Makita Cordless Drill Batteries

They probably won't come with the circuit protection you get from the pukka ones from makita if they are Li ion bats. Not worth it in my opinion as they probably won't last as well. Floureon is however a reasonable brand.
 
The original batteries are Ni Cd 1.3Ah but the replacements are 2Ah
Nedved11 said:
They probably won't come with the circuit protection you get from the pukka ones from makita if they are Li ion bats. Not worth it in my opinion as they probably won't last as well. Floureon is however a reasonable brand.
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They do state they have circuit protection.

maccapacca said:
Have you looked at taking them apart and replacing the AA rechargeable batteries that are in it?
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I was not aware of this.

Caged said:
I got some DeWalt batteries done by these guys, can't fault them.

http://www.recellyourbattery.com/
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Again, I was not aware that they actually contained AA batteries...I guess I'll try to split one and install some eneloops if that's the case.
 
The drill is about 12 years old and is in really good condition despite the works it's done.
I bought a generic twin drill set with 3 batteries from B&Q about 3 years ago when the Makita wasn't holding a charge properly but this is now on its way out and was about to "pull the trigger" on a new Hitachi cordless from Screwfix for £100 (£80 through work) but thought I'd do a bit of investigating first....why spend £80 on something if I can spend £30 especially when considering it's only for around the home.
 
I bought a "ryobi" drill from B&Q last year for around £100. Part of the one battery range thingy, where loads of their tools share the same batteries, so it's a bit less of a pain if you have 3-4 tools all with interchangeable batteries.

Just used it to build my shed (20x8) and it performed brilliantly. Really impressed with it if I'm honest.
 
maccapacca said:
Have you looked at taking them apart and replacing the AA rechargeable batteries that are in it?
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These are definitely not AA batteries. They are sub-c batterries. However it is feasible to change the batteries yourself and even upping the AH rating. Maybe change to NiMh, I suspect the charger should be able to charge NIMh batteries.
 
Nedved11 said:
These are definitely not AA batteries. They are sub-c batterries. However it is feasible to change the batteries yourself and even upping the AH rating. Maybe change to NiMh, I suspect the charger should be able to charge NIMh batteries.
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I opened one of the batteries yesterday and discovered they are in fact Sub C batteries.

I have priced them at £12.59 from the bay but for 1800mAh as opposed to the original 1500mAh.

What would be the benefit of using NiMh instead of the original NiCd.

edit: just had a quick skim and for my purpose NiCd are more suitable.
 
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maccapacca said:
Have you looked at taking them apart and replacing the AA rechargeable batteries that are in it?
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These days more commonly they either have 18650/183x0 batteries inside if Li-ion or something like the sub C as mentioned above if they are NiMH/CD - AAs have gone out of fashion in heavy duty stuff.

Sandycheeks said:
I opened one of the batteries yesterday and discovered they are in fact Sub C batteries.

I have priced them at £12.59 from the bay but for 1800mAh as opposed to the original 1500mAh.

What would be the benefit of using NiMh instead of the original NiCd.

edit: just had a quick skim and for my purpose NiCd are more suitable.
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IIRC NiCd are better for heavy duty stuff and easier to charge, MH better for stuff where you want a long duration of low power like a torch.
 
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