Makita Owners - Bail Handle or Side Handle

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FWIW, currently have a Fein and the Metabo polisher in the stash.



I've used the Makita from someone I knew, and I leaning on using a *trigger* style rotary as my primary rotary as I like the feather on/feather off.



For all of ya'll runing Mak's, is the bail handle the way to go or the side handle. One thing I noticed when using the Mak, is that you can't really use it handleless as the head get's pretty hot...
 
I've broken the single Auto Detail Promise I made this year.....which was spend more $$ on AD toys and focus more on process . Gotta love these hobbies.
 
chefwong said:
..One thing I noticed when using the Mak, is that you can't really use it handleless as the head get's pretty hot...
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Huh...mine never got that hot; I don't think I've *ever* used the (side) handle on it :think: IIRC Mike Phillips uses his almost exclusively without a handle too.



Does everybody's Makita get the hot-head thing? I haven't run mine for hours on end more than a few times, but I woulda thought that Mike does it all the time.
 
All the one's I've owned have always got pretty hot. So hot I would never be able to hold the head without some kind of handle. I guess it's possible if your wore gloves, but I don't see the point.
 
I only use the side (stick) handle. Maybe it's just I started with, but it's just fine.



There was one occasion when I could not use a handle. It can be done, but the temp outside was fairly cool.





If you are concerned about the handles, just get the CX3 kit; it contains both.
 
I wear gloves when I use a machine so I don't notice any temperature change. Just something that carried over from my PC days....
 
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I do remember when Mike P. used to post on this board....and the infamous thumb *wear* on the metal case cover.



I'm glad a new trigger style rotary is on it's way..
 
chefwong- Yeah..the trigger *does* seem really ergonomic to me too.



Funny that everybody elses Makita seems to get hotter than mine. But then I'm no pro so maybe my situation is just *different*. Still, I *have* used it for hours on-end :nixweiss
 
I was never a stickler on weights of machines....

Mak just arrived and I threw it on the scale. It's at least a full 1lb more++ than both the Fein or Metabo.



I guess we'll see how it feels on the vertical panels...



She's built like a tank....

All I need now (or want) is that 3" Dyanbrade pneu
 
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