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I have a 3Ah battery that's lasted about six months, but the 1.5's don't seem to last too long. I work in a woodshop where we own two cordless drills that use these batteries. So far over the course of a little over a year, we've had about seven batteries die. Luckily, our local tool repair has exchanged them at no cost. Apparently from what they say, it happens alot.
I just keep my fingers crossed that I'll get more than 10 months from this set of batteries. I love the impact driver. It is my favorite tool, and I use very often. 2 years old now & this is the 3rd set of batteries.
This may not be the toughest test but they work good as a back-up battery, and are a lot less expensive and weight considerably less than a 3 AH.I did talk to a Makita dealer who wishes to remain anonymous, and he said that were problems with the 1.5 AH when they were first released.UPDATEI have frequently used 2 of these batteries over the last 6 months without a problem. After reading all the other reviews, I expected to have problems with the 1.5 AH but they work fine. They are much lighter than the 3AH which gives the drill a better balance. I did a time test with the flashlight and they lasted 2 hours each. Using it on the impact/driver for handy work it lasted all day. I use them for all but the most demanding jobs. From my perspctive, it seems that Makita fixed whatever problem there was.
Now having trouble returning these after 30 days.on-line format not accomadating me.will call amazon.been less than 60 days batts will not recharge again.bought a new charger also just in case.still no luck.hope i get some $ back
So for $150 more than the batteries alone you can get more tools and another charger and the batteries. The batteries work great, the tools work great. Right now the price of two batteries is about $85 which is a great price. Recently, before the prices went down a pair of batteries were $100+ (and I bought a pair) and the combo about $270. If you want more batteries don't buy these. The combo with a drill, impact drive, charger and 2 batteries is roughly $230 on Amazon. I've been doing a lot of complicated fastening where an extra drill or driver would be handy. I'm sure it won't be long before I buy the combo again.
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