Labtec2-Pack 6.0Ah 18V Lithium Battery R840087 and Battery Charger Kit Compatible with Ridgid AEG

Alright value, way cheaper than actual Rigid batteries, but I do question the amp hours they are rated at. My guess is they all use the same amp rating and just change the sticker. They don’t seem to have any longer life than the factory batteries that were rated at half the amp hours.

The Labtec batteries provide plenty of power to run my various Ridgid tools, which includes a sawsall, jigsaw and impact wrench (all of which draw significant current). All of the Ridgid tools I have purchased over the years come with a 4 Ah battery. The Labtec batteries are significantly larger and claim to be 6 Ah. In opening the casing of one Labtec battery, it is obvious that the battery cells are packed less densely then those of a Ridged battery. Also, the Ridgid and Labtec batteries weight almost exactly the same amount (1.5 pounds). This leads me to believe the Labtec battery is actually a 4 Ah battery in disguise.The PCboard uses surface mount components, but they are widely spaced from the large through hole solder joints that run to the battery cells. The layout appears well thought out to avoid heat stress. The cell durability is hard to verify, but the power output is promising as cheap cells tend to struggle with large loads. Overall, the build quality appears solid.The charger works well and includes some diagnostics to cease charging and avoid battery damage when overheating is registered. My Ridgid charger was also able to charge the Labtec batteries. So far the batteries have worked as well as OEM, just larger in size.

It charged one of my rigid batteries and said it was defective . The next one did ok, the third one it died mid charge and wouldn’t come back on.

The charger seems to shut itself down. After charging a battery. The lights go out and it won't charge another battery. You have to unplug the charger for a while before it will work again. Fortunately, I bought this package mostly for the batteries, so I'm not too mad about it, but buyer beware.

The media could not be loaded. Long story short it's a good pack that works perfectly fine with my rigid tools.Now the detail on all of this this pack is nowhere's near a six amp hour capacity. Having disassembled the pack, DO NOT DO THIS MESSING WITH LITHIUM BATTERIES CAN BE VERY BAD AND CAN CAUSE A FIRE OR BURNS.So I've gone ahead and saved you the trouble and disassemble the pack with the objective of finding out the manufacturer of the lithium cells inside and they're exact capacity. The lithium cells inside are made by a company called SunPower and the rating on the manufacturer's website is 1500 MAH per cell, and considering there's 10 cells inside makes this battery pack a 3 amp hour pack not a six amp power pack. When I went to the lithium cell manufacturers website, SunPowerenergy dot com, they only manufacture 118 650 sale with a purple wrapper and that cell has a rating of 1500 mAh.The construction inside seems very solid with connectors and circuit boards used of the proper thickness to handle high current.TDLR, good value for 2x 3amp hour batteries and a charger.

Carved for a few minutes and died.