what's going on everyone so today we're taking a look at the makita 18v lxt this
is the impact that comes in a kit with two 5.0
batteries I'll put the link in the description below let's get it started
the Makeda quick shift mode three-speed impact driver this thing is a ballsy man
I'm just going to come out and say I am really impressed with how powerful this
thing is I'm going to show you the kit we're gonna drive some legs into a 4x4
it is treated we're gonna take off some lug nuts on the truck but check this out
you get not one but two 5.0 18 volt Makita batteries in this unit you also
get the battery cover right here you'll get charger one thing to always show me
crazy about the makita Chargers was you can't hang the dang things on the wall I
don't know if I'm the only one that this drives up a wall but would be nice if I
could do that Makita the same but one thing I will say about this kit you know
what the case this thing is huge you could not only fit the two batteries
on top you know you get the impact on itself obviously but you can keep a
battery on this and actually put it in this thing is really really nice I'm
surprised how big the case is and it's really easy to be able to put everything
in there's a lot of room it's built really well and it's definitely gonna
protect that tool so it's always nice to see those hard cases I really like this
thing in another nice thing about this you can actually put a lock on this as
well if you wanted to you know I know somebody can take it just walk away with
it but you do have that option to walk this up if you wanted to really nice
case now on the website they're saying that this thing weighs 12.5 pounds I'm
just not feeling that it feels a lot lighter than twelve and a half pounds of
me now as for torque you're looking at fifteen hundred and fifty if you're
looking at the RPM right 3600 comes with a nice belt clip already installed on it
and it's the quarter inch hex it does have the brushless motor the build
quality on this just like every other Makita tool very well done really
comfortable in the hands I just can't get over how much power and you're gonna
see it that this little impact driver is producing now you do have a couple
different modes here that you can switch between you got the high to slow you
also got the timo which actually downshift reduces the rotation and the
impact speed prior to driving the screw into place now I really like that all
you got to do is hit that button to select those modes my only issue is is
that you actually have to pull the trigger to get this
thing that allow you to do that it won't just let you do it after it's been
sitting for a while again you got the quarter inch hex right here real simple
to put those bits in or take them out if you want now you got the forward reverse
and the lock button right there I will say oh by the way you got the LED light
right here I will say that that lock button what's getting in the way a
little bit just because you know this thing is so small my hand was coming up
into contact with that and locking it accidentally so you just got to be
careful with that but we're gonna drive some half-inch legs without any pilot
holes we'll start it out on high then we'll go with a medium then a low speed
and then we'll put it on the T function where it actually down shifts and allows
for better control now fYI the microphone is pretty close to this so
you might want to turn down your volume a little bit here
absolutely no issue with that no bogging down at all that was really impressive
all right now let's go in the medium setting
and just to show you the difference between medium and high check this out
so there's a pretty big difference
all right now let's move it down to the lowest setting control fYI the gun is
not stopping by itself I'm actually stopping the reason for that is I just
have to tell you how much control you have on now it would impact that the
whole way down through the four bytes remind you this already have if I made
probably didn't do it all right so this is
you can tell adapt adjusting how much power action
if I pull this off and put it back on check this out of it misreading it
automatically notice that it was struggling and it's ready to go again
out we come other drivers like this I mean it just determines what the moon
you see I picked it up brought her back down and it knew it it knew how much I
needed it just sank it all right now we're gonna drive some general-purpose
screws into the tree to 4x4 using the makita bit and fYI these are my
favourite bits out on the market today alright let's put this on high and I
gotta be honest with you I got my heater going sorry it is freezing out here no
issue I mean extremely fast impressive how much power this gun actually gives
off man all right now let's go down into medium powerful but definitely more
controlled let's go into slow mode here
I'll be honest with you we really wouldn't use that all that much all
right now let's go into the smart mode here you can tell how that starts out
really quick and then slows it down as you start driving it in all right let's
not soft the truck check out how fast that is on high crazy all right let's
put it on that smart mode now on the tee see what it does here now what's nice
about this motor is you don't have to worry about busting your lugs or
anything else that you're really trying to drive because it does register how
much power you need and it slows it down when they starts getting a little crazy
now I have never been one to come off as a Makita fanboy I always like their
toast but I have to say I am really really impressed with this impact driver
this is definitely not the last time you will see this driver on this channel I
am so impressed with this we were gonna put this up against the Milwaukee
Gentry's it did waltz all that fun stuff it is really something else again major
props maketo on this driver just so many different functions it feels great in
the hands I really liked the kit that this comes with the charger the two
batteries and just to be downright honest with you I was not expecting it
to perform as well as it did look for more videos with this beast soon if you
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