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Ever heard of CAT Power Tools? Well, we hadn’t either, but apparently it’s a real thing that exists, just not in the US…yet. It looks like the brand is closely associated with, and made by, Positec Group Limited, which also owns the Worx and Rockwell Tools brands. What’s more, the CAT tool line looks pretty deep, seemingly covering all of the major bases. They have drills, demo hammers, grinders, fastening tools, cutting tools, sanders, lights, and more.

While all of this is interesting all by itself, perhaps the most interesting bit about the whole lineup is that its the first time we’ve seen a tool company use a graphene battery.

The CAT Power Tools battery lineup includes your standard 18V Lithium-ion batteries of various sizes. What has us particularly interested in this battery lineup is the 5.0Ah graphene polymer lithium battery.

For a sense of what graphene battery tech brings to the table, CAT tells us that the 18V GX5 5.0Ah battery can charge to full in just 18 minutes with the brand’s quick charger.

Charge a 5.0 amp-hour battery in just 18 minutes?!? Yes, please.

These batteries also stay cooler under heavy loads, resisting overheating or tool shut-down due to temperature. Additionally, the graphene batteries continue to work in frigid temperatures (under -25°C). CAT guarantees that the life cycle on these batteries lasts 5 times longer than a Lithium-ion battery.

CAT Power Tools offers a varied selection of cordless drills ranging from 12V drills and impact drills to 18V drills and hammer drills. The company also offers some corded options. CAT has both a 750W and 850W impact drill.

Additionally, these drills all represent a mix of both brushed and brushless motors. While the CAT 18V cordless drills feature brushless motors, the 12V drills and impact drills (what we call a hammer drill) come with brushed motors.

CAT Power Tools offers a cordless and corded options in the stable of rotary and demo hammer selections as well. In the case of the 18V rotary hammer, you get a brushless motor while the corded models come with a brushed motor. The 18V and 1500W both feature an SDS chuck.

The CAT Power Tools lineup also includes a wide selection of angle grinders, though it looks like the majority are corded models. Presently, CAT does offer a single brushless 18V cordless model that includes overload protection.

Presently, CAT Power Tools only offers one cordless impact driver. The DX71 18V 215N.m 3-Speed Impact Driver features a brushless motor and 3-speed design. Under no-load, it reaches up to 3,200 rpm and 3,600 bpm.

Again, CAT’s circular saw options cover both the cordless and corded categories. The cordless model, as we’ve seen almost across the board, features a brushless motor with Soft Start and Overload protection. The two corded models offer a range of power outputs, though all three models fall into the 185mm category for sizing (in American parlance, that means 7-1/4″).

Two CAT reciprocating saws include one on the 18V platform and a corded model. The corded recip has a marginally longer stroke length at 30mm (~1-1/8″), but the 18V model offers marginally better power with 200 more strokes per minute.

While CAT has all of the major power tool bases covered, we found that they’ve also covered an impressive spectrum of more specialized tools (particularly for a brand we’ve never heard of in the US). Some of what CAT offers are:

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For me it is another skin for eastern production. Example DX28 looks like XTline 106057 Ferm HDM1040P-SA.

When do they say they will be available in the US?

Arend-Jan Kleene dit al gezien

Looks like their strongest drill is in the 600 in-lb class. I would think they’d want to get into the 1200 in-lb range before making a ‘splash’ in the US.

Didn’t see specs on the other cordless tools, but it follows that they may need to improve the motor tech to match their new neat battery tech if they want to displace any buyers of D, Mx3, R, or K.

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