Hey bro. Unbiased opinion here. Those tools are excellent tools, makita impacts have always been excellent. People get caught up watching these shows and either don't know or forget these are not job-site real comparisons. Part of my problem with soalz, is he is not truthful on some his claims,like that makita 40volt hammer drill just keeps losing power every time you use it. That is patently false and ridiculous that drill is a beast. Now that being said Makita is pricing themselves off the market nobody I've ever met knows where to take a makita tool that needs repair, thier marketing is non-existant, thier 12volt and 18volt compact lines are garbage. Sorry for the long message from a fellow licensed electrician have always enjoyed your content
Hey , thx for the input 💯 correct on everything the drill seems solid AF the impact handle is very small. Like wtf how can that even happen. Small. But based on the date it came to market, fairly decent it's way too expensive and things certainly have changed on how tools are made and the performance gains in the same footprint. Etc. It's time for makita to step it up. But these are not bad tools
@@toolsandtactics amen bro. And thier battery tech I don't know who is running the show over there but how can harbor freight have an 8ah battery with 21700 cells and hyper tough have a 6ah and makita don't have nothing bigger than a 5ah in thier 18v line and no battery at all with 21700 cells in any of thier lines? But still want to charge hilti prices. Smh
@@joshwittmer5042 haha!! My buddy pointed out something huge. And that is that the batteries are exposed and have vents in the bottom, not even water. Resistant terrible
I've had pretty much all the brands from DeWalt Milwaukee and let me tell you when I bought these 40 volt Makita I never went back love the tools you can really tell the engineering that went into these tools and the quality of them as well
The digital clutch on the hammer drill is pretty sweet. I don’t own any Makita tools and all the hammer drills that I own don’t have that feature. Very interesting 👍
Impact drill has been fine but the drill is forever in being repaired. Only 2 years old and twice now my Makita 40 volt drill has had all internals replaced ( first time under warranty / this second time not ). I’m going back to 18 volt for this tool as it was A LOT MORE reliable.
Yeah mine is 8 months old, been in for warranty 3 times... gearbox, chuck and some bullshit module. Makes me not want to invest anymore $$ into the xgt line.
@@infected6996 and mine goes to our local tool repair guy who does all the trade stores warranty work. His words not mine they’re built to not last and the parts once out of warranty are priced so you are better off looking at buying a new one. Throw away society here we come.
Yeah it's pretty big. Honestly, I prefer bigger drills. I enjoy the 998 999 flex. And even this drill It's kind of funny how small the handle on the impact is small the battery's too big with no other option of downsizing But I do enjoy the drill
@@toolsandtactics I prefer the Metabo they heva normal size batteries and it feels really good I honestly hate the Makita products. Especially the 40 volt line it's not much stronger than the 18V I bet my Metabo 18v will beat this. The flex is actually a good product I have them also
Metabo and I have an interesting relationship I appreciate the triple hammer. Design the smoothness and all around comfort I'm very skeptical on the batteries, no gages. Is a bummer And they are always on sale Pretty much all thier stuff is underrated I bought this kit just because I wanted another triple hammer. I knew it wasn't gonna have a quick insert. I was just gonna be bottom of the barrel It's just a really enjoyable impact to use I would just say get a bunch of batteries. And you'd probably be fine.
I wish you never gotten influenced by your colleagues and just stuck to your own opinion like in this video. Sandly judging by the previous interactions, it seems like you have hard time standing your ground under the peer pressure. Have a blessed day
i used makita professionally for many years before m18 came out the second it did i dropped it for milwaukee sold 2000$ of tools for 700 to buy a m18 kit sold an sds 2 impact 2 srills 8 batteries a recip flashlight and 3 chargers The Battery tech from makita is STILL the same it was years ago THEN they went 40 volt even bigger from a brand known by ergonomics then i bough a 12v makita set because it was the last 12v impact to be made like they were one of the last companies to kind of start a line... and it didnt have a quick insert collet.... i have my own opinions lol they are clear i dont hate them, i dont think they are not for pros I love a good meme) but at the end of the day there is WAY better out there for the same amount of money and they are clinging on by they reputation from 10+ years ago
@@paulcaruana4090 I wish the grip was a little bit longer, but yeah, it's pretty smooth I really don't see a huge performance gain versus the eighteen other than just a larger battery Love the xtd16
Hey bro. Unbiased opinion here. Those tools are excellent tools, makita impacts have always been excellent. People get caught up watching these shows and either don't know or forget these are not job-site real comparisons. Part of my problem with soalz, is he is not truthful on some his claims,like that makita 40volt hammer drill just keeps losing power every time you use it. That is patently false and ridiculous that drill is a beast. Now that being said Makita is pricing themselves off the market nobody I've ever met knows where to take a makita tool that needs repair, thier marketing is non-existant, thier 12volt and 18volt compact lines are garbage. Sorry for the long message from a fellow licensed electrician have always enjoyed your content
Hey , thx for the input 💯 correct on everything the drill seems solid AF the impact handle is very small. Like wtf how can that even happen. Small. But based on the date it came to market, fairly decent it's way too expensive and things certainly have changed on how tools are made and the performance gains in the same footprint. Etc. It's time for makita to step it up. But these are not bad tools
@@toolsandtactics amen bro. And thier battery tech I don't know who is running the show over there but how can harbor freight have an 8ah battery with 21700 cells and hyper tough have a 6ah and makita don't have nothing bigger than a 5ah in thier 18v line and no battery at all with 21700 cells in any of thier lines? But still want to charge hilti prices. Smh
soAlZ is his boy, just saying 🤷. Tool and tactics is the one I watch though.
@@joshwittmer5042 haha!! My buddy pointed out something huge. And that is that the batteries are exposed and have vents in the bottom, not even water. Resistant terrible
@@mtasubwaymartasubway Yes Thank you!
I've had pretty much all the brands from DeWalt Milwaukee and let me tell you when I bought these 40 volt Makita I never went back love the tools you can really tell the engineering that went into these tools and the quality of them as well
The drill seems solid the Chuck makes me worried I'd exchange it, but I don't think there are anymore left at this price
Wait till toolswithsoalz say you got small hands
The digital clutch on the hammer drill is pretty sweet. I don’t own any Makita tools and all the hammer drills that I own don’t have that feature. Very interesting 👍
Yeah it's pretty cool hopefully it's worth a dam
Impact drill has been fine but the drill is forever in being repaired. Only 2 years old and twice now my Makita 40 volt drill has had all internals replaced ( first time under warranty / this second time not ). I’m going back to 18 volt for this tool as it was A LOT MORE reliable.
sounds about right
Yeah mine is 8 months old, been in for warranty 3 times... gearbox, chuck and some bullshit module. Makes me not want to invest anymore $$ into the xgt line.
@@infected6996 and mine goes to our local tool repair guy who does all the trade stores warranty work. His words not mine they’re built to not last and the parts once out of warranty are priced so you are better off looking at buying a new one. Throw away society here we come.
Here I was thinking that the cat 5 amp battery was humongous but this is even worse it's the same size as the 5 amps of cat
Yeah it's pretty big. Honestly, I prefer bigger drills. I enjoy the 998 999 flex. And even this drill
It's kind of funny how small the handle on the impact is small the battery's too big with no other option of downsizing
But I do enjoy the drill
@@toolsandtactics I prefer the Metabo they heva normal size batteries and it feels really good I honestly hate the Makita products. Especially the 40 volt line it's not much stronger than the 18V I bet my Metabo 18v will beat this.
The flex is actually a good product I have them also
Yeah and that 4ah 40volt battery look as big a car battery
@@joshwittmer5042 it's actually a 2.5. !!! Lolol. Not even a 4
@@joshwittmer5042 the 4Ah is the equivalent of an 18v 8Ah. The 5Ah is like an 18v 10Ah and the 8Ah is like an 18v 16Ah.
I had a drill with a chuck that rolled over like that. I think it was damaged. How are you enjoying those metabo tools?
Metabo and I have an interesting relationship
I appreciate the triple hammer. Design the smoothness and all around comfort
I'm very skeptical on the batteries, no gages. Is a bummer
And they are always on sale
Pretty much all thier stuff is underrated
I bought this kit just because I wanted another triple hammer. I knew it wasn't gonna have a quick insert. I was just gonna be bottom of the barrel
It's just a really enjoyable impact to use
I would just say get a bunch of batteries. And you'd probably be fine.
@@toolsandtactics there are new 18v batteries with fuel gages now, finally.
Makita is trash
LOL. He betrayed you 😂😂😂
There he is.
@Ffoo_ffighter lmao I don't believe all mite is trash but there is certainly a better value
I have that hammer drill but on second gear it keeps slipping the gear. Any ideas whats the problem?
I wish you never gotten influenced by your colleagues and just stuck to your own opinion like in this video. Sandly judging by the previous interactions, it seems like you have hard time standing your ground under the peer pressure. Have a blessed day
i used makita professionally for many years before m18 came out the second it did i dropped it for milwaukee sold 2000$ of tools for 700 to buy a m18 kit sold an sds 2 impact 2 srills 8 batteries a recip flashlight and 3 chargers
The Battery tech from makita is STILL the same it was years ago THEN they went 40 volt even bigger from a brand known by ergonomics then i bough a 12v makita set because it was the last 12v impact to be made like they were one of the last companies to kind of start a line... and it didnt have a quick insert collet.... i have my own opinions lol they are clear i dont hate them, i dont think they are not for pros I love a good meme) but at the end of the day there is WAY better out there for the same amount of money and they are clinging on by they reputation from 10+ years ago
the xtd 16 is still probably my favorite impact ever the dewalt 845 might beat it but only because of the battery tech btw
The impact is the most comfortable to work with.
@@paulcaruana4090 I wish the grip was a little bit longer, but yeah, it's pretty smooth
I really don't see a huge performance gain versus the eighteen other than just a larger battery
Love the xtd16
Break the new tools 😊