Makita's New XGT Spanks Everything We've Tested - GWT01Z Ep38

[Music] holy crap welcome back to the torque test channel we have a very special treat for you guys today the all new makita xgt 40 volt three quarter inch impact wrench that came out within the last week to the us going head to head versus the most established cordless three quarter inch in the market the milwaukee m18 we're going to dyno test these two three quarter inches and the m18 half inch versus three quarter inch as well then rank the new tools at the end of this episode we're very excited to bring you this one should be good truth be told while we very much wanted to get our hands on the new three-quarter inch from makita unless someone decided to loan the channel one we had no plans to purchase it ourselves as well needing the new xgt batteries and charger makes this puppy cost a pretty penny and the channel has definitely been purchasing some heavy hitters recently some you've seen and some to come but when we recently launched our new t store you guys have been absolutely killing it in appreciation of that since this new makita gwt01z debuted for sale in the us the same week as that the stars sort of aligned and we knew just where to divert your dollars and since it only seemed right for our makita crowd watching we also designed a new hand-drawn teal team bull expectations t-shirt now live in our shop our gwt01d kit came with two of their standard two and a half amp hour 40 volt batteries which are the same watt hours and cell types as the lxt 5.0 pack and xc 5.0 from milwaukee but sort of routed in series to create twice the voltage and the charger which while sort of loud like most of makita chargers with its fan definitely puts in some work charging our new xgt pack in about half an hour by doubling the voltage makita has effectively cut the nominal capacity of these packs in half to two and a half hours from five but there are efficiencies in current delivery and current draw from the motor in a 40 volt system that they say does help make these tools last longer and run cooler than you'd assume otherwise just from looking at the numbers on the side to that we're willing to say okay if you say so but on this channel we're more interested in those beans what kind of power delivery are you getting for your 36 sorry 40 volts that the new xgt 3 4 inch advertises and it's showing 1 510 nut busting and 1 30 foot pounds fastening that's 20 50 and 1800 in their native tongue of newton meters those numbers are nothing to shrug at and we'll have our shrugging shoulders ready if it doesn't deliver today when our friend jim at phillyfix sent us the link to this and you guys kept buying shirts and hoodies we picked this kit up for a cool six hundred dollars from max tool who proceeded to quickly sell out there definitely seems to be some makita fans in the states for sure because 600 or even 400 for the bear tool is no entry level endeavor but when you think about it this really is the first new high torque effort from the big three in most of a decade people are really wanting to see something new us included the milwaukee we'll also be testing today goes for a comparably reasonable 530 as a kit and 299 for the bear tool with it often being seen for about 250 when you can find it for a deal as it's not really a new tool by any standards despite not being this year's latest model the m18 2864-20 also boasts some serious numbers 1500 nut busting and 1200 foot-pounds fastening which is 100 and 200 up from the numbers of the 2767 half inch and a very close 10 foot pounds down from the makita or 130 if you're looking at the fastening this particular m18 three-quarter inch was provided to us by a kind vetted viewer and now a friend of the channel gary k he reached out to us a while back wanting to know if we'd be interested in testing some three quarter inch at some point and we're glad we've made it there today around 37 episodes in now if you're saying to yourself you can't compare a 40 volt tool versus an 18 volt tool these are both being sold on effectively the same shelf at your local hardware store to someone walking in wanting to go to three quarter inch route and you better believe that makita had m18 in their crosshairs when making this so they very much both live in the same sort of category we don't plan on only showing these two three quarter inch tools head to head the 2864 will also be going up against the 27 67 half inch on each of its runs so you get a perspective on the actual power increase that you would get out of buying one tool versus the other and see if it's worth it for you as usual for makita this new model is a trunker like it looks meaty at 8.6 pounds with a battery it's heavy for sure but not even as heavy as some of the half inch high torques we've tested so far and unlike the lxt the 18 volt from makita this x gt40 volt is actually rather short all set it carries its weight sort of all over the hand which means that 8.5 inches long it's actually shorter than the 8.6 inch long lighter weight 2864 from milwaukee we're showing today sort of a new phenomenon for makita in that dimensional regard we had plenty to say about makita in the pros and cons of their lxt high torque in our episode 34 but we're gonna get into that a little bit later for now we're anxious to get into the testing and show you what these tools can do as usual on this channel in head heads we test using the batteries these tools come with in kits sold by these brands where that power spec is located so for makita that's this bl-4025 two and a half amp hour and for m18 that's the xc 5.0 which make for these tools having the same watt hours in the packs respectively but different voltages obviously considering the m18 three quarter inch uses the same brushless motor as the half inch we expect it will be performing as intended and in our experience quite well here's the three quarter inch 2864 up against the half inch m18 and our five second forward working torque test three quarter inches shown here on the graph in red that's 587 versus 572 with a three-quarter inch making gains across the board everywhere ultimately but not really moving the needle a whole lot just yet let's see how the more expensive and higher voltage makita three quarter inch stacks up in this forward test that's 588 versus 587 close enough to be really exact on this rig but with the m18 showing gains on the curve with harder hits it's no surprise on this channel though that the m18 high torque regardless of dry size absolutely puts it down and forward especially in short bursts let's see how these tools stack up in reverse now which to be honest if you're struggling for more power is usually the direction you're working on here's the three quarter inch from milwaukee up against his half inch brother so up to 100 to 120 foot-pound gains on the curve down low but ultimately at the end 742 vs 728 nothing to be disappointed in as the half-inch nearly dominates this 10-second test to begin with that power down low which we like to theorize is dynamic torque force per blow is really good at rusted and seized stuff so you should be seeing a noticeable difference on stuck stuff with this three quarter inch but if we're asking for noticeable differences let's see if we really get some from the makita for your four to six hundred dollars here's its 10 second reverse max torque test so yeah sometimes we just don't know what to say in a situation like this but that thing is a monster 938 like really 938 26 to 27 more than an m18 three-quarter inch you better believe we ran this test multiple times it did not hiccup once if we're talking reverse only like this test specifically that's more than the milwaukee one inch made last week how what you might be thinking that power comes at a cost to your body though with the lxt 18 volt version of this high torque getting a record setting 9.0 in our wrist breaking score makita doesn't really have a good track record for one-handed use on this channel but this xgt even on its most jarring runs is more manageable actually earning a 7.0 from us on our subjective risk breaking score making more beans with less bite than the 18 volt model by far mainly just when things are super tight like 700 800 plus that's when it's experiencing this sort of heavy wrist wiggling action in lower torque ranges it's actually pretty minor the three-quarter inch m18 actually sees an improvement over the half inch as well despite being essentially the same tool inside it gets a 6.5 this time we think the smaller half-inch anvil makes centering the vibration difficult compared to a wide footprint of a three quarter inch inside of a socket like that the tool overall is more pleasure to use than the half wrench pretty much on everything while we're busy picking our jaws up off the floor from that last run let's just hop into this next best case scenario test both tools get a chance to make their best run in forward or reversed when we're testing cordless for the half inch m18 that was forward and for this three quarter inch showing today it was sort of a close or maybe a wash but it did perform a little bit higher in reverse so here's that so the three quarter inch makes 801 with gains throughout the curve mirroring sort of all the testing that we performed on the day oddly enough matching the same result as a half inch m18 when using an hd 12.0 battery but definitely a cheaper and lighter weight route using this three-quarter inch version now let's see if the green monster can back up its badassery here's the makita xvt's 15 second best case scenario test which is obviously also in reverse as it seems to frankly just love that holy crap so yeah we got a bit excited about this one and seeing that number there one thousand exactly one thousand foot pounds the m18 is like an incremental bump over the half inch when you're using the three quarter noticeable for sure but sort of in line with our theory that using the same brushless motor and changing out some things like the anvil is fine and good but not like the bump you get from going from a half inch to three quarter inch air tool if you have the air supply for it this new xgt from makita sort of upsets that whole line of thinking though buying this tool over there lxt high torque is night and day and here's a look at that while the footprint of these tools is similar the lxd is longer actually their power is just straight up on different planets let's get real here the xt is more of a one inch cordless power wise when you consider the m18 2867 we just tested and that had an xc 8.0 battery standard on it and it isn't an old and dusty design from milwaukee either that one inch does blow this xgt out the water and forward but this xgt spanx that in reverse which is sort of our preferred flavor of power if we had to choose so here's how that power comparison looks between the xgt and m18 one inch best runs with the m18 three-quarter inch sort of on the chart as well that one inch comes out the gate with a lot more dynamic torque but after that really quite close with actually the mid game going to makita with this turn of events i know this is a three-quarter inch episode but we were interested in if the xc 6.0 battery from milwaukee could move the needle in that m18 one inches favor as we've had a lot of luck with higher discharge rate 30 t cells in that 6.0 pack keep in mind this is not a run that will help its score on our ranking as it does not come with one of these in the kit from milwaukee but considering the xc 6.0 costs the same or less than the 8.0 we were curious so here's that so 1049 in total and picked up gains throughout the curve up 100 foot pounds in spots we're not saying that the xc 6.0 will always be better as for some tools with lower or even higher draw than this one that capacity may take over an advantage on long runs but it seems to work for this one for sure now if you're saying where's that hd 12.0 now you guys we're talking a one inch ten and a half pound milwaukee here with a six or eight amp hour pack up against makita's three quarter inch with a two and a half amp hour the performance of this makita is crazy maybe you're as shocked as we are as is this just all on our heads or did makita actually pull something off here without bragging about it let's see by heading over to the rank chart we filled in the one inch already which people who have gotten our rank list from t-shirt purchases may already have seen let's add these to three quarter inches on what we're calling our large drive size list for now the milwaukee one inch which we liked quite a lot gets 441 points but made most of those beans in forward as we note the other two are down here as we tally their points their power runs get turned into points here so that's 59 94 and 100 for the makita and 59 74 and 80 for the milwaukee which would be pretty impressive if makita didn't show up for work today next is their foot pounds per inch the rather short and super powerful xgt gets 117.7 the most out of any cordless we've ever tested period and m18 gets 93.1 also quite high among cordless when we're talking tightening even in reverse the makita is playing a more conservative game than milwaukee here and not trying to boast it gets 75 percent of their claim while the m18 with their 200 foot pound upgrade over the half inch gets dinged a little with 67 points the xgt is far from cheap but also far from one inch money for that power and gets 37.6 the milwaukee gets 40.2 for charging quite a bit less that totals 483.3 points for the xct and 413.3 for the m18 cementing makita into really firmly first place in our episodes featuring the past lxt 18 volt makita high torque we whined about a list of things including it's sad excuse for a hog ring which even on this three quarter inch still looks like some snipped chicken wire and three quarter inch sockets which normally hold on quite tight were very loose on this even though it's a new model but we also cited things like its size and this three quarter inches shorter now it's wrist breaking score and that's lower now too cheap looking old batteries with white buttons that instantly get dirty these xgt ones look better have grey buttons that don't get dirty easily and their new power level lights are actually brighter and we complain that they're not using 21700 cells yet but they do in these xgt batteries when you use the 4.0 amp hour which we're definitely wanting to try out and that they charge you a lot of coin for a power increase now that is valid someone wanting to upgrade their lxt high torque is spending about 600 bucks whereas someone wanting to upgrade their milwaukee only needs to buy a bare tool for as low as 250 dollars at times but considering the performance today of this tool we can't vouch for their other xgt tools being this night and day but if a 2867-21 inch can cost 700 bear this tool which makes comparable power with a smaller drive size we think can cost six hundred dollars with two batteries and a charger in our books you can see why we want to add this one onto a shirt well done makita we underestimated xgt and we won't be doing it again we'll be returning to half inch high twerks to round out that series very soon and thank you for watching [Music] you

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Length: 17min 26sec (1046 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 18 2021