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(41 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Nice,
December 15, 2008 Mike Troutner (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Makita DC18RA Rapid Battery Charger for Li-Ion Batteries (Tools & Home Improvement)
I haven't done the voltage and charge-discarge test to test it right (and am not the guy to do that,) but I sell batteries, solar electric products and such for a living, and the sound, action and ultimate performace so far is killer. If you get, let's say, B&D 'Firestorm' 18 volt batteries, the charger is DUMB and doesn't know when the battery is charged, when to lay off the battery and keep a voltage-sustaining charge to it (instead of cramming amps into a charged battery and overheating and killing your battery over time.) This one seems to do it right. The Makita stuff is really good, esp. this 'lithium' line of product. I have 6 different tools and they all are really, really good.
The Makita lithium hammer drill is 3 times faster than the B&D CORDED hammer drill I had. I did 200 block-penetrating, hurricane shutter drills with the B&D and then decided to get the Makita.
SO much easier, quiter and quicker with the Makita (and it's a cordless!.) I could...Read more
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Makita Quick Charger,
October 11, 2007 D. Mueller (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita DC18RA Rapid Battery Charger for Li-Ion Batteries (Tools & Home Improvement)
Charger works very well. A welcome upgrade from the standard charger that came with the set. Fast charge allows me to keep working without interuption, and helps because I don't need as many batteries when using multiple tools(drill, circular saw, impact driver, etc.) Definitely recommend.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Makita DC18RA Rapid Battery Charger for Li-Ion Batteries,
January 27, 2010 J. Lloyd - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita DC18RA Rapid Battery Charger for Li-Ion Batteries (Tools & Home Improvement)
Makita DC18RA Rapid Battery Charger for Li-Ion Batteries is a very good investment, this is a very good charger it charges the battery fast and if you have two batteries you can continue to work while the other one is charging, that makes it very convient for you, but be careful its very sensitive to power serges (it won't survive).
