Ryobi 130429001 18-Volt 2.4-AMP Hour Li-Ion Battery

by Ryobi

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Ryobi 130429001 18V Li-Ion Battery. The Ryobi P104 ONE+ 18V Li-Ion Battery is compatible with both Ni-Cd and Li-Ion chargers. The Ryobi P104 charges on the Ryobi 18V Ni-Cd 140501001 and Li-Ion 140237023 chargers. The Ryobi 130429001 comes with a 2 Year Limited warranty. 2.4amp hours.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002IKM9RM
• Item model number: 130429001
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,785 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very mixed results - some good, some not so, September 8, 2010

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This review is from: Ryobi 130429001 18-Volt 2.4-AMP Hour Li-Ion Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)

Like others I started with the NiCd Ryobi ONE+ system and have multiples of many of the tools. I found the biggest drawback to the Ryobi NiCd (and most other NiCd batteries) is self discharge (after several months of use a charged battery would be completely dead after just a few days and needed recharging before it could be used). So, after buying another Ryobi kit with two Li-ion batteries I bought a third and was initially very happy with the results. Like others I didn't really see much run time difference and can't tell there's that much net weight difference, but I did (and still do) like the shelf life as there are few things more disappointing to me than picking up a cordless tool only to find the battery is dead. So far so good.
Now here's been my experience with these after 1-2 years of having them:
1) the charger starts reporting a defective battery and eventually reports each of my three batteries as defective. Fortunately unplugging and restarting the charge (sometimes multiple times) usually corrects the problem. This is certainly a relief compared to my DeWalt 36v batteries that just plain won't work once the charger says it's defective. Still it's annoying to leave a battery on charge to come back when you need it only to find that it hasn't been charged.
2) of the three P104 batteries I own, two are now 'weak'. Let me describe that. When running any tool (drill for example) the wind up is slower than the 'strong' battery and the torque is less. The weak batteries all seem to have about the same charge life though I haven't really done an experiment to confirm this. The fully charged unloaded voltage among the three are almost identical with a digital voltmeter, so I can't really explain the loss of torque other than maybe the internal resistance of the battery has increased.

Bottom line: These are pretty good grab and go battery/tool combinations for light to medium duty applications. The bateries are not perfect, but they are OK.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Charging problem, October 10, 2009

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Robert Faldmo (Midvale, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ryobi 130429001 18-Volt 2.4-AMP Hour Li-Ion Battery (Tools & Home Improvement)

This battery is great for home workshops, but is useless for construction sites or any commercial application. When the temperature is below 50 the battery will not charge! The old ryobi batteries charged any time no matter what.

31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have all the gear, just need the batteries, September 19, 2008

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G. Brown "Race Fan" (Lake Forest, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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Folks seem to be kicking and screaming over the fact that you can get a battery and charger thrown in with the stock "new kit" for only a few hundred bucks more... What I think is that I should be able to trade in the 10 or so "old style" batteries for a small discount on this new style which is so much better.

The "old style" batteries were so poor at holding a charge and just didn't hold up to real use or long periods of non-use; I had convinced myself that the old batteries and the crummy life cycle was Ryobi's answer to the business model on Ink Jet printors. Give the printer away and get you on the refills.

Just my two cents worth... I love my new lithium batteries and the charger seems to work better with some of my old school batteries that still have some life in them!