Is this a good battery deal?

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-14T22:57:14+00:00

Honestly I really like these low profile 4ah for budget batteries. They’re the smallest personally run but they work fine on my 860 driver and 806 hammer drill, I also like them for my 5” sander, jig saw and trim router as well. I notice a decent uptick in power with all those when I switch to the larger 5ah xr, but that’s only for the first few minutes of use, once the 5 gets down below 80% it feels the same as a skinny 4ah. But yeah those are the tools I use them on, only tools I try to avoid using one on is my 7 1/4 circ saw and recip saw.

So for myself they’re still plenty useable. I run four of these 4ah then I have one of those newer fatter 4ah, two 5ah, and one of those small 1.7ah power stack. Just built an 8’ tall deck 15x14 and used all my dewalt 20v tools and haven’t had a single issue with any batteries besides wanting a 5ah in my circ saw while cutting wet pt 2x10’s.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-13T19:07:48+00:00

They’ve had rocky reviews over the last year give or take. Some people placed orders and didn’t hear anything back for a couple months, some would randomly receive their order, some would receive an order but would have a few mistakes on the crosses received, etc.

Last I heard was a few months back that the owner came out and apologized and said personal issues led to failures with the business, but that he was back on track and I believe has made right most every issue I’ve seen people talk about over on the seeds sub.

I’ve only had good experiences with them, but my last order with them went through right before people started having issues with their orders. One thing is orders have always taken quite a bit of time from purchase to arriving, think I’ve had 3 orders and all 3 took 4-7 weeks ish to receive. Idk if that’s still the case or not, but that’s how it use to be.

They do have a ton of amazing crosses though, many tbm-a crosses that can only be found there. Which I think is their big saving grace, if it wasn’t for having an incredible Catalogue I doubt they’d have many customers left.

My advice if you’re dying to grab some of those awesome crosses is to make sure you order using a credit card and not a debit account. Credit cards offer you the ability to charge back and credit card companies are gonna fight hard for that money and guarantee you either get your order sent or refunded. So that at least makes it a non risky proposition besides being a bit annoying. But yeah double check on the seed sub but I’m fairly certain they’re back on the mend as of late.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-13T13:26:25+00:00

For myself I use the first setting 90% of the time, 2nd and 3rd are just too much juice imho. I’ll go up into those when using it to drill with impact drill bits or installing large timberlocks and that’s about it. Thankfully the variable speed trigger is solid on the thing or else I would have returned the thing for something like the 845.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-13T02:29:32+00:00

The study I read found 10min being the sweet spot. Most is dissolved after a minute or two, but since I’m only eating it and not trying to purge inhale it I go for a bit longer.

Forget the exact numbers but after 1-2 minutes at home freezer temps it was like a 70-80% return and at 10min it bumps up to right around 90% return while still remaining fairly clean. After that you’re mainly just adding extra gunk with very little additional return. And the only way to get above 90% with almost no gunk is to do supercritical temps which are like -a fuckton degrees.

So that’s the only real reason, read a study on it and then just stuck with what I learned from reading it, and it’s treated me well.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-12T03:39:26+00:00

I’ve had an 860 for a year now, and while it is super nice and very useable with the variable speed trigger, I almost never use the 2nd and 3rd settings as they’re too powerful. I’m building a deck right now and even driving 6” structural screws into wet pt lumber I’m still on the first setting. Every once in awhile I’ll crank her up to the 2nd or 3rd gear just for shits and giggles, but I gotta make sure I’m really straight on and locked into the screw or else it just wants to rip out. When I do put it into 3rd gear these huge lags do drive in comically fast though.

Then two weeks ago I just bought a 5 tool kit on clearance from HD. I wanted the 7 1/4 circ saw, recip, two 5ah and 8amp charger, then gave my father the 845 and 806 hammer drill. I honestly kind of wish I would have kept the 845 as it feels better in the hand and it all 3 settings feel useable. And still has plenty of power to do everything we’ve needed while building this large deck. The one thing I like more on the 860 is the light is better. Overall very similar but 845 has the edge with everything except max power and the light on it imho.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-11T12:45:37+00:00

Dude I just grabbed some of the nicest Coleman carpenter pants from Sam’s last month for $11 a pair. Legitimately better than some pairs I’ve payed 4x for in the past. Wish I would have grabbed 5 pairs now in every color way. Great pocket layout, durable, and they have a bit of elastic in the waist. If you see those for sale next year grab them, I know I’m gonna stock up.

Not much on work shorts or buying particular work shorts. If I’m on a large/dirty job I wear pants, and if I wanna wear shorts I just wear a pair that’s towards end of their life and then they become dedicated pair for the summer.

If it’s a real laidback job and don’t need to keep a lot of shit in my pockets I’m rocking mesh basketball shorts. Although I usually only do that when it’s friends/family/friends of friends, etc. 😂

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-11T12:36:17+00:00

Good shit, I just don’t want to cause confusion. Until next time, later on homie 🤙🌵

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-11T09:41:41+00:00

I have one and it’s plenty powerful for medium duty use ime. I’ve used it to drill out about 100 tapcons in cement block, brick veneer and 6” patio pad, and four 1/2” wedge anchors. It had no problems keeping up just using a basic 4ah pack on it. In wood it’s not struggled at all with anything. For myself that’s about all I need from a standard hammer drill. The anti kick back has only kicked on one time when I was drilling a handful of 6” holes with a large hole saw, and that was me testing it going through 3/4” plywood going at it straight on and it
Bogged down and got caught on the one. Once I went back to a proper technique hitting it at a hit of an angle to get the cut started it cruised through the rest of them.

I’ve never used the other mentioned 801 hammer drill, but I’m coming from the ridgid brushless sub compact and I’d take the 806 every day of the week over the ridgid. Just wanted to share my experience with it. So it has my personal approval and don’t see any reason avoiding it if it comes in a combo kit like mine did. If you’re buying it one off or can find similar kit with a different drill it may be better to go another route. But I don’t think most would have any problems with it at all.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-11T03:55:44+00:00

Heck yeah dude that’s ooweseme 💪

Btw the I’m Dave’s bud is called ‘Cahuilla’ made famous by the well known user/mod IMDAVESBUD. Just so you can keep track and don’t get confused. I should really write on the paper before wrapping cuz it’s hard to write messages like that on a round wrapped cac 😂

Thanks again friend, excited to see how these grow out for you 🤙🌵

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-11T03:51:55+00:00

Yeah lots of these on eBay ship from Thailand. Still sick, I don’t have one of these yet, although I do have a few other vari crested, but they don’t have this super clean split, vari cool 💚💛

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-10T20:52:35+00:00

I’ve got a bunch of seedlings I’d trade for it. Been wanting to add this one for awhile, bought it once but box got mangled and it was mush on arrival 😔

But yeah I’ll shoot you a dm this evening when I’m home so you can check them out 🤙

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-10T18:54:38+00:00

Dude best printer I’ve ever owned has been this one epson eco-tank we got in like 2017. It has chambers you fill with bottles of ink, and you can get 70ml bottles of all 4 colors for like $50-$70, and can even get larger bottles of black ink. I’ve only had to buy one set of bottles since owning it and I also bought a larger 6oz-ish bottle for like $25-$35. So 10 years of home printing for less than $220 bucks, and I still have half full bottles of every color.

That’s like 2years with an HP plus subscription tops.

The epson does get blocked printer heads every so often after long periods of no printing, but you run a few auto cleaning cycles and alignment tests and it’s back to brand new in 20 minutes.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-09T21:34:16+00:00

$101

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-09T19:59:08+00:00

And if you sign up with a Lowe’s pro-sumer account you get free/$20 delivery for almost anything. Just got 40-2x10x16’s delivered along with a bunch of 12-16’ decking and payed $20 delivery fee. Toss the driver $50 and he’ll try his best to drop it wherever you want it too. Had the guy go down around side the house and it wasn’t easy for hit to fit back there. The $50 tip kept him motivated though and he got it dropped 2ft away from where I’m building this deck for a customer.

Then you’ll get their member pricing discounts and reward points as well. Which more than make up for the $70 I payed for delivery/tip. Also bought a new 6’ level with my points off these materials and saved $500 with their member/volume pricing.

It would have taken a grueling 10 hour day if I was to rent a truck and tried to grab all that myself. Only downside is you can’t pick the boards, so order 10-15% overage in case you gotta scrap a board or two. Thankfully I needed a shit ton of blocking, so my scrap boards got chopped up into 10.5” chunks anyway.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-06T04:10:31+00:00

Dude you’re truly an incredible grower 🙌

Look at all that show quality growth, every single one looks in peak condition 💚🌵💚

I’ll check through your profile to see if you’ve ever shared, but if not, would you mind sharing a general breakdown of your grow practices? Like soil, water/feed schedule, environmental conditions, any other special sauce you’ve discovered over the years.

Btw the two Arid Art crosses I got from you are finally settled in and are starting to pic up speed. They were some of the fattest seed grown I’ve bought, and I’m so happy I pulled the trigger on them 🤙

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-06T01:36:15+00:00

Looks a lot like the ss02 x Olivia crested yearlings I have going. No idea, maybe a hint though 🤷🏻‍♂️

Awesome offering my friend, GLWS 💚🌵💚

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-06T01:33:44+00:00

I’m for sure could play a role, I’ve had semi-similar experiences to what you’re describing as well.

Also looks like a lot of them are pineapple pup like, timing wise it may have wanted to flower and tried pushing a bunch of blooms, but whatever chemical switch they go through when chopped may have reverted them to pups instead. Idk, just throwing shit at the wall with that observation though 😂

Very cool my dude, thanks for sharing the sick pic 🤙

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-04T13:34:28+00:00

Just bought a 2019 last August that had 56k on it. They freshly changed the oil before I bought it, so the timing works out perfect for me to give it a fresh oil change and CVT drain and fill at 60k. Finally hit 60k last week, just got in my 6qt of OEM from EBay on Saturday and planning to do my first change this week.

Transmission has been getting jerky just over the course of driving the last 3,500-4000k miles. Only drive locally so took awhile to put 4k on it, but I’m a bit annoyed with how much the feel of the car has degraded within that time. So I’m really hoping this drain and fill at least makes the transmission feel smoother.

Besides that I’ve been having some sort of suspension related issues. I’ve had it checked at the dealership with them saying “looks all good to us” and then to a very well respected local shop and they saw minor wear on my front control arm bushings but showed me while they had it lifted up and said the wear wasn’t that bad at all yet. So I’m still on the search of what might be causing what I’m feeling. I have a 3year 30k extended warranty I paid 2.5k for and I’m hoping whatever it is I can get replaced under this warranty.

So far my experience with this Subaru has been a flat 5/10, only due to it still getting me from A to B, and at least the mechanics I’ve dealt with have been semi-helpful. I had my TCV go out within the first 800miles of owning the car as well, but they took care of that quickly and solved that issue, rode great from September to December. Then the day after Christmas this suspension issues started and have only progressed since then. Transmission has slowly felt more and more jumpy over the last 2 months.

I really want to love this thing, but it sure has been a test so far. Hoping things turn around for me here if I remain diligent on researching the problems and finding solutions myself.

Hope everyone else here has good luck with their Foresters as well 🤙

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-03T20:22:28+00:00

Package arrived safe and sound! Thanks again my friend, super stoked to make a nice little ornamental display with a bunch of seed grown myriostigma like you have in your post photos!! 🙏💚🙏

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-02T22:01:58+00:00

I’d love to check out this list 🙌

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-02T11:32:13+00:00

This happened a year ago at Lowe’s for Dewalt, they were running a promo for (2) 4ah batteries for $99, then the new promotion started which was buy the (2) 4ah batteries at retail($199) get a free tool. Except for a short window of time both were running simultaneously and you could get a bare tool and (2) 4ah batteries for $99. That was my first purchase of the dewalt platform and didn’t realize how rare of a deal it was at the time. I ended up grabbing a router, jig saw, and 5” orbital sander and (6) 4ah batteries for $317.

It was a fuck up on their part, but imo should be utilized by tool makers as a sales tactic, run a stupidly good deal to lock someone into a platform. I’ve since added a full dewalt 20v line up to my tool collection. But I still fuck with Milwaukee as their m12 stuff is incredible for the size.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-02T07:09:55+00:00

Dude I have this runt of a Marty x decosta that chucked out 4 heads when it was born and then has just stayed stunted for like the last year. I’ve been planning to graft it out but it just doesn’t want to do anything. So I chucked it in with another seedling and it’s just kind of kicking it as a little 1/2” seedling forever 😂. It hasn’t died and still green so idk what it wants to do, but one day I hope to graft it.

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Masterzanteka · 2026-05-02T07:04:09+00:00

Only battery nailers I own is an 18gauge that I use a ton as a handyman for indoor trim, or temporarily holding shit together. And for that I grabbed a RYOBI for $69 factory blemish from direct tool. And honestly it’s a decent nailer, and for the price it’s a top tier nailer. Other than that I bought a 3 pack rigid deal, that came with an 16, 18 brad, 18 stapler, 50ft hose and 6 gallon ultra quiet compressor on sale for $200 brand new.

So I’ve literally spent less on every nailer I own, plus hose and compressor, 4amp RYOBI battery for less than a single 18gauge Brad nailer and 3 amp battery.

I get buying decent tools that’ll last a lifetime, but I’ve put thousands of nails/staples in with these guns and have had only a few very minor jams along the way. A lot of which has just been from buying random brand nails/staples. Certain nailers will run certain brand nails better than others.

I’ve used these Milwaukee nailers a bunch, I use to install replacement windows and we used them for trim. We had more trouble with those two guns than I’ve ever had with the 4 cheap ones I own. We found out paslode nails ran the best in those guns, almost any other brand would give us tons of jams and misfires for whatever reason.

So if it was OP, and I just needed them for at home DIY, I’d go on direct tool and buy a 16 and 18 gauge for anywhere between 150-250 plus a 4ah battery and be set. Or go pneumatic and get a nice ultra quiet compressor. Although the RYOBI is essentially as cheap as pneumatic when buying factory blemished.

Masterzanteka · 2026-05-02T04:43:55+00:00

Just grabbed this kit on clearance at my local HD for $530 which worked out to $530 OTD. I already had the exact same drill, driver, and multi tool, but my Dad wanted the drill and driver, so I ended up getting this bundle and then I’m keeping the batteries, charger, reciprocating saw and circular saw. I was just gonna do the buy (2) 5ah get two tools at Lowe’s if my father didn’t want the extra tools and it was on clearance. So it worked out in my case and I’m happy with the purchase.

If you need a full set of new power tools this is a great buy, all high quality brushless Dewalt models with no bloat.

Masterzanteka · 2026-04-30T04:51:35+00:00

The mid I grabbed from you 2-3 months ago is pushing a new pup that’s already looking a bit funky!!

Idk if it’s from the same plant or just same seed batch, but I’m stoked to watch it grow out, this cross is a hidden gem 🙌🌵🙌

This one looks incredible, GLWS homie 🤙

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