wayneburgess Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 The weakness over here is only one radio has D.A.B the digital capability and thats the Makita, but I avoid Makita because I have had megga problems with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Only Makita make D.A.B radio though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I've began to question Makita a bit myself lately. An electrician acquaintance of mine can't stop talking about how shitty their drills have become. I wrote it off as him just being over critical until I saw eric practically melt one on a video. Then I read a comparison test where the Makita brushless is putting out about half the specs as the rest of the pack. Maybe they just aren't what the used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I just think when they do research, they give tools away and folks just tell them what they want to hear to get free gear.It's brave to do an honest review on a tool like the guys do.I don't have the finances to buy every tool that comes down the pipe, so I can just be honest about what I buy, and thanks to Eric and Dan over there in the U.S, and Toolstop over here, some of the articles I write get to a larger audience than on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I've began to question Makita a bit myself lately. An electrician acquaintance of mine can't stop talking about how shitty their drills have become. I wrote it off as him just being over critical until I saw eric practically melt one on a video. Then I read a comparison test where the Makita brushless is putting out about half the specs as the rest of the pack. Maybe they just aren't what the used to be.My first clues were the BJR182Z reciprocating saw and the BHR241Z roto-hammer, they just haven't been right since they launched the LXT line while they work OK, the recip saw will make your hands numb from vibration, and the roto-hammer just doesn't feel like a quality tool. I haven't been willing to purchase any new Makitas since, Maybe the transition to Chinese manufacture has not been good for them. Hope they get back on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I know a sparky who swears by Makita and loves them,but my experience recently has been folks swearing at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 It seems like Makita throws more money into marketing the race team, than designing tools. We have another brushless to test and we want to see if this one will smoke again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I've got a Makita LS1225 Compound Miter and I've been real happy with it. The factory blade was a 60 tooth so I went and got an 80 tooth Avanti Pro. I went to HD to get a Diablo but they had an Avanti bonus pack that was buy 1 get 1 free so I jumped all over it. Maybe they're just having a Toyota moment. They were top quality cars until the news became littered with Camry's speeding 100 mph down the road on their own accord. The quality control guy at Makita will probably feed himself to a sea monster for the shame he's brought to his family after seeing Eric's video of the melting Makita drill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 They could be. I remember when Makita was the tool to have. I really don't see many of the new ones around. A lot of the older ones, but no new ones. But I guess I never went to a dirt bike track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Only Makita make D.A.B radio though.Which radio is it that works for digital broadcasts? Our Makitas over here certainly don't do that. I have yet to see a work radio that does. The closest we get is Boschs radio with a dock for subscription satellite radio (Sirius). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Makita made a a D.A.B digital radio it is available over here.Bloomin heck not something else that is only one side of the pond!!!??BMR101 is the DAB radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Makita made a a D.A.B digital radio it is available over here.Bloomin heck not something else that is only one side of the pond!!!??BMR101 is the DAB radio.People in the US are often like the Luddites, digital radio is not big over here, and is hard to find any radios that will receive it, even though the broadcasters have adopted it. Most people in my neck of the woods seem to think it is just another way for the corporations to suck even more money from the people. We just switched to digital television and there are still many older people bitter about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I hardly ever listen to broadcast radio FM radio anymore. I have Sirius in my truck and use my iPod with my Milwaukee radio in the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Just like cable television was supposed to be worth it because there were no commercials, so satellite radio will end up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 They've had commercials on satellite radio since it came out, they were just really clever about it. They placed them in the talk shows by having the hosts strike up a big conversation about the product. Like Paul Harvey minus the trust factor. The music channels are 100% commercial free but the other stations like news and talk have at least 8 commercials per hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 I use my iphone and also the pandora app for music. I live in Chicago, but we only get three good stations and one of them comes out of Wisconsin, so I don't get it everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 The very concept of an iPod still amazes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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