9564CV 4-1/2-Inch SJS™ High-Power Angle Grinder

Great, solid, durable, grinder. Fit and finish as expected from Miketa. Highly recommeded for variable speed. Only downside is it is super loud.

The product is great! I've bought a lot!

Dude best grinder ever, the variable speed is so helpful with little parts and stuff like that. So far have no issues with the speed not working and it’s been 2 years of owning it. I am a farmer and make stuff sometimes.

I've not purchased every type of grinder to compare to this Makita, but I purchased this tool for three reasons: good location for the on/off switch, variable speed, soft start. Its the first 4.5" grinder I've owned and I didn't realize how versatile it is. I've already used it for cutting, sanding, grinding, cleaning rust with a wire brush assembly. The tool isn't very heavy, but when grinding, you need to use two hands to keep it steady. It includes a hand grip that can be placed on either side of the grinder (or removed) which is a big help doing body work in tight places when you can't control which way you hold the tool. The variable speed is especially handy for auto body work when you just want to clear away rust with a brush attachment, you put it on low speed and you won't damage the metal. For this reason alone I highly recommend the variable speed. With a brush attachment, I've now done in 6 weeks about 10 years of painting jobs because there wasn't a fast easy way to remove the rust. Well, now I have it. The grinder is very powerful for its size; I was using this at a remote site with a 2000 watt generator, and you can hear the generator labor when you really bear down cutting or grinding (although a 2000 watt generator will produce 16 amps, more than enough for the tool) Its been a while since I bought a tool that I've used this much and enjoyed. I put off cleaning an extremely rusted metal mailbox post for about 10 years. I tried hand brushing, sanders, and couldn't really get rid of all the rust. This tool took it off in under 10 minutes and I had it sealed with some POR-15 all in under 30 minutes. If you're doing more than just cutting, get the variable speed: it makes this tool twice as useful. One oddity: when I received this tool, it was dusty, almost like somebody from the factory with dirty gloves had picked it up and not bothered cleaning it. But the tool looked unused, I wiped it down and it clearly had never been used, and I have no issue, so I don't know if mine is an odd case, or whether the QC guy isn't careful.

I am a professional tile installer and bought this for shaping and polishing tile edges. Good quality grinder and has worked well so far. Has a good range of variable speeds. My only complaint is the on/off switch sucks! It's held up fine it's not a quality issue, it's just the way it was designed. I am constantly struggling to turn it on one-handed when holding a tiling the other. You have to push the switch forward and then roll your thumb on top of it to lock it on otherwise it just turns off again. It's position/location plus a stiff spring in it do not make it I deal for just holding your thumb on it when trying to use the grinder. If you're not going to use the grinder a ton this is all kind of a mute point, it's plenty easy to just turn it on and then go about your business. Just for me, when I'm working and in the middle of a project and constantly grabbing my grinder, it would be nice to have a switch you didn't have to struggle with so much.

My previous angle grinder was a smaller Makita that I had for 20 years that finally died when I worked it a little too hard. This new one is amazing and perfect for my needs.

Performed as advertised

Great little grinder....I first bought a different name brand...(it was yellow)...had similar specs and was a well known name...tried it out for about an hour and the thing got so hot ya couldn't even touch the housing...I looked at this Makita and having already had an older one that I bought over 20 years ago and is still doing the job for me..(not all the wheels etc. fit my old one) I went with this model and it is great....I've had it for over a month now and have put it through some tough work...really like the variable speed settings and slow start up...I did a 6'X18' trailer I'm redoing to remove rust for paint, welding, etc. and it's like a dream...flap wheels, grinding wheels, cut off...doesn't matter it keeps on keeping on...I do blow it out with my compressor blow gun when it gets heavily dirty as I take good care of any of my tools...plenty of power and comfortable to use...I would recommend this grinder to anyone that wants a very nice tool at a decent price....

I’ve used this model of grinder for years it is the best makita ever made the new models are garbage!

Great quality product

Perfect for our application, work a great!!!