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For smaller projects, the BL1815 works great. Great for attic work or rooftop or overhead projects. Great for small projects and the weight is a noticable difference between it and the BL1830. then get the BL1830. Have 2 that I use for weekend projects. They get used at least once a week. Have owned for 2 years and haven't noticed the drop in the ability to hold a charge.If you are doing a deck or roofing etc.
I mean every day. I use both of these tools daily. There's nothing wrong with my batteries. I have no clue what you people are talking about. I purchased the impact, drill package from Amazon. My set is 3 years old now and still going strong.
If you home users want to buy a cordless drill, stick with the ni-cad. I have confidence in the batteries and will replace them with confidence. I have not had to replace any of the batteries until now. I have had both of them for over 2 years. I am very hard on these tools as they have to perform for me on a daily basis. I have been doing cabinet work for over 20 years and have had many cordless drills and impact drivers.
This unit is as good as any I have owned. I am not sure if the people writing these reviews are home users or not. I like the fact that you can leave these batteries in the charger and they stay charged. One of the batteries finally gave up after 2 years of hard work. I am a professional cabinetmaker and use these drills and drivers 10 hrs every day. I have 2 Makita Lithium Ion Drill/Driver sets.
I have three batteries for the tool I use at work and 2 for the one I use at home. These tools are meant to be used and are not designed to sit around for home use.
I have not had any issues with this battery. I did call Makita and they informed me that they had a bad batch earlier and have corrected the problem with the newer ones.
But I beleive when you charge a batter that fast, you are putting it though a lot of stress and/or heat, which will reduce the overall life of the battery. Makita claims their charger can charge these batteries in 15-30 minutes.which is pretty fast. (under the same ammount of use, our one Milwaukee drill had its batter last about 3-4 months longer.and our DeWalt tools with their compact NICAD batteries last about twice as long as this). We tried some Makita tools after mostly buying Dewalt, and having used them for over a year now I feel I can right an honest review. What I am reading from most other users here is true, these batteries have to be replaced very often.I think the problem here is both the Battery and the charger. Put that together with the fact that while this is Lithium battery, it is an 'older' formula a lithium (similar to the chemical formula used in cell phones and laptops.items that do not drain the battery as much as a power tool), and these batteries lasted us less than a year.
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