kornomaniac Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Well, Today I got a new Keynote from my Makita representative in the store. The most interesting thing: For those of you not speaking dutch ( Like everyone on here? =p ) Batteries with a Led capacity indicator are finally coming.Here in belgium it's a 'silent' release which means no model number will change. No price on a tool will change. As soon as old stock of the tools are gone they will start shipping newer ones with the 'new' batteries. Only a small icon on the outside of box can tell us if the 'newer' batteries will be included. There's no time frame yet. All I know is that the batteries are in production and that I'll get them automatically in my store when old stock is gone. I've already contacted Makita Belgium to see if there are any tools yet which have these batteries at this time. Want to take a pic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 is there a reason they waited until now? I guess Makita followers will jump on and want to get batteries with a fuel gauge..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERemodeling Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Ooh yeah!!!!! That's the most exciting news I've heard in a long time! Any mention of the BL reciprocating saw?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 No reason was given to me up untill now my representative always said it was ` too expensive '. Bullshit explenation of course Nothing on the bl recip ! Sorry ner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERemodeling Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 No worries. One step at a time... for now the battery charge indicators is a great improvementYou could start bugging some of the makita big dogs about info on the recip saw if you wanted to though Maybe try to light a fire under their ass!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan m Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 great news.I plan to buy into the Makita line up later in the year. this was one of the major draw backs of the Makita system. I use the indicators on my dewalts all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman_us Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 wow makita made a step forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M80 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Of course these are coming out. I just bought 2 5.0aH batteries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Well who needs indicators on 5.0ah batteries 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Nice!! I just can't beleive how long they took Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERemodeling Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Of course these are coming out. I just bought 2 5.0aH batteries.I feel ya.. I got five 4ah batteries at the beginning of the year just before the 5's came out and now this...It will take me a while before I transition over to batteries that have the indicators but it's better now than never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hahahahahahahahahaha that sucks. Just got my 4.0 in the mail today oh well, I knew what I was buying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwain Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 i suppose that picture indicates that there are 4 lights, like Milwaukee and FEIN. I reckon they should have stepped it up to five, but its a great step for Makita! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERemodeling Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 i suppose that picture indicates that there are 4 lights, like Milwaukee and FEIN. I reckon they should have stepped it up to five, but its a great step for Makita!better 4 than the 3 they put on their tools.. I never liked how with 2 out of 3 bars you could have anywhere between 50% (enough for a decent amount of work with some tools) or 20% (not enough for anything) 50-20% is too wide of a range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPSElias Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Thus is some real progressive thinking I wasn't much of a believer in the indicators just thought they were a waste of money and could be used elsewhere on the tool, but since getting my 20vs and the m12 I no longer need to put my batteries in a line so I knew which ones were full or not. Now I can't live with out them....times are changing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Well it will probably be months before current stock runs out and will be replaced w<ith the newer ones i'd guess. But as soon as I get one in my store i'll put a pic up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 I'm glad Makita finally jumped on the battery indicator bandwagon. I just hope it doesn't take them forever to release these in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Here's a page from the Latin America Makita catalog. http://www.makitalatinamerica.com/ebook/ebook_pr/data/950/src/950_14.pdf Shows us ( very small ) the BL1850B, BL1840B and the BL1820B. 4.0 Amp, 5.0 Amp en 2.0 Amp batteries with battery indicator As soon as i get my hands on one I'll post pics ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman_us Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 wow a big step for makita lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Yeah about time they followed EVERY other brand out there with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarynH Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I found this image on Google from directindustry.com, wonder if this is anything like what the indicator will look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thats an ' old ' type of battery thats been along for some time but wasnt available in all countries and was quite expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarynH Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thats an ' old ' type of battery thats been along for some time but wasnt available in all countries and was quite expensive Damn, I like having the fuel gauge on the front of the battery because on certain tools (for example the sds drills) the back of the battery is covered by the tool and you have to remove battery to check fuel level.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJB Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Can't believe you guys have talking about this for nearly 3 months and still no one has put up any pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kornomaniac Posted June 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Still no batteries available in belgium ! I do call Makita up twice a week tot check if they have Come in yet ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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