Getting ready for another season of doing battle with nature’s leafy creations? Tired of breathing two-stroke fumes and wearing sweaty hearing protection, or dragging a tangled extension cord? The engineers at Makita’s Outdoor Power Equipment (OPE) division have been hard at work to make YOUR work more enjoyable. Or at least less annoying. The latest addition to their already-impressive lineup of OPE has more power and less weight and noise than its most powerful cordless predecessor. Its full official moniker is the Makita XHU07 18V LXT® Lithium Ion Brushless Cordless 24″ Hedge Trimmer. We gave it a quick trim job, though, and it shall henceforth be referred to as the Makita XHU07. Read More
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Makita XCV11 Cordless 18V LXT Wet/Dry Vacuum – 2 Gallon Dust Sucker
No matter how lightly you tread, your shoes are high powered dirt magnets that inevitably bring the outdoors in. Luckily, others handle the indoor vacuuming at my home – it’s one of the perks of marriage. But my luck ends at the driveway, an unpaved witch’s brew of dirt, leaves and stump grindings. Car floorboards quickly become debris pits, then I’m sent to the gas station pay-vac (another marital “perk”) to evict the ick. We recently received a Makita 18V LXT cordless portable vacuum cleaner to check out. The XCV11 is a brushless battery powered wet/dry vac, dust extractor and blower. And it turned my chore into my pleasure! Read More
