I might be wrong, but I always assumed "sponsored" items were simply ones that were pushed up the advertising ranking by the seller paying an extra fee (as happens on Google). Although it seems quite likely that such sellers would also pay for fake reviews. A little while ago you'd get products with plausible rather than adulatory reviews where the reviewer mentioned that they had had the product free or discounted.
You can also get adaptors to make modern LiIon batteries connect to the older style NiCd/NiMh tools. E.g:
I originally got a decent Makita 18V combi in about 2003, and added an ID shortly after. I got the combi with three batts. They lasted many years, until I replaced them with another three OEM batts (I did try one "compatible" one - and although the performance at first was ok, the overall total cycle life was very poor). When the second set of batts started to die a couple of years back, I decided it was time to upgrade tools to the Li versions - not so much because of the batteries, but mostly because the range of choice in the old style was dwindling. I also decided to get shot of other brands of cordless and concentrate on Makita 18V for most, and 10.8V for small tools.
The modern 18V batts and chargers also have the big advantage of active cooling - i.e. the charger has a fan that pushes cooling air through the battery. So now you can charge a hot battery without risk (in fact they suggest putting a hot battery on the charger asap is a good thing to do since it will cool it quickly before it starts actually charging).
Getting one of the above adaptors, means the old tools are still useful. Performance of the old tools on the new batts seems as good as on their orginal ones.
Or they let him keep the review item as "payment"... Might be interesting to see his ebay history!
Alas many of those are people whining about delivery problems, or Amazon etc sending the wrong thing / colour etc, rather than actually any comment on the product itself.
In defence of a good jigsaw, its worth pointing out that the gulf in performance between your average "DIY" jigsaw (noisy, lots of vibration, slow, crooked, and wavy cuts) and a decent Bosch/Makita "pro" one is vast. The latter being smooth, quiet, and pretty accurate. They can also cut surprisingly quickly.
The last biggish project I did (pair of bathrooms), was a mostly cordless endeavour, and I did end up getting very close to ordering an
18V jigsaw, just because it seems so much of a faff to have to get out the corded one!)
IME, that is no longer the case...
Some of the cuts in oak boards that my makita jigsaw (mains) has done leave a surface you'd be convinced was planed, rather than sawn.
Saying you haven't got an 'ope in 'ell is very sad. I' m sure you'll brighten up soon.
It's OK I've got one on order. A number 6
Unlikely, I go for the carbon steel rather than stainless.
No
Old type
The is not an adapter for the old and new type of Lithium Ion batteries
The cartridges that come with some printers are only good for 10 A4 sheets. Some of the genuine replacement cartridges have less ink than some third party compatibles.
For years now I've always used compatible cartridges (inkjet) and toners (laser) from StinkyInk and have not had any problems with them. With my Epson InKjet I will run a full color small print through at least every other week and I always replace all cartridges at the same time even though some may still have a quarter of the ink still left. From experience of the print heads drying out, I never leave an empty cartridge in the printer - even for a day. I always have a replacement set to hand before the ink runs out.
I've also seen the reverse - a one star rating but a glowing positive review.
Not good to not have an Opinel :/ I'd spring the bit extra for a circular. Way faster cutting, neater cuts, can handle thick material without any added problems. As for curves, not good but I have cut out curves with one where finish is noncritical. Battery saws can be very limited in run time. A 12/14v one could at least run off a car battery etc.
NT
True, which is why I said "connect to the older style NiCd/NiMh tools."
If you want to fit a new LXT battery to an old BL type then you need :
They want £327 for a set for my printer. It cost £49 and came with a full set not starters.
Really nice and quick but it weighs a ton (35Kg).
Seen them second hand for £180.
One good thing about it is that there isn't a linux driver for it.
You have to know which blade to use. Not all blades do the same. Put the wrong blade in a makita and it will be just as bad as a cheap aldi one.
No, that is just an adapter to allow a Mikita battery to be used to charge a phone etc. 14V or 18V battery in and 2 x 5V USB power sources out.
That's a G series battery - they are not the old type Makita battery, but an alternative lower priced DIY spec Li-Ion battery platform with limited capacity and power output.
These were introduced quite recently, and are actually *newer* than the LXT ones.
Yup. Note there are "old" and "new" types of these as well. The older ones with a capacity of up to 3Ah (black connector / no star), should fit all LXT tools.
However the newer higher capacity (>= 4Ah) ones (yellow connector and/or star) will not fit the older tools. (you can hack them to do so, but the old tools will not necessarily have the current handling capacity required to cope with the new batteries).
Yup, sorry my bad - completely the wrong item!
Looking at your other post I realise you were referring to the new G series batteries anyway, rather than the old Ni style or non star LXT ones.
So an adaptor does not really make sense, since you can easily get new G series batteries. Even if you did graft 5 Ah LXT battery on to a G series tool, there is a reasonable chance you would smoke the tool if you tried putting too much load on it. Ebaying the G series tool and replacing with a LXT version would make more sense if you want to keep to only one battery platform.
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