A 10.5 AMP motor gives off more power for better performance.
Labyrinth construction keeps the motor and bearings clean and dust-free for longer tool life.
Ergonomic soft grips make it easier to work on the job.
A spring-loaded metal sealed drive bearing is designed to keep dust and debris from getting into the drive bearing.
Spiral bevel gears make it easier to move and more efficient to get energy from one thing to another.
Not how they used to be made. After my husband used this for a short time at work, it started to get hot from the inside. When it was a little cooler, we opened it up and found that it had been wired wrong. To get a replacement, Amazon will send you to makita. They have terrible customer service and won’t honor the warranty on anything, so you’ll have to go to makita. You can save yourself time, money, and safety by going with a different company.
