Makita DUB182Z/BUB142Z

I’ve had my Makita mini blower for over 10 years now and use it every 2nd day. Having 2 x long haired border collies and a Maine coone, pet hair is quickly eliminated from under and over furniture and floors.
I start at the back of the house and blow everything into a corner in the kitchen where I can pick up most dust and fur bunnies. Then I blow it all onto our deck , do the stairs and pathways and it all goes into the garden. What would take over an hour to sweep the entire property now takes 6 mins to blow away.
Just take note which direction the wind is blowing. I also blow in the opposite direction of neighbours so their homes don’t get covered in our dust.

I can’t leave to work without it, and yes I can’t live without it at work.
This little unit is one of the most frequently used tool on a daily basis. I use to blow dust out of my tools or toolbox once at home with my big compressor and to be honest probably once a week if I didn’t forget. Meaning my tools were messy and it wasn’t professional. Even turning up to the next job covered with sawdust despite my best efforts to brush it out. Since I made this small investment ($99 skin) it’s super easy to blow sh$t out. My tools get a quick clean up ...

The unit is powerful, well balanced and not too noisy for what it does, I have used mine daily for 2 years and the switch has failed , all my other tools are used more example the Makita drills and their switches are good, disappointed to the switch and I will fit a cheap $5 one rather than pay that ridiculous amount.

This is great to use for normal outside blowing as it is very powerful, it is compact and light, I love using it inside on a lower setting (as it has 3) as it allows me to blow out kids leftovers and dog fur from under cabinets and lounges. It saves a sweep. Great for camping as blows out tents or camper from sand or dirt. Because it is compact and the batteries and easy to swap, being compact is a bonus.

I did not have real high expectations & when I first turned it on it seemed quite weak. Then I discovered there is a speed dial which was set on the lowest setting! Turned it up and wow! A great little blower. Might not be as good as the big petrol blowers if you have a big yard - but for my small yard and around the workshop this is perfect.

Great little blower. The wife keeps nicking it out of my truck to clean the yard up. Have got other battery makita tools so this is a cheap addition to have. Use it regularly as I am a chippy. Blows sawdust with ease, cleans up garden leaves, not very noisy, compliments my other tools.

These are a great little blower ever since I bought it I use it about twice as much as I thought I would the only thing I would say is that it possibly needs a little bit more grunt I have used other brand name blowers and they seem to have a little bit more blowing power.

I have a few Makita LTX power tools. In fact this blower unit was free when I purchased a drill and driver kit. Why anyone would purchase this unit without already owning the charger and batteries makes no sense. This is a tool which compliments your existing tools.

I use it to clean up around the yard, and just last week I found a new use, I dried my car after washing it! The unit is very powerful, puts out a lot of air, and the nozel is very accurate. Battery life is fine, I have a few batteries so its never an issue.

Petrol was too noisy and smelly, electric too limiting. So a cordless blower was the convenient answer for blowing the messy seed husks dropped by the wild parrots feeding from our first floor deck.

From the few cordless options, the Makita was the most expensive, but as I'm already locked in to Makita's 18 Volt LXT battery system, I bought the skin-only version for $139. With battery and charger it would have cost nearer $400, compared to the complete B&D at $175 or the McCullough at $125. Hitachi is also more competitive.

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