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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025
Broken from the box
G.M.
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2025
Convenient for sprinklers when heat helps make connections. This is not as good as 120 volt plug in but for quick yard sprinkler repair it is handy.
David Ray
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2024
This cordless heat gun performed better than I expected. I used it with both Makita branded and generic replacement cells. The tool seemed to run noticeably hotter with the Makita cells than the aftermarket batteries. I do not have a non contact digital temperature gauge to quantify the difference, but the heating elements glowed bright orange with the branded cells. I have thus far only used this to thaw out a frozen central air heat exchanger, and it did quite well at that task. The heat gun has a high/low range temperature switch, a safety interlock, as well as a separate lock on button to avoid trigger fatigue. There is an LED below the handgrip aimed to illuminate the work area, and 5 different push on nozzles are included. Overall, a well designed and constructed tool.
Jim C.
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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Colorful Colorado
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
I have a bunch of Makita tools and batteries and wanted to cut the cord and ditch my plug in heat gun.This works perfectly for what I need. It is not nearly as hot as my wired version, I would say about half the temperature (at the highest #2 setting) but for me its no problem because I'm using this to heat irrigation pipe and maybe some connections that get frozen in the winter. The little bit of extra time it will take to hit the right temp is well worth it to avoid having to drag an extension cord out.It definitely helps to have strong batteries and this thing sucks the life out of them fast! I have a couple OEM Makita batteries that are probably almost 20 years old and even fully charged they only provide enough power to get low heat. With my new 6.5Ah batteries there is a noticeable difference in the performance of the heat gun.I normally use a heat gun without attachments or only the narrow one and the flat one so I tossed all the extra parts just to have less collecting in my tool bag. The attachments are pretty standard with any heat gun so its nice that they have you covered with whatever you need.Overall I'm really happy with it, I don't know if I'll get rid of my wired version just in case I need something more powerful but I'm guessing that this one will cover 99% of what I need.
C. Cox
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
When I do use a heat gun (or torch) it's usually to melt, soften or shrink plastic. I try to do it in a well ventilated area to minimize my exposure to toxic fumes. That makes the cordless option particularly valuable. Most of my cordless tools are Makita and I have a pile of LXT batteries (and chargers), but I don't use a heat gun often enough to justify Makita's premium asking price.Enter this "tool only" cordless heat gun which is currently less than a third of the price of the brand name equivalent. It lacks Makita's refinement and doesn't come in a nice carrying case. In fact, the thin metal nozzles rattled around in the package so that my first thought was to make sure nothing was broken. I haven't used the Makita heat gun, but a quick look at the reviews suggest that the brand name accessories are also, to use one reviewer's word, "flimsy".It works effectively, at least at the higher of two settings, and I'm glad to have it. Hopefully it lasts a long time.
Christina Paul
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
Other than needing to pay between $50+ for a Makita 18 v lithium battery, this is a really nice set of heat gun. The attachments are helpful, but are specifically sized to fit only this particular model.Be that as it may, I have some real concerns because there are no independent laboratory safety assurances as you would get with Underwriter's Laboratory (UL) listings. When we did our kitchen remodel and had to remove Formica laminate from our countertops before laying tile and removing paint on areas we wanted to strip, we were advised to look for certification that the heat gun has passed independent laboratory testing and has been certified. This unit is missing such certification, and living in a log home, I am not really wanting to take chances.
Tom
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
It's funny, I bought this specifically because of a negative review, where the single complaint was a lack of safety certification. I figured that if this is the worst thing wrong with it, it might actually work pretty well. And it works great!I bought it specifically for heat shrink of electrical splices. I don't do that very often, as most of the time I can use insulated splices. But this is much handier than using my butane powered mini torch. It isn't quite as fast as a 120V gun or butane, but it'll shrink an 8 gauge splice in about 45 seconds on low. I can't complain about that at all.As to the safety concerns? Silly. It's a handheld battery powered tool. It's only running 18V, so it's not a shock hazard. If it catches fire? Take the battery off, it'll be fine. It's not designed to be left unattended, and it's not a plug-in tool, so it doesn't need a UL rating.Very happy purchase for occasional use. I don't know if it's heavy duty enough to use 7 hours a day, but I don't think it's made for that.
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