Black & Decker HPB18-OPE 18-Volt Spring-Loaded Slide Pack Battery For 18-Volt Outdoor Cordless Power Tools

Reviews of Black & Decker HPB18-OPE 18-Volt Spring-Loaded Slide Pack Battery For 18-Volt Outdoor Cordless Power Tools

1.) Black & Decker 18 Volt Battery
Reviewed by: Starr of Michigan Michigan
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Love the idea of being cordless with using this B&D battery. I found the batteries last for 3 years or so, then don't hold the charge long enough for me, so I buy new ones to replace it.

2.) Not what I expected
Reviewed by: Leona Baldridge Lakeland, FL
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I thought a charger came with this product. Now I have to spend more money to buy the charger to make it work.

3.) perfect for my purpose
Reviewed by: T. Brown Virginia
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This blower is sold as a cordless broom for hard surfaces. The blower velocity and charge is perfect to remove leaves and pine straw from my hot tub, patio table, chairs, deck and three flights of outdoor stairs. It is not a leaf blower suitable for big lawns.

4.) Great Back-Up Battery
Reviewed by: L. Graham Mass.
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When I purchased my Black & Decker hedge trimmer, it came with only one battery - no enough to complete my long hedges in a single session. I'd checked in Home Depot for a back-up battery and learned they were not available except with a particular tool. Then I found this Black & Decker battery online through Amazon - the exact same battery as that which came with the trimmer, and couldn't wait for it to arrive. This is a great battery; with it I can now trim the entire length of my hedge without having to wait for a recharge. The battery slides into and out of both the tool and the charging station with absolutely no effort - a very important factor for me since I have arthritis in my hands. I highly recommend it. The price was great as well.

5.) Replacement battery for Cordless drill
Reviewed by: David H. Small Athol "Almont", Ma
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The battery fit my Black and Decker tool as indicated on the website and I now have a functioning tool... Worked as advertised

6.) Lasts alot longer than the battery that came with our grass trimmer
Reviewed by: Austin Guy 2005
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This battery works great and gives a longer running time than the battery that came with our Black & Decker grass trimmer/edger!

7.) great product
Reviewed by: Craig L. Humphrey
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I use these batteries with the cordless trimmer. I get good time out of them. The 18 volt far exceeds my expectations.

8.) Holds a charge very well
Reviewed by: tgtwinkie San Antonio, TX
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This holds a charge very well, holds up when used and charges quickly. Easy and lightweight to handle. Came very quickly when ordered. I guess there's not much more to say about a battery.

9.) Black and Decker Batteries
Reviewed by: dale valley center, ca
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I got this battery for our Black and Decker hedge trimmer. My original batteries are now five years old and one was getting weak on run time on a charge. These batteries are exceptional in how much energy they hold and in keeping their charge. I can run about an hour on a battery and that is a lot of work. We used to have a Home Depot brand hedge trimmer and it was junk. The batteries pooped out in about a year and were over twice the cost to replace and the new ones were junk too, plus their run time was less than half.

10.) Good rechargeable battery
Reviewed by: Susan K. Dunaway Grants Pass, OR, USA
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I have several Black & Decker tools/yard implements that require this battery, and need to replace one every few years or so. This battery is a good one and Amazon's price is the best I've found. I have four now, but will be buying another soon.

11.) HPB18-OPE battery
Reviewed by: David Hutson
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Very good battery. Much better than the battery that came with our trimmer. Great power and run time.

12.) Came as expected, for free
Reviewed by: James Bell Saginaw Michigan USA
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Having bought several B&D products, I never worry about running out of power. Those interchangable batteries make for a lot of product loyalty. Good idea by Black & Decker.

13.) very useful
Reviewed by: mmc Oceano, Ca USA
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I've had tools that use these batteries for about 5 years now. This is a replacement one and I sure can't complain how long they last. I do yard maintenance every week and the tools I have that use these batteries are so handy. Had one battery finally decide not to power up enough anymore, so this is a replacement. I love my tools that use these batteries; easy, lightweight, and long lasting.

14.) Black and Decker Rechargable Batteries
Reviewed by: LAMBOOH ELK GROVE CA
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This was reasonably priced and with the free shipping was cheaper then buying it at the local hardware store.

15.) replacement battery for leaf blower
Reviewed by: J. O'Donnell
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Item received relatively quickly. Received in good shape. Correct item.
Works fine so far. Right price. Saved me from having to go out and buy a whole nother unit. (These blowers come with only one battery now-a-days.)

16.) Regular battery
Reviewed by: mahatma Liverpool, NY United States
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B&D doesn't really tell you the whole story about their batteries...

In my experience, this battery has 1.5 Ah cells, and unless HPB18 to which it is compared to has 1 Ah cells (which I doubt) it cannot have 50% more capacity. 25% is more likely and it was marketed as such for a while.

Adding to other review, I think I figured out number near the battery lock. First, you have manufacturing year and week along with some letters. And then there is three digit number, which tells you cell manufacturer (first digit) and capacity (two last digits). This is what I encountered:

412 - 1.2 Ah cells marked BD (most likely specifically manufactured for B&D) - usually FS18B and HPB18 batteries, but also some 244760. These cells are actually short Sub C (or 4/5 SC) and B&D puts plastic pad inside the battery, so housing has the same exterior size.

115 - 1.5 Ah cells without manufacturer identification

415 - 1.5 Ah cells marked BD

515 - 1.5 Ah cells manufactured by HANYU

All these are marketed as FSXtreme, HPB18-OPE, FS18BX and 244760

421 - 2.1 Ah cells manufactured by BYD - high capacity "Silver Series" FS18SBX. BYD is actually well known Chinese battery manufacturer, nice chunk of whose shares was recently purchased by Warren Buffett.

17.) Addictive and Fun
Reviewed by: Peter Dykhuis Grandville, MI USA
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As one reviewer indicated the interchangeability of the batteries makes the entire Black and Decker 18 volt line very addictive. I find myself looking for tools that work with the batteries.

As for the batteries themselves the big positive is the interchangeability. There are two significant negatives. The first negative is that the charger that comes with the batteries and the tools is a dumb charger that does not tell you if it is complete or not. This is annoying. The second issue is the batteries are slightly anemic. Not bad since they are interchangeable but still a little more power and longevity would be nice. Don't worry though. Black and Decker has a silver series of the batteries that purports to be 40% longer life.

Overall a great system and one I am please with.

18.) Batteries need a good charger
Reviewed by: D.K.
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I've had my battery powered weedwacker for about a year now. It came with 2 batteries and I have no clue where the supplied charger is, I don't use it - it's trash. I've got a big lawn, about 5/8th acre, but I can get it with the 2 batteries, I just have to quick charge the first for a 3rd run with a Schulze Isl6-330. You don't have to have a $200 battery charger. One of the newer $50 RC toy chargers from china will work fine as long as it charges 15 cells, like an X-Charger B6 if you have a 12 volt power supply or a Thunder AC6 charger if you don't. It just won't charge at much over 2 amps, may take 45 minutes or so. My Schulze and HiTec 340 pro will recharge the batteries in about 20-25 minutes, the charge lasts about 15 in the tool. I could charge them faster, but the heat would kill them. I'm looking for a 3rd battery so I can rebuild the first 2 in rotation with premium industrial/RC cells. I have a local battery shop that does this and it will cost no more than buying a new battery and they should last for 3 to 5 years and will have at least 50% more useable time. Sitting on the shelf, stock batteries seem to hold a charge well, I top them off before I use them. It's unfortunate that B&D didn't include a decent computer controlled charger with their tools, it's like they don't understand batteries. I don't consider their expensive FAST one-hour charger to be useable, a decent computer controlled hobby charger like the Schulze identifies the cell chemistries, and charges them for both optimum longevity and use, it doesn't take an hour. A chinese equivelent charger to the Schulze costs about $90-$110.

19.) Battery Packs work great for "awhile."
Reviewed by: kingsyard Springfield, MA
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Although I love my black and decker yard tools, the batteries only seem to last about a year and a half. Pretty soon I will have spent more on the batteries than the tools themselves. I love the tools, so I'll keep doing it, but it's kind of like printers and print cartridges... more money on the cartridges than the printer... I keep a set of three batteries charging so I can always have one ready to go for weed-wacking, blowing, trimming, etc... but, even after 1 and 1/2 years, they would only last about 2 minutes before dying. So, you just have to buy more batteries to get you through another year and a half.

20.) Wish charges last longer
Reviewed by: Walt M. Price
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The Battery charges well and works fine. But the charge does not last long enough...about 20 minutes

21.) long lasting - so far
Reviewed by: dgro5 Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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This is my 3rd battery. The first 2 were purchased 2 years ago with my weed whacker and no longer hold a charge. This one just arrived a few weeks ago and has been extremely reliable. Long-lasting and consistent charge.....but we'll see how long that lasts.

22.) 18 volt weedwacker battery
Reviewed by: gmcsweeney Hawaii
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Yes, I realize that this battery does more than weedwackers but in my case this is my use. so far I like this product quite well. I might pick up 2 more sometime in the future. They are hard to find in the stores here locally. They tend to last about 15 to 20 min a piece. This way I can accomplish entire yard in one attempt, rather than waiting for batteries to charge.

23.) Works as advertised
Reviewed by: Michael Schleicher Erie, Pa
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I purchased the extra battery to extend the useful time I have in using my B and D hedge trimmers. The battery worked as advertised. I`m happy with it.

24.) Review of B & D spring loaded battery for 18-volt power tools
Reviewed by: SG
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This is an excellent battery which delivers as promised and provides approximately 60 minutes of power for a pole hedge clipper. Power diminishes slowly as the battery is used, and recharging seems to take about 4-5 hours. Battery power has been sufficient in trimming even somewhat thick branches and stems.

25.) Lasts & lasts
Reviewed by: R. A. Rasmussen Aiken SC
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It is like my Blower is new again,I can do all my work with just one battery.

26.) haven't used it yet
Reviewed by: M. Vandersloot
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I have 2 of these already so assume all is well. No problems getting here.

27.) B&D 18V Battery
Reviewed by: KB New Jersey
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This battery has about 15 minutes max in it. I love the cordless leaf blower that it powers; but I need 2 batteries to blow off my stoops, patio and pool deck. Charge time is slow, too. Fix that and B&D's outdoor products will be 5-star.

28.) Not that great
Reviewed by: Retired Westchester,Il
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I have read reviews that this battery is 2.1 amps but it doesn't last any longer than the one that came with the blower,

29.) You have to cycle this battery
Reviewed by: designer Metairie, LA USA
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According to the experts at Battery World, you have to deep cycle this battery pack. They suggest that when you finishing using the battery on your tool, connect the battery to the Black and Decker 18V flashlight to discharge the battery fully. Then charge it for 16-24 hours on the slow charger.

30.) Ok battery
Reviewed by: Master Shake Michigan
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Right now I only have the weed trimmer/edger from the 18v line of tools. I am interested in the hedge trimmer, chain saw, and reciprocating saw.

For weed wacking, I am able to do my hold yard once plus the next week, half of the yard on one charge. The other battery seems to almost allow me to do my entire yard. Both came in the box with the tool. I also have a thrid battery in the package still that was a Lowe's special, buy a tool, get an extra battery free.

I dont like the 9hr charge on the battery. Hence why I bought a dual charger that is supposed to charge them faster, we'll see.

I will say that Amazon yet again pulled this list price from Fantasy Land. I have been looking everywhere lately for the best deal on new/refurbed 18v B&D tools, and of course for good deals on batteries. Even B&D sells the 18v battery for 36 USD online. The average price on store shelves that I have found (Lowes/Menards/Sears/Kmart) is 32-34 USD.

31.) Why buy just a battery?
Reviewed by: Brian M. Krahmer Sandpoint, ID USA
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I bought an 18V B&D cordless drill kit about five years ago, and built a house with it. (Subfloor screwing, drywall, metal roofing, etc.). When the batteries finally bought the farm, I thought about just buying a new battery. Why buy one battery for $40 when you can buy a cordless drill kit at china*mart for $69, and get two batteries plus a new drill-driver??? That's what I did. However, let me tell you: the new drill-driver is a POS compared to the version from 5 years ago. My older model has torque settings that go up in 2-pt increments up to 22, and that feature works fairly poorly, but the new one only has 6 settings, and I think overall, the quality is much worse. I'll only buy B&D as a throw-away tool. When you spend 100-150k building a house, cheap junk that gets the job done is okay by me. :) I'd rather have quality tools, though. Wish I could buy a Bosch cordless drill. It would be the bomb.

32.) NOT WORTH THE MONEY
Reviewed by: Love A Good Story Virginia
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These batteries do not hold a charge. I own the whole set of garden tools and I really love them. I have seven batteries to go along with the tools and all of them combined probably hold an hours worth of charge. It just drives me crazy when I am working in the garden and you can,t finish the job your doing because the battery runs out so quickly. I wish Black and Decker could improve these batteries because I really love the line of lawn tools but until they do I won,t be buying any more.

33.) Batteries discharge on the shelf in less than a week.
Reviewed by: John A. Ernst Atlanta
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My first appliance was a dustbuster with the standard 18v battery pack. The charger was a disappointment due to lack of indication and long charge times. However, the battery seemed to last a reasonable period, holding a charge for several weeks while I used the dustbuster occasionally.

I bought a quick charger with LED indicators and have been pleased with the charging performance. I later bought a cordless drill that was sold without a battery. I used the dustbuster battery initially, but found that it didn't support drilling more than 12 - 4 inch screws into pine 2 X 4's.

I then bought an expensive Silver version of the battery, which is supposed to have better capacity. I have been very disappointed with the performance. The duty cycle actually seems to be less than the standard battery and it won't hold a charge for more than a day or two.
I charge the battery completely and leave it on the shelf, not even installed in the drill and when I need to use the drill the battery is often drained to the degree that I can't even mix paint with it.

There is obviously something wrong with the design of these batteries. Too bad, because the tools themselves are decent. I was about to buy another silver battery, assuming that I just happened to get a bad one, but after reading the comments from others with similar experience, I have decided to cut my losses and buy a better product from either Dewalt or Makita. Black and Decker should issue a recall on these batteries and replace them with ones that perform as expected. If they do this, I might consider buying B&D products again in the future.

34.) Does not hold charge
Reviewed by: sara
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I love the Black and Decker cordless products but these 18v batters are horrible. They do not hold a charge and I can only get at best 15 min. out of two of them. Now I have to buy more just to get my small yard done. What a waste of money.

35.) Dead Again
Reviewed by: Stephen E. Issak North Carolina, USA
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It is unfortunate that these batteries loose their charge so quickly. I always keep a spare with me because I know whatever tool I'm using will run out of "juice" after 10 minutes. Come on B & D, battery technology has advanced for other companies.

36.) 2 stars maybe
Reviewed by: luppier
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They hold a charge about 10 minutes. If that is all you need they are ok. Most black and decker stuff is crap. They have good looks, but rarely work. Like most old companies their quality is way down. I wonder why they can't see in the long term that good is better. They just want to put out crap and they don't care if it works or not. Sooner or later , it will catch up with them.

37.) Works good - for awhile...
Reviewed by: wmcot55
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Black & Decker seem to have made a bad decision when they chose to use Ni-CD (Nickle-Cadmium) batteries in their line of cordless tools. For years, everyone has known that NI-CD batteries suffer from battery "memory." Unless they are run down completely each time, they will "remember" how much charge they need to reach a full charge and soon will only take that partial charge.

I tried to eliminate this problem on my B&D tools (cordless drill, string trimmer/edger, and dustbuster) by building a battery discharger using a car light bulb and a couple of clip leads. This helped, but after a few months of use, they stopped holding a full charge.

I began looking for information on the batteries to see if there was something I could do, or if I could find a better replacement battery. I stumbled across a battery on eBay that was listed as a replacement for the HPB18 and I found a seller who was selling 3.0Ah Ni-Mh (Nickle Metal Hydride) batteries to fit these tools. Ni-Mh batteries do not develop a "memory" so they can be charged without being run down. They will charge up to a full charge every time (well, they will get old eventually.) They are a bit more expensive than the B&D batteries, but I ordered one to try. I was not disappointed!

Using my B&D Ni-Cd batteries to trim and edge my lawn required 4 charged battery packs. With the new Ni-Mh batteries, I could do the whole lawn with 1 pack.

The same results happened with my dustbuster. The B&D batteries had to be charged after 2-3 days of brief, intermittent use. The Ni-Mh batteries last well over 1 week!

A few words of caution if you switch to the Ni-Mh batteries: They will charge using the standard, black, slip-on battery chargers sold by B&D, but the charging time will be longer (they are storing more charge.) I would not recommend using the Dual Charger since it is a quick charger and may not be compatible with Ni-Mh batteries (being a bit expensive, I haven't wanted to sacrifice one of my Ni-Mh batteries to test!) Finally, make sure you buy the 3Ah batteries - the same seller is selling lower capacity batteries if you don't need the higher power, but you will probably regret not spending the extra money for higher power batteries eventually.
I now have 4 of the Ni-Mh batteries and they are all working great.

38.) So Disappointing
Reviewed by: K. Stone Fort Worth, TX United States
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I've used the 18-volt batteries for my lawn tools for 2 years now. They are losing their charge. I have two batteries for my edger-trimmer and both of them may get through 30 minutes of weeding and edging. That just isn't cutting it. I'm fed up with them and am going to have to go back to my electric tools which I hate too...however you don't lose power in the middle of a job with an electric or gas powered tool. Love the idea of everything battery powered...but the idea hasn't worked

39.) Unofficially the Better Battery, but...
Reviewed by: D. Charles
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Black and Decker has at least 7 versions of the Slide 18v battery pack. You have no guidance which is better than the other as B&D absolutely refuses to publish the ampere rating or number of contacts of any of them.

Battery identification is poor: Every battery I have seen is marked "244760-00." What good is that in identifying the battery? There are some molded-in numbers but B&D absolutely refuses to tell you what they mean.

On the blister pack for the HPB18-OPE you read "25% more power than the standard battery*" Finding the "*", it says "Compared to the HPB18." Both are the same price on Lowes shelves. B&D absolutely refuses to divulge how these two compare to each other or the FireStorm series.

A Factory Store manager has said two Firestorm versions were once better but have been downgraded this past 12-18 months and are usually worse than the HP18 units. B&D absolutely refuses to divulge any history of the FireStorm 18V batteries.

These batteries will connect to three types of chargers. One will charge the battery in 9 hours, another in 3 hours, and the last in 1 hour. Between the battery and charger combination, severely reduced battery life will result if the battery is left on the charger longer than 2 days. On another the degrade occurs only after 30 days. The third does not damage the battery in any length of time. You are left to guess which combination is optimum and which is a disaster. B&D absolutely refuses to divulge which is which.

I have many hours into trying to make heads or tails out of this, including several contacts on the phone, and e-mails with B&D, ditto plus in person at a factory store and factory repair station. The B&D Factory Stores and Repair Stations concur with my view that B&D is extremely arrogant, totally wrong in their attitude, and show no willingness to change.

40.) B&D should be prosectued for these junk batteries
Reviewed by: Sharon L. Holbrook Indiana USA
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The tools are fair tools. To bad the batterys suck. Everyone should get together and have a class action law suit.Takes 10 minutes to run the battery down and 3 hours to charge it. Pure junk. I have a whole set of the tool to is the bad thing.

41.) Really bad battery
Reviewed by: me Florida
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I have three such batteries and all of them do not hold a good charge. Would not purchase product, not worth the money.

42.) These batteries STINK.
Reviewed by: happy gardener Mobile, AL USA
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Bought a string trimmer with 2 HPB18 batteries two years ago. The batteries never did last more than about 10 minutes on the job (BIG disappointment) but at least with the two of them I could do MOST of my very small yard. This year the batteries are both dead (won't hold a charge). I broke down last night and went to HD to buy a replacement battery. Then I read the review here that talks about the code underneath the battery clip, so I decided to check it out. My two old batteries have the code "415" (Black & Decker, 1.5 AH) while the new battery I just bought has the code "410" (Black & Decker, 1.0 AH)!! GREAT - if two of their 1.5AH batteries wouldn't hold up to do my yard, I'm sure that one of their 1.0AH batteries will handle about 5 blades of grass before dying! I guess I'll be returning this battery today!

Does anyone know where you can get HPB18 batteries with 1.5 AH (or greater) capacity? I'm leary about ordering over the internet, for fear that I won't know for sure what their capacity is until they arrive (since they ALL are designated "HPB18"). I'm thinking I may just go to a local shop that rebuilds rechargeables and see what they can do for me.

Black and Decker, are you hearing us?? WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR BATTERIES!!

43.) Garbage
Reviewed by: InventorNC Triad, NC
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I have 4 B&D 18Volt chargers. Almost immediately all but one died. The batteries have all died too. B&D used to produce decent products. Not now.

Never again.

Never.

44.) Black & decker 18v slide battery --- junk
Reviewed by: Ingrid Tampa, FL United States
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I've tried 2 of the slide batteries in black and 1 silver series-- they're all junk. After 6 months you're lucky if they hold 1/2 a charge. Using the firestorm sawzall, a fully charged 6 month old silver series battery won't cut thru 3-2x4's without dying. Have 3 different batteries and even with the better (orange) charger They don't hold a candle to my Makita's 18 v with 1.5 ahm. li-ion batteries. Wake up B&D-build a decent battery.

45.) Won't hold a charge
Reviewed by: Fitter Chicago, IL
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I'm 50 years old, and I have worked in the trades since I was 13. So I think I know about tools. These Black & Decker batteries don't hold a charge. Sometimes they won't accept a charge at all. I have three B&D battery-operated tools which I use only at home, and so they don't get a lot of use. I don't think I have more than about 10 hours use on any battery, and yet they're all dead.

46.) yardman
Reviewed by: yardman NC
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Don't waste your money buying Black and Decker power tools. The batteries are junk. I've purchased five Black and Decker cordless tools (I guess I'm a slow learner), and every battery is worthless. They work well for about three months, but then won't hold a charge. It's too bad because the tools are well designed and useful.

47.) Battery Caput!
Reviewed by: Jennifer M. Coradi
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I've used my HedgeHog trimmer maybe a dozen times in three years. I just got the battery out this June to put into the HedgeHog and it was dead. Okay fine, I'll charge it.

Put it on the charger and no lights; Hmmm. So I left it on the charger, hoping maybe the lights just didn't work. A few hours later, still nothing. This battery was used a few times and now is shot. Maybe I didn't use it ENOUGH??? Regardless, a $35 battery (HALF the price of the tool it is supposed to power) ought to last more than a few times over a few years.

So... Do I dump it and get another brand with a new battery and charger included or get a new battery and hope the trimmer lasts for a while?

Altogether, very disappointing.

48.) They'd be great if they weren't junk!
Reviewed by: RReeDD Pittsboro, NC USA
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Looking at the other reviews, you either get a good battery that will last or one that won't go beyond a few charge cycles. I have to say my batteries did not last very long and no longer hold a charge. I'm back to using my plug-in weed-eater and leaf blower.

49.) Great Tools - HORRIBLE Battery
Reviewed by: Gilbert_Sundevil Arizona, USA
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I'm on my 3rd battery (two came with the Firestorm kit and I've purchased one replacement).
These batteries work great for about 3 months of normal household use (a couple of small jobs per week). Then they quit holding a charge. The convenience of cordless power tools - and I love that convenience - is totally lost when you are ready to do a job and don't have a drill that will work.
I'd give this ZERO stars if I could.

50.) Lousy batter life
Reviewed by: bookfreak North Ogden, UT United States
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I bought the whole B&D outdoor set (trimmer, blower, weedwack) a little over a year ago. It came with 3 of these batteries, which I faithfully kept charged as instructed in the manual. I used the tools less than the average person, yet the batteries already don't hold a charge, despite their claims of "no memory effect". The good reviews for this product are from people that haven't used it more than 1 season. Stay away from this product

51.) Buyer Beware
Reviewed by: Kent Sebring, FL USA
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The batteries provided with these products are a "joke." The best thing you can do for yourself is NOT PURCHASE any of the items in this tool set.. Battery life, charging times and overall useability are the absolute poorest I have ever seen. Repeat--DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!

52.) Horrible Batteries
Reviewed by: Tinman Ronkonkoma, NY USA
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I have 3 of these batteries and I can't even get 20 minutes out of all 3 combined. I wish I had never bought a weedwacker that uses these batteries. I will never buy a battery powered garden tool again!

53.) Junk
Reviewed by: Rise2it Virginia
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First, only the UNeducated will buy a battery, because any $59 drill set (or other tool they offer) will usually come with TWO batteries. The fact that these sell for $30+ each anywhere is a joke.

Secondly, I agree with other reviewers that the newer batteries simply do not hold a charge as long as their older ones. (If you look closely, the batteries are date stamped.) My originals from 4-5 years ago hold a better charge than those bought in the last couple of years...in fact, each batch seems to be worse.

Third, a bad charger (and yes, they malfunction without warning - especially the 'fast chargers') can ruin the battery attached to it. Nice quality control there, B&D.

It's a shame I can't give these batteries a ZERO star rating.

54.) not economical
Reviewed by: H. E. Wood Baltimore, MD
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I can buy a new Grass Hog for another $10 complete with a new battery. The batteries I have only lasted a year. This is not very economical. Think i will try a better manufacture of grass cutter.

55.) not to happy
Reviewed by: unclphil kings park ny
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I charged the battery for well over 24 hrs. hooked to the leaf blower and it run out of juice within 7or 8 mins. very unhappy because i bought 2 batteries but only returned 1. Don't ask me why. now i'am stuck can you do anything about the other battery ? 18-volt cordless powertool #hpb18-ope

Thanks
Philip Michaels

Features of Black & Decker HPB18-OPE 18-Volt Spring-Loaded Slide Pack Battery For 18-Volt Outdoor Cordless Power Tools

Includes 18V Slide Battery Pack - HPB18-OPE

Compatible with Black & Decker models NST2018, NST1810, NHT518, NS118, NPP2018, NPT3118, this powerful 18-volt battery lets you complete all your yard clean-up jobs without the mess and stress of wires. Longlasting, reliable, and a snap to both install and remove, the HPB18-OPE is ready to go when you are. For added peace of mind, it also comes with a 2-year warranty.

1.) Compatible with Black and Decker models NST2018, NST1810, NHT518, NS118, NPP2018, NPT3118;
2.) Easy to install and remove;
3.) Powers your yard tools for efficient, wireless operation;
4.) Weighs 1.7 pounds (shipped);
5.) Includes a 2-year warranty;

Package Height x Length x Width: 6.8 in. x 6.8 in. x 6.5 in.
Package Weight: 2.05 lbs.