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(12 customer reviews) 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Excellent product,
December 26, 2007 P. J. Hauser (IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)
This battery provides an excellent upgrade option for those with older Makita tools. My original Ni-Cad batteries would no longer hold a charge and I was about ready to replace everything when I saw this battery at Menards. It was more expensive than another Ni-Cad, but worth every penny. Like others, I do wish it would have been more clearly marked on the packaging that my older charger would no longer work, so I ended up going back to the store to buy the new charger (another $50). Still, it's a better charger and it will work for both the old and new batteries, with better indicators for the charging status. It will also allow charging a battery sooner after use than the old charger. The old charger would require waiting quite awhile for a recently used battery to cool down before it would accept it. The new chargeer requires little or no cool down time before the battery can be popped in.
One drawback to the new charger is that it is larger and won't fit in the...Read more
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Great New batteries for the Old Classic Tools,
September 28, 2007 Wendell J. Paulson (Gardiner, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)
I finally succumbed and went out and purchased some new higher voltage battery powered drills. They were very much heavier and more cumbersome than my old Makita drills. What a great relief it was to find these new higher powered and better memory NiMH batteries. I ordered them and the new Makita DC1804 charger from Amazon and got them quite quickly. They have been working very very well thus far. I took back the new very heavy drills and am very pleased that I can now use my much lighter and less cumbersome 9.6 volt Makita drills again. The battery life is much longer and the new charger charges both the new batteries and the old batteries.
These are a definite purchase if you wish to continue using your 9.6 volt tools.
Wendell in beautiful Gardiner, WA.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Incomplete info on product.,
March 29, 2007 Marty Dart (San Francisco Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)
The information here isn't complete. It doesn't tell you what kind of charger you need. If you're like me, your old charger won't work on this. How does the battery perform?..I'll follow up in a month when I get the charger for it.
