Doctor Evil wrote:

But you can get 10 of those for one Makita, so they are more cost effective.
And in time Lith Iron or Lith Poly batteries would have been introduced.
Better than being lumbered for 10 years with outdated stuff with old battery
technology.

But that's kind of living for the future, isn't it? You always end up
with a crappy tool, just to avoid the possibility that you might miss
out on Feature X in 10 years time. You might get run over by a bus. Or
assassinated. Or something.

BTW, my Makita has very nice NiMH packs. Light and high capacity.


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Grunff