DeWalt DC011 Combination Worksite Radio and 7.2-Volt to 18-Volt Pod Style Battery Charger | 
| Brand: DeWalt
List Price: $238.66
Buy New: $117.59
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New (26) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $80.00
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 10153
Media: Tools & Hardware
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19
Dimensions (in): 21.6 x 11.5 x 14.5
MPN: DC011
Model: DC011
UPC: 028877474052
EAN: 0288750091190
ASIN: B0002AJNPQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Heavy-duty worksite radio and 7.2 to 18-volt DEWALT Ni-Cad battery charger | | • | Digital tuner with LCD display, built-in clock, 8 station memory; auxiliary port to plug in CD player | | • | Durable plastic casing | | • | Comes with radio, antenna, and cord | | • | 21.6 by 11-1/2 by 14-1/2 inches; 19 pounds; 1-year warranty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It looks great and sounds even better, even above the din of nailers, compressors and saws. But it's not just a radio: The DeWalt DC011 also charges 7.2-volt through 18-volt DeWalt batteries in an hour and plays up to eight hours from a single DeWalt battery if electricity is not available. The radio is AM/FM with a digital tuner, and an auxiliary port lets you plug in a CD player. It's tough enough for the jobsite, too, wearing a rugged, high-impact roll cage, steel speaker grills, and weather-resistant body. Our only complaint is that there's no battery included, but this probably isn't your first cordless tool, either. You can't go wrong, whether it'll play at the job or the home workshop.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste
Product Description
Cordless Or Corded, Worksite Radio/Charger, That Charges The 7.2V - 18V Dewalt Batteries Within 1 Hour When Plugged Into Power Source, Digital Tuner Radio With Shatter Proof LDC Display, High Efficiency Speakers, Built In Clock, Fast Seeking Capable Radio Runs Off Of The Same Dewalt Batteries, Incorporates A CD Storage Case, Shock-Mounted Roll Cage & Auxiliary Input ForUs e With Portable CD Player.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Why am I the Power Manager? October 6, 2004
John James
94 out of 102 found this review helpful
I must confess this was a bit of an impulse buy. I already owned theDC911 radio/charger, but had been driven crazy by the knob tuning, and really liked the idea of being able to keep my MP3 player with the unit.
When using the DC911, it's always been nice to just grab the radio, walk wherever you're going to work, and carry your music with you. There are plenty of times I know I don't need to recharge a battery, but just want to listen to my tunes while I work. The DC911 gave this to me, and would run seemingly forever before needing another charge. When I plugged it in, the battery charge was fast.
A worker friend had won the Milwaukee version of this product. The digital tuning was great. The presets were very convenient. The fact the Milwaukee product is not also a charger is brain dead. I looked forward to DeWalt catching up with the digital features, though. When the DC011 showed up, I gladly took the plunge.
What I have discovered after a month of use is that this radio is nothing short of frustrating from a feature standpoint. The digital tuning is convenient, but the presets have proven to be useless. Why? Because they are far too volatile. As another reviewer pointed out, the unit will exhaust a freshly charged DeWalt battery in 50 hours or less. What that means is that your radio will be dead if you leave it in your truck over Labor Day weekend, or even Monday morning if you were to unplug it early on Friday. To counter this, you find yourself consciously thinking about taking the NiCad battery out of the radio every time you put it away in your truck. Oh, but that it were that simple! After a week of doing just that, I found that the two AA batteries were now dead, safely taking my presets with them! I performed this test twice, not quite believing the first set of results. The silly thing is that the only thing the batteries are really trying to do while the unit is both turned off and unplugged is save the presets (why aren't they in a small chip of NVRAM?) and display the digital clock. Why that burns through a set of AA batteries in a week is beyond me.
What I find I have done is move from a nice unit (the DC911) that can be characterized as a portable radio that just happens to be a battery charger over to a frustrating unit (the DC011) that is a battery charger that just happens to be a radio. If you leave the unit plugged in at all - and I mean ALL - times, you have good functionality. If you unplug the unit for a short time, you have adequate functionality. If you unplug the unit for a weekend, you're going to be quite disappointed when you return to it on Monday.
My best recourse at this time is to just remove the AA batteries, forget the presets, totally ignore the clock (which most couldn't care less about, anyway), tune it manually when in use, and take the battery out of the unit when I turn it off and put it in the truck. I am now playing the role of power management for a product that has less power management complexities than laptops that have been managing this problem effectively for over a decade. Sadly, I expected better engineering from DeWalt than this.
 Dewalt, what were you thinking?! October 18, 2004
John McQuitty (San Angelo, Texas United States)
51 out of 60 found this review helpful
Dewalt, what were you thinking? This thing is way to expensive for a portable radio, and it's way too expensive for a charger, but maybe for the convenience of both together...... However it is severely limited as a portable radio. The batteries run down over the weekend when the thing is turned OFF. It's no good on a job site - at least not for very long. I'll put it in the shop and use it for a VERY expensive plug-in radio, but I have no Dewalt products in the shop so the charger is useless. Dewalt, I expected better from you. Don't get very far from your extension cord with this thing. Not recommended!
Battery Drain August 25, 2004
The Schreib (Evansville, IN United States)
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
I have found out that if you leave the unit unplugged for more than fifty hours, with the radio off it will discharge the Dewalt battery. In my case I use an 18 Volt battery. I e-mailed Dewalt with no answer and finally called the 1-800 number and did talk to a customer service rep. Dewalt claims that it states in the directions the battery will discharge if left in the radio/charger due to supporting the memory and that they have been receiving calls on the issue. I find it amusing that two "AA" batteries will support the memory for an extended period of time but an 18-volt battery discharges after 50 hours. You do the math. I thought the reason you purchased a battery operated radio was to use it when no power was available or during a power outage in my case.
This radio does have great sound and enough range to handle most job sites. I do like gadgets and this is a simple but effective design. They use two search functions to find stations, one by the tune knob and the other by scan function of a push button. It has three modes of operation, FM, AM, and Aux for CD player or other device.
They also added a removable hard case holder, which could be used for a CD player to one of the handles, and it comes in handy for my MP3 player that I connect to the Aux function of the radio. Both the 20 gig player and cord fit into the case.
Yes there are a couple of features I wish they would of added, for instance only 4 memory buttons for FM and 4 for AM band is really not enough. A weather Band would have also been nice for contactors on the job site. I bought mine for the workshop but it is in the house and has to stay plugged in. Someone dropped the ball.
DeWalt Missed the Boat on this one February 23, 2005
E. M. Shafer, II (Overland Park, Kansas United States)
25 out of 30 found this review helpful
I have the first version of the DeWalt Radio and won't think about purchasing another one until DeWalt improves the battery drain issue, reception is horrible and drifts, should have a built in MP3 capable CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R player. The aux input is a stupid idea. The Bosch unit is much closer to ideal, but all my cordless stuff is DeWalt......I hope DeWalt design teams read this and take it to heart......Do not purchase this unit!
DEAD BATTERY January 13, 2005
Richard L. Henson
21 out of 25 found this review helpful
I HAVE (2) OF YOUR WORK CHARGERS--- UNLIKE THE FIRST MODELS THAT WERE SOLD,THE NEW STYLE WILL DRAIN THE CHARGED BATTERY ---WITH THE OLD CHARGER I WOULD LEAVE THE BATTERY IN THE CHARGER AND IT WOULD BE READY WHEN I NEEDED IT------THIS NEW CHARGER STINKS---AFTER ABOUT (3) DAYS THE CHARGED BATTERY IS DEAD
I HOPE SOMEONE WILL CALL ME AND TAKE CARE OF THIS---I AND MY SON OWN ALL MOST EVERY DEWALT TOOL
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
RICH HENSON
123 WOODRUFF ST.
COLONA IL 61241
309-314-1475
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