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Does anyone know what brand and model of cells does a Makita battery use?
They use 18650 cells. I am not sure on the brand. Rumor has it that they will be upgrading to 21700 cells soon.
I’ve seen plenty of people mentioning Makita using different brands of cells for different size batteries. I wouldn’t even be surprised if Makita sometimes has to change up within any given model depending on what manufacturers have available. I’d almost expect this to be status quo.
I can’t wait for Makita to release larger batteries. Personally I’d only want a pair of 8-12Ah though. A pair of 5Ah covers almost everything really well really. Two pairs of you have X2 tools.