Makita Owners - Bail Handle or Side Handle

**pingable** · 04-18-2009, 11:57 AM

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...

**eyezack87** · 04-18-2009, 12:34 PM

I use the bail handle since I can easily grasp it with both hands without switching how it is on there

**David Fermani** · 04-18-2009, 02:16 PM

Bail all the way!!!!

**imported_shine** · 04-18-2009, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by David Fermani

Bail all the way!!!!

What David said!

**pingable** · 04-18-2009, 02:28 PM

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.

**Accumulator** · 04-18-2009, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by chefwong

..One thing I noticed when using the Mak, is that you can`t really use it handleless as the head get`s pretty hot...

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.

**David Fermani** · 04-18-2009, 05:58 PM

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.

**PorscheGuy997** · 04-18-2009, 06:20 PM

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.

**eyezack87** · 04-18-2009, 06:26 PM

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....

**imported_Jakerooni** · 04-18-2009, 09:14 PM

Mine gets pretty hot too. Bail handle on my Makita and side handle on my Dewalt.

**pingable** · 04-19-2009, 06:09 AM

Accumulator -

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..

**Accumulator** · 04-19-2009, 10:45 AM

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

**pingable** · 04-23-2009, 04:47 PM

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