The Makita LTX601 is one of the 27 combo kits that Makita industrial power tools offers to home improvement fanatics and professionals of any trade looking for new tools to ease the labor in completing their home improvement or expert tasks.
What is the Makita LTX601? The LTX601 is a 6-piece combo kit that includes a hammer driver drill, a circular saw, a recipro saw, an impact driver, a cut-off/angle grinder and a flashlight.
This particular tool kit is great for those who are serious home improvement laborers or professionals.
Favorable Features Finding the correct combo kit for you is immensely important.
The items you choose to purchase should be the ones that provide you with the most use.
This kit caters to just about any professional or home improvement enthusiast who needs a more advanced tool kit than those generally used by homeowners.
They are generally used for tasks such as drilling holes, fastening and unfastening bolts, cutting material and other such projects.
Here are a few reasons why: Portability:

• All items in the LTX601 are cordless and compact, for maximum on the go use.
  
• The kit brings lithium-ion batteries, which are popular for their slow loss of charge, and an energy efficient charger that can recharge a battery in about 30 minutes, making long projects less troublesome.
  

Power:

• The fact that the tools in this set are made from steel make them very durable.
  
• All the Makita LTX601 tools come at a power of 18V, making it high performance choice for a buyer.
  However, some issues have arisen in where the circular saw looses efficiency as it comes into extended use.
  Even so, the tools in the set have been rated highly (4 out of 5 stars) by purchasers and expert tool reviewing sites give the Makita tools in this set A and B ratings (A meaning excellent and B meaning very good).
  

Comfort/Convenience:

• All the items in the set are designed with soft grip handles to reduce fatigue.
  
• Makita tools are known for being lightweight and heavy on power, and every device in this collection is no heavier than eight pounds.
  The highest weighing devices are the circular saw and the recipro saw.
  
• The set also includes a flashlight to light areas of labor for more than 4 hours.
  

Warranty:

• Makita provides all of their power tools with 3-year warranties and their batteries and chargers with 1-year warranty.
  

Pricing:

• The Makita LTX601 kit has been reviewed as a money saver.
  It is well under budget, costing just below $600 on most purchasing sites, a price that is easily exceeded if these tools were bought separately.
  

The Makita LTX601 is a recommended for those who have above average needs in their home improvement projects because they provide enough performance so that there is no need to hire a professional to do the work.
Certain items have to be purchased separately such as drill bits and protective wear.