BLACK+DECKER 18 Volt Battery NiCd Single (HPB18-OPE)

It is difficult to find retail stores which carry this battery. Most retail outlets only carry the battery for the Black & Decker Drills and hand tools. I wanted a new battery for my Black & Decker outdoor trimmer (Hedge Hog). I found that Amazon quoted a reasonable price (the sale price for drill & hand-held tools batteries at regular retail establishments). The order was fulfilled by Amazon and delivered in a few days. This battery is performing extremely well and lasts through a whole trimming session. I am very pleased with this new battery and the length of time which it operates. Originally, my Hedge Hog came with two batteries, but they wear out with continuous usage. The new battery is great, and I am thinking about purchasing another for backup.

Fantastic for charging & used for a weed trimmer

I AM VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THIS BATTERY PERFORMS AS ADVERTISED. NOT ONLY HAS IT MORE POWER THAN THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BATTERY , BUT MORE STAYING POWER. I HAD THREE ORIGINAL BATTERIES FROM MY WEED WACKER AND SHRUB TRIMMER. IT TOOK 2 TO 3 FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES TO CUT AROUND MY YARD WITH THE WEED WACKER AND ORIGINAL BATTERIES. THE ONE NEW BATTERY DOES THE SAME JOB; WITH THE OLD BATTERIES THE POWER WAS INSUFFICIENT TO PROPERLY OPERATE THE STRING TRIMMER. I NO LONGER HAVE THAT PROBLEM WITH THE NEW BATTERY. I HAVE BOUGHT A SECOND NEW BATTERY PLUS A CHARGER AS SPARES. I LOVE THE EQUIPMENT AND I'M AFRAID NICKEL CAD BATTERIES WILL SHORTLY NOT BE AVAILABLE. BUT, I'M ALL SET!!!!

By "short-lived" i mean how long the battery lasts once you take it off the charger and get to work. I get about 12 minutes off a full charge. I have an older one that is failing and gives about 5 minutes, so 12 seems pretty hot to me right now! It is too bad it can't last longer. However, if your work area is all ready to go--rocks and obstacles removed, you know exactly what you want to do, you don't need to dither and dawdle--you can get quite a bit done with one of these weed-whackers in about 12 minutes. At least a couple hundred sq. ft. of knee-high grass. (I mow an uneven piece of ground around my garden with it.) It's a lot of energy flying out of that spinning hub, so i'm not surprised it can't last too long. As it is, though, i'm okay with it because just as it's wearing down, so are my arms! I go plug it in and come back the next day to do another big patch.

This battery works perfectly in our Black & Decker Groundhog weed trimmer. It easily has twice the capacity and staying power of the previous, original batteries. I was able to do part of my yard with it just a few days out of the shipping package. It's ready to go after just an overnight charge. After spending several years dealing with a pair of weak and inefficient batteries, I was almost convinced that the whole product was poorly conceived and a waste of money. But this new battery has brought some joy back into working in my yard. At least for this task.

If you read the reviews of these batteries it makes you think if you are wasting your money to keep a defective product running. The two batteries that came with my trimmer are now useless. I'm going to have to decide whether to buy another new battery because the one new one doesn't last long enough to do all the edging and trimming. Two new batteries will, effectively, cost what it would take to replace the trimmer and I do not know how long these new ones will last. I agree with other reviewers that Black and Decker has quality issues.

I only could find the 410 variety at local super store so I took my chances on Amazon and ordered the HPB18-OPE. When it arived, I was happy to find the item marked as 415 which according to another reviewer is 1.5Ah. In fact the one I received is the same orange and black Single Source battery which came with the cordless chainsaw I recently got. So I'm happy with this purchase. OK. I've cycled through this battery twice now in my Cordless Chainsaw and I have to say I'm blown away. This thing is tearing through multiple trees which I never would have tackled with the original battery and still has plenty of life left in it. I really don't think the original battery ever was this powerful. (I got the chainsaw less than a month ago and have cycled that probably 30 times at least.) This is a good battery. At least for now. BTW, the packaging states "up to 50% more run time* compared to HPB18"

I purchased this a month ago and just starting using it the last 2 weeks with the improvement of weather. the battery will charge only enough to run 1-2 minutes..it is sluggish at the start and then just stops. I missed the return window by a couple of day, but with our cold rainy days did not have a reason to use until lately. I love my leaf blower but it is not useful without the battery.

The OEM battery works great and holds lots of power. I had purchased in the past a cheaper "knock-off" battery that was supposed to be compatible but it never had the power or the ability to hold that power for very long. The extra money I spent on this original battery is by far worth every penny, I wish I had never tried to save a couple of bucks on the 1st replacement I bought.

Battery life is solid, and it performs very well.

Livraison rapide , batterie immédiatement fonctionnelle , longévité pour taille-haie acceptable ,puissance moyenne , idéal pour feuillu.

I bought this weed cutter 2 yrs ago and the battery never worked long. went back to store to get a new one and told me no longer available. then I went to your sight found it and ordered and as of today this battery is working A1. thank you

Super! Retains power much longer than original battery. Now if I could find a company that would ship a Black & Decker GC18 18V cordless garden cultivator to me in Canada I'd be a very happy camper. In fact, I'd be so happy I would buy 2 of them. For some stupid reason, nobody in Canada seems to carry these awesome little machines and while lots of places in the US do stock them, they don't ship to Canada. With a quarter acre of property, I'm totally lost without my little cultivator which, after many years of use, is beginning to show signs of wearing out. Help!!