Makita cordless drills...explain...

[PJ S]

BlackCup said:

Is this bad?

Would seem to be an apt example of the definition of the phrase "giving up the ghost".
Either that or your drill has a poltergeist!

[Fleegle]

I remember seeing a Makita cordless drill on site for the first time in around 1984 (I think)

I remember thinking to myself that they'll never catch on, as I took another chunk out of my index finger with an errant Yankee

[omniflow]

YankeePorker said:

Best cordless I've ever had by far - Metabo. Wasn't cheap, but the amount of work done on a single charge is amazing.

I just brought of those. The guy in the shop (proper tool shop - Issac Lord) recommended it over Makita and all the others.

Haven't really used it in anger yet, so not sure whether he had a sales target to meet or whether it was a genuine recommendation.

[Globs]

omniflow said:

YankeePorker said:

Best cordless I've ever had by far - Metabo. Wasn't cheap, but the amount of work done on a single charge is amazing.

I just brought of those. The guy in the shop (proper tool shop - Issac Lord) recommended it over Makita and all the others.

Haven't really used it in anger yet, so not sure whether he had a sales target to meet or whether it was a genuine recommendation.

I have a Metabo jigsaw and circular saw - top stuff, still going strong too.

[singlecoil]

The thing about threads like this is that they end up with people saying which tools they have and how much they like them. With few excepetions there isn't really a lot to choose between the decent makes in similar price ranges.

[DoubleSix]

singlecoil said:

The thing about threads like this is that they end up with people saying which tools they have and how much they like them. With few excepetions there isn't really a lot to choose between the decent makes in similar price ranges.

Agreed. A three hundred quid drill is a three hundred quid drill.

Just personal preference in most cases.

[hairyben]

Cordless drills seem to attract levels of fanboy-ism that'd shame the tofosi.

dewalt, makita, hitachi etc are all much of a muchness, decent pro kit but made with an eye on price/competitiveness in a tough market, hence all have issues from time to time, makita had some bad battery issues and dewalt seem to have lost the ability to make a chuck properly..

Whether it's worth spending twice as much for say hilti is another law of diminishing returns debate