Makita Battery Question

Re: Makita Battery Question

Henry (Raleigh NC)

and if it has 4x capacity, it's likely 4x as heavy as well.

Henry

Re: Makita Battery Question

Dick Coers

Who knows if the aftermarket battery really meets that capacity. The use of cheap Chinese cells in aftermarket batteries are very commonly overrated. As long as the voltage is the same, any Ah capacity will work.

Re: Makita Battery Question

John Foster

Make sure any new battery fits your tool before you buy it. For unknown reasons, not all Makita batteries fit all tools ( quite possibly aftermarket batteries as well). My Makita stapler will accept 3Ah batteries but not 4Ah batteries.

Re: Makita Battery Question

Tom Norton

Henry, thanks for that reply! I started looking at some of the pics and can see the larger/heavier size.

Re: Makita Battery Question

Chad Pearson

Be careful with the aftermarket batteries. I have purchased a couple different sets of the 6.0 amp/hr batteries from Amazon. I find that they are not really up to the task of heavy usage (e.g., chainsaw). After very little use the chainsaw stops working.

I have had much better luck purchasing genuine Makita 5.0 batteries. They are more money on EBay than the aforementioned aftermarket batteries, but they last a lot longer in the chainsaw.

Makita Battery Question

Jim Matthews

They're made by little elves, in a hollow tree.

(My Makita replacements are of the finest Chinesium - they work just fine.)