Hey, I'm Jay from Ohio Power Tool!
Today we're going to look at the Makita 40 Volt XGT.
These look very similar to the 18 Volt LXT that you're used to, but they are very different.
So with the Makita 40 Volt, there's 2 batteries to launch the platform.
There's the BL4025, which is a 2.5 Amp Hour, and a BL4040 with is the 4 Amp Hour.
So, you'll notice a sizeable difference and that's because one uses the 18650 cells and
one uses the 21700 cells.
But, to kinda get a better idea of what that means, if you, a traditional 18 volt battery
will have, uh, 10 cells.
But it doesn't pull from all 10 cells at once, it's only using 5.
So that's why you could end up with a slim battery, uh, that just has the 5 cells.
And then you end up also with the higher, you know, higher capacity batteries where
there's 3 rows and 15 cells.
But what happens here with 40 volt, is that you're actually pulling from all 10 cells
at once.
So these look very similar to 18 and 20 volt size batteries, uh, and they are!
They're very much the same, but you're just pulling from 10 cells at once versus 5.
Makita then has also made the 40 volt where you're actually using 2 40 volts so you can
have an 80 volt!
Uh, and they haven't launched any of those yet, but they have teased them, uh, in some
of the shots of all the tools at once.
You're building a platform where, yes, you can use impact drivers but you really have
a lot higher upper-end where you're pulling 80 volts, so you can power things bigger than
a table saw.
You could pull enough amperage to run jack hammers and run large saws and these kinds
of things.
So that's really the basis of this new battery platform.
So you're probably thinking with so many similarities for, uh, the Makita 40 volt, why can't you
run the Makita 18 volt LXT tools with the 40 volt platforms like you can with Metabo
HPT Multi-Volt or with DeWalt and their FLEXVOLT system?
They really wanted to separate the brands completely.
Uh, XGT and LXT are gonna be 2 completely different things and they're gonna run completely
independently.
In addition to the tools that you see here, there's also gonna be a full line-up.
First, there will be 3 rotary hammers, so, uh, 2 SDS-Max, 1 just a straight demolition
hammer.
The other as a 1-9/16" combination hammer.
Uh, there will also be an SDS-Plus, which is a 1-1/8" with the full integrated vacuum system.
Impact wrenches--there'll be 2 1/2", these are more of the compact design, as well as
a 3/4" full high-torque.
Radios--they'll have 2 to start with, uh, the standard and then as well as the bluetooth.
And then, uh, a fan!
A 9-1/4" um, fan, cause you gotta stay cool on the jobsite.
Of course this is just part of the initial launch.
We did get teased with a picture that included some outdoor power equipment, that's where
we saw that rotary hammer with 2 batteries.
Clearly they're gonna continue to build out this lineup until it rivals every other major
line.
We're very optimistic in this line, uh, as it moves forward that it's gonna be very,
very robust and then tons of potential on that higher end side when you start combining
these batteries into 80 volt.
You know, what is that gonna do for us?
What's possible when you talk about 80 volt?
All the Makita 40 volt tools are available at OhioPowerTool.com.
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