48-59-1850 M18 RED LITHIUM XC 5.0 Ah Batteries (2) + 48-59-1812 M12 and M18 Multi Voltage Charger kit

My friend gave me a Milwaukee tool set, which stopped working for some reason. The 1.5 Ah battery was dead, the charger did not have any lights and would not charge the only battery I had. I opened the battery and carefully charged the cells bypassing the safeties. Still it would not run the tools or charge in the charger. Since I did not know what was wrong with the set I decided to buy this kit, which includes both batteries and a charger. It turns out I made a good decision. As soon as I put the old battery on the new charger it started charging. Right away I took it off the charger and put it on a tool and it worked as well. So the old charger was bad and the original battery needed a good charger for a couple of seconds to reset the safeties. Interesting... Now I have a set of a compact drill, impact wrench, 3 batteries and a charger. Let's talk about the batteries and the charger. They came in the sealed Milwaukee Starter Kit box. Everything looks authentic, but it came from China and all bets are off with this country. I have seen too many counterfeits in my life. For this price it has to be a counterfeit product or a quality reject from the original Chinese factory. We'll never know for sure. But the product looks and feels like the original Milwaukee. I even weighted the batteries and got 716 and 725 grams. One Youtube video says a 5 Ah counterfeited battery weighted 649 g. By the way both batteries came with little charge and 1 light on the fuel gauge, I measured 17.80 and 17.78 V across (+) and (-) terminals. After full charge one new battery measured 20.73 V. The charge took a little over an hour, but the battery still had some initial charge in it. At the end of charge the charger was quite warm. Time will tell if it is a good purchase. I will post un update after awhile. For now this product deserves solid 5 stars, counterfeit or not.

excellent in maintaining charge. great purchase.

I got this set specifically to use with Milwaukee's cordless rotary buffer. Using the batteries outdoors and in Texas heat they work great. The first full charge lasts a little less than the subsequent charges for reasons unbeknownst to me, but they are solid after that. If used constantly, the buffer meets it's claim of an entire car on a single charge, which is about an hour of use for me. It takes about an hour and a half to fully charge one of these packs, so if you need a constant rotation on a single tool you might pick up a third 5Ah. For most on and off use however, the battery is fully charged by the time i run the other one out. I never worry about running out of juice unless I don't have a place to leave the charger. Even still, that's a good two hours or more of constant out and about work. Not too shabby. I haven't tested the 9Ah batteries so I can't compare to those, but they cost as much as two of these 5Ah, so for price point it is probably worth sticking to these (for when they eventually wear out and need to be replaced). The battery level lights are pretty slick, you can tap a button on the battery to get an estimate on how much power is left. The packs also slip in and out of the tool easily and the buttons to release it are also where you would grab to pull it out. Pretty nifty. The batteries do load into the charger upside down though, which is a little awkward. Would buy again 10/10 Super happy with the buffer too btw.

Everything good

Batteries and charger arrived quickly. Factory sealed box, but one of the batteries wouldn’t charge past the first level, tried several times. Notified seller and he had another battery to me in two days, all good! Five stars to Jeff’s Garage.

Work great, decent price

Was terribly disappointed because the batteries both flashed red/green which means the batteries are faulty and the charger will NOT charge them if indeed so. I was going to return them and complain a lot, but before I did that, I thought to seek solutions. After re-insertion of the battery and a re-plugging of the charger, it started charging properly. It's not easy to tell when the M18 battery is fully inserted. It could be better if the batteries locked in as my 60v batteries do their charger. There's NO MISTAKING when those are fully inserted. Look at the 1-star reviews--90% of them are "red/green" bad battery complaints. Try fixing things before complaining. Also note that the highly repeated technique on youtube of wiring one battery to another for half an hour was totally unnecessary. Also wouldn't have worked with two dead batteries and no other M18 in my possession. Four stars because the angst of a charger/battery setup that is prone to issues, especially this issue.

good price

Muy buena compra

Duración aproximada 30 minutos de recarga rápida, rápida y efectiva

El empaque esta perfecto, la carga funciona bien y rapido. La marca es auténtica como se anuncia. Buena calidad del producto.

Mas económico y no con 1 sino 2cbaterías en el paquete, mucho mejor opción de compra por mucho que Home Depot

Lo usé para quitar el tornillo de la polea del cigüeñal de la honda ridgeline 2008 y fue súper fácil, excelente herramienta