Brushed vs Brushless – What’s The Deal?

There is a lot of marketing hoopla (dare we say propoganda?) out there these days about the virtues of brushless motors in power tools so I thought it was about time I put something together on the differences and benefits of each motor type used.

Cordless Power Tools 101 Pt.1 – Batteries – Voltage, Chemistry and Amp Hour

At Direct2Trade.co.nz we sell many different products but by far our most popular sellers are cordless power tools so I thought it might be useful for some of our non tradie friends to cover off some of the main cordless power tool types in a 101 style series.

Before we start looking seriously at the tools though let’s discuss the bits that power them – Batteries.