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I saw it, picked it up etc.
How much more power and lasting ability does this have over my brushed makita with a single 5.0 pack?
I have some issues with this 36v model.
First to adjust the shoe theres a hex screw in front, not tooless and second those two packs on the bottom made it heavy.
I dont have a corded recip saw but, I think I can get by with my brushed model for demo, steel cutting, and other projects.
I don’t know what the run times are between the 2 tools but I do know mine has a tool-less adjustable shoe.
This one has a tool less shoe and is compared to an 18v brushed Hitachi, but no run time test.
That hex bolt you saw was not the shoe adjustment. It is tool less.
@M80 Not all of the versions of that saw were toolless. Different countries received different configurations. The one I have is as the OP described, and requires a hex key to adjust the shoe. I have used mine to cut through four inch iron pipe without any issue, but do not have a single battery model to directly compare it too power wise. It is a heavy tool for what it does and I plan on picking up a compact recip in the near future for lighter workloads.
Some countries got a hex bolt adjustment for the shoe indeed. Very strange 🙂
Runtime will be aloooooot better then the brushed. Don’t have any figures but probably 3 to 4 times as long if I had to take a guess.
Power you can compare yourself 🙂
Ok so more confusion
I looked at the display and then looked at the actual saw in the box and they are two different models.
The one with the hex nut shows a hard case and the boxed one has a tool less adjustable shoe and a soft case. No I didn’t buy it, I have to pay off my Home Depot card first.
Apologies, Tx_woodworker. I was at HD today and checked out the display. The box shows the tool less shoe adjustment, but the display model has a hex bolt adjustment. Weird. My XRJ05 has a tool less adjustment, Makitas website says the same for the XRJ06. Actually, I would rather have the hex bolt. I have already had problems with the lever. Other than that ussue I love it.
Well all I have to say is wow! Forget the cord
I cut up two big pallets riddled with nails into small pieces and the battery level didn’t even go down.
It’s indeed a corded replacement.
Today I’m cutting the top off of a drum
And 1/4” plate