A new Makita OPE product has been spotted, its the Makita X2 18V 36V Leaf Blower Vacuum MUB363DPG2.
The Makita X2 18V36V Leaf Blower Vacuum MAUB363DPG2 has two functions. It is both a leaf collector vacuum and a leaf blower. This means you can blow or bag your leaves, its your choice.
It doesnt take a complicated design to do so as the blower is basically a simple cyclone blower design and as we all know a blower has an intake end and an exhaust end with typical blowers only making use of the exhaust end to blow leaves. But if you think of it the intake end is basically a vacuum and slap a bag to this end and you end up with a leaf collector vacuum. Essentially thats the same concept with this dual purpose blower vacuum. And just like all Makita X2 power tools, it takes two 18V batteries to operate and pump out 36 volts.
Although this design isn’t new, the 2-in-1 design is new for cordless. At least Makita has it.
This was only spotted in Japan, so there is no information on when or if it will be made available in the USA. For specs, I was unable to find any information in metric. As a vacuum, the volume is 12.7 m3/min and 13.4 m3/min respectively. Maximum wind speed is 65m/s. Im not sure how to accurately translate these into CFM and MPH so I cant tell you how powerful it is or isnt.
A big thanks to Cody Robertson for spotting!
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