I have just purchased a 18 v makita with ni- cad batteries today at b nq . Now sice I got in on internet I have seen a makita with Li-Ion batteries for £109. I do not know much about batteries but is it worth taking mine back and getting the one with the Li-Ion batteries ?
makita nicad vs Li-Ion
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Li-Ion batteries are the next generation meant to last 3 or 4 times as long.
£109 on this site for the drill its £250 on most others could this be a fake.
http://www.power-tools-pro.co.uk/ma...body-only-13mm-chuck-p-7737.html?currency=GBP
http://www.power-tools-pro.co.uk/ma...body-only-13mm-chuck-p-7737.html?currency=GBP
that link is for the bare drill only - will need to add batteries and a charger on to that price
Machinemart do the same, a little more expensive http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...lxt-li-ion-2-speed-combi?da=1&TC=GS-060217456
Machinemart do the same, a little more expensive http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...lxt-li-ion-2-speed-combi?da=1&TC=GS-060217456
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It doesn't come with any batteries or a charger for that price.
Thought there was something wrong ha. just another quick question. I have a 24v drill it is only a silverline but it is not old and hardly used but the charger broke. Could I use the makita chrger to charge the silverline batteries or is this a no go ?
Probably not.
The charger will be designed to charge 18V batteries and thats it. It is unlikely that anything apart from an 18v makita battery will fit the charger anyway.
The charger will be designed to charge 18V batteries and thats it. It is unlikely that anything apart from an 18v makita battery will fit the charger anyway.
there is a nil chance it will charge another make never mind voltage
manufacturers make new models incompatable with old to make you buy the new complete except ryobi and dewalt although dewalt now have 2 18v types running side by side
if you want a good diy setup go for ryobi
http://uk.ryobitools.eu/one-plus-the-world-s-most-flexible-cordless-tool-system.htm
Li-ion will charge much faster, stores more charge so lasts longer between charge, and does not suffer memory effect.
I think you may be wrong on that. been sorting out my shed today and was messing around with my old makitas the ones with the bigger red batteries, the batteries are shot so no use. I decided to mess about with my batteries off my cheap drill and to my surprise I have a tooltec 18v drill and the batteries is exactly the same shape as the old makita batterie, I tried it in the makita and it works 
Was the old Makita a Li-ion battery?
No I would not put a li-on batteries in another charger it could blow up.
Well that wasnt what I was asking.
I think you may be wrong on that. been sorting out my shed today and was messing around with my old makitas the ones with the bigger red batteries, the batteries are shot so no use. I decided to mess about with my batteries off my cheap drill and to my surprise I have a tooltec 18v drill and the batteries is exactly the same shape as the old makita batterie, I tried it in the makita and it works
i recon if you have 50 random tools from 50 people you will have around a 50/50% chance off a match
cut that back to 25 you will be on 10% chance off a match by the time you are on a random 2 tools your on a few hundred to one chance off it being compatable
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