Charged Up
Here’s an idea I can’t believe some forward thinking tool company hasn’t come out with a long time ago: a universal cordless tool battery charger.
Seriously, whether you have, like I do, different color tools in your shop — all requiring their own chargers — or have every multi-plug on your jobsite gobbled up by your carpenters spaghetti tangle of chargers, 10c looks like they have an awesome solution: the 10c Tech Crew Charge.
Amenities
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