marsh942 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Now that the rear handled beast is heading to America, does anyone know if Makita will update the double battery circ Saw to a Brushless motor? The brushed model is now almost 3 years old! Going by the rear handled saw it would be a bit of a competitor for the FlexVolt (without buying new batteries/charger)! Also, does anyone else think they will look into the high demand lithium ion tech to follow Milwaukee/metabo/Bosch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 would a true 36v battery have the potential for even higher demand tasks than an x2 setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 would a true 36v battery have the potential for even higher demand tasks than an x2 setup?Only by amp hour and cell typeSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stductwork Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 On 13/03/2017 at 8:13 PM, Jronman said: would a true 36v battery have the potential for even higher demand tasks than an x2 setup? No. It's no different to 2x18v batteries only split down into smaller form factors. That's why the makita 36v batteries are slowly disappearing. They were heavy, bulky and would take an age to charge. On 13/03/2017 at 8:45 PM, JimboS1ice said: Only by amp hour and cell type I think the highest 36v battery was about 2.6 ah. With 2x18 you can achieve 6ah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnichols Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I think they're keeping the older model around for the users used to "sidewinder" type saws.. I haven't seen anything about a brushless version.. Although I'm sure if the rear handle does well they'll eventually update the sidewinder version if there seems to be a demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Well the old model is still rather a competitive tool But they'll update it to brushless as stockaround the globe is getting lower I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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