Unboxing and First impressions Makita18V Cordless Grass Shear with Hedge Trimmer!

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  • čas přidán 20. 07. 2020
  • I bought it here: www.toolnut.com/
    www.toolnut.com/makita-xmu04z...
    The 18V LXT® Lithium-Ion Cordless Grass Shear with Hedge Trimmer Blade, Tool Only (XMU04ZX), is a compact and cordless solution for grass trimming and cutting. Easily change from grass shear to hedge trimmer for minor hedge trimming.
    The XMU04ZX has dual blade action and a wide 6-5/16” cutting width and delivers faster blade speed (2,500 strokes per minute/SPM) than the previous model. When using a fast-charging 18V LXT® 5.0Ah battery (sold separately), users will get up to 200 minutes of run time on a single charge. It has a 3-stage adjustment so the cutting height can be matched to the application.
    Additional features include a rubberized soft grip handle, tool-less blade changing, non-electrolyzed nickel-plated blades to resist staining and rusting, and a compact size at only 4.1 lbs. (with battery, sold separately).
    It’s part of Makita’s expanding 18V Lithium-Ion System, the world’s largest cordless tool system powered by 18V lithium-ion slide-style batteries. Makita 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Batteries have the fastest charge times in their categories, so they spend more time working and less time sitting on the charger.
    For improved tool performance and extended battery life, Makita created Star Protection Computer Controls™. Star Protection is communication technology that allows the Star Protection-equipped tool and battery to exchange data in real-time and monitor conditions during use to protect against overloading, over-discharging and overheating. For increased versatility, the tool can also be powered by Makita 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Batteries with the star symbol on the battery indicating Star Protection inside.
    Over 3 hours of run time with 18V LXT® 5.0Ah battery (battery not included)
    Makita-built motor delivers up to 2,500 SPM for efficient cutting
    2-in-1 quick blade change from grass shear to hedge trimmer
    Grass shear features easy to operate 3 stage cutting height adjustment (9/16", 3/4", 1")
    6-5/16" shear blade with dual cutting action for maximum efficiency
    8" dual action double-sided hedge trimmer blade for precision cutting
    Non-electrolyzed nickel plated blades engineered to resist staining and rusting
    Ergonomic rubberized soft grip engineered to absorb vibration for more comfortable operation
    Compact and maneuverable design
    Equipped with Star Protection Computer Controls™ to protect against overloading, over-discharging and over-heating
    3-year limited warranty
    Only use genuine Makita batteries and chargers
    #Makita #LXT #HedgeTrimmer
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    I am not paid or sponsored by anyone.
    Disclaimer: This video is for entertainment purposes only, CZcams, edtheoldtechguy and any affiliates are not responsible for any damage, injury, or loss of any kind that may result from following this tutorial. Attempt this at your own risk. edtheoldtechguy assumes no liability or guarantee of any kind.
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Komentáře • 79

  • @nilesterrat2483
    @nilesterrat2483 Před 3 lety +7

    Ed, I just bought one of these tools. I struggled to put it together and then watched your video. Thanks so much!! However, you didn't get it quite right. Here's what I figured out after watching your video. First you can pull the cam wheel out easily by turning the tool upside down. The cam wheel just falls out. While the cam wheel is out of the tool, take a close look at it. It is two sided. One side is for the grass trimmer attachment. Flip it over and the other side is the cam wheel for the hedge trimmer attachment. When you use the proper cam wheel for its designated attachment, the locking cover goes on very easily. You struggled to replace the locking cover. You need to flip your cam wheel. Best Regards, Niles

    • @dawsonsg
      @dawsonsg Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Niles, I was ready to throw mine away until i read your comment

  • @J-WHO312
    @J-WHO312 Před 4 lety +11

    Makita: Sorry your warranty is void. ETOTG: Why? Makita: We saw your video.

  • @nekodylenkner2556
    @nekodylenkner2556 Před 3 lety +4

    Got one of these for my mom. Your video makes me feel better that I, too, had trouble getting it on without reading the instructions.

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you! That is what I hoped to show here. At the risk of being made fun of. You know I could have read the instructions and edited the video to make myself look like a genius but that wouldn't be real and I will gladly take the bruises to show everyone how it is vs some perfect ego-boosting CZcams video. Thank you for your comment it helped greatly and I hope my videos somehow help you as well friend.

  • @t.h.1982
    @t.h.1982 Před 3 lety +2

    Mine did not have instructions in the box and I was hitting a brick wall trying to figure it out. Had no clue you had to flip the cam over. You saved me a lot of aggravation! Thank you!

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      WOW! Thank you so much for your comment. You have no clue how much flack I have taken for showing my learning curve on this tool. You just made it all worth it! Please feel free to check out my other content and give me a chance to win you as a subscriber.

  • @CommentsAllowed
    @CommentsAllowed Před 2 lety +2

    My friend was using a hedge trimmer and also cut his finger off.
    It was near a wall and just needed to get this one last little branch. He reached in with his hand and pulled the branch to cut it. The long trimmer hit the wall and bounced at him, cutting one finger really bad. So it something to really think of when you were talking about the size makes it easier to get into those areas.

    • @alanh6956
      @alanh6956 Před 2 lety

      Sorry for your friend. At the same time I ordered this shear I also ordered a chain mail glove, to hopefully prevent serious injury

  • @UncleIvan1
    @UncleIvan1 Před 2 lety +4

    makita is awesome, I am slowly switching all my other tools for makita. appreciate other brands, but when I try makita, I can't go back

  • @gemshhh1984
    @gemshhh1984 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for y help man... and people if you don't like his video, move on also you can skip to the bit you want to hear, not rocket science. Be kind cost's nothing...

  • @tajuddinkhan3122
    @tajuddinkhan3122 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for explaining such a difficult process

  • @leonaperreault1171
    @leonaperreault1171 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the great video! We could not figure out the blade change at all.

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 2 lety +1

      Wow, thank you! You know this is one of the most hated videos, I get so much flack for not knowing or editing out the parts showing how I didn't know portions of the tool and how to put it together. I thought there was value in showing we are all human and we make mistakes along the way. I am so glad my video helped you and hopefully others out there. That's all I wanted to accomplish. Thank you!! Cheers!

  • @edtheoldtechguy
    @edtheoldtechguy  Před 4 lety +4

    Please Jwho put your comments back in. I needed to reload the video.

  • @piano4tay
    @piano4tay Před 3 lety +4

    Thanks for the video: what a nightmare those instructions are! As someone else said, you need to flip the cam when changing between blades. It's not obvious from the instructions. Then to align the blade with the cam, just jiggle the blade a bit with your other hand while your pushing the blade on. When I finally got it to work, it cut beautifully some topiary hedging, but Makita needs to up their game with the instructions...

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      I am so glad I was able to help. This video gets so much hate and negative comments. Your feedback makes me feel so much better thank you!

  • @krcarpentry2610
    @krcarpentry2610 Před 2 lety +1

    The plastic cover has a depth Adjustment for your grass

  • @zhannakryukova8676
    @zhannakryukova8676 Před 3 lety +1

    My husband is an Engineer as well and he was really fighting too with that adjustment! Thank you for your help!!!

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you so much for your comment! You don't know how much it means to me.

  • @Butternose
    @Butternose Před 2 lety +2

    What is the verdict on it as a light duty hedge trimmer, worth having?

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 2 lety +2

      My wife and I use it and it works well but the blade occasionally sticks. We solve this by pulling the battery off and pushing the inner blade down until they are even and replace the battery and it works well. We love the short blade it allows us to get into places we couldn't before.

  • @vynland3227
    @vynland3227 Před 3 lety +1

    Ed, can you film yourself trimming some hedges? Thanks. PS love the charlie the raccoon joker videos I shared it with my buddies.

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you!! I will make some new Charlie the Jokerised cartoon videos coming soon.

  • @DaleLucid
    @DaleLucid Před 4 lety +1

    Now "Mrs TheOldTechGuy" can give you a spiffy new haircut for the the first meeting of "The Council".

  • @SgtJoeSmith
    @SgtJoeSmith Před 4 lety +3

    Meanwhile Joe Smith just trimmed 20 bushes with his stihl hs45 trimmers 😁

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 4 lety +4

      I have a Stihl too, this is for my wife. She needed something small for the shrubs and small trees in front if our house.

  • @cpaleolo
    @cpaleolo Před 9 měsíci +1

    Awesome .. saved me hours

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Thank you for your comment, I get so much hate for this video. Some people think that because you work with tools, you should automatically know how to use every tool that comes out.

  • @marceloalencar9373
    @marceloalencar9373 Před 3 lety +3

    and that's why I like Makita, for its simplicity. 2 hours later, still not fitting . Lol

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      LOL 😆. Yup, I guess I have some egg on my face. Every manufacturer has some fluff tools that just don't work as advertised.

    • @marceloalencar9373
      @marceloalencar9373 Před 3 lety +1

      @@edtheoldtechguy 😀

  • @J-WHO312
    @J-WHO312 Před 4 lety +1

    500 subs, bravo, slow clap

  • @takuan650
    @takuan650 Před 3 lety +1

    Kind of painful to watch but glad You came good in the end.

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      LOL!!! I know, thank you for watching. I was very new to this kind of tool and wanted to show everyone my mistakes and what I learned.

  • @rkon02
    @rkon02 Před 3 lety +1

    One old tech guy to another - RTFM

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      Agreed! I believe in this very video it says I would regret not reading the manual. Lesson learned brother. We are all human and screw up from time to time.

  • @tommyfred6180
    @tommyfred6180 Před 2 lety +1

    it really is not that hard to swap them over.

  • @krcarpentry2610
    @krcarpentry2610 Před 2 lety +1

    You made it so much harder than what it’s suppose to be I just got mine and I changed them in 1min

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 2 lety +1

      You are awesome! Make a video and show everyone

    • @krcarpentry2610
      @krcarpentry2610 Před 2 lety

      @@edtheoldtechguy I am planning on doing that it’s a beautiful day so I might have it uploaded in a hour or so so look for that

  • @alanh6956
    @alanh6956 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for suffering that learning curve so that I don't have to

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you Alan! This is a video I get tons of criticism on for how bad it is. I am so glad it helped you. I made it and left it up to show that unlike those perfect videos where they edit out all the mistakes and look clever that we are all human and have learning curves on different things. Cheers 🍻

  • @J-WHO312
    @J-WHO312 Před 4 lety +1

    So who got first?

  • @J-WHO312
    @J-WHO312 Před 4 lety +1

    Dude, first you can’t put the trimmer together then your video goes koo koo?

  • @pja2pja2pja2
    @pja2pja2pja2 Před rokem +1

    I wish I'd seen this video before buying it. Changing to the hedge trimmer is an absolute joke.

  • @davidlow9777
    @davidlow9777 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for video…Makita’s design and instructions are kind of useless. They should stamp simple instructions on the tool, open with arrow etc.

  • @jonnywilson6932
    @jonnywilson6932 Před 3 lety +1

    👍🏼🇬🇧

  • @mikeynuno537
    @mikeynuno537 Před 4 lety +1

    Ahh! I didn’t think you were going to get it...bust out the worthless instructions again! Haha

  • @bluepeter450
    @bluepeter450 Před 2 lety +1

    Turned off after 20 seconds..14 minutés to sit through !!!!

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 2 lety +1

      LOL!! This is one of my worst videos early in my CZcams days. The community loves to make fun of me about it, so I keep it up. Some people have found it helpful. No worries though I understand.

  • @volumeup2714
    @volumeup2714 Před 3 lety +1

    Sorry my friend!!keep going ..really sorry

  • @mikeynuno537
    @mikeynuno537 Před 4 lety +1

    You aren’t going to get it!!!

  • @1729astro
    @1729astro Před 3 lety

    mannnn better switch to ryobi

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      LOL 😆

    • @1729astro
      @1729astro Před 3 lety +1

      @@edtheoldtechguy Im waiting for that new selection of videos to come out I am interested in results and thoughts!

  • @juanitareina1685
    @juanitareina1685 Před 2 lety +1

    you talk too much man!

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks Juanita, no one is perfect and youtube has a deep learning curve. This is one of my earlier videos and many mistakes were made. Take a moment to watch my newer content to see my progression. I leave this video up as the community has fun poking fun at it. Even though I am an engineer I make mistakes and this video absolutely shows that. Have a great day.

  • @mzphotosgeelong
    @mzphotosgeelong Před 3 lety

    Just get to the point don’t talk so much , you must like hearing your own voice

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety +1

      Well thanks for the feedback. I am new to CZcams and learning a lot. CZcams is designed for longer videos and creators are encouraged to keep videos long. I am still trying to find the perfect balance. If you like short, get to the point videos consider watching CZcams shorts or go to Tiktok. Many creators are making short videos just for you but please note they may miss some steps as they try to keep things short. Have a good one friend and God bless.

  • @LordEagle
    @LordEagle Před 3 lety +1

    Extremely painful to watch. A child could have done better. I'll wing it,,,,😎

    • @edtheoldtechguy
      @edtheoldtechguy  Před 3 lety

      Seems to me you missed the point. I never used a tool like this. I have the ability to record and edit to make myself look like genius. Tons of that on CZcams. None of it real. Shill city. No one shows their mistakes or what they don't know. I do, I'm honest with my viewers. If you don't like it move on and find that child that can do better. Have a great day.

    • @paperclip4093
      @paperclip4093 Před 3 lety

      Hahaha hahaha! Everyone hates you edtheoldtechguy a child could do better LOL!

    • @charliejokerraccoon4796
      @charliejokerraccoon4796 Před 3 lety

      Face it edtheoldtechguy our trolls will make you quit one day hahahaha!

  • @BlueDroneBlues
    @BlueDroneBlues Před rokem +1

    Very next day after buying this piece of Monkey poo I returned it. I returned it to Home Depot and spent $10 more dollars and bought the Makita hedge trimmer and it works like a champ. This one just came off underpowered and it just kept jamming on the smallest of things. You should have just returned this piece of junk and bought the the hedge trimmer with a cover and a good 18" blade. This is by far the 1st product I have truly been disappointed in from Makita making this time consuming piece of junk. I have 7 other Makita tools and love them all.