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First Point would be finding out what you did wrong to kill your batteries. Batteries do not die by themselves. Batteries die from bas usage, bad charging, overdrawing, laying around empty etc.... Before you start claiming warranty think about how you threat your batteries and what u need to improve in your handling of lithium batteries. I know everyone thinks they are entitled to warranty always but the first fault is with yourselves

It is and not even that decent imo

Vc3012l is not an auto cleaning model. Keep that in mind. So you will ant to work with filter bags and tools that create alot of fine dust ( grinders, wall chasers, planex etc...) Are not meant to be used on this model

That's dependant on how your local deWalt/makita/Bosch handles warrantee. There's a 1 year factory warranty across all of Europe for every brand. They have to do that. But warranty extensions to 3 years isn't something they legally have to do. For makita in Belgium the extended warranty only works if you bought it from a Belgium dealer. If you bought it outside Belgium, you only get your 1 year commercial warranty and 2 years for diy people as required by law.

And Hitachi koki doesn't own Hitachi/metabo anymore. That's been sold off and that's why they are getting the name change to hikoki

If I had access to those I would have posted them. Somewhere in the next month I'd guess

For the long history deWalt has in different batteries/platforms I'm not sure that buying a new OPE only platform from deWalt was ever the best choose for longevity 😕

Getting to see them in September in Belgium

For EU regulations at least an M class vacs need to have a light or an audible alarm if the suction drops off too much. If your hose or filter gets clogged then the alarm should sounds. The fourth button on the back is to select your hose diameter so the vacuum doesn't think a 36mm hose is clogged up when you have a 28mm on there ( which can let less air trough )

Well it's good practise to cut your log as close to the motor as possible so rather have the logs hitting metal spikes then the plastic housing tho

Do you have L and M class in North America ?

4th dial is hose diameter. To prevent the beeping from going off. Requirement of a m class

For the Bosch fans : september Will bring us new Bosch brushless impact drivers. 200 Newton's 4000+ impacts per minute 3 speeds alot more compact and lighter then the current offerings from Bosch. Not makita compact but close. also as gdx version with both the 1/4 the college and 1/2 square drive.

Havent heard about it but would fit. The current models have been sold off in all kinds of actions to sell out stock.

It's been put in europe for more then a year. It's a great unit if you don't need the auto clean function.

Nothing so in detail.

No nothing yet sorry was discussing with the deWalt rep what tools to stock up on for our deWalt display when he mentioned keeping some space for new stuff coming in September event in Belgium. Only would tell me about jigsaws

Belgium is getting new deWalt jigsaws in September. Both body grip and d handle. We're going to be a dewalt dealer most likely pretty soon

You should be able to see 2 steel balls inside the Chuck that hold the bit. These are easily replaceable.

Nope nothing new. Just some more confirmation from and the Japanese dude leading g makita in Belgium that is coming. He couldn't even confirm me the voltage. Could be 58 or 60 or 62 or whatever. I wouldn't expect any compatability between these OPE tools and existing 18v models.

Wow your even more expensive then Belgium over there. And that doesn't happen Alot

That's most likely the only reason. Marketing. In any practical sense it's a whole new battery platform. You HAVE to buy the new 12 amp batteries to get the new tools to run as they should. And altho the 12 amps are backwarths compatible with the ' normal' 18v tools.... For pretty much all normal tools it's a ridiculous and non practical thing to be hanging a 1.5 kg battery on the tool. So claiming compatibility and keeping it called ' M18' is more of a marketing thing then of much practical use

@Framer joe So Joe, After seeing all the things milwaukee brought out on a 18v battery. Do you still think that ' 60 volt is everything and 18v can never get close ' or however you have formulated it many times ?

Of course but that's true for every battery and charger system out there. Since it is completly un-impossible to have people compare charging times after batteries being in use ( cause everyone used them differently ) the only real metric you can compare is : How long does a cooled down battery to take to charge. And that's what charge times that manufacturer s claim tell us. Nothing more and nothing less

Dc18rf is out in japan. 40 minutes for a full charge of 6 amp.