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He does what few or no one else does. Bragging and testing the feeling of tools we got loads of information out there to do. And reviwers like the TIA, give a lot of good information. But I'd love the extra information AVE gives on the inner workings, material analysis and electrical analysis. The conclusion, I'd make for myself anyhow, so no problem if he think things shit, if the review is good, all is good. :-D Might me that I'm juat "that" kind of person that takes interest in the inside of the tools, just as much of how good it does daily. It helps me fix the tools too, and that might save me money.

yes. Problem is, they haven't done anything breaking news or use a new tech. Just add a third row with more battery-cells. So we are still left with "just" 6ah ish for standard size.

My first makita 18V tool was 5ah, in late 2014. And to my knowlege, 4 ah even came out the same year. :-D So things are really happening quick theese days. But I think 6-6,5Ah will be the limit for some time. (For 10 cell normal sized battery packs) The 3 Ah cell's used in 6 Ah is pretty old, but in newer times they may have managed to get the discharge rate up, and the efficiency on motors up. But I can't say I have heard of anything more than 3-3,2 ish Ah for a normal sized cell. And given that the tool industry lags behond the battery industry a fair bit, we might be in for a long wait. If you guys haven't seen any more?

Thanks guys. Guess it makes sense. A real story too, nice. :-D Also, vehicles with smaller motors has been, and still is pretty important over here. Unless absolutelly a necessity. Since the tax on Horsepower and CO2 emissions quickly costs way more than the vehicle itself. Any more than 200-250 HP, and you could as well buy a small helicopter. So the only luxery car you se a lot of roads in Norway, are Tesla's. Cheap and powerfull. But no work-vehicle exactly. Seems like 35 % of Electrical-vehicles sold in western europe goes to norway, and 20% of them are Tesla Model S). Population wise, norway is just shy of 1,4 % of western europe population. LOL. Here if you want a pull stuff, you get a farmer with tractor or call a tow truck. XD We don't have theese huge empty lands like in the states or australia. And 99 % of the time, you'd want to cover your work-stuff. Given most days are rainy, snowy or windy of the year. XD But aren't transporting stone and heavy shit is just as easily with a van, no? Given the same motor I mean? The back of the van usually is lower placed too. But 4-wheel drive is a must, no question about it. Would have though it was more common in van's as well though. But hey, now I learned something new.

Tried cutting with an 2mm abrasive disc today, but after some cutting, it seemed like it more or less melted the metal rather than cutting. A little bit weird way of cutting with this thing. Probably should have moved it more back and forth more, to not heat up the metal in one place. Or use an 1mm cutting disc. Easier on the tool too. But the vacuume did they job perfectly. And even in battery-mode, it didn't seem to do any worse sucking up the glowing chips. Pretty sweet. The hose connection to the grinder did heat up a little bit though, but did not melt or damage anything. They probably should have choosen an aluminium adapter on that grinder-cover. But fair enough, it did its job. As an engineer, I did want to study the inner mechanics of that Vacuume motor/controller. But could not get it appart without damaging anything, even with the five screws out on top out. Would be interesting to know if it uses some kind of down-transforming from 230V, or what the voltage range on that motor is. Adding a third or fourth battery to make it even more powerfull would be a cool project. Also: Got to really test the Bosch 10,8V mini-grinder, and it performed beautiful. It did cut out one time, but the other times I tried forcing it, it cuts out for a second and if you release the pressure imidently, it will continue/start up again automatic. Very nice! Power-vice, it is a lot closer to a 18V grinder, than the underpowered dremel tools out there. And given it's weight and size, it just feels really impressive. And the brake! It's the best. Stops in an instant. Making many small cuts in an instant. With the carbide cutter, it litteraly cuts into wood like a hot knife. I gotta admit, this is a must have tool!

Damn. Never though of that "problem". That sucks. But on that notice. Whats up with all the trucks in America anyways? It's like some kind of cultural thing, or? Becouse it kinda feels like a lot of trouble not having a roof all the way to the back. You have to whatch out for rain, snow, secure and stack it more securely without a real wall, whatch out for thieves, and now also whatch out for the "highway vacuum". XD Just seems like a lot of hassle.

Like boss(ch).

Have used it for a coule of months. Great unit. Can recommend. The new high torque impact wrench from Makita will be a good addition to this unit, but will probably not see the same usage. No need to bring out the big boy until you actually need that kind of power. Better to have this light and compact unit for normal use.

The garment is very nice, much better than I feared. Love it. It heats and looks great too. On my jacket I have found one a little irritating problem/bug, and that is that the unit "shuts down" (must re-connect the battery) randomly if you have activated the USB charger. Usually triggered if the charging is lost and re-connected. But it also happends that it happends after half a minute of charging, and standing still. It will not charge, and any heating will also stop until the battery is reconnected. Which in turn is frustrating, since the machining on the adapter is not the best. It is to tight fit, and is hard to pull apart. (and the battery shows signs of friction after a few re-connects) Edit: It might be the cable's at fault here. Looks good for now with another cable.

First impressions is at least very good. + Very high quality feel. Everything from motor to hinges (rubberized steel) to wheels impressed. The wheels look kinda flimsy on pics, but in reality has almost no roling friction, and is rubberized with a smooth solid feel to it. The entire VAC feels like it is made out of a high quality plastic and rubber. The seals and HEPA-filters are great, motor-house feels like one solid thing, and the main on-off switch is light to the touch, and a delight. The hose Connection feels great, but the unit is perhaps not the best in regards to storing the hose on the unit, but does an OK job.+ Fairly silent. Especially in battery mode. Now I can suck in the night. ^^+ Both large and small hose included. They can also be Connected togheter. - HeavyOk, the backside of the medal, from a high quality feel is that it felt heavier than what I first though. Not a real problem for me, I got to admit. It's "good weight". - A bit weaker in battery-mode than you might expect from a 2x18V batteries (which usually is almost as good as wall-Power) But then again, 30 mins Runtime on 5Ah is great. Wonder if it might be possible to make it pull more... hmmm. Not a huge shock though, since you get the hint when they say it is only 320W (70W suction Power) on battery, VS 1050W (350W suction Power) when Connected to the wall.The question is, is it enough? It was good enough for some standard cleaning, but haven't tried it on any Power Tools yet. Only real bummer is the price, which was in the steper corner (650-750 USD) in my country. (got it for 593 usd after a small bit of hagling ) But you can feel and see that Makita havnen't cut any corners on this one.

Found a new local shop, and look what I've found! Yay! A 2x18V VAC from makita and the GWS 10,8 V-EC mini-grinder from bosch. And an sweet attachment to my makita BL grinder, and impact rated hex angle for drill/impact driver. Hope it survive a few screws and holes now and then. Also, a nice birthday surprice for myself: Really nice heat output, though a bit warm outside to really test it out. It is a bit to wide for my taste (any smaller, and the height would be to short). At least I cand get something to grow in.

Yeah, I guess I can see it. Though, when you are working like that, you probably isn't cold any more, and just swap out the spare 2,5 AH battery from your heating jacket: :-D Yeah, I guess you guys is right. And I can very much see why you would consider the powerfull m12 drill if thats your only one.

Woha, that grinder would be perfect in my 10,8 v bosch line. Their EC drill is very light and compact. And only negative is that the chuck "only" has three "teeth", and not the 3 heads with six "teeth". Nice when you are drilling metal.

But isn't they meant to be as compact and light has humanly possible. That is at least what I would use them for. The 18/36V equipment would be the power and runtime stuff.

Nice. My girlfriend almost wacked me for using her tupperware for a quick pain(t)job. How was I supposed to know that stuff like plastic boxes in the kitchen was expensive quality stuff. XD Ignorance was not blizz this time around.

Ahh, okay, now I see. Thanks.

Hahaha. Yeah sure. Had a customer that meant that the 3 months old laptop always had a bad keyboard and semi-broken screen. It reeked of beer, and half the key's was stuck. The monitor was also drenched in beer, with a layer of beer all over. The angry customer meant her son wasn't old enough to drink, so that couldn't be true. Worst thing was the customer got it replaced becouse of some kind of other bullshit. Lying son of a b**ch. :-p

Still a bit sceptical to makitas 10,8v line... When you go light and small, I think they at meast should have the option to use batteries in the handle, and not theese square bulky things on the underside. I liked milwaukee and bosch's approach much better. And makitas old 10,8v series wasn't exactly anything to brag about.

Dikes, never heard of (at least not in this setting). Googled it, and it looked juat like regular sidecutters? Especially on the mini bolt cutters, I really like the comfort handles. Using them to cut of electrodes and 5-6mm hardened screws really is demanding on both tools and hand. But then again, my hands are pretty soft.

A heaters purpose is to be 100 % in-efficient, just dumping everything into heat. So yeah, can't get any worse. But you get a little tad smaller loss in the cabling, becouse lower amps means more of power reaches the unit. And gives better efficiency. But the losses in cabling is so low, it tops out a percent or so. In other more advanced systems with power supplies and transformers, you usually save a percent or two in the unit itself by using 230V vs 115v. Less losses in windings and stuff. I have no idea how you americans survive with 115V @ 20A breakers. Thats like... 2300 Watts. You must be tripping thoose breakers as a daily routine. And here I am thinking 230V @ 16A is too low. Even my computer peaks out at more. And wondering if I need the full 3-phase 400V for the garage.

Haha, though I was the only one, LOL. Don't know how I did it before I got all my tools. Anyways, there seems like both my Bosch 10,8V brushless drill, and my 6" knipex parallell closing plier somehow always takes a part of any project. And even though they aren't the main star of any project, they are my real heroes, like a Dark Knight lurking in the background, and the ones I couldn't be without.

I think the Comfort grip is very much worth it. Have some of both, and while I regret that I didn't bought on some, others don't have that alternative. The comfort grip is very nice, gives you more power, or at least the sensation of it. But takes up a little more space, which possibly can be a negative in some hard to reach places.

Brushed and brushless motors have no real issues with cold. Most common electronics don't really have any large issues with cold either. It's as mentioned earlier everything else. Like the bearings, hammer/impact unit on impacts and battery cells that doesn't like it. Since they all depend on some kind of liquid. The slower bit could be many things. Like different grease, different reaction from the motor on more resistance or lower juice (voltage and current) from the batteries. An brushless unit have sensors that measures the RPM, and in general a lot smarter, and could counter the effects of the cold.

Remember guys, that higher Amp-hour batteries have a bit higher internal resistance (if we are to belive battery manufacturers and other posts in this forum), which would means they in theory would loose a tad more juice, thats converted into more heat in the battery. So if you are doing a tools comparison, it is recommended to use the same sized batteries, and not converting into cuts per ah-hour, since it will favorise the lower 3ah and 4ah batteries (to a small extent). Not a huge deal, but if we are to use the comb, we got to take this factor into consideration.

Excellent. Do miss a good laser pointer. They laser on my cheaper green bosch mitter is not good enough to be used. Anyone know of something thats actually good, and can be fittet on a blade? Missing LED light is an easy fix though.