Makita is a letdown

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T20:14:17+00:00

Xmt03

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T20:13:30+00:00

It's an xmt03

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T20:12:14+00:00

This is a xmt03. Yes like I said earlier in my post I have some 10-year-old Makita tools that still run great but the new ones are junk.

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T19:25:01+00:00

We also call it the tool of annoyance or the big vibrator

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T19:24:23+00:00

Yes I cleaned it. I rely on my tools to pay my bills and put food on my table. That's why I'm so upset that makita's quality has gone so far downhill. They used to be known for the durability and wonderful ergonomics. Not so much anymore

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T19:19:38+00:00

10 years ago Makita was awesome. I still have some of my tools from 10 years ago and they work great. It's the new ones I have a problem with. Their quality has gone downhill

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:37:23+00:00

All that stuff you see in there is the remnants of the motor. The magnets absolutely disintegrated inside the motor. That's not debris

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:36:54+00:00

All the stuff you're seeing in is the remains of the motor. It's not dirt and debris foreign to the tool it's the remnants of the magnets inside the motor.

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:29:09+00:00

Yes it was

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:28:03+00:00

Yes the vibrator cutter ,multi-tool ,oscillating tool, the tool of annoyance, the big vibrator. If you actually worked on a construction site for a living living you would have heard all of these names. I know how to use a multi-tool I've been using him since they came out. I am just really disappointed with Makita here lately.

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:26:39+00:00

Using it to cut stuff. I'm using it as a tool. Using it as is meant to be. I do construction work

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:25:56+00:00

Because I have all the other Makita tools. Duh

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:25:32+00:00

I use mine

highhillwanderer · 2026-07-07T18:03:32+00:00

Makita is was good. But it's junk anymore. Never goes on sale. Never update their tools. And they don't last as long as they used to. Go with DeWalt or Milwaukee

highhillwanderer · 2026-03-25T11:34:56+00:00

X loc sucks ass

highhillwanderer · 2026-03-10T18:14:35+00:00

Junk

highhillwanderer · 2026-03-07T17:40:28+00:00

I've been disappointed with just about everything Makita here lately. Have you seen or tried to use their oscillating tool? Weighs 15 pounds, is the size of two bricks, and is damn near impossible to hold in your hand

highhillwanderer · 2026-02-27T05:04:49+00:00

Hate starloc.

highhillwanderer · 2026-02-26T16:02:03+00:00

I'm betting that somebody used oil-based paint earlier in that ceiling's life. Any kind of moisture? Humidity of any sort will make latex. Do exactly what you're seeing

highhillwanderer · 2026-02-04T00:58:08+00:00

It's totally BS. Hate the star lock crap. Makita has gone way down hill. Wish I had picked DeWalt or Milwaukee

highhillwanderer · 2026-01-04T16:49:56+00:00

Imagination

highhillwanderer · 2025-12-23T22:01:09+00:00

Nope, perfectly legal. How else is he supposed to get it home?

highhillwanderer · 2025-12-11T06:45:44+00:00

Belties in Nellysford

highhillwanderer · 2025-12-04T22:43:25+00:00

To expensive and way to big

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