined that the perceived importance of... This ranking speaks to the increasing demand for robust tool construction and extended battery life to better support users’ needs in the field. Two of the three top-rated tool features related to battery life. The aluminum die cast gear housing on the new cordless tools, including a drill/driver, reciprocating saw, circular saw and others, provides optimum heat dissipation and superior durability, making the Metabo tools both rugged and lightweight. Battery service life ranked second, followed by work time per charge rounding out the top three. The ten features evaluated in the survey included battery charging time. and battery service life. This process shortens charging times by up to 30% to diminish tool down-time and boosts useable tool life per charge. Participants rated tool life/durability as the most important cordless tool feature. Metabo’s new rugged 18 V PowerMaster cordless power tools incorporate these highly ranked qualities. Lithium ion tools are more compact, lighter and easier to use than cordless tools with other types of batteries. READER SERVICE INQUIRIES: Please send all reader service inquiries to Terry Tuerk, Metabo, 1231 Wilson Drive, West Chester, Pa. 19380. The ranking results of the Metabo survey were computed by totaling the rating number (1-10) given by each of the respondents for each individual feature separately. For additional news releases from Metabo, please visit http://www. com or contact Terry Tuerk, Metabo Corporation, 1231 Wilson Drive, West Chester, Pa. 19380. The survey did not indicate Metabo in the questions or website, nor did it mention any other brand name. com/PressRoom/metabo. Each factor could be ranked 1-10 individually, with 1 being unimportant and 10 being extremely important, and was not dependent upon a ranking for another feature. The survey offered a free cordless power tool as a prize to three winners selected at random, based on a June drawing of email addresses provided voluntarily by the respondents. Article by Metabo. Subscribe to Metabo USA’s RSS feed. The sum was used to indicate the overall rank: the highest sum ranked the most important feature.