Makita, founded in 1915, recently ranked at the very top of SlashGear's worst-to-best list of major power tool brands, based in large part on its impressive line of 300-plus 18-volt LXT battery ...

Read more: Battery Brands Ranked From Worst To Best ... have generally high customer satisfaction. In the case of Makita power tools, they are a well-known brand with generally high customer ...

you forget just how lightweight a power tool is when it doesn’t have a battery pack strapped to its handle. Buy a tool with a cord, and like my dad with his Makita, you might still be using it ...

The electrical design, of course, is trivial. A computer fan, a switch, and a battery — in this case, a Makita power tool battery. But the Fusion 360 design for the 3D printed parts got a lot of ...

This battery-powered machine means ... in some of the harshest conditions. Cordless power tools have come a long way, and next-level tools from Makita and others are proving the worth of ...