BOLTR: BEST IN CLASS? Makita Brushless Drill 

i work on injection molds(clean them/fix them) for a living. your knowledge of plastics is pretty impressive.

Used these Makita brushless cordless spin-a-ma-choochers at the factory I used to work in. Couldn't kill them, 3 shifts 6 days a week and would last years. Even the batteries took a beating. Thanks for the vid AvE!

Caught myself saying, "tappy tap tap" in a conversation this week. AvE has perverted my speech.

I can't be the only person that likes the teal right?

Makita battery drill best drill i have ever bought.5 years old now and still going as new fantastic piece of kit.15 minute charger 3 amp/hr battery love it.

I've used this gear and got it covered in all the diesel fitter related schmoo, various oils and grease and the tpe has held up very well compared to most other overmould compounds. Pretty happy with the life and runtime of the packs too. Better than the home shop AEG gear I have, got some beer in the back and corroded the shit out of the PCB and pretty much unserviceable, salvaged the cells to vape, also the blue samsungs

This man’s wife deserves a special medal.

AvE as someone who grew up with none of this around the house, you have inspired me tremendously! Thank you!

As an owner of two Makita DHP481z combi drills, I can say I haven't felt the need to swap for another brand. The torque these have is very powerful and more than capable of doing your wrist an injury if not prepared! The construction is very good although Makita could perhaps work on making the rubber trims a little more robust as these have a tendency to peel back over time. The removable handle supplied with the DHP481z is LONG! Around a foot in length although I don't personally use it but it gives you an immediate indication of just how powerful these beasts are. Mine get a regular battering and are true workhorses. I also bought the next model down but after owning the 481z was disappointed in the brushed version, not because there is necessarily anything wrong with it but when you've have caviar, cod roe just doesn't seem to cut it! (not the best analogy, perhaps I should have picked lobster over prawn........well, you get the gist!) I did manage to damage the gearbox on my first one but probably through using it to try and cut 4" holes into chipboard flooring. I did buy a replacement gearbox for around £55 in the UK which resolved the damaged gearbox although it was still functional until the point I replaced it. The batteries are worth a comment too since I still have batteries from Makita that have been in service for over 4 years and still hold a decent charge. My only gripe with the batteries is the dumb yellow tab that Makita have opted to use for charging / battery monitoring. I've had four of these snap on me over time, no doubt from a little rough handling as they are 'gently' thrown into my battery bag as I replace flat ones for well charged ones. This part of the battery is way too vulnerable and it has rendered one 5ah battery useless / unable to charge any longer, left one with just the metal prongs showing (by some miracle I've managed to keep these straight enough to allow me to keep using this battery for around a year in this damaged condition!) and two further batteries that have the same part cracked which I often have to manipulate to get them into the charger without damaging them further. Hopefully Makita will address this weakness as it is the only gripe I have with their otherwise great batteries. Aside from that, I have all Makita kit and find it pretty reliable. Everything from a circular saw to an impact driver, 3x combi drills, 2x 18v SDS's (dhr282z I think), a site light, flood light and even a 36v brushless strimmer which is vastly more convenient than a petrol one (powerful, more quiet and a decent run time of around 30-40 minutes with 2x 5ah batteries). The bluetooth DAB+ radio is also a must if you are on sites that allow the use of one but Makita should look to fix the low volume issue there is with bluetooth connections which seems to mean that stuff played over it is somewhat quieter. Finally, a small mention of the carryall holdall (whatever they are called). I had one of these around 4 years ago and it has been abused to say the least. Probably pushing 40kg in weight and is certainly looking a little worse for wear today BUT, I can't complain. It still continues to carry a large number of tools and drill bits to this day and although now showing a few small holes in the bottom, owes me nothing. I will replace with a similar model from Makita. On the whole, I've been impressed by their range and have seen other engineers opt for Milwaukee kit only to be later disappointed in their robustness. I have no intention of swapping any time soon! But Makita, sort that bloody yellow tab out on your otherwise great batteries!! #Makita

Never had this experience watching a RU-vid video before. 🤔 the vocabulary is as technical as the equipment. 👍

Actually Makita batteries are great for tinkering since you can pick the "defective" ones up for cheap and salvage yourself some 18650 cells :D

I love this drill. Bought it for electrical work, drilling studs, and the TOR-Q is where it's at. I've been using the handle for it since my arm nearly got twisted off a few times.

usually the chuck unscrews and is retained by a left hand screw inside the chuck. I used to repair tools at a makita service agent, to remove the chuck first remove the left hand screw, put drill in low gear , insert large hex key into chuck and tighten, place drill flat on bench with long end of the hex key raised to 10 to 15 degrees of the bench and hit with a hammer to release the chuck.

Besides the technical genius in the man and his knowledge, I love the way he talks and explains things, or just converts things in his head....always a good joke to laugh about and also the metaphors and dysphemisms :D keep it up, pls!

It would be cool to see you improve some of the tools faults (machine some gears to replace the powdered metal ones, fabricate a metal gearbox housing to replace the plastic one for example).

I been a Makita man for decades. Ive tried Yellow, Red, Orange and found Makita to hold up longer and better. Keep preaching.

It took me awhile to get used to your unique style -- then, I found you hilarious! Good luck getting that drill back together, LOL!

If Makita ever builds a mixer, bicycle or car, I would buy it immediately.

Dang dude, watching you work out where the hammerin comes from was inspiring

Whenever I want to buy something, I just come back to you. I really want to learn more about materials science/plastics as an EE/CS person mainly. My dad taught me plenty about carpentry and remodeling and electrical, but your knowledge of materials science and mechanical engineering is one I really want to pick up.

Insert Wilfuckye/DeFAULT/Borsh team colour rant below.

I never understood why there were Phillips head screws that didn't match any of the Phillips bit sizes! Finally know there is a JIS standard! You are my savior, AvE! XD

thx for taking apart my drill so I don't have to break mine, I was really curious to see what was inside

Ave I love your chanel and I have bought the same drill 2 months ago and I'm very pleased with the drilling performance and the high torque. Very good review on the inside of the drill and don't worry you'll have it back in working order in no time because you're a f...ing genius Love the show

This dude just called vaping "Douche fluting" lmfao

got me one of these about 8 months ago at the homeless despot. came with the drill, and impact driver, a charger, and two 5-amp/hohur batteries. it was marked down from 400 american dollars all the way down to 165. they still are kicking ass.

Apparantly the Makita control board may not be three strikes and you are out,forever. It seems that the charger is no different than modern car chargers that will not charge a battery that is too low. There are a bunch of videos of guys that got their "dead" Makita batteries going by "dumb" charging until they got the voltage high enough. One guy just jumpered from a good battery that he kept recharging. Another had built a DIY charger and a third found that jumpering the last two pins on the battery will fake out the charger to attempt to charge any battery regardless of condition. My choice would be a bench supply with current limiting. Of course if there is really a shorted cell or cells, you could have a problem. Please invesigate this further. I enjoy and rely on your reviews and this is my only concern with selecting this drill as my first choice for a new drill.. That Japanese chuck is a big selling point with me. So far, I have never met a keyless portable drill chuck that was worth a damn. I rarely need a hammer drill and have an old corded Milwaukee that works as well as anything short if an SDS. Would you forego the hammer feature to save weight and a few bucks or or does it not make enough difference to bother eliminating it? Thanks.

The best Makita feature is how you can make the charger play different songs... Having your tool battery charger play that "ascend to charge" sports song when the battery is full... Amazing.

Keep your shrimp in the rice.

I have the same one. couldn't be more happy with it. This thing is so well made. Once i drop it by accident from 9m when i was installing new window. i was scared when i was climbing down the lather that is damaged..but other than small dent on the top everything was just fine. I lost the bit dough. But chuck is still balanced and runs as new. I really can recommend this one without second thoughts. Regards

You'd think you could run this video backwards in getting that thing back together....

Love this video. I could listen to you all day - I genuinely find it interesting (my first degree was Materials Engineering). Now that I'm able to afford nice tools, I've become a bit hooked on Makita, so really appreciate this breakdown video. My most recent purchase 2 weeks ago was their new top of the line impact wrench DTW1002Z - smoothest most powerful tool ever. Thanks for showing the BL motor in detail - I won't be tempted to dismantle my own now ;)

I like the teal!

So fun to see the same drill i bought getting taken apart. Pretty stoked that you say it's a good drill too, since you'll speak your mind when a tool is crap

I wish someone would donate a Tesla to AvE for BOLTR :P

For the most part I had no clue what you were talking about, yet I could not stop watching. Subscribed!

When are you tearing down a festool 😀. I'd love to see if that drill lives up to the hype.

Recently disassembled one of these for maintenance. The rotor was fairly chip-free and build quality is superb. Screws are equally long so you cant mess up. It was so old the bearing was already worn. At least 10+ years.

Definitely a well made battery.

Love your understanding of the mathematics and materials with drive for learning and sharing. Great video

I wish you would do this to some Hitachi tools. I've had my Hitachi's for so long now without headache, I just can't help but buy another set before they become Metabo HPT. I think 10 years of hot suppers is enough, and they get USED every single day. Impressed af

I love Makita! I've always had an excellent experience with their tools.

We use Makita BL drills at work, total overkill for assembling some furniture, but they can take a beating and that is a must because so few people take care of their tools. The amount of times I seen these drop on the floor and what it just makes me sad. Also kind of theft prone it seems 1-2 vanish a year, on the upside it means we have a very large stash of batteries as they always order the kit of drill, 2 batteries and charger :P Did once take one to bits to, to see if I could fix it up, but some of the gears had broken, guess it landed 1 to many times bit first on the floor.

I've used them all. I am particular to Hilti, but lifespan makes them cost prohibitive. I work with aluminum, use self-tapping, and sheet metal screws. An average project has 3-400 screws. Although, it is not unusual to have over 4000 screws on a single project, so I beat the hell out if my drills. My latest choice, kinda made for me by fate, is the Makita. AvE could not be more right about the work horse nature of these things. I usually have to re-up my drills roughly every two years. I am mid-seasom on my fourth year with these things. Unreal. Highly recommend.

"keep your stick on the ice" it's back!! I can finally release my appendage from the vice...

Haha, been watching your reviews for years, for entertainments. This is the first one I'll actually use! Cheers Ave, from a shed in ireland.

Can you review the newest all black Makita subcompact drill and impact?

all these Ave vidjayos are top notch full of tons of great info and humor. I try to catch ever one. Great job Ave!!

Its kills me when I see your break stuff on a teardown. RIP Makita BL Drill

I found a Marita drill literally in a bucket of rain water and it still works. Its my most used drill now and I feel that it will never die

the fact that you referenced mooch, is way more awesome then you may realize. he does alot of work for the vaping community, and as a friend he has the no bullshit answers.

I've been using Makita drills for the past 8 years and still haven't been able to kill one. Only thing that's been bad is/was the chucks. This looks promising though! Thank you for another wunderbar review and 500k!? Nice work!

wouldn't it be nice to build your own drill and or impact. from all the good parts from all the different brands!

These are literally the best reviews on youtube. Thank you

can you do a comparison to Milwaukee, DeWalt and Ridgid cordles/brushless drill?

When I started as an airline mecahnic in 2009, I always asked the old timers for a tour of their tool boxes to see what withstood the test of time and right away the white makta drill driver set in the ugly duplo block zip top case stood out so I bought one. When you commented that the Makita batteries are like the trench cutter horses that are meant to last a long time hit right at home for me. I had my set from 2009 to Jan-2017 before I decided they should suffer no more. I'm no sportsman for any tool brand and don't wear Makita pajamas, but I do appreciate a good tool.

I have enough red colored tools and batteries that switching would be tough at this point, if I could go back I'd go with Makita for sure!

I literally just bought a makita brushless kit. I'm glad you gave it good reviews overall

Finally someone actually tests the runout on a cordless drill! Lol

Hay thanks a lot for pointing out the difference on standard and Japanese screwdriver tips.

I've used the makita battery tools for over 4 years, still can't tell the difference between the 4 year old battery and the year old battery

literally bought this last week. So far, it's been great!

It's been mentioned a few times, JBWeld it back together... Is there a vjao on adhesives? I've seen plenty of borked items reviewed on the healing bench, but I can't recall seeing AVE, gluing his RU-vid famous fingers together... Is there going to be an adhesive review at some point?

It's also a great rubber hammer. Seriously though, love this machine! Going strong for over four years now.

Hey Ave, I know we all enjoy you swearing at your camera, but you'll have a lot less focus problems if you flip your cutting mat over. Focus sensors love themselves some straight lines.

Mooch knows his subject matter too, you guys are each very detailed in your videos.

solid review, i hope they're payn cause after watchin this, I'm a buyin. sweet vid. cheers from Aus.

There’s something poetic about dismantling a makita with an ikea.... love this! ❤️😍

"Patience flatlining, doctor." I'll be mumbling this in the garage from now on!

lifetime on these batteries is indeed good. I have had a pair for 4 years now and they still work fine. I'm a professional user drilling a lot of 18-22mm holes in lumber and a lot of 73-83mm in plywood (and similar products) each year.

Mooch is a national treasure for his work on exposing shit batteries.

I like the teal, and it didn't stop the other guy from walking off with my drill. Got this one as a replacement for my home gamer model.

Healing Bench has its work cut out for it :/

I have had the makita cordless tools in a set here in Australia since 2013. The two batteries that came with them are just starting to fade a bit now 2017. None of the tools have broken and still run well, I would rate them highly. In fact i have since bought several of the other tools in the range. I only use power tools when i use the welder, hilti rock fucker etc. I leave the sledge hammer on the front seat for the jobs im done working on ;)

Beautiful drill Makita has! Shame for that plastic gear housing but it seems to work good. Cheers 🍻

AvE-choochmaster!!! I don't know if you'll read this, but I hope you do! I'm barely aware about tools and the fact that I know the difference between a Phillips head and a flathead is a fuckin miracle. I decided to get my husband a new drill for Christmas. I had no idea. I did research online to see what was a good drill that's not a cheap piece of Homeless Deathspot fuckery or a Sears Craftsman crap--that's also not going to break the bank. So I found the Makita brushless drill you're reviewing here. I picked it out and I was like oh shit, I don't know if this is good, it's the best one that I like, based on my limited knowledge and then I thought--holy hell what does the choochmaster have to say?!? I looked up "AvE Makita drill" and found this video. I watched it twice and you gave it a good review. I was SO RELIEVED. He'll be using it for around the house things and projects (aka tearing things apart and screwing holes in the walls for... whatever..). Approved by you means it's probably pretty damn good. I bought it and gave it to my husband not more than an hour ago. I discovered he LOVES Makita, and was given some Makita tools from his father. We're both fans of your videos, and he flipped his shit when I told him your video helped me make my decision. Thank you for for making his Christmas pretty damn skookum!! I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

we sit, we settle, we watch, and we crave, as we prepare to listen to old uncle AVE. He then goes on to tear these tools down, shows us what's good and what makes him frown. some things with a purpose, effective, and smart, others that are nothing but decorative art. Back in the sewing room you use your confuser, bring up the guide intended for the user, you rant and you ramble and rave with detest, as the stated limits are obviously much less. and so it goes just to make sure, you hook it up as you did before, run the item at "capacity"" and proceed to laugh at the manufacturer's audacity... You send some stickers to Lucky fans, who leave comments and watch from the stands. Was trying to get some, thought it'd be nice... to get my mind off my dick being stuck in this vice.

Impressive knowledge on all aspects of this equipment and its construction. Appreciate the video...

I fecking love my makita drils and impact drivers for working with ye olden dead tree carcass, I'm too cheap for metal working...... (does this qualify for free stickers ;) )

I have there impact driver and several batteries. Been using them often for 10 years now and they are still going strong. Little beat up and rough looking but perfectly serviceable. Even the batteries are still good. All of my previous Ni-cad & NiMh batteries never lasted more then a few years. Certainly got my moneys worth

One of my tile subs has been using this thing to mix mortar for probably close to three years now and it's still going fine last time I saw, so Makita must be doing something right. Tried that once with my Fuel and after 4 bags the gear box got all crunchy on me. Interesting too, I replaced the gearbox on that drill, and while in there I noticed the motor looks absolutely tiny in comparison to this one even though they supposedly have similar specs.

I love the old Makita blue! My old Makita core bit driver was one of the best machines I ever had and it looked gorgeous (£450 in 1995)

Never to chooch again.

Makita was my favorite years ago, then about six months to maybe a year of light office installation work the handle split down the seam, lost me with that, but the sub compact brought me back.

there's something endearing about the depression color they make their tools

Nobody else does reviews like you. Fukkin brilliant!

VAPE NAYSH BOOOOIIIII!

"keep your stick on the ice." wow what a throwback. i havnt heard that out of one of the new videos in ages.

Can we get a reassembly video?

Played around with those Makita lithiums ad we had about 20 that were dead from work. From memory 3 times the charm, If it gives you the red and green Christmas lights on the charger and you eject and insert two more times, it'll lock it and it's rooted. BUT if it does it once, and you take it straight off and slot your voltage / current regulated bench supply on it and slowly bring it up it should be okay again. You can also buy replacement confusers on eBay! So worst case you keep the case, replace the dead cells, and replace the board and you're good again for 20 bucks instead of 80.

In my 30+ years of working in construction, Milwaukee is the only thing that comes close to Makita in heirloom quality and toughness.

I have the Makita impacts issued to me at work. Not half bad tools. Hammer/anvil does seem to wear fairly quickly, though.

Ever notice that different Makita drill packages with similar looking contents can have different price points? Not all Makita drills are made alike. One of their brushless drills has a plastic looking grip to the chuck unlike the nice machined look of this one here. Maybe it's just an over-molding, but I doubt it. This one with the nice chuck appears to be MAKITA LXPH05 for those looking to add it to their Makita arsenal.

Had one of their smallest drills you could get, had a 220 mm drill on it to make holes for some downlights, it even let some smoke out a few times but it still works, had it for about two years now. Got a upgrade tho, and they both work just fine.

What model is this?

My father works in construction (in Europe, so brick, mortar and concrete, not cardboard) and has used makita all his life. I get his old drill, after 20 years when they don't have the power to go through concrete anymore. The stuff is made for professionals, and as you said, the batteries don't seem to die.

lol just got some food for dinner, turned on my laptop and.....WTF a new AvE vid :D :D :D greetz from germany!

Over here in Aus in the mines these are what we almost exclusively use here. The metabo and milwalkees have failed us frequently but these are still going. The only tools I find that rival them is the good Hitachi stuff.

AvE, do you have some experience with Hitachi 18V batteries/tools? PS. Thank you for great videos, I especially like BOLTRs, tool tear apart. Greetings from Norway.

My late father used the old stick Makita 9.6 v batteries and tools he also had the 12.volt version like 30 years ago