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Yeah i've sold a few before The very short head lenght is the reason for my customers to buy it. It's shorter then the Right Angle pneumatic drivers/ratchers I could offer the customers. Feed back has been just 'Normal'. Which is a good thing in a store No complaints and it's also not a super power house innovative tool that it merits cheers and " Wow !! " from the customers =D I'll take the measurements tomorrow and screw in some 5 x 100 screws with it tomorrow

Ow... and atleast here in belgium you can get a ratcheting headpiece or a straight nose piece that you exchange with the angled one basically turning it into a 3/8" or 1/2" ratchet or a very thin long impact driver =D That's the Ratchet Piece. It requires an extra 3/8th or 1/2th adapter Like this one: And the Straight nose:

Hello Alan ! If you want i can take the exact measurements of the head lenght tomorrow in my store The plusses of an angled driver: Driving in screws at an angle has never been so easy. Bit will not slip out, tool does not want to rotate so very easy and simple driving of screws. The negative is that you do not have to expect the torque of a normal impact driver. The Makita DTL061 has about 60 Newtons of torque compared to a normal impact driver's of 160 - 180 Newton..... For wood screws.. no problem at all. Sufficient torque. Just don't think you can drive in big fat lag bolts with it at an angle =p

Have been selling both these models ( and mostly barrel ) for a few months now here in belgium. Not a single issue so far. These tools do feature a " soft no load " function similar to the Festool Carvex. Regardless of your speed setting the tool only works at a low speed when no pressure is applied to the blade. That way it is alot easier to align the blade to where you want to start cutting. As soon as you apply pressure the tool revs up to the speed you have selected on the dial. I have had customers who bought it but didn't try the tool in wood ( so just pulling the trigger without sawing in wood )and came complaining that the tool doesn't have any speed. And when you demo the " Soft no Load " function they're all very excited =D All in all they work like a charm

Congratz ! they wont let you down !

Sorry to dissapoint you Ner The makita also does not slow down unless you release the trigger

The brushless jig saws have been out here for a few months in Belgium. Lovely tools Barrel grip version sells very well. Alot of carpenters prefer it. A very nice feature is the "soft no load". If there isn't any pressure applied to the blade the motor will automatically shift down to a slow speed. Less noise. Less battery usage and you can much more easily ( Lack of english vocabulary imminent NOW ! ) and precisaly align the blade to the wood where you want to start your cut. As soon as you apply pressure on the wood the tool will rev up. Very cool !

Comparing those 3 sets the Makita's Offer the best Value by far in my opinion. The hammer drill is the king of the hammer drills at this moment. Period. Nothing even comes close.The Impact driver is a very very decent option. Maybe not Makita's best but it will not ever let you down once. Believe me.The cordless rotary is the strongest Rotary hammer that runs on 18 V batteries that you can get at the moment. All in all the Makita set offers you The best rotary, the best Hammer drill and a very capable impact that will do everything you will want to do with it. Milwaukee would be my Second choise for offering decent tools. All of these will also be capable enough for pretty much anything you will throw at it. Bosch would be my last choise. The Brushless hammer drill is one of the least strongest brushless drills around. Not even close to comparing to Makita's DHP481 or Milwaukee's Fuel. Mind you tho... it's also smaller and more light weight of course but you do not want to put a bigger hole saw on bosch's hammer drill. Bosch's impacts do not compete in my opinion. They're bigger and heavier. And real life testing have showed me they're also not the strongest impacts around. Being able to get sockets on there is cool but do not assume the Torque of this impact driver comes close to other brands 1/2" Impact wrenches. Not even close unfortunatly. The rotary hammer is yet again the weakest in terms of hitting power but also small and light. The battery problems Conductor has bene mentioning are a thing of the past. Every brand has had their share of problems with battery packs. Being a salesmen of Bosch and Makita here i can say both brands had their battery problems. The problem came with older tools / older batteries not having electronically over discharge protection. If you used your batteries wrongly you could kill them. Be assured that these days all tools / batteries from the top brands feature this protection circuit and whatever brand you buy from the big ones... you'll be safe and have a durable product

Yeah that drill is my number 1 loved tool hahaha

hahaha =D No debate. just a typical issue / question popping up from time to time Here in belgium the only thing you'll find is Milwaukee with their m12 line. All other companies use the normal 10.8 , 18 and 36V name

Hello Jplemons ! We sell both Bosch and Makita at our store. By any chance, would you check out the Makita Ls1018 ? It's a bit bigger and a bit heaver but it provides so much more in function and capacity. Here in belgium the Ls1018 is only 30 euros more expensive then the LS0815 so price isn't an issue really. If indeed the size constraint is really an option then the single action Ls0815 is a very good, compact little saw

You'll be happy with those tools =) The makita 36V is probably the most interesting cordless saw available on the market today. Planer is a nice piee of kit ! Sander is a more unique cordless tool you won't find that much

Yeah it's all marketing bullcrap Really. Lithium Ion cells are 3.6 or 3.7 Volts. These cells get charged at around 4 or 4.2 Volts maximum depending on charger/brand. The end results is that the cells are close to 4 Volts fully topped of. But it's a marketing trick. The moment you drain the least amount of power from the battery it'll drop down to their "nominal" voltage which is 3.6 or 3.7 Volts. and with 5 cells in serie that will make 18 Volts. 20 Volt Max is a marketing term just like 12 Volt or 40 volts. These are all completly thesame batteries who all have Lithium Ion cells with Nominal voltage of 3.6 / 3.7 volt. And all of them will have a "topped" off voltage of 20v / 12v / 40v... untill you drive in your first screw. Marketing at it's best

Do that We want to see

216 mm blade with 70 mm depth. Limited capacity for that low price

Brushless jigsaws have bene out here for a few months. In all honestly they are ALOT better then any previous brushed cordless models. Dewalt's / Bosch's do not compare really

Makita seems to have woken up the last year with some very impressive new tools. and only more things coming out in 2015 =)

Yeah for Belgium's pricing the Mitre Saw is really Cheap. The Angle grinders are just really expensive Makita put out the LS0815 about half a year ago. Pretty much thesame mitre saw. small differences in Capacity. The Makita is abit Pricier tho In a week or 2 i'll have these in my shop and can comment more on them Bosch has bene bringing out more and more 'cheap' versions of tools to be more price competitive in Belgium. We have a few cheaper build rotary hammers / a circ saw / cordless drills and now the mitre saw. Pricing strategy for getting more customers i guess =)

GCM 800 SJ Mitre Saw Seems to be a very cost down version of a Bosch Mitre Saw. A single action Compound Mitre saw. 1400 Watts with a 70 x 270 mm Capacity. 13.5 kg. Very light for portability. GWS 17 - 125 CI(EX) New 1700 Watt 125mm grinders. In following Metabo with theirs. With or without a disc brake.

We'll never get 100% tool coverage from 1 brand Too bad... Having 2 different charger isn't the worst yet tho Makita does indeed have some very specialty cordless tools The biscuit joiner, planer, 36V rotary and 36V cirk saw work like a charm tho

Very nice find for that money wow !

Thats how it usually goes ^^

Hello! Unfortunatly I haven't seen or heared anything At the end of February/Beginning march I will have the new info/conditions of Makita Belgium which will contain all the new things that we'll get in the following 6 months in Belgium. Belgium is most of the times quite quick with releasing new Makita tools. Personally i'm hoping they will adapt this tool for the 18 volt range : 710 Watt is something they can imitate with a brushless motor. No problem there. It'll be a littlebit heavier with a battery installed I will think and Wider at the top ( assuming that's where the battery goes ). They have all these nice accessoires and bases for it so ideally they should just adapt the motor on the RT0700 with a BL Brushless motor and a 18V socket... Ideal tool ! Limited runtime is going to be a problem I think tho. I'm assuming that's one of the main reasons we haven't seen these things before except for the Ryobi P600. That's also the main complaint you'll find on the P600. As soon as you do anything other then light laminate trimming the run time goes down considerable. If the brushless motor provides enough effeciency for a decent run time it really should be an option and a good addition to the Makita LXt range. but.. nothing official yet unfortunatly =D

6. To the right side of the battery: The charging station This is the special thing that suprised me. From what i can gather from the powerpoint it's a VERy big Lithium Ion pack on wheels from which you can charge the 36V 6Ah battery packs. For a professional gardener this would be the equivalent to Hitachi's or Stihl's battery backpacks. You just charge the Power bank at home. And during your workday it'll give you the juice to charge 6 of the 36V 6Ah batteries. amazing idea. I do not want to know the price on this one tho. Specs and info's from what I can gather from the powerpoint: The Mobile charging System has 2 outlets on the top and room for 2 of the 36V Chargers. you can just plug them in in the sockets.The Mobile charging System has enough juice to charge 6 of the 36V 6Ah Batteries troughout the day.The Mobile charging system itself is charged in 3 hours2 chargers can be installed on top for charging 2x 36V 6Ah batteries simultaneously.NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THIS, but.... it does seem like the outlets can even be used to power corded tools with a max 1000 Watt power draw. But as wording on a powerpoint is usually very short i'm not sure but that's how i understand it. Amazing This one has a timestamp of 7/15 in the powerpoint so that's still 7 months off ! 7 & 8: To the right of the circle: Blower and Battery belt Unfortunatly not more info on these things. The belt is just for holding a few batteries. No idea of it actually features a cable or sockets or anything to " plug" in your tools from there. Timestamp for the Belt: 3/15 Timestamp for the Blower: 7/15

4. Below the battery: The Fast charger Waterproof for all weather conditionsPowerfull and quick charging42 Minutes for a full 100% charge and 30 Minutes for 80% charge.Aluminium housing. Durable.5. At the bottom: The lawn mowers. More info has already been posted at the top of this thread. It does look to me like there will be 2 different models because bosch has drawn 2 lawn mowers on the picture. We'll have to wait and see