Thread: Makita copy vs the real thing

After struggling recently with my old Makita 1013 copy from Carbatec which has served me well and was all my budget could afford when I bought it 6 or 7 years ago, I've upgraded. The blade was spinning too fast, not braking quickly after the cut, noisy as all #@%$, broken fence and just a pain to get it to cut square I've been doing quite a bit of research and decided I'd upgrade to a genuine Makita 1013 when the opportunity came around (ie. a special too good to pass up)..

Well, today was that day...but it was the 1214 that I now find in my workshop..

Good on M10 had them on special, Bunnies as well (but not quite as special...), anyways...10% off an a 1214 in the workshop for under $900. Pretty happy with that!! Always feel like a bas##$d doing that and I could see it paining the salesman but, thats life.

Comparing the machines...absolutely chalk and cheese. The Makita was 100% perfectly setup out of the box (just had to put on the extension wings. Quality of cut, power, accuracy beyond compare. I'm an absolute convert to this machine.

As always, it does cost more for the name brand but you really can't compare the machines. The copy, is a copy in looks only. Definately has not copied the engineering. If you are deciding to go the cheaper option thinking that the copy is the same, just cheaper, it aint!

The purchase I might regret though is the Ozito rotary hammer drill for $69...Got a job lined up for it removing about 15m2 of mortar..

Now just got to convince the Mr's that it really is a Mothers Day present Any ideas how