this started off as a first impression video of the new makita multi-tool which i have here
and then it quickly descended into a video about the blade system
as i got more and more confused about multi-tool blades so now that's what this video is about
because that is what i think is the most important thing about this new makita multi-tool
this is the new makita multi-tool lock down scott brown here now before we talk about
this multi-tool this is another sponsored video by squarespace and now that i'm locked down i
really appreciate that squarespace is sponsoring this video and i'll talk more
about that at the end of the video let's talk about the multi-tool now i renovate houses for
a living and if i could pick one tool that probably gets the most use it's a multi-tool
we use it for demolition we use it for finishing timber it's very versatile now makita let me
borrow this 18 volt makita multi-tool and we're in lockdown here in new zealand so this is a
first impressions video am also turning this into an unfair comparison between the old makita
and my favorite the bosch but first let's see what's new for the makita dtm 5 2. the weight
feel and size is completely different noise they've reduced the noise that this thing makes
now if you have the makita dtm 51 you will be stoked to see that they have added an led
light they've reduced vibration and the uh speed changing dial here it isn't clicky anymore
it's pretty minor but the old one had a sort of clicky every single time you went from
one to two to three it clicked a little bit and the new one is just smooth the
most important improvement in my eyes the way you change the blade is completely different
now uh before we have a look at each of these changes i want to explain why i'm bringing the
bosch into the mix now i use a lot of makita tools i bought into the battery platform many years ago
once you buy into one battery system you tend to buy the tools that fit those batteries however
i switched over to a bosch multi-tool for one reason so i could use these multi-tool blades
the starlock multi-tool blades and that for me is where this makita multi-tool gets interesting
if you look at that right there starlock max
so now that makita and bosch have a bit more in common i'm interested to see where they differ
so the weight and feel of this thing surprisingly it's about the same height as the old one but the
shapes are completely different if you look at the head there the old one is a lot more
thin slim line and it resembles the bosch a lot more whereas this new makita is chunky
it feels good in the hand though they've obviously made an effort to narrow down the handles so it
still is manageable in your hand so because of that it's kind of like a little dumbbell
or something they've also brought the weight down despite how chunky it looks the weight of my old
makita is 1.8 kilograms i think that's without the battery as well and the new one comes in at 1.3
without the battery and just out of interest the bosch is the lightest of all three
at 1.2 kilograms and the battery goes on side on which uh i prefer the ergonomics of that
now we're in lockdown here in new zealand so i'm going to respect my neighbors i
live in a shared building here so i'm not going to turn this thing on
but i do have a clip from where makita first gave it to me it's so quiet
the highest level too it's so quiet obviously as soon as you put a blade in there and you start
cutting things like if you cut metal that volume is going to go right up there but
they've definitely brought the volume down now my other makita has a light as well
so that wasn't new to me and the bosch also has a light but if you have the dtm 51
this will be a welcome improvement the 51 has a lever like this right but it's down the front so
now that they have the lever on the side similar to the bosch they're able to put that light there
now if you have seen any of the promo for this multi-tool one of the big things they
seem to be focusing on is the vibration or rather the anti-vibration of this new
multi-tool all you've got to do is look at it if you look at the old one there's a lot less rubber
all around the handle especially and down by the battery whereas this new one they've got rubber
everywhere especially by the handle and they've got these giant bumpers at both the top here
and the bottom partly that would be to protect the tool but it's also anti-vibration and if you saw
their videos they put like a glass of water here and turn the tool on and the water barely moves
but yeah it's also for us as builders so if you want something else to worry about in the long
list of safety concerns as a builder or an electrician or a plumber or whatever you're
using this multi-tool for maybe your diy it doesn't matter either way you're feeling
vibration from the tool when you use it that can lead to damaged blood vessels that can
lead to damaged joints after a long day that could just lead to a tingling feeling in your hands does
anyone else got tingly hands on that job there we had to pull up all the floorboards of one room
and rich was basically under the house with a multi-tool cutting nail after nail over and over
and uh yeah you feel it after a while it helps with accuracy if you're trying to cut a line
the tool's not going like that and it helps with your overall health
now the thing that interests me most about this multi-tool is the blade change but first
can you please open this for me yeah no worries
so what's on the menu today chef yes don't call me chef jess i'm not i can't replace spider
just burgers as soon as this burger is ready i'm going to try and explain this blade change to
jess because if i can explain it to jess and i can explain it to you
that's how i figure it anyway as soon as i looked into it i i was getting confused immediately so
extra cheese
before we eat this delicious burger here this is the old makita multi-tool right and you see all
the prongs on there yeah that is how you hold the blade on that and a bolt and that bolt needs an
allen key to screw that blade on the blade looks like this see the hole okay it's clear right
the bosch came along to the party with their new types of blades i'm sure it is the bosch came
along to the party with their new type of blades the star lock and their one clips on like this
so how'd the other one clip on the other one went on and then you put a bolt in
the middle yeah i remember now you tighten the bolt up yeah but this one you just clip
it on and then to take it off you just un pinging it like that and the blade pops off
okay now makeda the new one they're like we want to get on that starlock thing and then they
incorporate the lever as well but you can make them pop off yeah but they've also added a pin
this is where it gets crazy so they've done startup but they've added a pin why i'll tell you
i was confused by this i thought it was just makita being silly but now i've realized it's
so they can put all three of the starlock type blades on that one multi-tool sorry wait what
my boss i'm sorry the blades are different yeah there's three of them
my burger's getting cold so i better hurry up there's three different types right
see how they're all done three different types of multi-tool all three of them fit
in the bosch no only two of them but they all fit in the makita so long as you have the pin
that's right so the pin is the key it doesn't actually talk like this
the the linchpin is it's a linchpin it's the key it holds all the different blades and the bosch
one doesn't if it's cordless if you get a quarter sorry but bosh make the blades yes but if you get
a corded bosch you can use all three so they weren't going to use the corded mulch at all no
you lost me and the corded one doesn't need a pin so bosch have done it without a pin but you
have to have a chord and makita have done it with a pin but they've made it cordless okay
so a controversial question what one do you prefer well i'm glad you asked
oh that lunch was delicious oh my god i'm so good all right let me try and explain it
in a different way this is the oas system you screw that shut you get the allen key and you
tighten it on you know i was happy with that until i started using cameron's multi-tools
he's got both the festool and the bosch the bosch corded and the festool that's very similar to the
way you put the blade on the bosch this one here and the beauty of this just watch this
that's it that's how you put the blade on so as soon as i used cameron's one i thought i need
to get that that is so much more handy because with multi-tools you don't just put the blade on
and leave it you often change the angles to get into different areas and you know throughout the
cut that you're doing now makita have come along and they've been keen to jump onto the starlock
system but they've gone and added this pin in here what you have to do is you have to put the pin in
and then this clamp grabs the pin somewhere in here
and it does the same thing you know so it's still fairly quick but you don't have that
satisfying lock and place that the bosch has bosch came up with these blades they make all of them
they make these blades and they make these blades they're the same blades makita just put their logo
on it instead of bosch so obviously they pay bosch for the starlock system like a licensing deal
which i am all for you know the more standardized these you know systems are the better for us
in order to get a starlock max to fit your bosch tool you can't go cordless you have to go core did
and i knew that when i was talking to bosch about getting this but uh i like the convenience of
cordless and that's why i went with this right if you look closely at those three different types of
starlocks they're all different shapes and that is to prevent you from using the wrong blade for
the wrong tool now makita have gone ah screw that we'll just put a pin that goes all the way through
all three of them and that will be what clamps the blades down kind of clever so then i thought
have they got around like a licensing thing is that why they were able to do that sort of just
jumped a hurdle there but then i remembered that the festool that i borrowed from cameron
has the same thing as the bosch it has the clip-on clamp thing that i love so much and it's cordless
so last night when i was on the computer trying to figure out what the heck was going on i learned
about the oscillation degrees of a multi-tool this is where the descent and madness really kicked in
so this here is your any given multi-tool in this case it's the old makita
but it's off center but that's fine imagine that as zero degrees now all multi-tools have
a oscillation number oscillation degree number now what that is is left or right
it goes 1.6 now the bosch's number is even less it's 1.4 so that means the blade only
goes 1.4 left and 1.4 right now the new makita has an oscillation degree of 1.8
so it goes over more to a total of 3.6 and you can use a starlock max blade when your oscillation
degree can go to 3.6 or more that can go like that on the corded and on the new makita multi-tool
that looks like a big finger doesn't it just for the record the festool cordless does a oscillation
degree total of four degrees so maybe that's what all the extra money is for i don't know
it's ridiculous i was just about to end this exciting episode with the fact that
they have found a way to make it affordable cordless and have all three star lock blades
all you have to put up with is a pin and then i lost the pin in here in the bedroom are you sure
it'll be under something or something it was just under there so as long as you don't lose the pin
that's a great solution this is still kind of my favorite because of the pop-on pop-off
but this can do all the blades and you don't have to pay a festool price to get it
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do you think the starlock's worth it do you think you'd go for all that trouble that i did to uh
investigate and get to the bottom of it i'm not even sure if it's the bottom so maybe bosch or
makita can correct me on this but i'm pretty sure that is how they came up with that system
i'm still confused to be honest
rich pydo and i have a multi-tool blade that we passed around between us we've renovated
two houses with it and it's still going that thing has cut more nails than i can count
and it's starting to show its age a little bit but it's still going whereas those ois blades
a couple of weeks and then it's all over so by the time you add up how many blades you're
going to buy there versus the one that we've held on to for two renovation jobs in auckland
i think these are better i think these are worth it that's why i made this video all about them