Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery

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The Makita 193890-9 9.6-Volt 2.6-Ah Ni-MH Battery is made for use with all 9.6-volt cordless tools. This stick style battery is made with nickel-metal hydride with 2.6 Ah for maximum run time. This battery comes with a 1-year limited warranty.

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Makita 193890-9 Specifications: Voltage 9.6 Volts. Amp Hours 2.6. Type Ni-MH, Stick. Model No. 9034. Ni-MH batteries last significantly longer than their industry standard Ni-Cd counterparts. Usable with all 9.6V cordless, stick style Makita Tools. Compatible With 4190DW, 4300DW, 4390DW, 5090DW, 6096DWE, DA391DW. Charges with Makita DC1804, DC24SA, DC1822, DC1439 chargers, sold separately.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 1.8 x 6.8 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000256RQY
• Item model number: 193890-9
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,634 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product, December 26, 2007

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P. J. Hauser (IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)

This battery provides an excellent upgrade option for those with older Makita tools. My original Ni-Cad batteries would no longer hold a charge and I was about ready to replace everything when I saw this battery at Menards. It was more expensive than another Ni-Cad, but worth every penny. Like others, I do wish it would have been more clearly marked on the packaging that my older charger would no longer work, so I ended up going back to the store to buy the new charger (another $50). Still, it's a better charger and it will work for both the old and new batteries, with better indicators for the charging status. It will also allow charging a battery sooner after use than the old charger. The old charger would require waiting quite awhile for a recently used battery to cool down before it would accept it. The new chargeer requires little or no cool down time before the battery can be popped in.

One drawback to the new charger is that it is larger and won't fit in the original case for my drill. For awhile I just kept the new charger in my main toolbox, but recently I found a great deal on a used drill with case (and another Ni-Mah battery) on ebay, so now I'm all set. From this description, it may sound like I would have been better off just to get a whole new setup, but as others have mentioned the newer drills are heavier and shaped differently than the older models. I'm helping a friend build a deck and there are some tight places on the deck where his brand new drill would not fit while mine still would due to the narrow design.

Overall I'm extremely pleased with this product. Besides the larger capacity and more time between charges, this battery seems to produce power more evenly over the life of a single charge. The drill has almost full torque until the battery runs out instead of gradually getting slower as the Ni-Cads seemed to do. This gives the feel that the drill has more power than before, though that may just be my perception.

For those people who already have the correct charger, then purchasing this battery is a no-brainer. If your model came with the model 9033 battery, this one even has a bit more capacity (2.6 amp-hours versus 2.2).

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great New batteries for the Old Classic Tools, September 28, 2007

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Wendell J. Paulson (Gardiner, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)

I finally succumbed and went out and purchased some new higher voltage battery powered drills. They were very much heavier and more cumbersome than my old Makita drills. What a great relief it was to find these new higher powered and better memory NiMH batteries. I ordered them and the new Makita DC1804 charger from Amazon and got them quite quickly. They have been working very very well thus far. I took back the new very heavy drills and am very pleased that I can now use my much lighter and less cumbersome 9.6 volt Makita drills again. The battery life is much longer and the new charger charges both the new batteries and the old batteries.
These are a definite purchase if you wish to continue using your 9.6 volt tools.
Wendell in beautiful Gardiner, WA.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete info on product., March 29, 2007

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Marty Dart (San Francisco Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makita 193890-9 9034 9.6-Volt 2.6-Amp Hour NiMH Stick Style Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)

The information here isn't complete. It doesn't tell you what kind of charger you need. If you're like me, your old charger won't work on this. How does the battery perform?..I'll follow up in a month when I get the charger for it.