Customer Reviews

Ryobi Charger 1411141

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I bought this unit for my father, who has the associated 12V batteries and handtools that require them. He lost the original charger and found like others that now only the 18V charger is manufactured and available in retail stores.
This charger worked well for him the first time he charged batteries, but the second time he left the batteries plugged in too long and the charger blew. This is a very poor design and there should be a warning regarding this on the charger. I am buying him a third charger and he will now set a timer to remind him to unplug the batteries after the set charge time. The fact that overcharging blows the charger is absurd, but he doesn't want to toss his handtools so we're stuck buying another charger!

The product arrived exactly as described, we plugged it in and it charged our drill's battery. However, we have since noticed that it has stopped working. It is supposed to have a red light that lights when the battery is inserted (this lets you know that it is working). The light went out, and we soon realized that it was no longer charging.

My first charger blew, so I ordered this charger from Amazon. It blew also. I am keeping the battery in the charger plugged in. Maybe that not what I should be doing. Am ordering my third one. Home Depot does not stock these..only 18V chargers

My original Ryobi charger went south, but I love the drill. An easy fix is as follows. I unplugged the charger and removed the bottom cover then attached my car battery charger (12V) to the charger terminals underneath the Ryobi charger (check power cord wires for +/- location). Put the Ryobi battery back in the charger unit and trickle charge the battery that way. Remember to not use the Ryobi power cord, the car battery charger is supplying the juice.

Do not use with OLD batteries. If your charger died & your batteries are over a year old, save yourself some money and just get a new drill or whatever. Buying this charger will be a waste.

After purchasing the battery charger I find out the batteries (2) are bad, 12 Volt, can not find any in Home Depot or any place else. I have to trash a good drill and dust buster because of it. That is the last time I ever BUY another Ryobi product again.
Don Hojnacki

I read the reviews after I had bought this product. Since my charger had just went out, I was happy to find that Amazon carried it. I immediately ordered it and then decided to scan the reviews. I could not believe how negative the reviews were for this item.

Well when I received it, I plugged it in, placed in a battery, the red charging light went on, and then the light went off. The charger was BROKE. It lasted almost two seconds!

I contacted Ryobi. They sent me to a local warranty repair shop in town. I took the charger and waited 1.5 weeks to get my charger back. I returned to the shop to pick up the charger. I had carried my batteries with me this time. The shop checked out my batteries and said they were good. I plugged the battery into the newly fixed charger. Well guess what? The Charger lasted 5 minutes before the red charging light went out again.

Long story short, I decided I would read the Amazon reviews BEFORE buying for now on. I have since replaced my Ryobi drill with a DeWalt (twice as expensive) and could not be happier.

I had the original charger which is no longer manufactured for over 4 years. After it died, this model was substituted and I had two replacements both die the same way (being left on overnight). Now I have to use a manual timer which shuts power off after 3 hours.

Weird....Ryobi was nice but said that's just the way it is...

I had seen the poor reviews for this charger, but the plastic casing on my old charger had disintegrated after 10 years, so I had to get a new one. I had one new battery which charged up just fine. Then I put in a battery which was down to 5V and the charger lasted about 30 seconds before the light went out. The problem was the transformer which had died. I still had the transformer from my old charger, so I connected it and it charged up my old battery. The new transformer was rated at 200 mA, the old one was rated at 400 mA and was twice the size and weight. Conclusion -- only insert batteries near to 12V so as not to over load the feeble transformer.

Similar to others - I purchased this to replace an identical unit that had failed with very limited use. The new one failed within 15 minutes out of the box because of a low battery condition. Will cost nearly as much as the original purchase to replace under warranty. I liked the tool, but this will be the last Ryobi product I purchase.