dwain Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Here's OTT's latest review, a planer-off? This is the full write-up, copied from Tumblr: 18V Planer Comparison - Makita BKP180 vs Bosch GHO 18V-LiA cordless planer is not a tool that everybody sees a need for. Yet I bet that anyone who has used one won’t want to give it back. They really can be a pleasure to use, and the Makita and Bosch planers are no exception. The main specs are as follows:Bosch GHO 18V-Li - 2.6kg, 82mm blade, 1.6mm cut depth, 14,000RPMMakita BKP180 - 3.3kg, 82mm blade, 2.0mm cut depth, 14,000RPM The Makita’s extra weight is noticeable, but also excusable as you get a much heftier base plate that should serve tradies well. Other than this, the Bosch has two unusual features:It only has one cutting blade. This does keep blade cost and maintenance down, but is probably the reason it doesn’t have quite as much grunt, and a just-respectable cut capacity of 1.6mm It has left and right dust chutes! This means that users can direct the chips/dust in whatever direction is least annoying to clean up. It also make fitting a dust bag or dust extraction vac too easy.Both machines gave a very sharp finish. Both gave very good run times (69.5m and 66.5m for the Bosch and Makita respectively on 3Ah batteries). The Bosch is often a little more expensive . The Makita has a more user-friendly safety-lock. So, which do we recommend? Well, we love both. If keeping mess to a minimum is vital to you, then the Bosch. For everyone else, the Makita is probably the better choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodstockva Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'm thinking you two should have switched tools in the testing, since Dwain you got the ambidextrous one! haha That is very surprising to see how much wood they can eat through on one battery charge....great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwain Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 ha, good point! Yeah I can only imagine they'll exceed 100m on a 5ah battery... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Excellent video Dwain and Mike! Great points and they remind me of wood shop back in school but the manual variety. Both had amazing runtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSionnach Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Great review. A lot better runtime than I was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadlanthier Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Great video. I wish dewalt would come out with a cordless version of the planer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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