Makita BML185N 18 Volt Lithium Ion Rechargeable Flashlight

Customer Reviews

What a great tool

2008-02-24
The flashlight that works with the Makita 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Rechargeable battery from the drill, etc., has proven to be an excellent tool. Great run time, bright, aim-able, even a carrying strap. I love it and recommend it highly.
Makita BML185 18-Volt Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Flashlight

flashlight broke

2008-02-08
1st flashlight broke when i tilted the head. 2nd one they sent right out is working great

Very handy

2008-02-08
If you already have a lot of expensive Makita lithium 18V batteries around for power tools, why not get more use out of them? This is a handy flashlight and only two small gripes: 1) the on/off button should be on the trigger position, not the back and 2) the bulb is conventional - why doesn't this use new, cool, superbright LED's? But it works fine and I do use it all the time.

nice flashlight

2007-12-29
Bought this to compliment my other 18V LXT tools. The filament broke while adjusting the tilt angle. The bulbs are hard to find but the 18v. dewalt replacement bulbs from Amazon worked fine.

Don't worry if you have 1.5 amp hour batteries or 3.0 amp hour batteries for this

2007-09-14
Makita makes 2 different sets of Lithium-Ion tools. The 3.0 amp hour tools (LXT) and the 1.5 amp hour tools (compact). The LXT tools do not work with the "compact" batteries. This can be fixed easily though. The 3.0 amp hour batteries and the 1.5 amp hour batteries both give the same power. There are simply twice as many cells in the 3.0 battery than there is in the 1.5 battery which means that the 3.0 battery will last twice as long. Makita did some market research when they were going to first introduce the 1.5 batteries and found that if a customer put the 1.5 battery on the LXT tools, they tended to say that the tools themselves were no good because of the battery life when in fact it was the fault of the smaller battery. What they did is put a square of plastic on the LXT tools (where the battery slides on) to prevent the smaller battery to fit in the tool. That square does not exist on the 1.5 amp hour tools so the 1.5 amp hour tools will actually take both types of batteries. It is actually very easy to punch out that square of plastic and then be able to use your batteries with the flashlight or any other LXT tool that you may purchase (once the plastic squares have been punched out on the tools). Just be aware that they will last half as long as they would with the 3.0 amp hour batteries. I learned all of this from Makita so I can guarantee that this will not damage your flashlight, the battery, or any other LXT tool.

bright light

2008-07-17
I found the flashlight very useful. You are able to put it in different postions and angles. It is well balanced so it will stand on its on. Very bright and with the lithium 18 volt battery it last for hours.

No issues

2008-04-11
I bought this as it was so cheap and had just purchased a 18v Makita Drill/Driver set with batteries.
It is pretty doggone bright and i love the ratcheting head. Compact, fits in the tool bag, no complaints from me.

review of recent purchase

2008-04-06
I had to send this back because the flashlight was not compatable with the drill batteries as advertized with the purchase and so I was out an additional cost of 11 dollors to send it back. Dwaine Bleyhl

Bright little sucker

2008-02-24
It's a basic flash light that uses the Makita battery. Comes in handy and is very bright.

What a great tool