Makita 18v drills ?

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Does anyone have /own them ? and if you do please say how you find them, i have some de-walt drills and i'am thinking of changing over as i already have the Makita grinder and a few 18v li-ion makita batteries ?

 

[Bradma9]

Iv got the makita 18 v with 2 lion battery's and love it! I haven't had a dewalt so it's hard to compare.

 

[N A T]

Hi i'am a chippy , even though I do a lot of tiling , i use Makita 18v li-ion every day for about the last 4 years , they take a pounding and keep going strong . I'd always had Dewalt/Elu cordless before , i'm not going back :lol:

 

[trevortine]

Stick them on eBay Dave and get tooled up with Hilti!

 

[Sean Kelly]

Got the drill, impact driver, grinder and vacuum. Love them (apart from the vacuum). The impact driver is a must have tool. Light and strong with a quick change chuck thingy. The box is useful too. Got the 2 drills and charger plus plenty of room for diamond hole cutters, screws and bits.

 

[N A T]

value for money and weight in your hand Makita every time

 

[Stef]

I sold my Dewalt 5 piece & went to makita years ago.
Got drill driver, impact driver, grinder, reciprocating saw, snorter, collated gun, torch & radio.
Oh & 8 batteries to run them.

 

[Chalker]

Replaced my impact driver and drill with the 18v l ion a couple of months back. They ate the dogs danglies! Love em that much I got the cordless planer and circular saw.

best toos I own.

i have kept my old nicad 18 volt battery's fot the makita radio as these are ok to go flat. The l ion 18v batteries do not last long if you completely flatten them.

 

[judge]

ive got a makita drill,impact driver and cordless grinder.Use them virtually every day and theyre the dogs :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Peter]

Got these last week as a replacement for the B&Q spec Dewalts. Not got a chance to use them properly but tried a few 8mm holes in block and 70mm screws into timber and performed lovely.

Very solid kit and the 4ah should make all the difference.

 

[thompsonbrown]

I use Dewalt 28v, have drill, jigsaw and chop-saw, best cordless stuff i've used.
28v nano batteries are expensive.

 

[White Room]

I found the Dewalt batterys the worst I have owned....

 

[CJ]

Makita all the way.......except for my Bosch grinder.

 

[White Room]

Love my Bosch...

 

[thompsonbrown]

my 24v dewalt battries were poor, had no problem with my 28v.