Krane
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As others have said, stick with Makita if it has worked well for you. I have Makita LXT and I have been happy with it. The new XPH07M drill is beastly. Throw in a bare brushless 3 speed impact and you have a great kit.
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Ya, maybe the girls in blue and black can be innovative with the new inkzall
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I've been getting 20-30 minutes on high speed.
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I recently went ahead and bought this Makita DCL500Z vacuum for quick clean up and just to use around the house. I saw on some forums that people thought it was a pointless waste for Makita to release and I worried it may not be a great tool after reading those comments. Well, let me just say that until you try something it is really hard to say if it is good or bad, and let me tell you that this vacuum is great. It has a lot of suction on low or high speed. The construction of the vacuum really has it going after a Dyson. The quality of the vacuum is surprising, as it seems really solid. It has some really nice features that I didn't expect. It has nice rolling wheels on the bottom, but not only that, one of the wheels swivels 360 degrees so it can easily be towed behind you if you choose to pull it. It also has a nice carrying strap that has a good amount of padding. This thing is pretty quiet too, not hard on the ears. The provided hose, crevice nozzle, and floor attachment are great and I'm glad those were in the box and not something you had to buy later. It works very well on hard wood, tile, concrete, and does ok on carpet. Since the floor attachment has no rollers or brushes I didn't expect it to do fantastic on carpet. There is a low battery indicator on the tool that lets you know it's bout time to get a fresh battery. The filter system on this bad boy is pretty clever, as the whole filter system pops out cleanly so you can take it to the trash to empty. There is also a filter cleaning light to let you know it's time to empty the filter.The filter mechanism slides in and out with ease and the reusable filter is nice. This vacuum is the same one they sell in Europe and it's rated HEPA there, but it says nothing about HEPA on the US site.
The true test is the wife used the Makita vacuum...and she was the one who was really excited saying how easy to use it was and how well it worked.
I'd say it's a good buy for multi-purpose use for around the house or shop.
Makita DCL500Z: http://www.makitatools.com/en-us/Modules/Tools/ToolDetails.aspx?Name=DCL500Z
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Well its pretty easy to rag on Makita's Rapid chagrining technology when you see a bunch of links on google when you search for it for go to forums with a higher number of people that use Makita tools. Something is going wrong on Makita LX packs at a rate that is higher than what you would expect of either manufacturing errors, user abuse. It's got to be very high compared to other brands warranty claims on batteries.
I guess it's easy to google just about any problem a person might have with any product. I know what experiences I have had with Makita batteries and many others that I know personally. I also know how many Dewalt Nicad batteries go dead and how often. There is also a deep rooted psychology when people get angry and decide to let the world know. What's the old saying, "When someone has a bad experience they tell 20 people and when someone has a good experience you probably won't hear about it".
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Here is a list of all the "80" plus tools I'm not saying that Milwaukee doesn't do the same thing with their counts either I don't think out of production tools ever get removed. In Milwaukee's case most of the brushed M12 and M18 tools have updated models now too.
http://www.makitatools.com/en-us/Modules/Tools/LXTAdvantage/FullLineUp.aspx The other thing is even though Makita has active cooling pushing that many amps through a battery pack is going to lead to a shorter lifespan. I'm sure that's why most brands don't have charge times near Makita's. I think the only one is Metabo and that's a whole other level of quality.
There are plenty of fanbois on TIA and every forum, for every brand.
Many of the New tools from the symposium have been in the Makita line for years, many years. The battery charging faster causes problems, what would you expect a company to say that doesn't have the fast charge time? Careful bashing charge times as you know Milwaukee has the "rapid charger" coming soon, will that be groundbreaking new tech? As far as counting tools, all companies count every tool, fan, light, etc.
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Good review dwain that Makita is nice but again nothing special! I expected more
What'd ya need it to do iron your clothes for ya? King of the hill is a game car manufacturers do it and we see it more and more in tools these days.
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It's pretty bad for Makita when I really though about it again. Yes the have some of the quickest charging time out of all of the 18v platforms, but every other major 18v platform has had 4.0ah packs out for awhile now. Even the budge lines like Ryobi, Ridgid, Porter Cable, and even Black and Decker have had them out for awhile now. I'm sorry I just want to know why it too Makita so long to make the change to 4.0ah packs so many other brands did it so quickly.
I'll say the charge times from Makita are impressive, twice as fast charge time over Milwaukee is quick.
I don't recall the exact dates but it feels like Dewalt just released 4.0 within the last few months. I don't see any 5.0ah from Milwaukee on their website, are they in the wild yet? I would think the cost associated with 3, 4, and 5ah batteries will prevent some people from buying one over the other.
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Makita is the only one with a 5" Cordless RO sander at this time, to my knowledge.
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I have to interject here and say that if you like the M18 Fuel saw then you should try the Makita X2 circ saw. I think a buddy called it beast mode. It rips.
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Go 4 stroke and most of your gas problems tend to go away.
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I agree with you to a point. It is a Ford/Dodge/Chevy debate, but I don't think anyone here has a deliberate bias toward Makita. For years I would have called Makita the the highest quality of the "big 4". They have always been the trend setter in battery technology and maintained a massive lineup, but there's no denying that they let the brand slip a little over time.
They failed to adapt to market trends. They patented a battery fuel guage like 3 years ago, but we've never seen it. In the CopTool drill fight (the most comprehensive I've seen) the Makita offering was shameful and the writer admitted he was giving it more credit than it deserved even ranking it last. He attempted to mitigate it's lousy showing, but what was done was done. They released a more powerful 750 in/lb LXPH03 model shortly thereafter, but as a brushed version when brushless was what everyone was wanting to see. This makes even less sense considering Makita was the first to put out brushless.
Now we have a 1,090 in/lb, brushless monster, powered by suspect batteries with no fuel guage. Fair enough. A fuel guage is a convienance feature, and perhaps Makita has corrected the issue with the LXT packs. I certainly hope so. I like Makita and want to see the succeed, but I'm not ready to jump on the band wagon until I know for sure.
The XPH07M may well be the biggest, baddest, wrist snappingest, drill in the history of cordless drills, or it may be a Ferrari with a Metro engine under the hood, I suppose we'll see.
In either event, I believe it is imperative that Makita makes a better effort to generate buzz. They are almost non-existant on the blogs, social media, and everywhere else where their core user base gets their info.
If you find my end of year prediction thread from the past 2 years, I predicted in each one that Makita was making a comeback. I'd rather not be wrong again.
It has a battery gauge from the picture in the first post. I thought you guys were the bloggers or writers. You can choose to create buzz on what items you pick right? Do certain manufacturers send you guys demos and new product info to get buzz going or how does it work.
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Funny thing is this new tool blows away anything out there and yet still more negative posts. If it was red would it be groundbreaking? Ford vs Chevy.
I don't see the talk about "where have you been". Makita has been an innovator in the industry. It seems most believe everything they read. Makita has been first and front running in many of the coolest new tools I've read about. Seems like some companies just get more press. Makita was the first with 18v lithium, hasn't changed the battery platform with lithium, first with brushless, largest lithium line, X2 tools, and that's just cordless. Ford vs Chevy.
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It's funny because Makita's year old brushed drill at 750inlbs., already has more power than Milwaukee's brushless, at 725 inlbs. So pulling their heads out of the sand doesn't fit in my opinion.
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I played with the X2 circ saw the other day at a store. It had some power, that's for sure. It was also very smooth, easy to make cuts. The electric brake was real nice. Interesting read from COPtool.
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Go cordless
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Well, everyone has an opinion, but I don't see it as earth shattering. It is good R&D to update tools, for sure, and I love to see innovation in power tools. It's not the first cordless full size band saw on the market. Milwaukee actually beat themselves to that with a M28 version many moons ago. Makita has also had one in their 18v lxt line for quite some time. They both had what most commercial contractors would call corded power. They both cut faster than their corded brothers. So, Milwaukee went brushless and added some capacity. Good stuff, but nothing for me to personally fawn over, having previous experience with other units, and five years or more ago.
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Okay...my next criticism.
It's WAY too easy to turn on. I have accidentally fired it up three times during transportation this week.
That being said, the bottle opener came in very handy Friday afternoon at the end of a long week
Bottle opener is a nice touch and put to good use by you on a Friday.
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Yeah it's a good deal because it has the circular saw. Now if it was a 3 speed impact driver and their heavy duty brushless hammer drill then it would be great even without the saw
Looks like that is an option for $20 more.
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The lighter weight of the M18 fuel is pretty substantial though at 2 pounds. Like everything it comes down to which battery system you have bought into. I don't think this is going to get many non Makita guys to make the jump into the brand just for this tool.
Full size 7-1/4 blade is a huge step in the right direction. I wonder what the power difference is between the Fuel and X2.
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Alright guys you heard it here it's all been done. Companies need to close down their R&D departments because there's no need to improve
We know which way you lean, no need to get snippy, tiger. What took them so long is the question.
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Lol that's the whole point and don't forget corded power if true
That's my point, lol, it's been done.
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Makita Impact Gold, no comparison unless you go with something like a Wera that will $et you Back $ome $$$.
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I've had the Makita 18V full size band saw for a while now. Not much new here except the added capacity and the brushless option.
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Makita showing some love for T.I.A.
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I spoke to him at a show and recall he is a development or engineer type. Hence the dryness you noted. He isn't a salesman, as you mentioned.