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[Kulakovskiy]

Hello! i'm from Russia and here's no dewalt kits on market . So, I've possibility to buy dck450x kit(grey market) but hestitating about NiCD batteries: is it ok for cold weaher (in compare to li-ion) and may I update it to Li-ion one?
Thanks a lot!

P.S. I'm sorry for my bad english.

[kjones]

Nicad will handle th cold better than lithium. I know that Milwaukee advertises their red lithium as operating at zero degrees, but that's absolute crap. The nice chemistry handles temperature extremes and heavy use better than lithium. You can run the DeWALT lithium batteries in the tools ad well if you choose to add them later.  Hope this helps!

[Kulakovskiy]

Thanks a lot, kjones! Your answer is very helpful, I've orered the kit today . What may you say abous grease vs cold weather? It's extremelly cold this winter(-28C today O_o) and, of coure, I won't work under this conditions, but how tools will do in -10C -- -3C? I've heard that lgrease may freeze and friction in mechanisms wil drmatically increse. Is it true? Or I can work freein cold?

Thanks!

[kjones]

Sorry, I can't speak to these things.  I have never dealt with it, and do not have the knowledge to give you a definitive answer.  I would assume that -10c you should be fine, but hopefully someone on here with more knowledge will chime in.