06-09-2020, 01:10 AM
I got the Li battery starter kit, two 4A batteries and charger for $99, and accidentally found that you could add one of several options, so I got the jigsaw.
This was what I wanted last time, and unless the deal is cancelled (again) I'll be quite happy.
On a sad note, while digging through a stack of hard plastic storage cases I found a blueish-teal case that was out of place.
Inside was a 9.6cal Makita drill with two batteries and a charger.
The pristine kit had been there for years, so naturally the batteries are dead.
Put them in the charger and the LED goes red, stays red, and the charger warms up. The battery - nada.
And Makita doesn't make them anymore.
There's ebay,\ but just looking at the pics, one can see the build quality is several levels below Makita's.
But it's that or toss the drill, and I just can't do that.
I'm going to have to make sure the batteries get charged on a regular basis, whether or not the kit gets use.
This was what I wanted last time, and unless the deal is cancelled (again) I'll be quite happy.
On a sad note, while digging through a stack of hard plastic storage cases I found a blueish-teal case that was out of place.
Inside was a 9.6cal Makita drill with two batteries and a charger.
The pristine kit had been there for years, so naturally the batteries are dead.
Put them in the charger and the LED goes red, stays red, and the charger warms up. The battery - nada.
And Makita doesn't make them anymore.
There's ebay,\ but just looking at the pics, one can see the build quality is several levels below Makita's.
But it's that or toss the drill, and I just can't do that.
I'm going to have to make sure the batteries get charged on a regular basis, whether or not the kit gets use.