Fakita

[Onoff]

Interesting:

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000235031529.html

 

&

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000407099501.html

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Onoff

[Ed Davies]

I don't get it, why risk expensive Makita batteries on crap tools?

[Onoff]

Just now, Ed Davies said:

I don't get it, why risk expensive Makita batteries on crap tools?

 

I imagine because you can pair them with cheap Makita battery clones.

[Ed Davies]

So why not just buy Ryobi or Parkside or … ?

[Onoff]

Update: My Dad's laptop. I've abandoned Linux Mint on it. Problems with keyring login on Skype. I just wanted it to boot up and for him to have a browser, Skype email and FB icons. Linux distros need to abandon all that keyring b@llocks.

 

Gone back to Windows 7 Home Premium and stuck another 4GB of DDR3 in from his laptop before this one that had physical damage issues.  

[ProDave]

8 hours ago, Onoff said:

Update: My Dad's laptop. I've abandoned Linux Mint on it. Problems with keyring login on Skype. I just wanted it to boot up and for him to have a browser, Skype email and FB icons. Linux distros need to abandon all that keyring b@llocks.

 

Gone back to Windows 7 Home Premium and stuck another 4GB of DDR3 in from his laptop before this one that had physical damage issues.  

I have this "keyring" thing on mine.  I thought it was something SWMBO put on there but she now nothing about it.  Neither of us know the password it is expecting.  I just dismiss it by pressing Cancel, but it is persistent and you have to cancel it 5 times before it gives up.  Then the browser (chromium) operates as normal including remembering passwords if you have chosen to save them.

 

Use Firefox instead and this keyring thing does not pester you.

 

I would turn it off if I new how but have never found any reference to it.

[SteamyTea]

8 hours ago, Onoff said:

Problems with keyring login on Skype

JFGI

TL:DR

https://www.fosslinux.com/2561/how-to-disable-keyring-in-ubuntu-elementary-os-and-linux-mint.htm

Edited December 11, 2019 by SteamyTea

[ProDave]

7 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

JFGI

DL:DR

https://www.fosslinux.com/2561/how-to-disable-keyring-in-ubuntu-elementary-os-and-linux-mint.htm

That got me all excited that I could disable the keyring thing.  Only it requires you to know it's password, which I don't. 

[SteamyTea]

21 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Only it requires you to know it's password, which I don't. 

Did you set a password when you first installed Mint?

[ProDave]

Just now, SteamyTea said:

Did you set a password when you first installed Mint?

Must have done but neither of us remember what it is.

[SteamyTea]

Use the same password for everything.

I keep all my passwords in an encrypted file.

Forgot the password.  So that was pointless.

[Onoff]

Just realised I put this in the wrong thread!

[SteamyTea]

1 minute ago, Onoff said:

Just realised I put this in the wrong thread!

You will get the same nonsense answers wherever you put it.

[Onoff]

7 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

You will get the same nonsense answers wherever you put it.

 

At least it's consistent on here! 

[Jeremy Harris]

Bought one of these "fakitas", having seen this review (caution, AvE's language is definitely NSFW...):

 

 

[Onoff]

DO NOT BUY THIS...SCAM

 

...according to one of the welding forums:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Makita-DGA454-18V-LXT-Angle-Grinder/22031187164?iid=362846091849

[Jeremy Harris]

Good tip.

 

Interesting to see if the impact driver arrives.  I ordered the same one that AvE has in that YouTube video, cost around £26 delivered (as a bare tool, no battery pack).

 

The eBay link, for those that want to live dangerously, is: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372853575848?_sp=p2488212.m41214.l9765

[SteamyTea]

1 hour ago, Onoff said:

DO NOT BUY THIS

Is it just no good, or a scam, as in never delivered.

[Onoff]

4 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Is it just no good, or a scam, as in never delivered.

 

Never delivered as I understand.

 

Chap on the mig welding forum just bought the knock off impact gun only to realise his Makita drill/charger/batteries are G series so the batteries don't fit!

[Jeremy Harris]

Luckily all my battery packs (some genuine Makita, some Chinese knock-offs) should fit this impact driver (assuming it arrives).  I bought it from a "UK" eBay seller, advertised as being in "London", but whose address is:

 

SHANGHAI QINREN DIAN NAO KE JI YOU XIAN GONG SI

磊 高

抚远路1288弄59号501室

201908 上海, 上海

中國

 

 

Must be in Chinatown, I guess...

 

On a more serious point, why does eBay allow so many sellers to fake their location?  There are literally hundreds of sellers listed as being in the UK somewhere in listings, but when you scroll down to where they really are you find they are in China somewhere.  I first thought that they were just drop shippers, but it seems clear that some are shipping directly from China, and not using a UK warehouse at all.

[Onoff]

Another link but this time banggood:

 

https://m.banggood.com/18V-520N_m-Cordless-Brushless-Impact-Wrench-Stepless-Speed-Change-Switch-Adapted-To-18V-Makita-battery-p-1576432.html?

[joe90]

23 minutes ago, Jeremy Harris said:

I first thought that they were just drop shippers, but it seems clear that some are shipping directly from China, and not using a UK warehouse at all.

 

I always look at the delivery time, a good indication of which side of the planet they come from!

[Jeremy Harris]

The impact driver arrived this morning.  Seems every bit as good as shown in that video by AvE.  Although it is advertised as being a 1/2" square drive machine (which it is) what isn't clear is that it also has a standard 1/4" hex socket in the square drive, so works fine with screwdriver bits, without an adapter (handy, as it keeps the front to back profile short).

 

I bought from this "UK" eBay seller: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372853575848?_sp=p2488212.m41214.l9765 for the princely sum of £25.98, including delivery, but I see they've now upped delivery to £9.99, so one will now cost a whopping £33.58.

 

I've given the thing a quick test, with both genuine Makita and Makita clone battery packs and reckon it's probably pretty close to the quoted spec.  Had no problem loosening the wheel nuts on my car as a test, and they were done up pretty tight (needed to get the torque wrench out to tighten them back up correctly, though)

[Onoff]

Alleged 90Nm bare drill for £42.99 that takes Makita batteries:

 

https://m.banggood.com/18V-3-In-1-Cordless-Impact-Drill-2-Speed-Rechargable-Electric-Screwdriver-Drill-Li-Ion-Battery-Adapted-to-Makita-Battery-p-1602641.html?

[Construction Channel]

34 minutes ago, Jeremy Harris said:

The impact driver arrived this morning.  Seems every bit as good as shown in that video by AvE.  Although it is advertised as being a 1/2" square drive machine (which it is) what isn't clear is that it also has a standard 1/4" hex socket in the square drive, so works fine with screwdriver bits, without an adapter (handy, as it keeps the front to back profile short).

 

I bought from this "UK" eBay seller: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372853575848?_sp=p2488212.m41214.l9765 for the princely sum of £25.98, including delivery, but I see they've now upped delivery to £9.99, so one will now cost a whopping £33.58.

 

I've given the thing a quick test, with both genuine Makita and Makita clone battery packs and reckon it's probably pretty close to the quoted spec.  Had no problem loosening the wheel nuts on my car as a test, and they were done up pretty tight (needed to get the torque wrench out to tighten them back up correctly, though)

 

On that reccomendation I just bought the one below it on ebay. £30 Inc delivery and 3 sockets. What could possibly go wrong ?

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F372840852496