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Title basically says it all. Basically, a Makita DHS680/XSH03 scalep up to 7 1/4 would be perfect. Are there any?

I dont know about these ones with bigger blades, but my LS0815FL is perfectly square, and the detents have no play. I dont see any need for a bigger bladed saw with the long rails on this one.

Personally, i move a lot from site site, so having (labelled) boxes for everything is nice. I also keep all of the accessories for a specific tool in its box. When ever I arrive to a job, I take my hand tools bag and my Makpac with a drill, impact, charger, 4 5Ah batteries, bits etc. Then when I see the job, i bring the rest off the stuff I need.

I've personally bought a box designed for that tool, even if the tool was bought bare. Except for a chainsaw and recip saw, all of my tools live in Makpacs or hitachi equivalents.

Few framers I know keep telling me that Dewalt cordless framing guns keep breaking a spring every 10,000 nails or so. They've switched back to Paslode, and one of them is "trying out" a single Hitachi cordless gun.

So here are the pics. The case is similar in size to makpac 4, slight design differences but the latches are compatible. The insert is really nice soft foam, but atleast I cant figure out if there is supposed to be a dedicated spot for the charger.

Send it in for repairs. Sounds like something is wrong with the mechanism holding the piston in air cylinder

Ill definitely post some photos. I cant find any of the case and the insert. @dwain i think you had one for the review? How was it?

Still havent received mine, its just about 30km away, or so the tracking says... Will be here on Monday, hopefully. I can then tell what size of Makpac like case it is, and what I think about the insert, and if the insert will fit a Makpac, I have 4 sizes so i can compare and test. I dont know how much of a thing Makpac is in the states (I see lot of soft bags in the tool review videos), but if you can get them, you could just order the insert overseas.

Seals on hose and other parts are much more important than pure motor power. I've used vacs with 1000W and 2000W of power and similar design, with the 1000W one having much better suction, due to not leaking and losing vacuum at connection points so much.

My wife has a Makita DCL500 cordless vac and she loves it. Plenty powerful enough. Motor power is not everything when it comes to vacuums...

Well, that wouldnt be a problem for people like me who have ten of 5Ah Makita batteries. Then again, I know im in a very small minority.

X3 or X4 could be useful on something like a backpack blower. But not anything handheld, definitely.

I dont know in which year you live in or what tools you have been using. Me and plenty of other pros are using as many cordless tools as possible.

X3 would be 54V and X4 would be 72V

Ordered one from sale on Friday night, will probably arrive on Wednesday or Tuesday

In Finland the kit comes in a hard case. Its basically a Makpac in Hitachi green and grey. Just ordered the paper tape one last night from a clearance sale, because of name change to Hikoki

Youll be looking at 6 ½ saw if you want a minimum of 2inch depth cut, cant do that with a 5inch. Edit: or a 136mm blade at minimum, whatever that is in inches, over 5inch anyways, closer to like 5½

Things im still wanting: A hot glue gun, decent 18g nailer, a framing nailer.

Looks like that thing just has 15 18650cells in it, just looking at the picture and how big it seems to be. Makita could do that any time they wanted to, but theres no point really.

Even if it is a old design, its what available from Makita in that category.

I get by most of the time just fine, but with all the tools I have, I keep having a feeling that I could use two more batteries and third twin charger, so I could have all of my batteries full in the morning. edit: Especially when using the DUC353 chainsaw at the same time as DHR264, as Im also usually using atleast a third tool.

DHR282 probably helps a bit, being brushless, but the current DHR264 certainly could use more runtime. Im packing 9 5Ah batteries and two twin chargers with me at work.

Rotary hammers could also use a bigger capacity packs.

Same runtime in a lighter/more compact package or more runtime in same size/weight of package. OTH, especially bigger Makita drills and full size impacts are made to be used with big batteries. The balance just isnt right with a 1.5/2.0Ah slim battery.