Yeah I might just go with the Makita for now and see how that goes, If fails will get the Hitachi instead.

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Make sure you buy a current model which has the newer slide battery design, so you have the option of buying a "naked" drill,grinder,saw etc later on. Buying naked (tool only ie no batts/charger etc) tools are about half the price of a full kit with batteries, charger & case. I can source pretty much all brands mentioned in this thread thru work, send me a PM if you want a price.

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SP tools one is pretty good too

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Here is a good selection from Amazon, is it okay to buy these from the USA?

Amazon.com: impact wrench cordless: Tools & Home Improvement


cheers

yeah but its 220v from america, have to use power adaptors all the time.

I just think thats gay

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The tools & batteries are the same as AUS, the chargers are the wrong voltage. USA uses 110V not 240V like us. If you buy one and just change the wall plug, you will toast the charger when you plug it into a power socket.

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well the volts arnt as important as amps but i would think being less volts is ok cant fry it yeh? just make sure amps are ok, should be coz it will have a transformer. check the hertz rating, make sure its 50-60hz

Eh?

US= 110V
AUS= 240V

Taking a US charger and plugging it in to AUS power socket is asking for a fried charger.

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how can it fry when 110 is running under what AUS can handle? the transformer should drop the volts and amps but check the amps! make sure its ok coz when u drop volts the amps will increadr hertz are speed rating of neg and pos so thats essentiial. i could see it fry as the amps will increase but the transformer should be fine

I think you may be looking at this from a different perspective.
US appliances have an input voltage of 110V, AUS appliances have an input voltage of 240V.
If you take a device with an input voltage of 110V and plug it into a 240V power source, you are more than doubling the input voltage the device is rated to cope with.
In the case of a power tool battery charger (which this thread is about), the US chargers are designed to transform and rectify from 110V AC to 18V DC. The Aus chargers are designed to transform and rectify from 240V AC to 18V DC. In the case of power tool battery chargers, manufacturers fit a different transformer for the US market to the Aus market. The latest Li-On chargers and batteries have a lot of electronics packed into them which makes them sensitive to voltage.

There have been many cases where a US device has been plugged straight into an Australian power point and the device has gone up in smoke.

Back to the thread: If you buy a cordless power tool and charger from the US via Ebay or Amazon, you will need a 240v-110v power adapter.

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