Bought 2 new batteries for my Firestorm setup - stuck the first one in the charger and next morning it was melted and unusable. DON'T leave you batteries in the charger for extended periods...which basically means you'll end up with dead batteries all the time. Crap.

I will never purchase another B&D product again. The original charger is garbage and one of the two batteries it came with died after using for about 2 hours (over a four year period). I followed all care instructions and had to buy a better charger for the battery that works. B&D has a two year warranty and would not give me a new one, even though the dead battery was barely used over the four years. It is ironic the other battery works????? If you want a cheap product this is for you but if you want reliability I would never consider them again. They did not even offer to inspect the battery at fault to correct the problem. After speaking with them they made me feel as though I was hustling these for a battery that does not perform good in the first place. Operating life on a full charge is about 20 minutes. You may as well take your money into the street and burn it.

My old battery was wearing down and I wasn't sure if it was the charger or the battery. So I ordered both! When I recieved it and put the old battery on the charger, it worked , but has a pretty short life. The new battery lasted longer than the old one when it was good. I was about to buy a new hedger, but bit the bullet and tried the battery and I'm glad I did. Definitely worth the buy.

Product was brand new and worked right out of the box. Very pleased with product and service.

This was the first battery that I could find that would actually keep a charge. Works great and is long lasting.