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I haven’t done the voltage and charge-discarge test to test it right (and am not the guy to do that,) but I sell batteries, solar electric products and such for a living, and the sound, action and ultimate performace so far is killer. If you get, let’s say, B&D ‘Firestorm’ 18 volt batteries, the charger is DUMB and doesn’t know when the battery is charged, when to lay off the battery and keep a voltage-sustaining charge to it (instead of cramming amps into a charged battery and overheating and killing your battery over time.) This one seems to do it right. The Makita stuff is really good, esp. this ‘lithium’ line of product. I have 6 different tools and they all are really, really good.

The Makita lithium hammer drill is 3 times faster than the B&D CORDED hammer drill I had. I did 200 block-penetrating, hurricane shutter drills with the B&D and then decided to get the Makita.

SO much easier, quiter and quicker with the Makita (and it’s a cordless!.) I could have saved myself a lot of time and hearing using quality tools like Makita. Live and learn.

Mt

Update (2/4/2012):

The featured review for this product, Makita DC18RA Rapid Battery Charger for Li-Ion Batteries Tools & Hardware, was written by Mike Troutner.

The average rating for this item is 5 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.