Makita BL4040F Battery. Testing and Teardown of Makitas NEW HIGH OUTPUT Battery. Pouch Cells in it?

The new Makita 40v HIGH OUTPUT batteries are finally here, so what's the difference? Let's test 'em and pull 'em apart!

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[ToolsAndStuffOFFICIAL]

Sorry for the audio glitches. Something must have happened in the processing of the video when it was uploaded to Youtube.

[TorqueTestChannel]

Nice! I would say it's not tabless because Makita would be advertising that everywhere. But It's Makita, they could have an existing model with nuclear launch capabilities and they would simply release it with an N on the end of it, charge $10 more and no one would know why.

[joshuabush]

I'm so happy to watch an almost hour long video on Makita batteries 🎉

[chimairanl]

This toolnerd appreciates the time and effort you put into this video😅

[bobster]

now we have two bloggers, don't argue guys 😂

[iDPG]

Just got a couple of these from Japan, and they are really awesome batteries. The "old school" 4's have always been very good batteries, but these new ones are really amazing. I would say the new bl4040f is the most versatile power tool battery out there. You get the benefits of having a higher voltage pack + tabless cells, and it is small / light enough to run on your handheld tools if needed. It kind of obsoletes the 5ah battery for me. I will definitely be selling all my old 4's and even the 5's to replace them with this bad boy. Also, can you guys imagine how awesome the tabless 8ah will be? That thing will probably be pushing a max output of 4 kW.

[Egermaster]

I don’t know some clowns on YouTube bithching Makita, I just got my drill kit XGT and SDS plus rotary hammer drill and I love it. Most of my tools are Dewalt and Milwaukee but now I’m starting to get more into Makita tools I love the ergonomics and of course the Japanese pedantic quality…

[dillingerdan]

A 44 minute, 40 volt, 4 amp video… 4 us to watch!

[rossbyers]

Love your work. Thanks for spending the time building up your knowledge and then sharing it clearly.

[NameNaameNameeNaamee]

I really like that Makita is sticking to a professional nomenclature. That thing is called whatever it is called, we know what it does, that's why we buy it. We don't need a silly name for everything. Also, I suspect that they will simply renew the entire lineup over time, just as we got the B-Series with LXT. Makita never made a big fuzz about that either. They were just better with that gauge on them and hence they slowly introduced them and phased out the old ones over time.

[Derek-tkwf]

Awesome vid. Assuming thats what Makita/cell maker did with the interior foils, that makes a lot of sense. Seems obvious in hindsight. Still waiting on a 40v multi-tool, random orbital sander, one-handed recip saw (that 18v 08 is perfect) and the 173 Impact version...

[bourkey]

I'm going to try to keep the swearing down cause some people don't seem to fucking like it 🤣 gold

[TheStaniG]

That echo at the start had me panic I hat 2 identical tabs open 😂

[tonypowell]

His Tools I checked my 40v 4.0ah the one with the thinner rail the number ends with AWS the thicker rail ones end in DWS thanks for your video

[georgedavall]

‘Tools & Stuff’ has NO Equal
Appreciate the effort involved. This was fascinating. Yes, guess I’m a Tool Nerd? 😆 😂👍

[donalrodgers]

If it is tablets fairplay to Makita for keeping up to the latest technology. I really hope that they release a pouch cell battery that is flatter than the 2.5 to go with a new impact driver like the 18 volt one with the fancy lights🙏. I heard that once tablets batteries get into mass production they will be cheaper as they are more simple to produce and like you said in your demonstration welding on a tab is a weak point in battery construction and in some cases can lead to failure. So we could be getting cheaper more robust batteries.

[livingimprovements]

Turns out im not that interested in batteries but all power to you! Im still here commenting as a show of support though.

[Displays..]

Waiting for the 2.5 amp hour version..

[riba]

Great review, you really covered all the details and went above any beyond! This is how you do a YT video, well researched and presented ;)
Makita going in the right direction, this is so much better than pouch cells, compared to milwaukee forge 6ah, more capacity and more power with better safety and quality thanks to cylindrical cells.

[GG-mjvw]

Thanks for the science lesson bit of an information overload for a tradie like me 😂😂😂 but really interesting so thanks. Keep them coming.