If you want a cheap alternative battery for your Makita cordless tools then you are probably looking for Makita replacement batteries. These batteries work almost the same as the original one but with a fraction of the cost of the branded one. This is because you are not paying for the brand name anymore but only the production cost of the battery itself. It’s like a generic battery with the same specification as the original without the less important features. Meaning, it probably just a basic battery pack without the fancy packaging and some features, maybe the warranty has a short duration unlike the genuine Makita battery which normally have a three year warranty. You can also buy them in improved version, maybe twice as big and last twice as much. Or something that use a different kind of battery cell like NiMH which can hold more charge than NiCad with the same amount of battery cell. Lithium Ion is also very popular these days, it can hold up to six times a NiCad can hold with same amount of battery cell. If you are going to make a Lithium Ion battery with the same specification as the NiCad, you’ll be able to have it six times smaller body size than the NiCad. What you get is a very compact battery that can probably fit easily on your pocket.
Not all replacement battery are good, some third party company who just want to earn money uses a very cheap material to lower its cost. What happens is the plastic casing and the lock mechanism easily breaks when you drop or bump it, rendering it useless for just a couple of days. Some even reduce the amount of battery cell and actually don’t last long than it supposed to be. So, be careful when buying a replacement battery, you might end up wasting money rather than saving.
When buying a replacement battery you should also check the quality of the product. How? By visual inspection, look at the quality of workmanship, by looking at the unit you can already tell if it’s made of cheap material, check for cracks and any tale tell of poor workmanship. Second is, even if it’s only a replacement it should still have a warranty. If it breaks easily they should replace it or allow you to refund the payment.
If you plan to purchase it online, since you cannot actually see the unit, what you can do is do some research about the product. Read some reviews from people who actually bought and used the product. If you can try to find more reviews from different websites, sometimes people are biased and tell only the good things about them and not the bad part.
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