Why do we subscribe, keep watching and liking these videos??? Because dude makes you laugh while giving his unbiased opinion and genuine feelings about the tools he’s using!!! And that’s REAL NICE LIKE!!!🙏👍🏻🔥
18V x 5 Ah = 90 watt hours. 36V x 2.5 Ah = 90 watt hours. Basically, 10 cells either 10 in series for 36V (or 40V max if you like) or 5 series / 2 parallel is the same amount of watt hours. If you don't need the runtime and demand a smaller/lighter tool for repetitive work, the 18V can be had with 5 cells to make it more compact and lighter. The big reason I can see for the new 36V is the older 18V would not allow a wider pack over the 18650 cells. Say they ran the 4Ah cells in the 21700 size for say a 10 series/2 parallel pack (8 Ah) they would not fit in the 36V X2 series because they won't fit side-by-side. That was the fatal flaw in the 36V X2 system, they could not use longer length cells because the battery would be too wide to fit! I'm waiting for the Tesla 4680 cells that are 9Ah and can be cycled 5,000 times myself... want to make your grand pappy proud! Realistically, my 18V Makita and 36V X2 stuff gives me all the power/runtime that I need so when it wears out...hopefully some fool will be using the Tesla cells so I can jump start tractor trailer rigs or run the AC in my house when the power fails. Never know, the Makita gnome might be slain by Hart or Harbor Frieght by snatching up those Tesla NMC cells... I smell a conspiracy so will put aluminum foil under my safety gear! Thanks for the humorous review, that 6 x 6 is worth more than the impact driver!
I don't mind that they are not interchangeable I am happy a new line is out can't wait to get my hammer drill and impact driver for the makita 40v line so excited @ToolReviewZone
@@AntonioClaudioMichael good it was supposed to be funny lol 🤣 glad you have a sense of humor i have 6 platforms and over 10k in my Milwaukee m12 fuel and m18 fuel platforms 😉 I also have makita but I'm not changing to 40v I see no advantages all I see is disadvantages 2.5 ah batteries same size as the 5ah battery for nothing seriously
@@TacticalThib I have Milwaukee m12 and M18 I have Dewalt 8v 12v 20v 60v flexvolt and 120v flexvolt I have bosch 18v I have metabo HPT 18v and 36v I have Makita 12v 18v and 36v X2 as well as A few others including 18v bostitch regular Metabo Tools and Earthquake Xt 20v line as well the Makita 40v and 80v Tools im getting to do testing on for the channel the gen 3 Milwaukee is a beast it beats everyone including the new flex tool line all day
Hey yo Clint! First and foremost, how are you doing? You look and sound like you’re doing better, since your surgery I believe? Great review, and I agree with you on the subject of the batteries! I’ve been taking that up with Makita Corporate for last four years. Every excuse and lame reason under the Sun! I have a couple of the X2 36 volt tools, and I know there was no way 21700 batteries would fit, without some big recall, or retrofit, and I can kind of understand Makita’s position, but at least give us something bigger than 6.0 Ah in the LXT lineup. I’m not jumping on the XGT platform in the foreseeable future, but it would have been nice to somehow make them work on the LXT platform, ala DeWalt? Get better and take care of that wrist! Stay safe and Healthy! Wear a mask, don’t wear a mask, who knows? 🤔😳🙄😀😃😂🤣 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁✌🏻🇺🇸
Haha, tba ks so much for the awesome comment and feedback George!! Definitely feeling better brother, ut will need to go back in a month or two for a check-up. As for the wrist, I have no idea what I did to it... but I'm guessing age brother🤔
They should have done what DeWalt did with the flexvolt system where you could use either or battery and designed the impact Driver to take advantage of the higher voltage that way. Now if you put a 5 amp hour battery on that impact its much larger and heavier and I don't think it's much more powerful than their 18-volt and I sure don't think it's more powerful than the Milwaukee gen 3 especially with a high amp hour battery
Won’t be going near the 40v batteries not compatible with any lxt18 Makita asleep at the wheel ,Dewalt came with flexvolt years ago ?Makita asleep,plus a 40v battery is only 4 v more than a 36v ,which I have in lxt 2 x18v ,they should have built a 60v so complete failure allaround,but when you don’t talk to people that use the tools this is what happens
Love the 40 volt line. I bought the 3/4 drive impact wrench 40 volt, had it a little over a week now. No regrets that thing has the power and now I don’t have to drag an air hose around which tends to get hung up on everything.
When, oh lord...when will these battery wars end!! From those early 7.6 volts...on and on into 12, 14, 18, 20, 40 volt...on and on...when will it end!! And mode 1, 2 and 3...heck no! Give me mode 4 and only 4!! More POWER!! Yeah, I make no sense most of the time but, thank heavens you come up with some great informative videos!! And for that I'm giving you 👍👍 and a polite 👏👏 golf clap...well done young man! (And I'm always going to be a Dewalt fan.)
If I'm driving lag bolts, especially large ones, I'm grabbing my 1/2" drive fuel M18 nut buster. And because I don't want to split them ceiling joists that are only like 1-1/2" wide, I ALWAYS pre-drill. Two sizes. One size for the threaded portion of the lag, another for the solid shaft portion. It's why I carry a little flat brass SAE/Metric caliper in a pocket. Never trust the labels on the package or bin. Measure that stuff. Edit: My handyman work is in the SF Bay Area. I've mounted a LOT of uh, 'things' to ceilings. Dunno if it's for Pilates, or sex. I don't ask. I just get the job done and make sure that whatever it is, can take the load.
I think the 40v 4.0Ah has 21700 cells, I could be wrong. My 40v 2.5Ah batteries with 18650 cells are definitely lasting much longer than a regular 18v Milwaukee, Dewalt and Makita 5.0Ah. So the 40vAh 4.0 is probably somewhere equal to a 6.0-8.0Ah regular battery. The 40v 2.5Ah only takes 30 minutes to charge from dead and that’s a bonus.
NO IT IS NOT THE MOST POWERFUL / i took my back to home depot it was a very big unit and waste of money and also heavy, it was a very nice unit still. AFTER spending so much money for over 42 year i know dewalt / makita / milwaukee / hilti / not great BUT good my best pick still is milwaukee fuel. PS the best circular saw still is dewalt that my pick.......
@@ToolReviewZone it’s a beast of a unit! Way better balanced than the dewalt 60v and feels significantly lighter. the dewalt always felt off balance and I’m not a fan of it, even if it’s powerful and well built.. The makita felt just as strong , if not even a bit stronger. Comparing a brand new saw and battery to used dewalt tho, so that might’ve not be fair.
Dewalt will never have a good impact driver nor impact wrench they just suck at impacts drills are amazing 👏 saws amazing 👏 😍 😉 but they will never contend with Milwaukee sorry to be the barrier of bad news
I’m swimming in Makita impact drivers (including the 40v) and I will happily spoil the results for everyone: of course the Milwaukee has more driving power.
LMAO!!! It is a pain when that woo woo pedal isn't working right haha. Clint I would love to kick back and have a couple of beers and talk crap with you one day because you are hilarious. I believe you missed your calling, you should have been a comedian.
Hey crazy guy it’s available already? I’m really trying to find it over Home Depot among others stores but they don’t have it! CONGRATS great information 🎉😐
we are not DIY'er but we are watching videos about tools review. not only in the cities but even in the provinces all tool are MAKITA these tools are the first tools arrive in the philippines. 😊
@@ToolReviewZone You know you can make 120V and 220V interchangable with a simple plug adapter? Well, it works great until the flames and smoke become annoying. Probably a good idea to keep the two batteries incompatible... my 36V X2 weed whacker would probably cut down a tree with two of those 40V though...burn up faster than a Black & Decker taking on your 6 x 6 though...you should 3D print an adapter to see what two 40V batteries will do... family tradition.
Makita should have went the Dewalt route and had a Flexvolt option but maybe Dewalt's parent company has a patent on that idea. Makita is a weird tool company anyway for refusing to use 21700 cells in their 18v line.
They can't make the batteries interchangeable, the tools operate on different Voltages. Its like trying to plug a 110 V appliance into a 220 V outlet. Stuff will go boom.
My very first drill was a long battery Makita and I switched to DeWalt nickel cad then when Makita finally got a bunch of 18v tools built up in their collection I switched back to them and spent a lot in the platform switch and I was very disappointed their drills and impacts were dominant in the beginning long battery years and I burned up and went through so many different tools in their 18v lineup in a short time I sold off the whole set there's a reason you don't see many electricians use Makita we drill more wholes than the other trades and they just don't cut it you have fan boys of every brand and I'm a tool fan period and frankly Makita performance is that of homeowner brand tools but not priced like them and even more sadly when you see true side by side test some homeowner tools will outperform them as well and if you say power isn't everything then look for old Makita used drills and your not going to find many it's not because the fan boys keep them you won't find many it's because they don't last go to any pawn shop and see it for your self
Hell in the Marine Corps we get whatever we can find. “cough” “cough” that E-1 power is a beautiful thing it never depreciates and it’s always strong….. well I thought I would take it easy on the privates and go and get a Makita 18v and then I see this video. I guess it looks like That E-1 power is still in place and going to have to do. Well until SSgt gets the funds from Mrs SSgt to get a 40v.
I own a couple of those two battery Makitas. They are decent but most of them don't compete with the M18 Fuel tools. I think these will struggle to compete also. I can believe anyone actually believed Makita batteries were new technology. Awesome video!!
Well you have to keep in mind that waaay back then, Makita's 18v only competitor were FC-I (Fertile Crescent Industries) and their of large, cumbersome Baghdad batteries, so there really was no incentive to innovate.
