I can't be the only person that likes the teal right?

Definitely a well made battery.

Insert Wilfuckye/DeFAULT/Borsh team colour rant below.

i work on injection molds(clean them/fix them) for a living. your knowledge of plastics is pretty impressive.

Just call the Makita support and tell them it just happened to randomly fall apart. All that's left to do after that is hope they aren't subscribers.

Actually Makita batteries are great for tinkering since you can pick the "defective" ones up for cheap and salvage yourself some 18650 cells :D

My wife absolutely hates it when I say, "Why won't this frickin thing chooch?" Sorry, but she thinks you're crude and uncouth. I think you're frickin awesome. Keep it up my friend. And... you need a tee-shirt with something like, "Oi, why won't this frickin thing chooch?" or "Chooch damnit!" My wife would hate it; it'd be awesome!

I wish someone would donate a Tesla to AvE for BOLTR :P

Keep your shrimp in the rice.

If Makita ever builds a mixer, bicycle or car, I would buy it immediately.

This man’s wife deserves a special medal.

Caught myself saying, "tappy tap tap" in a conversation this week. AvE has perverted my speech.

It took me awhile to get used to your unique style -- then, I found you hilarious! Good luck getting that drill back together, LOL!

Used these Makita brushless cordless spin-a-ma-choochers at the factory I used to work in. Couldn't kill them, 3 shifts 6 days a week and would last years. Even the batteries took a beating. Thanks for the vid AvE!

Makita battery drill best drill i have ever bought.5 years old now and still going as new fantastic piece of kit.15 minute charger 3 amp/hr battery love it.

I've used this gear and got it covered in all the diesel fitter related schmoo, various oils and grease and the tpe has held up very well compared to most other overmould compounds. Pretty happy with the life and runtime of the packs too. Better than the home shop AEG gear I have, got some beer in the back and corroded the shit out of the PCB and pretty much unserviceable, salvaged the cells to vape, also the blue samsungs

AvE as someone who grew up with none of this around the house, you have inspired me tremendously! Thank you!

usually the chuck unscrews and is retained by a left hand screw inside the chuck. I used to repair tools at a makita service agent, to remove the chuck first remove the left hand screw, put drill in low gear , insert large hex key into chuck and tighten, place drill flat on bench with long end of the hex key raised to 10 to 15 degrees of the bench and hit with a hammer to release the chuck.

Never had this experience watching a KZfaq video before. 🤔 the vocabulary is as technical as the equipment. 👍

As an owner of two Makita DHP481z combi drills, I can say I haven't felt the need to swap for another brand. The torque these have is very powerful and more than capable of doing your wrist an injury if not prepared! The construction is very good although Makita could perhaps work on making the rubber trims a little more robust as these have a tendency to peel back over time. The removable handle supplied with the DHP481z is LONG! Around a foot in length although I don't personally use it but it gives you an immediate indication of just how powerful these beasts are. Mine get a regular battering and are true workhorses. I also bought the next model down but after owning the 481z was disappointed in the brushed version, not because there is necessarily anything wrong with it but when you've have caviar, cod roe just doesn't seem to cut it! (not the best analogy, perhaps I should have picked lobster over prawn........well, you get the gist!) I did manage to damage the gearbox on my first one but probably through using it to try and cut 4" holes into chipboard flooring. I did buy a replacement gearbox for around £55 in the UK which resolved the damaged gearbox although it was still functional until the point I replaced it.