I found this video today surfing the web. In a nutshell, this guy has purchased (I did not know such a thing existed) battery adaptors and runs any kind of cordless battery on another type of cordless tool. It is very interesting and I think a game changer for when I see a specific tool but it isn't a Makita. Just thought I would post it in the event you were like me and didn't know such a thing was available. Guy does a great review. Enjoy.
How long until the manufacturers come up with chipped batteries like printer companies did with chipped ink cartridges ?
Hu, I use Ryobi +1 for the most part but also have a Dewalt and an old Craftsman drill. I have seen other tools that I would like that are other brands. Hmm, may need to look at this harder.
ditto, have a perfectly good cordless craftsmen hammer drill and all the batteries are crap.. Thought about rebuilding the battery packs to Lithium but I think I'm just going throw it all away which pains me to think about. I'd give it away but who wants to buy new packs for it when you can just buy a new drill with batteries for the price of 2 batteries for this thing..
Yeah, I have a bunch of Makitas with the tube batteries that go up inside the handles. They are great tools and the ergonomics was fantastic but batteries can't be found any more. All the batteries are shot. There probably isn't an adaptor and even if there is the ergonomics just wouldn't work. I tried the next gen with the orange batteries but they all had short lives/contacts issues compared to the earlier ones. Plus there were issues with chargers only working with certain batteries. I gave up on all of them. Now I have a bunch of Dewalt tools that all use the same batteries.
Brother used those for years and hated giving them up. I had a Hitachi that I used for probably 15 years before it died. Most of my cordless stuff is now Dewalt.
That reminded me of something. 30-35 years or ago I made my living installing wire shelving and mirrored closet doors in new multi unit apartment complexes. It was piecework paid. Two holsters like 6 guns filled with two Makita 9.6 volt drills like you describe. I was a “pro” so I had upgraded from the 7.2 volt. I went to Mexico once and at an open air market was a guy selling those batteries new in the sealed package for 10 bucks each. I had a hundred bucks and bought ten of them and brought them back with me. Seems like they were 40-60 bucks each back then in America. They needed a longer charge to refill back then and those 10 batteries gave me enough switch out rotations through a 10-12 hour workday that I didn’t have to wait. Wished I could run up 3 flights of stairs with two plate glass mirror doors on my arm and those two drill guns on my belt like I used to do back then! I’m in the Milwaukee 18v club now with a lot of their stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
