I work in a Builder's Merchant. Makita literally struggles to give away these things.
Every year, around the turn of Spring, Makita lets us know that if we buy 'Two pallets of slightly outdated but perfectly good tool that is at end of life' we also get 'pallet of Makita coffee machines FREE OF CHARGE!' or something similar, depending on what their marketing team has been told to shift that time round, and every year we end up with a pallet of coffee machines that we end up flogging for about a tenner each.
I'm convinced that a few years back, somebody at Makita product development thought that these things would be an absolute game changer and pulled the trigger on having tens of thousands of the contraptions manufactured under the belief they'd sell like hot cakes.
Unfortunately, they're completely impractical for site use:
You'll only get about three cups of coffee out of a fully charged 5Ah battery.
It only has the capacity to brew a single cup.
And Makita don't make a 110-18v adapter to allow you to run this thing off the mains.
Most sites that prefer Makita tools will have an absolute fuckload of batteries, but Makita tools are notorious for absolutely chewing through them so nobody in their right mind is going to be using a fresh battery to brew a 7 minute single cup of coffee. If you were able to plug these things into the mains, they'd perhaps have some practicality on site. But, as it stands, they're shite.
That being said, they'd be absolutely brilliant for camping trips/days out/trips to the cinema and stuff on your days off.
(, Sat 30 Jul 2022, 16:53, Reply)
Tbh I doubt they’re made by Makita.
Probably some generic Chinese gadget in a different shell. Take them apart and I expect the innards are the same as the Ryobi one.
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jonbob loves you, Sat 30 Jul 2022, 17:33,
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Undoubtedly. The body is that nasty brittle PVC instead of the GRP that Makita traditionally use for their bodies.
(, Sat 30 Jul 2022, 17:48, Reply)
Christ.
There goes another suppressed memory, released back into the winds of recollection.
(, Sat 30 Jul 2022, 21:07, Reply)
British 70s rules.
The flask must have a tartan or beige metal body, internals made of very breakable glass. All plastic parts off-white and capable of imparting a distinctive flavour to whatever is in it.
The flasks were sold at Boots or possibly Woolworth.
Contents must be either tannic tea with the wrong amount of milk or instant coffee.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 30 Jul 2022, 22:05,
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I didn't know Makita were known for chewing through batteries
My brushless drill seems to go forever on a single charge to the point I forget it needs recharging!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sun 31 Jul 2022, 6:52,
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My brushless drill also goes forever on a 3Ah battery
but the circular saw chews through a 5Ah in a couple of hours
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Sun 31 Jul 2022, 13:43,
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Yeah, my Combi lasts forever on a 5Ah battery, too.
But like My Name says, start using anything with a bit of grunt (Circular Saw/Mitre Saw/etc) and the you'll learn pretty quickly to keep a second battery on charge!
The batterys will charge significantly faster than you can run them down most of the time, though. So it's not a massive inconvenience, just a midly annoying one.
(, Sun 31 Jul 2022, 17:05, Reply)
I thought Makita chewed through batteries...
Then we had a lot of Milwaukee drills and grinders (ship had to sail, no time to wait for a late delivery, so got what was on the shelves).
Charges slower, chews faster with less force and more noise.
'Orrible.
(, Sun 31 Jul 2022, 22:01, Reply)
I wouldn't take one camping.
Light weight gas stove with small cylinder weighs less and will give more brews. Work well with all the standard toys. Mokka pot, aeropress, cafetiere etc.
If I was that desperate for coffee at work I would go outside and brew up in the car park.
(, Sun 31 Jul 2022, 23:24, Reply)