Felix wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 9:11 pm
Great drills for light use. If using the hammer function on a big job give it a reast now and then or you will rattle the drive apart. I had two. Killed one withing a year and the 2nd the year after. Bought a Milwaukee and now in year three with no issue. Makita are great tools led down by its drills hammer function.
The hammer function on any non SDS drill is a bit hamstrung but the combi drills almost always have higher torque so in order to get a drill with high torque you pretty much have to get one that also has a hammer function, even if like me you never use that hammer function.
For drilling masonry I always use an SDS drill.
Personally I'd like manufacturers to make more high torque drill drivers that don't have the extra weight of the (to me anyway) redundant hammerdrill function.
The hammer function on any non SDS drill is a bit hamstrung but the combi drills almost always have higher torque so in order to get a drill with high torque you pretty much have to get one that also has a hammer function, even if like me you never use that hammer function.
For drilling masonry I always use an SDS drill.
Personally I'd like manufacturers to make more high torque drill drivers that don't have the extra weight of the (to me anyway) redundant hammerdrill function.
Defo not SDS. TBF my 2nd died when drilling into them old council concrete fence posts. Think i got three holes before it spat the dummy. The thing would still spin but with no power. Even after it cooling and with a fresh battery. I will still buy Makita but just not a battery drill. I killed a Makita reciprocating saw also to may be reluctant to buy another of them. Mine had the old bolt in blade head what fell apart. Possibly the quick release blade may be better. I need to decide soon as i have a few fencing jobs this spring and they are handy for chopping the post sticking up heads off.
I've a Makita pruning saw, DUC101, that I use for rough cutting old timber. I tried various reciprocating saws, battery, mains, different makes, and settled on the pruning saw. I tried a knock off one first and was convinced to a buy the Makita.
cheb wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 6:28 am
I've a Makita pruning saw, DUC101, that I use for rough cutting old timber. I tried various reciprocating saws, battery, mains, different makes, and settled on the pruning saw. I tried a knock off one first and was convinced to a buy the Makita.
Is that the little chain saw pruner? I am on my 2nd knock off and that is starting to overheat quickly. I Bought a Makita Lawn strimmer as i am starting to suffer RSI a bit. Thinking it would be shit for commercial use and i will be forever swapping the battery over, how wrong was i. I get a full day out a single 5 amp battery.
That's the one, it has a 100mm bar. I've cut proper sized branches off cherry trees with it, going in from both sides. The one drawback I've found with it is that it uses an uncommon chain size and only Makita seem to sell them. Other bars and chains that fit are available. I've a 150mm bar on it currently and it copes well enough.
