When I was in construction, my coworker bought one of these and it was awesome. When we brought it out, people did indeed think it was weird...for all of 3 seconds and then asked if we could make them a cup. At one point in turned into a game of "where is the weirdest place we can make coffee?". 35 feet in the air in warehouse joists, on a moving forklift, in the middle of a job site meeting, in traffic, etc. Self control was the hardest part. We hadn't had unfettered access to coffee before and I ended up drinking so much that I could see 3 days into the future and communicate with bees. It also upped my cigarette consumption because waiting for a cup to brew was the best excuse for a 5 minute break. So I did the healthy thing and quit construction and cigarettes. To really answer your question: Novelty. That's about it. I've also used regular plug-in cheapo coffee makers and they were way better but not as fun.
I live in New Orleans and bought one of these a while back. When we lost power during Hurricane Ida last year this was a game changer for me, as I couldn't justify starting the generator just for coffee... during the roughly 10 days I was without power I was able to have fresh coffee both in the morning and for standing guard against looters at night thanks to this thing, and could top up the batteries whenever I ran the generator. Probably made 30 cups in that time period, which wouldn't have been possible without it. For most people it's stupid, but as an emergency/SHTFdevice it's a great way to keep a bit of normalcy (and caffeine) which is HUGE for morale.
They’re pricey, but the battery “generators” that are basically a lithium battery and inverter packaged together are really handy. With one of those you could run a small traditional coffee maker along with other small stuff that plugs into a regular outlet. Gives the ability to have a few hours of low load power without needing a generator running.
I live in Chalmette, and we just boiled water on the gas stove and used a French press. No battery necessary. Save the generator for the fridge and the window unit in the bedroom. As much as I'm a Makita lover, the coffee pot just seems like a step too far.
I recently had a contractor replace my roof, and I warned them upfront that the amenities of my home were limited because of extensive renovations. They used a bitumen blow torch at the lowest setting to heat a large Moka pot. A week later, the roof was done and my whole garden was fertilized with coffee grounds.
The best part from this video for me was using the power tool to grind on the manual grinder. It even fits in the stock head of the tool, no adaptor needed! Tried a batch now and it went through literally in seconds. This will change my life for the better. No longer will I have to flex my muscles every god damn morning. Thanks James! You rock!!!!!!
I would be careful about doing this with a hand grinder. They have not been built with an electric motor in mind, and this almost certainly would void the warranty. The cheaper grinders might break easily and cause an injury, and expensive ones, while well-built, are expensive to replace if broken. But if aware of these caveats and still okay with it, why not.
So is your good ol' home brew coffee brought along in your good reliable thermos. But good Sir, I really like how you phrased it - it's the best commercial line for this coffee maker I could ever imagine.
@@oumarh.gassama8063 whilst i do apreciate good coffee im afraid when ive had a hard day on the job labouring you could honestly just offer me cafinated toilet water i am too tired and too worn down to give your coffee the respect it deserves i just need the caffeine ive worked jobs that have seen me nailing monster energy drinks 1 can a hour for 8 hours with double cups of coffee at breaks every 2 hours just to get through the day ive also worked jobs with people such as yourselves who bring in said thermos but those where way more relaxed jobs where i could sit back in my chair on break and actually enjoy your coffee and its various attributes but theres a time and a place
Having worked in construction before, I can tell you that something like this is a God send to the guys working up on a roof on a cold day. Or the guys that are 200-300 feet up in the air where no electrical outlet is available. It may not be Starbucks quality, but it's hot, fresh, and readily available.
I thought I was going to see comments complimenting the idea for those without electric access on their particular job but you guys worry about “Starbucks quality”!? Sheesh! Anyway… I agree too, I used to work in pavers and we where mostly working where houses barely had drywall installed. No electricity and our tools were mostly gas powered (hand saw, table saw, compactor etc…). The best we could do on cold weathers was a portable gas stove but nobody wants to be eyeing the water to boil. Sometimes we weren’t allowed to use the stove because of too much exposed wood from the framers. Speaking of stove, they should make a battery powered portable stove. I know, I know, “the batteries aren’t strong enough for heating elements” we are getting close to one. I did saw a small video of a guy trying to make his own battery powered stove, it did work but just adding an egg, cools off the device and has to heat up at the speed of what the batteries can muster (pretty slow) but it was progress!
In New Zealand and Australia, these 2 products are tradies favourites haha, they asked them to make these for years. Being able to make yourself a coffee an some 2 minute noodles out the back of your work Ute is a God send. There are heaps of super large and/or super rural job sites that could have hundreds or even thousands of workers and only a couple power outlets or 1 or 2 coffee shops near by. These products were a game changer. People usually don't even need to buy them too, they're often bundled in for free with an 8-10 piece tool set that most tradies buy when they get into the industry.
Best thing is the only tool that needs to be safety tagged is the charger ....Love my Makita tools and have done for 30 plus yrs from the 240 vlt to the 18v cordless tools ...now days if it has a cord attached I don't want to own it
Demand in NZ and Australia would explain why Makita has a coffee brewer while no other power tool company I’m aware of does, given Makita’s massive popularity there (from what I’ve heard).
There's something weirdly satisfying about this brewer. Every single component clicks into place. And the look is so industrial that it has a very high contrast to the purpose of the machine. It's facinating!
@@certaindeaf8632 They are the last independent power tool manufacturer left and have a massive range of tools. This coffee maker isn't the weirdest one by far :D And you get what you pay for, also with Makita.
I've worked as an electrician in the northern US. In the wintertime the ability to make a hot cup of coffee in my car was a godsend. Just reach in the back, yoink a battery out of my bag, and bob's your uncle. Also, tradesmen are just large children with power tools. You'll get made fun of for anything on the job site, but the coffee machine will turn into a game. Can we make attic coffee? Can we make coffee under the house? Can we rope up some lights before the coffee is done? All kinds of shenanigans. It's easy overthink this little guy, but I worked residential jobs. We didn't have break rooms or anything like that. We just had to go to our cars for lunch. Sometimes the closest gas station was an hour away and this thing got the job done more than a few times. For the people that could use it, it's great. For the people that don't it's silly.
Use a camping stove. Use it safely and you'll have no issues. If you can't use it safely, you probably don't belong on a construction site with lots of dangerous things. 😆
@@fitybux4664 Now you have to transport a stove + something metal to boil the water in + the fuel source. instead of an overpriced coffee maker that you write off as a business expense
@@fitybux4664Eh, wouldnt let people touch real fire on a site 😂 It goes rapidly from boiling water to lighting my cigarettes whike boiling coffee to can we tune the stove to be a flamethrower….
@birtalanlorant5572 I work in the oilfield where you need a permit to have an open flame or you get fired. I almost bought one of these for my night shifts since it'd make me the most popular guy on site and it gets below -40 often in the winter here in the Alberta sands
Four months ago, TH-cam randomly suggested this video to me. Four months later, I'm a proud owner of an AeroPress, 1ZPresso Q2, and a plethora of coffee beans from around the world. Thank you James, for being you.
That's weird, it did the same for me, except I really didn't drink coffee before and only have become interested in coffee since. The videos are so much more interesting than I thought, that it's just entertainment value.
The industrial setting, the moustache, the barbershop quartet. And a quirky coffee contraption to match. James continues to push coffee content to greater heights, and I am buckled in for the ride.
I feel like short film making has been elevated to new heights. The world will look back on this day as a watershed moment and some day I'll tell my grandkids I was here at the very beginning.
Credentials: Heavy Civil Construction Inspector. I own this coffee maker. While it may not brew the perfect cup of coffee it does something else. It provides a sense of normalcy and comfort. I work a lot and by a lot, I mean peak season can be 16 hours a day for 6 days a week. It's not always during the day either it can be nights doing a bridge deck pour. We (construction workers) give much of our time during the season to building roads and buildings, spending that time miles away from family and friends doing arduous work. If this provides one opportunity to have a little normalcy like our counterparts in the office in our day it's worth it. The coffee maker is well received on the job site. I am the envy of most I meet when I pull it out to use. I've used it to make coffee, hot water for tea, and hot water to make a cup of ramen noodles or instant oatmeal(just so I don't have to eat fast food again). All may not be first-rate meals or drinks but they do provide a warm meal or often drink when I need it most. From the first cup of coffee in the morning to the last cup of tea while I drive home, I appreciate this tool for all its worth. Side note don't own the kettle but the coffee maker gets it done in a smaller space.
- The 12V battery is very small indeed - *But* at most worksites would use 18V batteries, 5/6Ah, so in energy about 5 times more - Batteries on a larger jobsite you'll find by the dozens and loads of chargers (even ones who charge 4 batteries at the same time) - The point about this thing is is that the location where there is electricity from the grid could easily be a few floors away from where you're working or want to have your fresh coffee in peace. - On a jobsite extention cords (and especially long heavy duty ones) are expensive, always in your way and get broken by leprechauns - And I know at least two guys who this device almost daily, they're very happy with it, beats coffee from a thermos. They don't grind their beans fresh, I'll pass on your idea of using a drill :)
Not to mention you don’t have to lug the coffee maker around like a thermos. Leave it out, in the job box, tool bag. Along with the coffee and water- no need to lug that back and forth to home either. It’s a portable off grid set up.
I work for a government scientific organisation and regularly find myself in (literally) the field with a toolbox full of Makita 18V batteries and tools. I can charge my batteries in the hotel before going out to the site (which might be three hours away in the middle of nowhere) and then brew up using this. It's a great idea. Mains isn't always where you need it.
I've done jobs out several hours into the woods during fire season so this would have been perfect. I've got a buddy that used to work IT on the oilfields of west Texas where the only connection to mains was marred by "Wind, rain, dust, dust, and aerosolized rock particles." and a clipboard just sitting outside would have a dust coating in 10 minutes. Have something like this in the work truck and you'd be g2g.
Excellent video! As a barbershop harmony singer myself, I must applaud your quartet - they were quite good! Only missed opportunity was for them to use the "thorough beep" as their pitch pipe. 😂 That moment did give me quite a good laugh, though!
1. A hot cup of fresh coffee is a huge morale boost at a cold construction site 2. Those batteries are interchangeable with pretty much any other Makita power tool so it's not like you're carrying tons of extra batteries just for the coffee maker 3. It's made by Makita so you know it's going to be durable and don't have to worry about it bouncing around in the back of a truck 4. You can use it when fishing, farming, etc where you can't plug in a normal coffee maker
We bought that for our dad last christmass, and he said with thousands of dollars worth equipemnt that is his favorit and most important for the resones you just said, especialy at cold polish winters, hot coffe on contruction sight is a blessing
James should do a review of zojirushi flasks... and how that affects the coffee. Apparently the metal is made up of some of those precious types which keeps it hot even after like 9 hours... Was skimming those on Amazon of late. Almost bought one, but am still thinking about it... (Am a bit impressed that he found a 1980s Ghost Busters' Flask's ! LOL....)
I worked as a remote drill rig inspector and having this in my truck was a game changer. I would drive 300 kms between sites and having this thing brewing while driving was practical. I had the older version of this one which was probably the better one because you can swap from battery power to shore power by switching the cable. I’ve since left that industry and haven’t used it but I have used it while camping quite a bit but only on shore power.
Having worked with builders, I can say that the streptypical mockery would absolutely happen, but only if there is another coffee machine on site. If there isn't another, you will be heralded as a god for having this thing. As far as use case, This feels like it was more made with rural sites in mind, like the US where you might have a 2 hour drive out to a site, and I know that every tradesman will A) generally stay loyal to whatever tool ecosystem they choose because loyalty is beneficial rather than just one of each, and B) Have multiple batteries ready basically always. Add in the general... disdain for proper coffee preparation like an aeropress/V60, and the general American lack of kettles makes the kettle much less attractive. Builders like the simple drip machine, set it and come back in a minute stuff.
Flip side of rural sites is that if you are that far out, you'll have a generator with you. Just get a cheap drip coffee maker and plug it into the genny.
@@TacoMaster3211 I'm a fencing contractor, most days the only power I have on site is my Makita batteries. I've even switched to a battery chainsaw to cut in my stay posts.
Coffee of choice? Folgers classic. Even though everyone and their dogs prefers Folgers Colombian (at least all the people I have spoken to), Classic is the workplace choice of coffee. I guess its to keep you from getting too attached to work.
Been working in the trades for a few years now and got one of these as a gift about a year ago, because I use makita tools. Truth is that ive been given no abuse at all! I've only received multiple compliments on it where people are jealous, and then debated on getting makita tools XD At many job sites the boss will bring a drip coffee maker, but they tend to get extremely dusty while working (especially drywall work) so it can't sit pre-made for long at all (as well as being in one location that could be on the opposite side of a complex to where you're working). Also compared to the 50 lb+ toolboxes the coffee maker is extremely light and portable (usually you'll own 5-6 batteries minimum of your brand if you're more established with them). I entirely see why they seem silly, but they were designed well for their expected environment :)
I appreciate the real-life on-the-job review. I do agree as to why they don't have the AC option. It's not like you don't have a power source at the job site.
I'd like to see Ryobi make an electric kettle since I use their fans when I travel for dog shows (and my primary brewer is an Aeropress so I just need hot water). Having the same battery for both would be great.
@@jeffhunt2262 ikr! even if he only got two 18V batteries, he should prioritize them for the coffee maker. We all already know how great the aeropress is and a kettle is just a kettle, he can get hot water from another source. we don't need demonstration on using kettle!
I got this coffee maker for Fathers Day and was amazed that it ate up a 4 Ah battery with 2 cups. But hey, I can have as hot cup of coffee while sitting in the duck blind, on the boat, at the zoo, in my car, in a tent, in a house, with a mouse, on a train in the rain........ I don't even care that it makes a mediocre cup of Joe. The reaction when this comes out of a Mikata hard case in front of my buds who are expecting to see a drill or whatnot is priceless.
This may be apocryphal, but I heard a story back around when those things first came out that Makita originally produced it as a kind of joke, or marketing exercise to show off how powerful their batteries are, never expecting to actually sell very many. But it has proven way more popular than expected, and that is why it is still in production. I think the idea is that if you already have a truck with a dozen or more of these batteries in it and you regularly charge them up 4 or 8 at a time every day, burning up one extra battery charge to make coffee is no longer a comically silly idea. I also think that you are discounting how filthy most job sites are. If everything is covered in plaster dust or worse, you probably don't want to pull out an Aeropress.
I basically do what an electrician would do, with the same sort of tools. Regularly on jobs we'd have 1-2 chargers on, with about 6 or so batteries floating around
I feel like this video was made for me personally! I use Makita tools and I bought this coffee maker... It wasn't good. So I got an Aeropress for site, thanks to your channel, and it's great!
Started off my Saturday morning watching the latest Scott Brown Carpentry video and then this absolute gem from James. I knew it was going to be brilliant when he pulled out the Sesame Street lunch box! Bit of a Makita fan boy myself but I'm not sure that James would have appreciated the irony (?) of the Makita drill in the De Walt tool belt.
Reminds me of when i built power plants in the US. We European engineers brought in an espresso machine while the US colleagues stayed with a drip coffee maker. I as the Steam turbine guy became responsible of the espresso machine because its a hot water machine.
Of course, it is used for the top two main purposes: Brewing some good coffee for lunch while 10 miles in the air and sitting on a support beam in a construction site. Enjoying some fresh industrial coffee inside a plane next to your power tool.
Reminds me a lot of Alton Brown. He (Alton/James) is really great at breaking down the fundamentals of good (food/coffee), but his true passion is entertaining audio-visual media.
I can see where this would be useful. If you're on a jobsite that's using a generator for power with no open outlets available I don't think asking to unplug something that might be important in order to plug your coffee maker in would go over very well. This would be especially useful if one of the things that's plugged in is a charger with a bunch of Makita batteries on it. You could use the kettle and aero press, but a massive kettle, an aero press, and a mug is going to be harder to carry around than a tiny coffee maker. Plus you would be using two batteries that workers could be using on their tools instead of just one.
As a framer, i can't stress how nice it is to have a fresh hot cup of coffee just around noon hour when you are working in -20 celsius weather. I work through the winter and often in the country where there is no café or mcdonalds (not that i would ever want to drink that crap!). I remember one very cold day, a guy living next to the house we were building brought us a large thermos filled with freshly brewed coffee he made with a french press. It was not only amazing coffee, but it was exactly what we needed to get through the rest of the day! I still remember that day because of how nice it was and that got me thinking about bringing stuff to work to make coffee.
Im a Canadian framer too but I just bring a thermos full of coffee everyday 1.5l and the coffee from McDonald's is awesome dude and I will die on that hill lol
@@JohnWayneCheeseburger I shouldn't say 'crap', it is better than Tim Hortons and ive certainly had way worse. But if i had a choice, im drinking my coffee over McDonalds every time. Lol
Sometimes i think, now this time he finally got totally nuts. And then I think: No, wait. This is absolutely lovely. It fills me with happiness and gratitude.
I used to be a security engineer, I'd travel the whole of the UK and most sites don't have ways to get a drink if you're not staff, and the ones that did would require you paying out a lot of money for a really shit cup of coffee, so I personally can understand why someone would have something like this; being able to make a cup of coffee whilst waiting for a weld to cool down (UK safety law requires you to be on site for an hour after a weld repair at an active workplace because of fire risk) would be lovely
"most sites don't have ways to get a drink if you're not staff" - This is just ridiculous. Especially if you have a contracted engineer on site who is generally expensive. "Yeah, you cost us almost £ 100 per hour, but you cannot use our coffee machine which costs us another £ 0.50 per cup".
@@vonnikon I hardly think a plasma source hotter then the sun, and concentrated into a tiny spot will make for evenly brewed coffee. Would however make a lovely hole in your kettle and a lot of cold water on the ground.
@@fr89k : Wow... I just never clicked... About this kind of thing when I was consulting too. I now realised why my sandwich was stolen from me. Yeh... I've been on the other end of the spectrum too... Of being perm but seeing highly paid consultants. At the end of the day... The taxes go to the same pot. Sometimes I'm lucky that I'm alive. At least I wasn't socially engineered to do drugs...Sorry, I did at uni and I kicked that woman out of my life. Or that I tried to kill myself like many of my peers. That self harm moment just topples. 'Be kind' is an understatement... It's funny what we block from our memories... I just remember Arndale. 7/7. Tubes stopping... Or so my old uni friends keep telling me about how big smoke is.
Sadly I live in Australia and we only see the bare bone basic range of Makita tools. I prefered when their stuff was made in Japan. All we see now in products made in China. Not sure why we don't see the made in USA stuff.
I suspect that the coffee-machine was made so that Makita has a fun gift to give it's best sales people. But it also looks like it is better protected against the environment of a building site than most other coffee makers. Also: The performance on 12v batteries is mostly a curiosity. Everyone will have an abundance of 18v batteries, and one or two will always be charging.
@@m.n152 I was looking for the person who caught that as well - it seemed a bit unfair to use the 12V for the coffee vs *two* 18V for the kettle. If you've only got 12V then the kettle is useless; if you're running on 18V drills, why would you use a smaller one?
This video is a fever dream. I barely got over the fake stache and the incredible intro, when the barbershop ad sucker punched me, before the surprise kettle as a finisher. Outstanding job by James and his team.
This is helpful when you’re camping in a “no fire” park where you hiked in and aren’t allowed to build a fire of any sort due to drought conditions or wind. Or when the weather is so bad you can’t leave your tent. Having the ability to not only make coffee but be able to boil water for MRE style meals can be a godsend. What would be nicer is a set of solar panels to charge a battery station for off grid stuff. When you’re able to have a fire, great, have one. But when you’re not able to make one for various reasons and don’t have a means to then boil some water you’re gonna have a bad time and these solve some of those issues pretty handily.
James Hoffman is the only TH-camr who would review a coffee machine with a fake moustache and hire a barbershop quartet to sing while he does an ad read
Before the quartet came in I thought the quirkiest thing about the video would be the thermos from the criminally underrated Ghostbusters II. I was wrong.
yep. specific heat is an often overlooked characteristic of water. its got a seriously high specific heat. Water has the highest specific heat capacity of any liquid.
Something to note, most of the time when you see these things in the wild they are on huge construction sites where the workers have access to a store room/equipment room where there would be more than enough batteries lying around for something like this.
Also, it would be a near necessity given some sites are so out of reach of modern convenience that if you wanted some coffee, this is your only option.
We Ran two Battery chargers , eight batteries , the smallest batteries were put on to the drills ( two drills ) , so that you lifted and held less weight .... The bigger batteries went on to the " coffee machine " Next Battery to be charged was placed on top of the battery in the charger , ready for the swap when the charge light changed .
Hi mate, I have one of the earlier versions of the makita coffee maker. I work as a mobile mechanic in remote western Australia, so there have been times where this was a bit of a lifesaver, especially coupled with a grinder for a fresh grind. The earlier version also ran on 240v, as well as battery, which is handy coupled with a solar setup that includes an inverter. Yes, the coffee isn't great, but, it is better than most instant coffee's available in WA!
Most of the contractors/construction guys I've worked with were coffee fiends. While most would hit up some chain coffee joint if you gave them the option of a brew during a break I don't think you'd get mocked so much as you'd have to chain it down.
My dad has been in home remodeling for decades. Chad, one of the guys he worked with a lot, built a coffee roaster into his house (he custom built the ventilation himself). He would give my dad the coffee he roasted. Maybe the most memorable cup of coffee I ever had was a French press of washed Ethiopian brewed by my dad with a cheap Bialetti ceramic burr hand grinder, roasted by Chad. Chad said it should taste like blueberries. When I tried it, I couldn’t believe it actually tasted like blueberries. That was at least 5 years ago and My dad and I have both been converted into weird coffee people thanks to Chad
A someone who worked in construction for a few years I can tell that someone that has a coffeemaker on site is respected like a god. Hard phisical work and early starts especially at the winter time, there were days when I would have sold my soul for a cup of coffee. Most sites have vending machines but those rarely work or give coffee that's any good. I only saw a Makita coffee maker once on site most of the times people just bring a cheap coffee maker along with the tools. If it were me I'd go for a ketle and a french press simply becauseof the high demand for coffee. I knew a guy who even sold his brew.
All of the small details are really what makes this. The tiny pastry for lunch, using water labeled "DO NOT USE". Truly a piece of art, and James makes a very believable;e construction worker
Omg I love this so much! I was shook when he brought the kettle out! 🤣 I think this is the best video James & his team has put out. BRAVO 👏🏽 And kudos to Makita for making these items. But I agree that just a cup, an aeropress, the drill operated grinder & the battery operated kettle is a much better set up. ☕️
I’m an archaeologist and we work on sites in the middle of very distant “fields”. These fields don’t have electricity. Coffee is important, very important, especially at 645am. So the options are 1. Small gas stove and stove top brewer (4 ‘espressos’ in 4 mins) - which I did for several years until the fun police stopped the use of camping gas stoves (no matter how small your cooker). Or 2. This thing - we have an espresso version. We don’t use power tools, so the batteries are dedicated. James - it’s a fight - who get the coffee and who doesn’t…..
@@zeeeeeeebbra8305 open fire and smoke in a place with very delicate things, flamable tarps and tents and very, very, very far away from the nearest fire department. Heck, you can't even use an open fire in a camp music festival that has it's own fire department on site for obvious safety reasons.
@@guguigugu yes and no. Yes if you are happy to get up even earlier and spend the effort to brew coffee at home at 5am. No if you 1. Want more time asleep and 2. Have 10 people on your site that all want fresh coffee!
now i'm getting inspired to use an impact wrench for a timemore hand grinder rather than buying $200 electric grinder, damn this could kill home grinder industries.
As a former tradesperson I can see this being super useful. Get it brewing in the morning while you set up your tools and saws for the day. Drink a cup of coffee while evaluating the work site for what needs to get done for that day. Any good tradesperson has batteries on charge all day anyways so it shouldn't be an issue.
The drill on the mill life hack reintroduced me to coffee after years away. I was a barista for 8 years before getting accepted to med school. Left coffee behind because I can't spend $100+ on an electric burr grinder and don't want to spend 15 mins cranking the hand grinder every day. But already own a drill so problem solved. Thank you for helping me fit this small joy back into my daily routine!
I think one thing that needs to be kept in mind, is the fact that, the target audience for the brewer is likely going to be proper construction workers, where there will be plenty of the larger high-power batteries to spare for all of the tools they use through the day. The smaller battery that you used with the machine is more for light home use, you use that with your lighter duty tools for any fix-up jobs you might have at home, since you dont need power for quite a few hours, just a few minutes.
Yeah i am electrician that works with one other person, we have a truck full of instruments and tools, we have around dozen 5000 and 6000 mAh 18V Makita batteries with us and multiple chargers. Sure we use just a normal electric teakettle and instant coffee but there are many times we shut off electricity completely so this would have some use. But i am a tea guy, i drink around 1L of tea on workday via thermos so i dont need this. but a lot of people would find this god tier to have in work vehicle.
i am a contractor since the 1980s and I love my Makita tools of which I have a very large assortment , but I dont need the coffee maker , thank for a fun show!
I’m an Electrician in The US and this video literally manifested all my thoughts when I saw the Makita water kettle. There are times that we don’t have power in the job yet, so the water kettle and a aeropress would perfect.
I keep the small coffee maker in my truck. The thing about this coffee maker is it emits a high pitch sound so I'll start it in the truck and let it brew, then come back to drink. That small cup in the middle of the day really helps when I'm working. It's not perfect by any means, but it's compact, easy to clean, and the right amount for me.
@MarekMoowi it's such a niche thing and only really is good when I'm craving coffee in the middle of the day and I'm in a rural or remote area. Again the size and the fact I already have makita batteries and water means if I bring a little package of coffee grounds I'm set for my coffee "needs" whenever they may be.
@@ashton9699 I can buy makita battery adapters to make it run through an outlet or come up with something to go from the cxt side to a 12v vehicle plug. I just haven't gotten that crazy yet. I have so many makita lxt batteries that it really hasn't been an issue for me especially since I don't brew every day with the thing.
@@MarekMoowi nope, builders drink coffee too I bring a regular electric pot to boil water and make coffee, and I've seen people with the coffee maker on sites Makita also make handheld radios for music while you work too They just make stuff that construction workers bring to work anyways, only it works with the batteries in your tools so it's practical
The next big trend will be pairing a hand grinder with a power drill: It's brushless, it's battery powered, it's variable speed, it's variable torque, it's single dose. What's most important is that the resistance from the coffee beans in the grinder would provide feedback to the hand for optimal control for different types of beans. Perfect for espresso connoisseurs who want to experiment with different grind variables just like with coffee machines.
Imagine, you could plug it in and charge the batteries. Having a charger and a coffeemaker in a single device would be 10/10, especially if you could take it off grid at any second.
@@timetraveler_0 But this would be a double battery charger, so you wouldn't need to bring another charger. Keep the chargers at the shop, and this in the field.
I appreciate the sound design. All those clicks when you load and unload different pieces bring quite a level of satisfaction. And if it is a sort of ritual-thing, like a lunch break, this can be quite important.
as someone that does purely commercial construction [hvac] this is absolutely a good thing. running long extension cord for power is not efficient so portable power is an absolute must and walking 10 minutes away to brew a cup is a huge waste of time and resources so the more convenient something can be the better
As someone currently on a building site, I would get mocked for bringing in a coffee machine like that, simply because it would take too much time to make coffee for everyone
The builders on our house had this. They’d take turns. It provides a 10 minute ritual for your hot drink, limits chances for grit in your coffee, and they all had the bigger batteries to hand. They preferred it to the aeropress coffee we offered them.
A pretty solid usercase is when youre working in a house that doesnt have power, maybe if youre an electrician doing installations or when constructing a house from scratch before you have a proper power setup and youre pouring concrete or raising walls, or maybe doing roofing where you cant just "pop in and grab a cup". Maybe you have a small shed where you make stuff and you dont have enough outlets, or power for everything that might be running at once, for everything, which gives you a choice to just use the spare battery for the powerdrill and make a cup of coffee. I dont think its a bad product at all.
Battery is almost a moot point here since you only buy this coffee machine if you or your company has already bought into the Makita battery tool selection and in which case you would have numerous batteries + chargers anyways. Also you selected the smallest battery, a typical battery drill would have a 18V and getting on for 4Ah battery so much greater quantity of energy stored.
I get this point - but it seems like such a frustrating way to get power to a coffee machine. You load it into a battery (presumable offsite), lug it around, then discharge it to brew a cup of coffee. You can get a 240ml cup from the larger batteries, but that's still not that much coffee. I feel like the kettle is a better choice if you do have that many big batteries around because you can actually make good coffee, and enough for multiple people too.
@@jameshoffmann where I work we recently had builders in to do some jobs. They told me that these things are loved as some sites (like my office) will have it in the contract that builders can charge batteries but nothing else! So this is a efficient work around for that rule 😉. They also said that they bring so many batteries to site that it never runs out of power.
@@TJChallstrom916-512 yes. This is not for the 11 O'clock break but for the way-too-early wake up call. Probably for the electrician setting up the power for everybody's kettle.
Growing up, my step-dad was a builder and I would spend most of my afternoons on site. Based on the stack of empty coffee cups in the corner, and the excitement when we showed up with pies and a selection of lattes and long blacks, coffee is the thing that gets them through the day. The fact that it's Makita would be the icing on the cake
The tool industry occasionally produces one of these novelty items, usually around the holidays. They know it's silly. There's a coffeemaker run via the DMX lighting control protocol for live entertainment staff. The following year, they did a DMX toaster.
This is pure TH-cam gold. On an unrelated note, it is hard to put in words how wide my grin was when I saw you using a power tool to drive the hand grinder's axis. I've been doing this for a couple of months now and (despite how convenient it is (and no downsides so far)) I always felt a bit weird. Watching you do it made me feel 100% validated on my effort, so thank you for that.
The key is to look completely indifferent while you do it. The first grind is perfect. Maybe a slight look of focus -- not concern, but just absorption with an everyday task. With that, the viewer feels weird for thinking it's weird.
I began using my combi drill after the square bit rounded on my hand grinder. I'm an aeropress carpenter my colleagues think I'm nuts but they all comment on how good the grinder smells
Being a manual laborer. I think the best thing about this thing is that you don't have to sit in the shitty little shed set up for lunch time. You can go somewhere else on site and enjoy your coffee and lunch. In regards to battery power for the thing. Most sites have tons of battery recharging and batteries available, so you just grab a few when you go on lunch and put them back on their chargers afterwards. The dedicated lunch place on any decent size site will always have power and probably also have preinstalled coffee machines, but if you are the type of person who don't like to eat your lunch in these places then maybe this product is interesting for you. Maybe you just like to be alone in your car or you found a bit of nature to sit in, then this thing gives you an option of not engaging in the usual and doing your own thing. I wouldn't buy it because I don't like to drink coffee at lunch, too much coffee just makes my stomach act up, but if I liked coffee at lunch I might find it an interesting purchase.
When I used to build elevator cores and we were getting past the 6 floor, it was easier to eat my lunch up in the core instead of coming down and wasting time climbing down and up. If I had this I would probably live in the cores 24/7
I've heard told from commercial construction friends in some jurisdictions (NYC) that all power tools must pass rigorous electrical inspections and will often fail, so going battery for EVERYTHING but the charger eliminates the issue. Once that is the plan, a battery powered coffee maker makes much more sense.
I bring mine to track day and I love it lmao. I race in a grassroots rallycross series and there’s no power where we are at. I just love the simplicity of scooping out of a bag of Folgers (after all, this coffee is more a “get the job done” sort of thing), pouring in some water, and having a nice delightfully mediocre cup of coffee. It just feels so silly to use, and I use some back alley Amazon special 6.0Ah batteries for all my Makita stuff so, so I have like three of them. My impacts can run for many weeks of use on these batteries, and I can get three cups out of each one. I feel like it’s the right niche product for when you don’t want to put in any more effort than you have to to make a cup, and you have a lot of cheap batteries as your only source of surplus electrons.
A friend of mine uses one when he's working on remote construction projects, where what limited power is usually reserved for tools (or battery chargers). He loves it. I dont think he knows about the kettle, though
The kettle is just from this year so very very recent. Still 170 euro for a kettle is a bit much for 90 euros you have the koffie maker and use that for tea ☕
It's a miracle anyone could put a smile on my face today. It was the Square Space commercial. The minute you stood up & turned around, started speaking, and THEN the quartet chimed in! 😆 THAT'S what not only made me smile, but I actually let out a giggle at the goofiness of it all! Thank You James! Just, Thank You. ❤️
I was working on a substation build in the country, we didn't have our temp power source set up yet. I already have makita tools, so plenty of 18v batteries. It doesn't brew all that much h coffee, but it's much better than nothing. Also, my truck has a 120v power inverter. It cannot handle the power draw of a regular coffee maker or kettle, but it can charge drill batteries all day. The only shit I got from co workers is that I couldn't really make enough coffee for everyone. This is a neat, and very innefiecint coffee maker. I didn't know they made a kettle... already looking I to it.
As a deck builder, who also does restoration work, there were times when power was either not available on the exterior of the house, or simply too far away. So, I went cordless, meaning everything from drills, impact drivers, saws to my favorite 10" sliding compound miter saw. No fuss, no worries. Having 30+ plus batteries from several years helped out a bunch. This is where that little coffee maker comes in handy. We builders need to do what works for us, no matter where we are at, and what we are building. So it is totally useful. I couldn't care less what anyone else thinks, or has to say about it.
@@MD-en3zm I understand its usefulness but i think it just falls to an aeropress and a battery powered kettle. Smaller, lighter, more control and better coffee. I think this existing in a world with the aeropress makes little sense
This is the first device I was actually interested in. My dad has always used Makita tools, and he likes coffee even if it's bad (and honestly, my parents' coffee is always terrible). This device is perfect for him.
"We must remain loyal to our power tool maker (Makita)!" All while stuffing their batteries into a DeWalt branded tool belt hahahahaha! Best video yet James.
When we had our kitchen done the joiner brought one of these along - the kitchen had no power, and we weren't best inclined to let him come into the rest of the house as we were trying to keep it dust free as we had a 6mo baby at the time (yeah, terrible timing) - also his boss was doing an absolutely terrible job of the whole project so the emotions weren't the greatest. He loved it for exactly this reason - he could brew the coffee he wanted at anyone's house, without having to rely on their mugs/kettle/pot of instant, but he did have to ask me to pop his batteries on charge overnight and unplug them once they were full!
This turned up in my recommendations, I clicked because Makita. But you, I know you. You made coffee with Tom Scott! Such dedication to set building and props, wow. And an actually correct breakdown of the battery situation, that is not so common on the non-electronics side of youtube. Colour me thoroughly impressed! OH MY GOD the sponsor slot. These production values are insane.
@@cmmartti Maybe so, but are you going to use over half a battery's charge to make a single small cup of "just ok" coffee? Making decent sized cups for the whole crew will use a lot of battery power. Honestly, if you're going to brew fresh coffee for the crew, get the Makita kettle, a plastic drip brew cone, and a double walled metal carafe.
@@lizcademy4809 If you're working with those batteries properly, you have double chargers and large enough sized batteries as to where these issues shouldn't be too big at all
The battery that is recommended for this (and is very common in a makita toolbox) is a 18v and 5ah ah battery, which would be 96Wh per battery. Makita says that battery is good for 3 cups and obviously once its hot the second and third cup come out faster. So say you're working on a site with 0 electricity, that means everything thats powered is powered by you. You have a choice of having a portable generator/massive vehicle inverter to power you corded tools, or you have a bunch of chargers rigged to a powerstrip in the back of your van that combined draw 600 watts which can be done on a stock alternator. During lunch you just have this coffee machine going to brew coffee for yourself and maybe some of the other guys. One battery devoted to coffee is nothing if this is something you do every day at lunch, its better and way more space efficient than a generator or giant power station to power a real coffee machine. Also I'd like to say, makita has officially released a hunting version that is forest green, to go along with their new line of hunting equipment. No where in the middle of the woods are you getting a 1500w outlet, but a single makita battery giving you 3 mornings worth of coffee, and without a noisy generator or super heavy 1500w capable battery pack?
Just wait until you hear about Yamaha. You want a motorcycle? Yamaha. You want a grand piano? Also Yamaha Or General Electric. Light bulbs and mini guns. Hitachi is there too with personal massagers and 120mm self-propelled mortars
Well, just to add to that: I have a Kawasaki Leafblower, I thought they only made motorcycles. By the way, the leafblower is great, it has always started without too much fuss for quite many years now (despite my poor maintenance skills).
I once sold a Makita cordless power drill in the local paper. Six months later, I received the very same one back as a Christmas present from my brother-in-law, minus the power pack.
When you look at other tool companies like Dewalt and Milwaukee, they make a large number of rediculous things, like battery powered heated coats, or branded plastic handled hammers. If you've ever been on a jobsite in December, you'd realize the galaxy-brained nature of a portable coffee maker.
Haveing ridden motorcycles through English winters a heated jacket or gloves is not as daft an idea as it sounds if you can't feel your hands and feet how are you going to work controls in a sensible fashion.
@@owen368 yep or as someone who worked beer delivery and could spend hours in a 20 degree freezer only to return to a 0 degree outside, having a heated jacket is a very good idea.
Heated sweaters are SO nice. Really nice in the fall where the weather goes from sweater weather during the day to jacket weather at night. Also obviously great in the winter to just add some more heat with less bulk.
While I agree that the Kettle is a better option, I know when I was working on a (admittedly rather large) cattle station/farm we had about 6-7 batteries in the work ute at all times which charged when the engine was on. So the battery problem isn't so much of a problem. We'd just light a fire to make tea and coffee but I think the kettle might be a lot faster and easier.
Bringing a large thermos with already hot water was the option for me. It stayed hot for almost 18 hours and just brang tea or coffee (either instant or an aeropress).
I have a kettle and an aeropress at my office...ofc it's a medical office with power, but I agree with the kettle. Besides, kettles have many other potential uses, too.
I could see how both would work better in different situations based on my own set up. I work in a team of 3 in a truck. some weeks we have the dual cab truck, some weeks the single cab, and we generally have 'smoko' outside at which ever park we are close to. While the others will generally buy a $5 cap from a nearby cafe, I'd preferer to save the daily cost. in the dual cab the kettle would be perfect as I can put stuff on the spare seats, so plenty of room for the large kettle, the areopress, a mug, and 2 batteries, however in the single cab all of our stuff (food and tools) all have to go into the small tool boxes in the back, not much room so a small coffee maker, with mug to fit, and 1 battery would be the better call.
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When I was in construction, my coworker bought one of these and it was awesome. When we brought it out, people did indeed think it was weird...for all of 3 seconds and then asked if we could make them a cup. At one point in turned into a game of "where is the weirdest place we can make coffee?". 35 feet in the air in warehouse joists, on a moving forklift, in the middle of a job site meeting, in traffic, etc.
Self control was the hardest part. We hadn't had unfettered access to coffee before and I ended up drinking so much that I could see 3 days into the future and communicate with bees. It also upped my cigarette consumption because waiting for a cup to brew was the best excuse for a 5 minute break. So I did the healthy thing and quit construction and cigarettes.
To really answer your question: Novelty. That's about it. I've also used regular plug-in cheapo coffee makers and they were way better but not as fun.
Classic!
lol, this is gold
😂😂👏👏👏
I’m picturing the jobsite and laughing so much 😂
I love it!
I live in New Orleans and bought one of these a while back. When we lost power during Hurricane Ida last year this was a game changer for me, as I couldn't justify starting the generator just for coffee... during the roughly 10 days I was without power I was able to have fresh coffee both in the morning and for standing guard against looters at night thanks to this thing, and could top up the batteries whenever I ran the generator. Probably made 30 cups in that time period, which wouldn't have been possible without it. For most people it's stupid, but as an emergency/SHTFdevice it's a great way to keep a bit of normalcy (and caffeine) which is HUGE for morale.
@daniel Slindee..... case in point 2 mate.....
They’re pricey, but the battery “generators” that are basically a lithium battery and inverter packaged together are really handy. With one of those you could run a small traditional coffee maker along with other small stuff that plugs into a regular outlet. Gives the ability to have a few hours of low load power without needing a generator running.
A camping stove, hand grinder, and Aeropress seem like a much more affordable and versatile option. At least you can also cook with a camping stove.
@@n1lla Yeah, lots of options boiling water gear, Moka Stove Top Coffee Maker is the one I used the most when camping :)
I live in Chalmette, and we just boiled water on the gas stove and used a French press. No battery necessary. Save the generator for the fridge and the window unit in the bedroom. As much as I'm a Makita lover, the coffee pot just seems like a step too far.
I recently had a contractor replace my roof, and I warned them upfront that the amenities of my home were limited because of extensive renovations.
They used a bitumen blow torch at the lowest setting to heat a large Moka pot. A week later, the roof was done and my whole garden was fertilized with coffee grounds.
Blow torching moka pot sounds so awesome :D
brilliant
@@kjeksomanen two compressed thing at once, I don't think that meet the safety standart
@@JhonJrCoffee one have a safety valve and the other is spewing a live flame so there is more problems than just the pressure.
Brilliant
The best part from this video for me was using the power tool to grind on the manual grinder. It even fits in the stock head of the tool, no adaptor needed! Tried a batch now and it went through literally in seconds. This will change my life for the better. No longer will I have to flex my muscles every god damn morning. Thanks James! You rock!!!!!!
I would be careful about doing this with a hand grinder. They have not been built with an electric motor in mind, and this almost certainly would void the warranty. The cheaper grinders might break easily and cause an injury, and expensive ones, while well-built, are expensive to replace if broken. But if aware of these caveats and still okay with it, why not.
@@S3lvahSome were built for an electric motor in mind
It doesn't just make coffee, it makes friends too.
So is your good ol' home brew coffee brought along in your good reliable thermos.
But good Sir, I really like how you phrased it - it's the best commercial line for this coffee maker I could ever imagine.
Hopefully your new friends can lend you their spare batteries.
Not if you hog your friend's battery pack and render it unusable during job.
Very very patient ones, presumably
@@oumarh.gassama8063 whilst i do apreciate good coffee im afraid when ive had a hard day on the job labouring you could honestly just offer me cafinated toilet water i am too tired and too worn down to give your coffee the respect it deserves i just need the caffeine
ive worked jobs that have seen me nailing monster energy drinks 1 can a hour for 8 hours with double cups of coffee at breaks every 2 hours just to get through the day
ive also worked jobs with people such as yourselves who bring in said thermos but those where way more relaxed jobs where i could sit back in my chair on break and actually enjoy your coffee and its various attributes but theres a time and a place
Having worked in construction before, I can tell you that something like this is a God send to the guys working up on a roof on a cold day. Or the guys that are 200-300 feet up in the air where no electrical outlet is available. It may not be Starbucks quality, but it's hot, fresh, and readily available.
How is "Starbucks quality" a thing really
Starbuck quality is BAD.
I thought I was going to see comments complimenting the idea for those without electric access on their particular job but you guys worry about “Starbucks quality”!? Sheesh!
Anyway…
I agree too, I used to work in pavers and we where mostly working where houses barely had drywall installed. No electricity and our tools were mostly gas powered (hand saw, table saw, compactor etc…). The best we could do on cold weathers was a portable gas stove but nobody wants to be eyeing the water to boil. Sometimes we weren’t allowed to use the stove because of too much exposed wood from the framers. Speaking of stove, they should make a battery powered portable stove. I know, I know, “the batteries aren’t strong enough for heating elements” we are getting close to one. I did saw a small video of a guy trying to make his own battery powered stove, it did work but just adding an egg, cools off the device and has to heat up at the speed of what the batteries can muster (pretty slow) but it was progress!
I wish starbucks quality was as quality as you think it is.
@OnoRey 王の嶺 but they are consistent.
In New Zealand and Australia, these 2 products are tradies favourites haha, they asked them to make these for years. Being able to make yourself a coffee an some 2 minute noodles out the back of your work Ute is a God send. There are heaps of super large and/or super rural job sites that could have hundreds or even thousands of workers and only a couple power outlets or 1 or 2 coffee shops near by. These products were a game changer. People usually don't even need to buy them too, they're often bundled in for free with an 8-10 piece tool set that most tradies buy when they get into the industry.
Really interesting facts!
Definitely an application, especially in outback inland Queensland this makes sense for something good.
Truly a working man's product
Best thing is the only tool that needs to be safety tagged is the charger ....Love my Makita tools and have done for 30 plus yrs from the 240 vlt to the 18v cordless tools ...now days if it has a cord attached I don't want to own it
Demand in NZ and Australia would explain why Makita has a coffee brewer while no other power tool company I’m aware of does, given Makita’s massive popularity there (from what I’ve heard).
you can tell this man hasn't worked in the trades because one cup of Makita coffee and you're a legend
There's something weirdly satisfying about this brewer. Every single component clicks into place. And the look is so industrial that it has a very high contrast to the purpose of the machine. It's facinating!
Makita is a Japanese tool manufacturer and are known for their tool precision, tight build quality tolerances, and tool balance/feel.
@@conradcoolerfiend They've also sold some budget tools not made in Japan, under the Makita brand. Not all great. Wonder where this thing was made.
my guess is your keyboard has cherry mx blue in it ;)
To me it looks like a toy, sort of small and shiny cheap plastic
@@certaindeaf8632 They are the last independent power tool manufacturer left and have a massive range of tools. This coffee maker isn't the weirdest one by far :D
And you get what you pay for, also with Makita.
The Makita Kettle, honestly, was a twist of a product I was not expecting.
The Makettle, if you wish.
Makita kettle saves the day!
The purpose of the kettle is to drain your buddies batteries when he isn't looking!
That was amazing. Laughed out loud
@@f.g.5967 A missed opportunity for a name if ever there was one. Brilliant!
I've worked as an electrician in the northern US. In the wintertime the ability to make a hot cup of coffee in my car was a godsend. Just reach in the back, yoink a battery out of my bag, and bob's your uncle.
Also, tradesmen are just large children with power tools. You'll get made fun of for anything on the job site, but the coffee machine will turn into a game. Can we make attic coffee? Can we make coffee under the house? Can we rope up some lights before the coffee is done? All kinds of shenanigans.
It's easy overthink this little guy, but I worked residential jobs. We didn't have break rooms or anything like that. We just had to go to our cars for lunch. Sometimes the closest gas station was an hour away and this thing got the job done more than a few times. For the people that could use it, it's great. For the people that don't it's silly.
Use a camping stove. Use it safely and you'll have no issues. If you can't use it safely, you probably don't belong on a construction site with lots of dangerous things. 😆
@@fitybux4664 Now you have to transport a stove + something metal to boil the water in + the fuel source. instead of an overpriced coffee maker that you write off as a business expense
@@Shemegory this guy gets it
@@fitybux4664Eh, wouldnt let people touch real fire on a site 😂 It goes rapidly from boiling water to lighting my cigarettes whike boiling coffee to can we tune the stove to be a flamethrower….
@birtalanlorant5572 I work in the oilfield where you need a permit to have an open flame or you get fired. I almost bought one of these for my night shifts since it'd make me the most popular guy on site and it gets below -40 often in the winter here in the Alberta sands
Four months ago, TH-cam randomly suggested this video to me. Four months later, I'm a proud owner of an AeroPress, 1ZPresso Q2, and a plethora of coffee beans from around the world. Thank you James, for being you.
That's weird, it did the same for me, except I really didn't drink coffee before and only have become interested in coffee since. The videos are so much more interesting than I thought, that it's just entertainment value.
funny how that sounds like exactly whats happening to me :d
@@heikkiaho6605 one of us, one of us, one of us!
@@TheProgGuy same.
But do you have a Makita coffee maker?
The industrial setting, the moustache, the barbershop quartet. And a quirky coffee contraption to match. James continues to push coffee content to greater heights, and I am buckled in for the ride.
I feel like short film making has been elevated to new heights. The world will look back on this day as a watershed moment and some day I'll tell my grandkids I was here at the very beginning.
Kudos to Makita, for inspiring James to bring his video production to a whole new level. Enjoyed the entire video, including the sponsor segment 😉
Totally agree!
*[pulls seat belt even tighter than before]*
I was waiting for him to break into Village People routine.
Credentials: Heavy Civil Construction Inspector.
I own this coffee maker. While it may not brew the perfect cup of coffee it does something else. It provides a sense of normalcy and comfort. I work a lot and by a lot, I mean peak season can be 16 hours a day for 6 days a week. It's not always during the day either it can be nights doing a bridge deck pour. We (construction workers) give much of our time during the season to building roads and buildings, spending that time miles away from family and friends doing arduous work. If this provides one opportunity to have a little normalcy like our counterparts in the office in our day it's worth it. The coffee maker is well received on the job site. I am the envy of most I meet when I pull it out to use. I've used it to make coffee, hot water for tea, and hot water to make a cup of ramen noodles or instant oatmeal(just so I don't have to eat fast food again). All may not be first-rate meals or drinks but they do provide a warm meal or often drink when I need it most. From the first cup of coffee in the morning to the last cup of tea while I drive home, I appreciate this tool for all its worth.
Side note don't own the kettle but the coffee maker gets it done in a smaller space.
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Inspectors do not do "work". They are there to annoy the craftsmen and to add costs to the buyer. They do nothing else.
@@FaustsKanaalinspectors also keep arrogant bozos who think they know it all in check so they don’t ruin people’s lives by taking shortcuts
- The 12V battery is very small indeed
- *But* at most worksites would use 18V batteries, 5/6Ah, so in energy about 5 times more
- Batteries on a larger jobsite you'll find by the dozens and loads of chargers (even ones who charge 4 batteries at the same time)
- The point about this thing is is that the location where there is electricity from the grid could easily be a few floors away from where you're working or want to have your fresh coffee in peace.
- On a jobsite extention cords (and especially long heavy duty ones) are expensive, always in your way and get broken by leprechauns
- And I know at least two guys who this device almost daily, they're very happy with it, beats coffee from a thermos. They don't grind their beans fresh, I'll pass on your idea of using a drill :)
exactly the point of this, JH missed the idea that there are batteries everywhere if you use makita tools thus you just pick any
Plus a lot of sites are 110v only and will have a fit if you try and bring 240v stuff to site.
Not to mention you don’t have to lug the coffee maker around like a thermos. Leave it out, in the job box, tool bag. Along with the coffee and water- no need to lug that back and forth to home either. It’s a portable off grid set up.
I work for a government scientific organisation and regularly find myself in (literally) the field with a toolbox full of Makita 18V batteries and tools. I can charge my batteries in the hotel before going out to the site (which might be three hours away in the middle of nowhere) and then brew up using this. It's a great idea. Mains isn't always where you need it.
I've done jobs out several hours into the woods during fire season so this would have been perfect. I've got a buddy that used to work IT on the oilfields of west Texas where the only connection to mains was marred by "Wind, rain, dust, dust, and aerosolized rock particles." and a clipboard just sitting outside would have a dust coating in 10 minutes. Have something like this in the work truck and you'd be g2g.
Excellent video!
As a barbershop harmony singer myself, I must applaud your quartet - they were quite good!
Only missed opportunity was for them to use the "thorough beep" as their pitch pipe. 😂 That moment did give me quite a good laugh, though!
1. A hot cup of fresh coffee is a huge morale boost at a cold construction site
2. Those batteries are interchangeable with pretty much any other Makita power tool so it's not like you're carrying tons of extra batteries just for the coffee maker
3. It's made by Makita so you know it's going to be durable and don't have to worry about it bouncing around in the back of a truck
4. You can use it when fishing, farming, etc where you can't plug in a normal coffee maker
We bought that for our dad last christmass, and he said with thousands of dollars worth equipemnt that is his favorit and most important for the resones you just said, especialy at cold polish winters, hot coffe on contruction sight is a blessing
Don't forget camping!
Did you forget about a thermos?
@@ohanaross-roberts97 Coffee goes stale sitting in a thermos, it just doesn’t have that ahhhh satisfaction of freshly brewed coffee 😊
@@KT-ki6gz nah, coffee made from my Moccamaster in a thermos will always be better than the Makita.
He’s basically making gold content for Hames Joffmann at this point
But will Hames shave for the thumbnail?
Joffmann is probably furious. James is stealing Hames' thunder at this point.
He’s cosplaying *as* Hames Joffmann in this video
When I started the video I had a moment of confusion, "Wait, is this James' or Hames' channel?"
Came here to say this
When I was working on sites, in the field, or on the roads. My go-to kit was a JetBoil to heat the water (gas, boils 500ml in
Gas is the way to go when you don't have access to electricity.
My thoughts exactly. A jet boil does everything these machines do but better, cheaper and lighter.
That actually sounds sane and has no place in these comments 🤣
Same set up for hiking trips
James should do a review of zojirushi flasks... and how that affects the coffee. Apparently the metal is made up of some of those precious types which keeps it hot even after like 9 hours... Was skimming those on Amazon of late. Almost bought one, but am still thinking about it... (Am a bit impressed that he found a 1980s Ghost Busters' Flask's ! LOL....)
I worked as a remote drill rig inspector and having this in my truck was a game changer. I would drive 300 kms between sites and having this thing brewing while driving was practical. I had the older version of this one which was probably the better one because you can swap from battery power to shore power by switching the cable. I’ve since left that industry and haven’t used it but I have used it while camping quite a bit but only on shore power.
Having worked with builders, I can say that the streptypical mockery would absolutely happen, but only if there is another coffee machine on site. If there isn't another, you will be heralded as a god for having this thing.
As far as use case, This feels like it was more made with rural sites in mind, like the US where you might have a 2 hour drive out to a site, and I know that every tradesman will A) generally stay loyal to whatever tool ecosystem they choose because loyalty is beneficial rather than just one of each, and B) Have multiple batteries ready basically always. Add in the general... disdain for proper coffee preparation like an aeropress/V60, and the general American lack of kettles makes the kettle much less attractive. Builders like the simple drip machine, set it and come back in a minute stuff.
AEROPRESS MASTER RACE
Flip side of rural sites is that if you are that far out, you'll have a generator with you. Just get a cheap drip coffee maker and plug it into the genny.
@@TacoMaster3211 I'm a fencing contractor, most days the only power I have on site is my Makita batteries. I've even switched to a battery chainsaw to cut in my stay posts.
Coffee of choice? Folgers classic. Even though everyone and their dogs prefers Folgers Colombian (at least all the people I have spoken to), Classic is the workplace choice of coffee. I guess its to keep you from getting too attached to work.
Archaeologist here that has done remote O&G survey work, I would have killed for one of these
I love how he included the grams of battery in the recipe.
Right up there with donuts per ml.
This video almost feels like it was made in honour of Hames Joffman. Can't wait to see the unhelpful summary.
Yup. That was brilliant.
Been working in the trades for a few years now and got one of these as a gift about a year ago, because I use makita tools. Truth is that ive been given no abuse at all! I've only received multiple compliments on it where people are jealous, and then debated on getting makita tools XD At many job sites the boss will bring a drip coffee maker, but they tend to get extremely dusty while working (especially drywall work) so it can't sit pre-made for long at all (as well as being in one location that could be on the opposite side of a complex to where you're working). Also compared to the 50 lb+ toolboxes the coffee maker is extremely light and portable (usually you'll own 5-6 batteries minimum of your brand if you're more established with them). I entirely see why they seem silly, but they were designed well for their expected environment :)
And I don't understand why he use the 12V on the coffee maker, he should try using the 18V
@@m.n152 I'm really not sure given that he used them for the kettle XD
I appreciate the real-life on-the-job review. I do agree as to why they don't have the AC option. It's not like you don't have a power source at the job site.
I'd like to see Ryobi make an electric kettle since I use their fans when I travel for dog shows (and my primary brewer is an Aeropress so I just need hot water). Having the same battery for both would be great.
@@jeffhunt2262 ikr! even if he only got two 18V batteries, he should prioritize them for the coffee maker. We all already know how great the aeropress is and a kettle is just a kettle, he can get hot water from another source. we don't need demonstration on using kettle!
I got this coffee maker for Fathers Day and was amazed that it ate up a 4 Ah battery with 2 cups. But hey, I can have as hot cup of coffee while sitting in the duck blind, on the boat, at the zoo, in my car, in a tent, in a house, with a mouse, on a train in the rain........ I don't even care that it makes a mediocre cup of Joe. The reaction when this comes out of a Mikata hard case in front of my buds who are expecting to see a drill or whatnot is priceless.
This may be apocryphal, but I heard a story back around when those things first came out that Makita originally produced it as a kind of joke, or marketing exercise to show off how powerful their batteries are, never expecting to actually sell very many. But it has proven way more popular than expected, and that is why it is still in production. I think the idea is that if you already have a truck with a dozen or more of these batteries in it and you regularly charge them up 4 or 8 at a time every day, burning up one extra battery charge to make coffee is no longer a comically silly idea. I also think that you are discounting how filthy most job sites are. If everything is covered in plaster dust or worse, you probably don't want to pull out an Aeropress.
I love it and always wanted it. Haha but I'm a Dewalt guy
I basically do what an electrician would do, with the same sort of tools. Regularly on jobs we'd have 1-2 chargers on, with about 6 or so batteries floating around
To be fair I use the aeropress at work but keep it up front in the office.
I’m loving the kettle that runs on the battery’s. I bet that is popular
@@Kryynism You can always get an adaptor for your battery! I wonder how it would go with one of those fancy power stacks.
I feel like this video was made for me personally!
I use Makita tools and I bought this coffee maker... It wasn't good. So I got an Aeropress for site, thanks to your channel, and it's great!
Happy birthday to you both ;-) thx. Gr8 Reno’s
Started off my Saturday morning watching the latest Scott Brown Carpentry video and then this absolute gem from James. I knew it was going to be brilliant when he pulled out the Sesame Street lunch box! Bit of a Makita fan boy myself but I'm not sure that James would have appreciated the irony (?) of the Makita drill in the De Walt tool belt.
This is the crossover I was looking for lmao
Lova ya Scotty!
Scott Brown here!
Reminds me of when i built power plants in the US. We European engineers brought in an espresso machine while the US colleagues stayed with a drip coffee maker. I as the Steam turbine guy became responsible of the espresso machine because its a hot water machine.
You've gotta stay onside with Union rules for sure.
Yeah, imagine of having a hot water machine as an OSHA violation.
Sounds about OSHA lol
Next step plumb your steam turbines into espresso machine.
Can you steam some milk by tap out some steam from the turbine? This will be the craziest and most powerful steam I ever seen.
Of course, it is used for the top two main purposes:
Brewing some good coffee for lunch while 10 miles in the air and sitting on a support beam in a construction site.
Enjoying some fresh industrial coffee inside a plane next to your power tool.
I am enjoying James Hoffmann's high budget descent into madness
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This video is art.
Pure art
Reminds me a lot of Alton Brown. He (Alton/James) is really great at breaking down the fundamentals of good (food/coffee), but his true passion is entertaining audio-visual media.
This is no longer a coffee channel. It is now an art channel, where coffee is simply the subject being discussed
This needs to be pinned
always has been
fact on fact on fact
Agreed
In Canada, if you rolled onto a job site with that, you’d be a legend. The only problem is you’d have people bugging you for coffee all day
BYOB, Bring Your Own Battery 😂
@@Lintukokojust get a dc adapter that has the correct battery configuration.
Time to ask money for it then
@@devilmay but this thing is made for places where there is no socket yet, It is for construction workers you know.
@@devilmaynot a bad idea, but at that point you may as well have a regular coffee maker with a standard plug. But, then again, why not have both? 🤷♂️
I can see where this would be useful. If you're on a jobsite that's using a generator for power with no open outlets available I don't think asking to unplug something that might be important in order to plug your coffee maker in would go over very well.
This would be especially useful if one of the things that's plugged in is a charger with a bunch of Makita batteries on it. You could use the kettle and aero press, but a massive kettle, an aero press, and a mug is going to be harder to carry around than a tiny coffee maker. Plus you would be using two batteries that workers could be using on their tools instead of just one.
As a framer, i can't stress how nice it is to have a fresh hot cup of coffee just around noon hour when you are working in -20 celsius weather. I work through the winter and often in the country where there is no café or mcdonalds (not that i would ever want to drink that crap!). I remember one very cold day, a guy living next to the house we were building brought us a large thermos filled with freshly brewed coffee he made with a french press. It was not only amazing coffee, but it was exactly what we needed to get through the rest of the day! I still remember that day because of how nice it was and that got me thinking about bringing stuff to work to make coffee.
I miss reading the first part of your post and thought you were a farmer. And I'm just thinking "You darn kids and your Cryo-Corn!"
Im a Canadian framer too but I just bring a thermos full of coffee everyday 1.5l and the coffee from McDonald's is awesome dude and I will die on that hill lol
@@JohnWayneCheeseburger I shouldn't say 'crap', it is better than Tim Hortons and ive certainly had way worse. But if i had a choice, im drinking my coffee over McDonalds every time. Lol
@@dive2drive314 ya timmies has fallen from the top for sure. Whats your favorite coffee? I really like Mexican beans myself.
But then why not bring small gas operated stove like campers use get metal kettle brew water and aeropress?
Sometimes i think, now this time he finally got totally nuts. And then I think: No, wait. This is absolutely lovely. It fills me with happiness and gratitude.
always keeps u guessing and on the edge of ur seat
It can be both. Hehe
No better words mate well said
Those two are by no means mutually exclusive, you know.
I used to be a security engineer, I'd travel the whole of the UK and most sites don't have ways to get a drink if you're not staff, and the ones that did would require you paying out a lot of money for a really shit cup of coffee, so I personally can understand why someone would have something like this; being able to make a cup of coffee whilst waiting for a weld to cool down (UK safety law requires you to be on site for an hour after a weld repair at an active workplace because of fire risk) would be lovely
If you are welding, then you have more efficient means to heat some water for coffee... 😄
"most sites don't have ways to get a drink if you're not staff" - This is just ridiculous. Especially if you have a contracted engineer on site who is generally expensive. "Yeah, you cost us almost £ 100 per hour, but you cannot use our coffee machine which costs us another £ 0.50 per cup".
@@fr89k Never underestimate how petty people can be of contractors and consultants.
@@vonnikon I hardly think a plasma source hotter then the sun, and concentrated into a tiny spot will make for evenly brewed coffee.
Would however make a lovely hole in your kettle and a lot of cold water on the ground.
@@fr89k : Wow... I just never clicked... About this kind of thing when I was consulting too. I now realised why my sandwich was stolen from me. Yeh... I've been on the other end of the spectrum too... Of being perm but seeing highly paid consultants. At the end of the day... The taxes go to the same pot. Sometimes I'm lucky that I'm alive. At least I wasn't socially engineered to do drugs...Sorry, I did at uni and I kicked that woman out of my life. Or that I tried to kill myself like many of my peers. That self harm moment just topples. 'Be kind' is an understatement...
It's funny what we block from our memories... I just remember Arndale. 7/7. Tubes stopping... Or so my old uni friends keep telling me about how big smoke is.
Sadly I live in Australia and we only see the bare bone basic range of Makita tools. I prefered when their stuff was made in Japan. All we see now in products made in China. Not sure why we don't see the made in USA stuff.
Maybe the US is really far away?
We can buy anything in the range mate, thy're all 18v!. Bunnings has these coffee makers too
You can get this from
Bunnings mate. I’m in melbourne
Order from the UK, we make ours here 😊
Special Orders from Bunnings, it's on the website with reviews, people have purchased it through online ordering
I suspect that the coffee-machine was made so that Makita has a fun gift to give it's best sales people. But it also looks like it is better protected against the environment of a building site than most other coffee makers. Also: The performance on 12v batteries is mostly a curiosity. Everyone will have an abundance of 18v batteries, and one or two will always be charging.
nah, construction worker need fresh coffee too
It's silly that he use the 12V battery, and not try it using the 18V
@@m.n152most likely the 18 V batteries were charging for the boiler demo
@@m.n152 I was looking for the person who caught that as well - it seemed a bit unfair to use the 12V for the coffee vs *two* 18V for the kettle. If you've only got 12V then the kettle is useless; if you're running on 18V drills, why would you use a smaller one?
This video is a fever dream. I barely got over the fake stache and the incredible intro, when the barbershop ad sucker punched me, before the surprise kettle as a finisher. Outstanding job by James and his team.
i wasn't sober enough for this surreal review
And don't forget the drill-grinding without any regard for optimisation of drill speed except for speed, truly outstanding indeed!
That was a fake stache? Then again I'm a first time viewer.
@@Moissanyte I'm a first time viewer as well. I thought that this channel was a construction equipment review channel at first.
@@Moissanyte He should grow a real one!
This is helpful when you’re camping in a “no fire” park where you hiked in and aren’t allowed to build a fire of any sort due to drought conditions or wind. Or when the weather is so bad you can’t leave your tent. Having the ability to not only make coffee but be able to boil water for MRE style meals can be a godsend. What would be nicer is a set of solar panels to charge a battery station for off grid stuff. When you’re able to have a fire, great, have one. But when you’re not able to make one for various reasons and don’t have a means to then boil some water you’re gonna have a bad time and these solve some of those issues pretty handily.
James Hoffman is the only TH-camr who would review a coffee machine with a fake moustache and hire a barbershop quartet to sing while he does an ad read
And not seem absolutely insane *
You forgot the ending to your sentence haha
What barbershop quartet? I didn't see a barbershop quartet.
@@EnderSavesTheDay the 4 guys who came in during the Squarespace ad and sang. If you skipped the ad, you missed them.
@@cloud_tsukamo Actually the first time I've watched out a complete ad ... 😂
Before the quartet came in I thought the quirkiest thing about the video would be the thermos from the criminally underrated Ghostbusters II.
I was wrong.
I think this is a really great demonstration of how much power boiling water actually needs. There's a a reason for the tea time power surge
yep. specific heat is an often overlooked characteristic of water. its got a seriously high specific heat. Water has the highest specific heat capacity of any liquid.
@@ZE0XE0 and ridiculously high heat of vaporization, which also increases the power usage.
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Is the "tea time power surge" real? I'm an American so I genuinely don't know.
@@Slay_No_More sitting here wondering the same thing. I am an european folk
That was, by far, the best sponsor break of a TH-cam video I've ever seen.
Came to the comments section for this
His ad reads are definitely getting up to Jay Foreman or Ryan George territory.
That 90s worker moustache fits you like a charm. Also, this is the first time i truly enjoyed and rewatched the sponsoring lmao, what a gem of video
Something to note, most of the time when you see these things in the wild they are on huge construction sites where the workers have access to a store room/equipment room where there would be more than enough batteries lying around for something like this.
Also, it would be a near necessity given some sites are so out of reach of modern convenience that if you wanted some coffee, this is your only option.
We Ran two Battery chargers , eight batteries , the smallest batteries were put on to the drills ( two drills ) , so that you lifted and held less weight .... The bigger batteries went on to the " coffee machine "
Next Battery to be charged was placed on top of the battery in the charger , ready for the swap when the charge light changed .
Hi mate, I have one of the earlier versions of the makita coffee maker. I work as a mobile mechanic in remote western Australia, so there have been times where this was a bit of a lifesaver, especially coupled with a grinder for a fresh grind. The earlier version also ran on 240v, as well as battery, which is handy coupled with a solar setup that includes an inverter. Yes, the coffee isn't great, but, it is better than most instant coffee's available in WA!
It’s a shame this one doesn’t plug in, it would make it ten times more useful!
@@jameshoffmann It does plug in! You just need the battery to outlet adapter
with the aero press as long as u have a way to boil coffee i think its the best mobile option for making coffee
I am (often) in SW WA and can think of many situations when it is not safe to assume there will be power or a coffee shop nearby.
@@shakirabdulaziz3286 Can you provide a link to such an adapter as I can't find anything? Makita certainly don't list it as an accessory.
Most of the contractors/construction guys I've worked with were coffee fiends. While most would hit up some chain coffee joint if you gave them the option of a brew during a break I don't think you'd get mocked so much as you'd have to chain it down.
Yes. I work for a building products company and our customers go apeshit when we raffle off portable brewers for job sites.
Yeah most guys I work with , carry thermoses...
Pretty accurate
I'd use this everyday
My dad has been in home remodeling for decades. Chad, one of the guys he worked with a lot, built a coffee roaster into his house (he custom built the ventilation himself). He would give my dad the coffee he roasted. Maybe the most memorable cup of coffee I ever had was a French press of washed Ethiopian brewed by my dad with a cheap Bialetti ceramic burr hand grinder, roasted by Chad. Chad said it should taste like blueberries. When I tried it, I couldn’t believe it actually tasted like blueberries.
That was at least 5 years ago and My dad and I have both been converted into weird coffee people thanks to Chad
The production value of this video is just stellar. 💖
What a joy to watch. Thanks James & team! 🤗
A someone who worked in construction for a few years I can tell that someone that has a coffeemaker on site is respected like a god. Hard phisical work and early starts especially at the winter time, there were days when I would have sold my soul for a cup of coffee. Most sites have vending machines but those rarely work or give coffee that's any good. I only saw a Makita coffee maker once on site most of the times people just bring a cheap coffee maker along with the tools. If it were me I'd go for a ketle and a french press simply becauseof the high demand for coffee. I knew a guy who even sold his brew.
All of the small details are really what makes this. The tiny pastry for lunch, using water labeled "DO NOT USE". Truly a piece of art, and James makes a very believable;e construction worker
Omg I love this so much! I was shook when he brought the kettle out! 🤣 I think this is the best video James & his team has put out. BRAVO 👏🏽 And kudos to Makita for making these items. But I agree that just a cup, an aeropress, the drill operated grinder & the battery operated kettle is a much better set up. ☕️
I’m an archaeologist and we work on sites in the middle of very distant “fields”. These fields don’t have electricity. Coffee is important, very important, especially at 645am. So the options are 1. Small gas stove and stove top brewer (4 ‘espressos’ in 4 mins) - which I did for several years until the fun police stopped the use of camping gas stoves (no matter how small your cooker). Or 2. This thing - we have an espresso version. We don’t use power tools, so the batteries are dedicated.
James - it’s a fight - who get the coffee and who doesn’t…..
doesnt a thermos make more sense in this situation
I'm curious, why did they stop the use of gas stoves?
@@zeeeeeeebbra8305 open fire and smoke in a place with very delicate things, flamable tarps and tents and very, very, very far away from the nearest fire department.
Heck, you can't even use an open fire in a camp music festival that has it's own fire department on site for obvious safety reasons.
@@guguigugu it's 6:45 am, are you sure you're going to wake up earlier to prepare a hot thermos of coffee?
@@guguigugu yes and no. Yes if you are happy to get up even earlier and spend the effort to brew coffee at home at 5am. No if you 1. Want more time asleep and 2. Have 10 people on your site that all want fresh coffee!
Using a drill on the grinder was a glorious moment 😂 This whole video was adorably clever.
now i'm getting inspired to use an impact wrench for a timemore hand grinder rather than buying $200 electric grinder, damn this could kill home grinder industries.
As a former tradesperson I can see this being super useful. Get it brewing in the morning while you set up your tools and saws for the day. Drink a cup of coffee while evaluating the work site for what needs to get done for that day. Any good tradesperson has batteries on charge all day anyways so it shouldn't be an issue.
Next to my battery chargers a kettle plugs in
How are you charging batteries without a power supply? If you have a power supply, just plug in a kettle and use an aeropress / cheap coffee maker
@@ronrubble Using petrol driven generators.
@@markwilkie3677 Project Zomboïd vibes 😃
Why not have a kettle? If you have batteries on charge all day? Or a thermos of hot water.
The drill on the mill life hack reintroduced me to coffee after years away. I was a barista for 8 years before getting accepted to med school. Left coffee behind because I can't spend $100+ on an electric burr grinder and don't want to spend 15 mins cranking the hand grinder every day. But already own a drill so problem solved. Thank you for helping me fit this small joy back into my daily routine!
I love how James takes coffee very seriously but still knows how to have fun with it
Why not low pressure sodium or mercury vapor.
Does he? Looks more like Makita has fun with it and James takes it wayyyyyyy to serious.
signs of true professionals I guess
"Maybe I'm falling into stereotypes about builders ..."
Said while dressed as the construction worker from the Village People.
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The moustache suits James well. He should grow a real one and keep it.
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Lol
I think one thing that needs to be kept in mind, is the fact that, the target audience for the brewer is likely going to be proper construction workers, where there will be plenty of the larger high-power batteries to spare for all of the tools they use through the day. The smaller battery that you used with the machine is more for light home use, you use that with your lighter duty tools for any fix-up jobs you might have at home, since you dont need power for quite a few hours, just a few minutes.
I agree carrying that tiny extra battery is nothing in comparison to carrying a bandsaw.
Yeah this thing basically requires a dedicated 5 or 6 amp
Yeah i am electrician that works with one other person, we have a truck full of instruments and tools, we have around dozen 5000 and 6000 mAh 18V Makita batteries with us and multiple chargers.
Sure we use just a normal electric teakettle and instant coffee but there are many times we shut off electricity completely so this would have some use.
But i am a tea guy, i drink around 1L of tea on workday via thermos so i dont need this. but a lot of people would find this god tier to have in work vehicle.
Can confirm, I work construction and batteries are a dime a dozen
@@kieran.grant_ I wish.
i am a contractor since the 1980s and I love my Makita tools of which I have a very large assortment , but I dont need the coffee maker , thank for a fun show!
"Battery to Liquid Ratio" is absolutely going onto my short list for band name ideas.
Battery to Coffee Ratio?
I’m an Electrician in The US and this video literally manifested all my thoughts when I saw the Makita water kettle. There are times that we don’t have power in the job yet, so the water kettle and a aeropress would perfect.
but what happens when your batteries are dead, it's render this machine useless
@@eraser0artem you always have extra batteries and if there is power anywhere they are recharging.
@@eraser0artem all the workers carry a ton of batteries for all of their screwdrivers, nailers, saws. you name it.
@@eraser0artem Most workmen have much bigger batteries and many of them too.
@Jesse but why don’t you just walk into the coffee shop across the street?
I keep the small coffee maker in my truck. The thing about this coffee maker is it emits a high pitch sound so I'll start it in the truck and let it brew, then come back to drink. That small cup in the middle of the day really helps when I'm working. It's not perfect by any means, but it's compact, easy to clean, and the right amount for me.
In my opinion this set is not a real product but more like a merch, a gimmick for brand fans to enjoy.
@MarekMoowi it's such a niche thing and only really is good when I'm craving coffee in the middle of the day and I'm in a rural or remote area. Again the size and the fact I already have makita batteries and water means if I bring a little package of coffee grounds I'm set for my coffee "needs" whenever they may be.
Being that it's 12V, you could easily make this coffee maker just run off the truck itself, rather than eating through batteries for brewing.
@@ashton9699 I can buy makita battery adapters to make it run through an outlet or come up with something to go from the cxt side to a 12v vehicle plug. I just haven't gotten that crazy yet. I have so many makita lxt batteries that it really hasn't been an issue for me especially since I don't brew every day with the thing.
@@MarekMoowi nope, builders drink coffee too
I bring a regular electric pot to boil water and make coffee, and I've seen people with the coffee maker on sites
Makita also make handheld radios for music while you work too
They just make stuff that construction workers bring to work anyways, only it works with the batteries in your tools so it's practical
The next big trend will be pairing a hand grinder with a power drill: It's brushless, it's battery powered, it's variable speed, it's variable torque, it's single dose. What's most important is that the resistance from the coffee beans in the grinder would provide feedback to the hand for optimal control for different types of beans. Perfect for espresso connoisseurs who want to experiment with different grind variables just like with coffee machines.
How are there not thousands of comments about how that was the best ad that humanity has ever born witness too? It was truly marvelous
Yeah like, i don't even need a website but now i want Squarespace
Absolutely, not your generic run of the mill ad, he is quite creative.
Because Ryan George sponsored ads are better than everything else on youtube.
I can think of several people who would put this on their Santa list/ company expenses.
Most people skip ads ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I did.
Imagine, you could plug it in and charge the batteries. Having a charger and a coffeemaker in a single device would be 10/10, especially if you could take it off grid at any second.
Those are standard batteries, so user will probably already have chargers.
I vote for Tec Malo to be the leader of the free world.
I agree! It would've made the extra wait better. Hmm, need a cup of joe and also charge my batteries... *Presents Makita brewer/charger
@@timetraveler_0 But this would be a double battery charger, so you wouldn't need to bring another charger. Keep the chargers at the shop, and this in the field.
If it was also a charger it wouldn’t be an excuse for people to mock you too. Missed opportunity on Makita’s behalf
WOW... I'm speechless. Production, creativity, information... this video is off-the-scale good! Superb.
The barbershop quartet takes his production to that next level. Chefs kiss 👌
Adrian! Same can be said about your content! Just discovered your channel. Amazing work!
@@Thrilos30 Thanks so much C P.
The production quality of your videos are better than most TV shows and I'm here for it 🙌🏽
I appreciate the sound design. All those clicks when you load and unload different pieces bring quite a level of satisfaction. And if it is a sort of ritual-thing, like a lunch break, this can be quite important.
Yep. Sort of like the de rigueur unnecessary shotgun rack in an action movie.
The production and writing are so ridiculously better than a "coffee channel" has any right to be :D Love your videos.
How'd he find a construction worker that looks exactly like him but just had a moustache that was able to deliver so well
It's Hames Joffman!
@@PinataOblongata hahahah, I was just about to type the same thing...
This was the jimfour prototype
as someone that does purely commercial construction [hvac] this is absolutely a good thing. running long extension cord for power is not efficient so portable power is an absolute must and walking 10 minutes away to brew a cup is a huge waste of time and resources so the more convenient something can be the better
As someone currently on a building site, I would get mocked for bringing in a coffee machine like that, simply because it would take too much time to make coffee for everyone
@@raxxer1234 imagine if someone came up with a festool one.
@@SupremeRuleroftheWorld I would love to see one, but would never be able to afford it hahaha
It's not for everyone, it's yours and you keep it in your toolbag
Yeah I'm going to stick to my Stanley Thermos. This looks like a device for that clock sucker who's always trying to hand roll a cigarette.
@@parvashah7887 yeah let me just shove that in my nail bag that will be sweet 😂
The builders on our house had this. They’d take turns. It provides a 10 minute ritual for your hot drink, limits chances for grit in your coffee, and they all had the bigger batteries to hand. They preferred it to the aeropress coffee we offered them.
An excuse for an uninterrupted ritual is something I respect.
We need more of role-playing James - this reminds me of the Bripe episode.
Any time I see a moustache in the thumbnail I drop everything I'm doing and watch
A pretty solid usercase is when youre working in a house that doesnt have power, maybe if youre an electrician doing installations or when constructing a house from scratch before you have a proper power setup and youre pouring concrete or raising walls, or maybe doing roofing where you cant just "pop in and grab a cup". Maybe you have a small shed where you make stuff and you dont have enough outlets, or power for everything that might be running at once, for everything, which gives you a choice to just use the spare battery for the powerdrill and make a cup of coffee. I dont think its a bad product at all.
Battery is almost a moot point here since you only buy this coffee machine if you or your company has already bought into the Makita battery tool selection and in which case you would have numerous batteries + chargers anyways. Also you selected the smallest battery, a typical battery drill would have a 18V and getting on for 4Ah battery so much greater quantity of energy stored.
Agreed. Definitely for a company that is already bought into the Makita ecosystem
I get this point - but it seems like such a frustrating way to get power to a coffee machine. You load it into a battery (presumable offsite), lug it around, then discharge it to brew a cup of coffee. You can get a 240ml cup from the larger batteries, but that's still not that much coffee. I feel like the kettle is a better choice if you do have that many big batteries around because you can actually make good coffee, and enough for multiple people too.
@@jameshoffmann where I work we recently had builders in to do some jobs. They told me that these things are loved as some sites (like my office) will have it in the contract that builders can charge batteries but nothing else! So this is a efficient work around for that rule 😉. They also said that they bring so many batteries to site that it never runs out of power.
You can use battery adapter . Plug it in socket and use it as much as you like.
@@TJChallstrom916-512 yes. This is not for the 11 O'clock break but for the way-too-early wake up call. Probably for the electrician setting up the power for everybody's kettle.
Growing up, my step-dad was a builder and I would spend most of my afternoons on site. Based on the stack of empty coffee cups in the corner, and the excitement when we showed up with pies and a selection of lattes and long blacks, coffee is the thing that gets them through the day. The fact that it's Makita would be the icing on the cake
The tool industry occasionally produces one of these novelty items, usually around the holidays. They know it's silly. There's a coffeemaker run via the DMX lighting control protocol for live entertainment staff. The following year, they did a DMX toaster.
No ArtNet? Pff.
5 pin or 3 pin?
No CAT5E? Pff.
@@mitchbelectronics 5 pin, with RDM addressing.
Is this a 48V phantom power for mics?
The ode to the Village People was chef’s kiss!
This is pure TH-cam gold. On an unrelated note, it is hard to put in words how wide my grin was when I saw you using a power tool to drive the hand grinder's axis. I've been doing this for a couple of months now and (despite how convenient it is (and no downsides so far)) I always felt a bit weird. Watching you do it made me feel 100% validated on my effort, so thank you for that.
My 1zpresso JX-PRO is the only way I'm grinding for espresso at the moment and its a pain sometimes. I'm 10000% going to try this with my drill!
I've done this too!
The key is to look completely indifferent while you do it. The first grind is perfect. Maybe a slight look of focus -- not concern, but just absorption with an everyday task. With that, the viewer feels weird for thinking it's weird.
I just made my own comment above that that was what converted this from goofball to cool on the jobsite.
I began using my combi drill after the square bit rounded on my hand grinder. I'm an aeropress carpenter my colleagues think I'm nuts but they all comment on how good the grinder smells
Being a manual laborer. I think the best thing about this thing is that you don't have to sit in the shitty little shed set up for lunch time. You can go somewhere else on site and enjoy your coffee and lunch.
In regards to battery power for the thing. Most sites have tons of battery recharging and batteries available, so you just grab a few when you go on lunch and put them back on their chargers afterwards.
The dedicated lunch place on any decent size site will always have power and probably also have preinstalled coffee machines, but if you are the type of person who don't like to eat your lunch in these places then maybe this product is interesting for you. Maybe you just like to be alone in your car or you found a bit of nature to sit in, then this thing gives you an option of not engaging in the usual and doing your own thing.
I wouldn't buy it because I don't like to drink coffee at lunch, too much coffee just makes my stomach act up, but if I liked coffee at lunch I might find it an interesting purchase.
The mustache is a good look for you. We need more reviews with mustaches
As a plumber and the son of a carpenter Ive been on sites up and down the east coast for 20 years and Ive never been on one with a break room.
When I used to build elevator cores and we were getting past the 6 floor, it was easier to eat my lunch up in the core instead of coming down and wasting time climbing down and up. If I had this I would probably live in the cores 24/7
I've heard told from commercial construction friends in some jurisdictions (NYC) that all power tools must pass rigorous electrical inspections and will often fail, so going battery for EVERYTHING but the charger eliminates the issue. Once that is the plan, a battery powered coffee maker makes much more sense.
Your silliness is spot on highlighting the brewer, funny though I just converted my Hario grinder to drive with my old power drill 2 months ago.
I bring mine to track day and I love it lmao. I race in a grassroots rallycross series and there’s no power where we are at. I just love the simplicity of scooping out of a bag of Folgers (after all, this coffee is more a “get the job done” sort of thing), pouring in some water, and having a nice delightfully mediocre cup of coffee. It just feels so silly to use, and I use some back alley Amazon special 6.0Ah batteries for all my Makita stuff so, so I have like three of them. My impacts can run for many weeks of use on these batteries, and I can get three cups out of each one. I feel like it’s the right niche product for when you don’t want to put in any more effort than you have to to make a cup, and you have a lot of cheap batteries as your only source of surplus electrons.
A friend of mine uses one when he's working on remote construction projects, where what limited power is usually reserved for tools (or battery chargers). He loves it. I dont think he knows about the kettle, though
The kettle is just from this year so very very recent. Still 170 euro for a kettle is a bit much for 90 euros you have the koffie maker and use that for tea ☕
It's a miracle anyone could put a smile on my face today.
It was the Square Space commercial.
The minute you stood up & turned around,
started speaking,
and THEN
the quartet chimed in!
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THAT'S what not only made me smile, but I actually let out a giggle at the goofiness of it all!
Thank You James!
Just, Thank You. ❤️
This is the first video I saw when I discovered James and his content. Been following since ❤
I was working on a substation build in the country, we didn't have our temp power source set up yet. I already have makita tools, so plenty of 18v batteries. It doesn't brew all that much h coffee, but it's much better than nothing. Also, my truck has a 120v power inverter. It cannot handle the power draw of a regular coffee maker or kettle, but it can charge drill batteries all day. The only shit I got from co workers is that I couldn't really make enough coffee for everyone. This is a neat, and very innefiecint coffee maker. I didn't know they made a kettle... already looking I to it.
A small camping stove is what you seek.
@@bb5242 Lol, that's an open flame. Show up to a jobsite with one and it's the safety man's stove now.
As a deck builder, who also does restoration work, there were times when power was either not available on the exterior of the house, or simply too far away. So, I went cordless, meaning everything from drills, impact drivers, saws to my favorite 10" sliding compound miter saw. No fuss, no worries. Having 30+ plus batteries from several years helped out a bunch. This is where that little coffee maker comes in handy. We builders need to do what works for us, no matter where we are at, and what we are building. So it is totally useful. I couldn't care less what anyone else thinks, or has to say about it.
A bit touchy but ok
Could not agree more.
It’s a great coffee maker. I think people outside its target market just don’t really get its usefulness. I use it daily.
@@MD-en3zm I understand its usefulness but i think it just falls to an aeropress and a battery powered kettle. Smaller, lighter, more control and better coffee. I think this existing in a world with the aeropress makes little sense
This is the first device I was actually interested in. My dad has always used Makita tools, and he likes coffee even if it's bad (and honestly, my parents' coffee is always terrible). This device is perfect for him.
It’s unfortunate Father’s Day passed
@@Brilembi every day is Father’s Day for a great dad!
The reason these are around is because people don't know what to buy people for christmas, birthdays, and fathers day.
"We must remain loyal to our power tool maker (Makita)!"
All while stuffing their batteries into a DeWalt branded tool belt hahahahaha! Best video yet James.
Hahaha, I was just thinking 'ouch... that's like me taking my ALDI bag to Waitrose (or, since I'm dutch; Albert Heijn) :D
When we had our kitchen done the joiner brought one of these along - the kitchen had no power, and we weren't best inclined to let him come into the rest of the house as we were trying to keep it dust free as we had a 6mo baby at the time (yeah, terrible timing) - also his boss was doing an absolutely terrible job of the whole project so the emotions weren't the greatest. He loved it for exactly this reason - he could brew the coffee he wanted at anyone's house, without having to rely on their mugs/kettle/pot of instant, but he did have to ask me to pop his batteries on charge overnight and unplug them once they were full!
This turned up in my recommendations, I clicked because Makita. But you, I know you. You made coffee with Tom Scott! Such dedication to set building and props, wow. And an actually correct breakdown of the battery situation, that is not so common on the non-electronics side of youtube. Colour me thoroughly impressed! OH MY GOD the sponsor slot. These production values are insane.
@@cmmartti Maybe so, but are you going to use over half a battery's charge to make a single small cup of "just ok" coffee? Making decent sized cups for the whole crew will use a lot of battery power.
Honestly, if you're going to brew fresh coffee for the crew, get the Makita kettle, a plastic drip brew cone, and a double walled metal carafe.
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@@lizcademy4809 If you're working with those batteries properly, you have double chargers and large enough sized batteries as to where these issues shouldn't be too big at all
The battery that is recommended for this (and is very common in a makita toolbox) is a 18v and 5ah ah battery, which would be 96Wh per battery. Makita says that battery is good for 3 cups and obviously once its hot the second and third cup come out faster. So say you're working on a site with 0 electricity, that means everything thats powered is powered by you. You have a choice of having a portable generator/massive vehicle inverter to power you corded tools, or you have a bunch of chargers rigged to a powerstrip in the back of your van that combined draw 600 watts which can be done on a stock alternator. During lunch you just have this coffee machine going to brew coffee for yourself and maybe some of the other guys. One battery devoted to coffee is nothing if this is something you do every day at lunch, its better and way more space efficient than a generator or giant power station to power a real coffee machine.
Also I'd like to say, makita has officially released a hunting version that is forest green, to go along with their new line of hunting equipment. No where in the middle of the woods are you getting a 1500w outlet, but a single makita battery giving you 3 mornings worth of coffee, and without a noisy generator or super heavy 1500w capable battery pack?
I love the idea of a company that makes chainsaws branching out into coffee brewing.
Let me know when that happens lol
Just wait until you hear about Yamaha. You want a motorcycle? Yamaha. You want a grand piano? Also Yamaha
Or General Electric. Light bulbs and mini guns. Hitachi is there too with personal massagers and 120mm self-propelled mortars
@@m82m107barrett toyota started with looms and textiles too
Well, just to add to that: I have a Kawasaki Leafblower, I thought they only made motorcycles.
By the way, the leafblower is great, it has always started without too much fuss for quite many years now (despite my poor maintenance skills).
Honda makes lawnmowers and private jets!
I once sold a Makita cordless power drill in the local paper. Six months later, I received the very same one back as a Christmas present from my brother-in-law, minus the power pack.
Keep a spare. Always handy when you don't have time for a malfunction.
When you look at other tool companies like Dewalt and Milwaukee, they make a large number of rediculous things, like battery powered heated coats, or branded plastic handled hammers. If you've ever been on a jobsite in December, you'd realize the galaxy-brained nature of a portable coffee maker.
Haveing ridden motorcycles through English winters a heated jacket or gloves is not as daft an idea as it sounds if you can't feel your hands and feet how are you going to work controls in a sensible fashion.
*ryobi has entered the chat*
Makita had a power vantilated coat in one of their brochures 🤷🏻♂️
@@owen368 yep or as someone who worked beer delivery and could spend hours in a 20 degree freezer only to return to a 0 degree outside, having a heated jacket is a very good idea.
Heated sweaters are SO nice. Really nice in the fall where the weather goes from sweater weather during the day to jacket weather at night. Also obviously great in the winter to just add some more heat with less bulk.
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While I agree that the Kettle is a better option, I know when I was working on a (admittedly rather large) cattle station/farm we had about 6-7 batteries in the work ute at all times which charged when the engine was on. So the battery problem isn't so much of a problem. We'd just light a fire to make tea and coffee but I think the kettle might be a lot faster and easier.
Bringing a large thermos with already hot water was the option for me. It stayed hot for almost 18 hours and just brang tea or coffee (either instant or an aeropress).
I have a kettle and an aeropress at my office...ofc it's a medical office with power, but I agree with the kettle. Besides, kettles have many other potential uses, too.
I could see how both would work better in different situations based on my own set up. I work in a team of 3 in a truck. some weeks we have the dual cab truck, some weeks the single cab, and we generally have 'smoko' outside at which ever park we are close to. While the others will generally buy a $5 cap from a nearby cafe, I'd preferer to save the daily cost. in the dual cab the kettle would be perfect as I can put stuff on the spare seats, so plenty of room for the large kettle, the areopress, a mug, and 2 batteries, however in the single cab all of our stuff (food and tools) all have to go into the small tool boxes in the back, not much room so a small coffee maker, with mug to fit, and 1 battery would be the better call.