DHP484 New Compact Brushless – Comparison Pictures

Hello all !

I just received Makita’s new compacts yesterday. Atleast the hammer drill model 🙂

Here are some comparison pictures between the old model DHP480  and the new DHP484 

On the left side:  Old DHP480

On the Right side:   New DHP484

We see a much higher speed. 2000 rpm’s against the old 1550 and an aluminium gear housing instead of plastic 🙂

Size comparison in height:

The new DHP484 is noticably shorter.  About 2 centimetrers 🙂

Size comparison from the back:

Also here we see the body of the new DHP484 is slimmer 🙂

Size comparison from the top:

Now the new Model is on the Left of course.  We see it’s alot shorter again but a littlebit bigger in the Width?

And finaly a weight comparison:

5 Grams heavier ! 😀

All in all very good upgrades 🙂  

kornomaniac wrote:

9 hours ago, kornomaniac said:

Hello all !

 

I just received Makita’s new compacts yesterday. Atleast the hammer drill model 🙂

 

Here are some comparison pictures between the old model DHP480  and the new DHP484 

 

On the left side:  Old DHP480

 

On the Right side:   New DHP484

We see a much higher speed. 2000 rpm’s against the old 1550 and an aluminium gear housing instead of plastic 🙂

 

Size comparison in height:

 

 

The new DHP484 is noticably shorter.  About 2 centimetrers 🙂

 

Size comparison from the back:

 

Also here we see the body of the new DHP484 is slimmer 🙂

 

Size comparison from the top:

 

Now the new Model is on the Left of course.  We see it’s alot shorter again but a littlebit bigger in the Width?

 

And finaly a weight comparison:

 

 

5 Grams heavier ! 😀

All in all very good upgrades 🙂  

 

 

This is the new BL hammer model  in Australia DHP483Z

Yeah thats the petite Tiny one 🙂 

Only have the normal drill driver version of that one  DDF483   in the store 🙂

It is small, not a fan of compact hammers, I used it on my m12 Fuel once and wish I never even did that


Jimbo

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Thank for comparison,  nice new drill 🙂

can you compare it to the sizes of the 12v cxt brushless and non brushless drills? depending on the size it would keep me from diving into the 12v platform. 

Great stuff @kornomaniac

rrich1 wrote:

11 hours ago, rrich1 said:

can you compare it to the sizes of the 12v cxt brushless and non brushless drills? depending on the size it would keep me from diving into the 12v platform. 

I could but I got my Vacation right now 😀 Will be halfway september 🙂

kornomaniac wrote:

3 hours ago, kornomaniac said:

I could but I got my Vacation right now 😀 Will be halfway september 🙂

ill wait 😀

JimboS1ice wrote:

On August 29, 2016 at 4:49 PM, JimboS1ice said:

It is small, not a fan of compact hammers, I used it on my m12 Fuel once and wish I never even did that


Jimbo

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Agreed Jimbo. It’s a task that they’re not really well suited to, and they add a bit of weight and length to a tool that otherwise focuses on how light and compact they are. Compact drill/drivers: fantastic.

JimboS1ice wrote:

On 30 August 2016 at 8:49 AM, JimboS1ice said:

It is small, not a fan of compact hammers, I used it on my m12 Fuel once and wish I never even did that


Jimbo

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Why is that ? 

Bremon wrote:

4 hours ago, Bremon said:

Agreed Jimbo. It’s a task that they’re not really well suited to, and they add a bit of weight and length to a tool that otherwise focuses on how light and compact they are. Compact drill/drivers: fantastic.

One the makita BL cxt 12v max the hammer adds 14mm to the overall length and bugger all weight. Comparing it to the BL drill/drive 

14mm is a decent bit for such a compact drill meant for tight spaces

The problem with compact hammer drills is the same as larger hammer drills just worse.  If I could always have an SDS drill on hand and never tough a hammer drill again I’d be happier.

Makita_2233 wrote:

6 hours ago, Makita_2233 said:

One the makita BL cxt 12v max the hammer adds 14mm to the overall length and bugger all weight. Comparing it to the BL drill/drive 

That’s still over half an inch on a tool that’s meant to be minuscule, and likely not very much fun to drill concrete with. I’m not calling out Makita on this; basically all hammer drills add that amount of length. When you’re using a full size drill it doesn’t matter as much. 

Truthfully, the more I look at it, it is amazing that they can put a functioning hammer mechanism in shuck a short package. Kudos there, kind of like the newer Bosch brushless EC Tech that will hopefully appear pretty soon.

jeffmcmillan wrote:

11 hours ago, jeffmcmillan said:

14mm is a decent bit for such a compact drill meant for tight spaces

 

The problem with compact hammer drills is the same as larger hammer drills just worse.  If I could always have an SDS drill on hand and never tough a hammer drill again I’d be happier.

Bremon wrote:

6 hours ago, Bremon said:

That’s still over half an inch on a tool that’s meant to be minuscule, and likely not very much fun to drill concrete with. I’m not calling out Makita on this; basically all hammer drills add that amount of length. When you’re using a full size drill it doesn’t matter as much. 

Sometimes an sds is not really suitable, too much impact joules. An example of where a small compact hammer would be good, installing wall plugs in a house with old brick ( soft brick ) and the dill dia is only 6mm or 1/4 

Makita_2233 wrote:

2 hours ago, Makita_2233 said:

Sometimes an sds is not really suitable, too much impact joules. An example of where a small compact hammer would be good, installing wall plugs in a house with old brick ( soft brick ) and the dill dia is only 6mm or 1/4 

Every reputable manufacturer I can think of makes a small, high rpm, low impact energy rotary hammer for small holes and softer materials.  If it’s hard enough that I can’t use a twist bit, I want a rotary hammer.

I agree with Jeff. The M12 Fuel is an awesome little unit, for example, and if I drilled small anchors regularly I’d buy the right tool for the job. 

Bremon wrote:

37 minutes ago, Bremon said:

I agree with Jeff. The M12 Fuel is an awesome little unit, for example, and if I drilled small anchors regularly I’d buy the right tool for the job. 

Ah, the M12 rotary? i had to do a double take because I first thought you were talking about the drill

No I’m not as big a fan of those lol. The small SDS is pretty awesome though

Bremon wrote:

59 minutes ago, Bremon said:

I agree with Jeff. The M12 Fuel is an awesome little unit, for example, and if I drilled small anchors regularly I’d buy the right tool for the job. 

I agree on that. What I was getting at if you don’t drill small anchors regularly a hammer drill will get the job done for a few holes around the house 

jeffmcmillan wrote:

1 hour ago, jeffmcmillan said:

Every reputable manufacturer I can think of makes a small, high rpm, low impact energy rotary hammer for small holes and softer materials.  If it’s hard enough that I can’t use a twist bit, I want a rotary hammer.

Yeah I know and thought about buying the m12 rotay hammer for small holes but I only drill 7mm and below diameter holes a few times a year. I mostly drill 12mm-28mm and got the makita BL rotary hammer, the milwaukee  m18chp and a few corded hilti’s

Makita_2233 wrote:

27 minutes ago, Makita_2233 said:

I agree on that. What I was getting at if you don’t drill small anchors regularly a hammer drill will get the job done for a few holes around the house 

Yeah, the majority of my drills are hammer drills for the same reason but I’ll likely transition to hammer-less compacts and leave the hammer function on my full size units. 

is this drill out in canada?  What would the code be?  I wish makita would make their model numbers easier.

How do you like this drill so far?
  It seems to have very similar dimensions to the new ultra compact, just with a bit more oumph.  Still for the size, i’m surprised they couldn’t get more torque in there seeing as the new milwaukee is also about the same size and almost triple the power. 

There is no Milwaukee with triple the power. Period.

There is a Milwaukee  ( fuel gen 2 ) with double the power but also bigger and heavier.

The counterpart to Milwaukee fuel gen 2 is Makita dhp481. Which outperforms the Milwaukee slightly.

From memory I believe that Milwaukee brushless compact has the exact same power rating as this new compact Makita.

Did some fact checking and the compact brushless Milwaukee has a slightly higher power spec to this Makita dhp484 but is also Longer and heavier. 

All in all in adds up 🙂

kornomaniac wrote:

13 hours ago, kornomaniac said:

Did some fact checking and the compact brushless Milwaukee has a slightly higher power spec to this Makita dhp484 but is also Longer and heavier. 

 

All in all in adds up 🙂

But a lot of Makita’s spec lower than Milwaukee but still out perform them

True. Milwaukee tend to have slightly less performance in real life tests that their Paper specs would assume 🙂

Just like bosch’s Tools imo seem to have abit More real life grunt then their Paper specs would show 🙂

I love mine

kornomaniac wrote:

True. Milwaukee tend to have slightly less performance in real life tests that their Paper specs would assume [emoji4]

 

Just like bosch’s Tools imo seem to have abit More real life grunt then their Paper specs would show [emoji4]

where can I get it in Canada??

danielicrazy wrote:

4 hours ago, danielicrazy said:

where can I get it in Canada??

Most likely every Makita Dealer? 🙂

seriously is it under a different code?

Ah not sure. America uses different codes. Not sure about Canada 🙂 sorry man !

danielicrazy wrote:

On 21/12/2016 at 11:39 PM, danielicrazy said:

where can I get it in Canada??

This drill is out in Canada. Dhp484, same part number as Australia. US is different part number 

I finally found it at atlas machinery,  It only popped up on their site a few days ago.  I got it today and man is it great.  Actually i did see it at home depot just before, but it was in a kit with a dtd153 fast charger and 2x 5ah and the lunch bag  for 500$.  I think this was a home depot holiday special, because i didn’t see that combo anywhere else.  Not bad, but I couldn’t spring that much cash and found the bare tool only at atlas.

Anyway, it feels great.  My last drill was the bhp454.  It’s still running, and they have the same listed torque but it was so heavy and long.  This new drill will fit so much better in between studs and joists.  my old drill will be retired to mixing cement probably.

I tested it with a 2+ inch self feeding bit.  Worked on low gear, doesn’t even try on high.  I sunk a few 3 inch screws just testing it. I did a little head to head with my old impact btd141.  Even though they have the same listed 2000rpm, my new drill was definitely faster.

Before with my bhp484 I would always pick up my impact for screws, but now i’m wondering if my drill will be better,  (it’s definitely quieter)  I know a guy who prefered his drill, he said it felt smoother.  Does anyone else use there drill over impact for screws? 

kornomaniac wrote:

On 12/17/2016 at 11:13 AM, kornomaniac said:

True. Milwaukee tend to have slightly less performance in real life tests that their Paper specs would assume 🙂

 

Just like bosch’s Tools imo seem to have abit More real life grunt then their Paper specs would show 🙂

except when Sparky compared the Milwaukee impact to the DeWALT impact. the Milwaukee won but on paper should lose.

joemontague wrote:

On 12/19/2016 at 2:01 PM, joemontague said:

I love mine

wow a lime green makita impact.

Jronman wrote:

1 hour ago, Jronman said:

wow a lime green makita impact.

Yea the famous  td170  

Jronman wrote:

except when Sparky compared the Milwaukee impact to the DeWALT impact. the Milwaukee won but on paper should lose.

Jronman wrote:

On 2017-01-16 at 10:39 AM, Jronman said:

except when Sparky compared the Milwaukee impact to the DeWALT impact. the Milwaukee won but on paper should lose.

SparkyChannel? That guy might as well use a white lightning bolt as his channel logo. Don’t expect anything red to ever lose on that channel without major qualifiers. I do prefer the 2753 but the 887 is practically identical to it performance wise. 

Bremon wrote:

19 hours ago, Bremon said:

SparkyChannel? That guy might as well use a white lightning bolt as his channel logo. Don’t expect anything red to ever lose on that channel without major qualifiers. I do prefer the 2753 but the 887 is practically identical to it performance wise. 

Agreed 🙂

Bremon wrote:

22 hours ago, Bremon said:

SparkyChannel? That guy might as well use a white lightning bolt as his channel logo. Don’t expect anything red to ever lose on that channel without major qualifiers. I do prefer the 2753 but the 887 is practically identical to it performance wise. 

There have been a few DeWALT tools that have won.

Jronman wrote:

1 hour ago, Jronman said:

There have been a few DeWALT tools that have won.

Usually followed by excuses for the red tool or reasons it’s still “a respectable and worthy competitor at the power tool Olympics” (paraphrasing of course). 

he never explores outside of red or yellow, you talk about a few of us favoring milwaukee… this guy must be on their pay roll

JimboS1ice wrote:

20 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:

he never explores outside of red or yellow, you talk about a few of us favoring milwaukee… this guy must be on their pay roll

Well he did “review” a few Makitas a several years ago.