Imitation cordless drill batteries

[ellal]

Looking for some 10.8v/12v dewalt batteries, and the originals are very pricey.

Has anyone used imitation batteries such as below, and are they worth giving a go?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32452544...a=01JRF5M0KYVY8FGHZW1X8JYANZ&var=513581350232

 

[Mottie]

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[Exedon]

Myself and most of my sub contractors use the dewalt 18v xr system.
We have tried the look alike batteries utter crap fail quickly especially under heavy usage angle grinder/circular saw or similar.
Sent 2 back for changing under warranty was told they had been 'incorrectly used' So not covered under warranty.
Odd the dewalt batteries stood up to same usage.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I've bought non genuine battery's from Amazon, they've stood the test of time and have been fine, they reviewed good so took a chance. I wouldn't buy from ebay as returning is far too much hassle compared to Amazon.

 

[opps]

I have only ever used 3rd party batteries for laptops. On each occasion, I was disappointed. With regards to a battery for a tool that I need to be reliable, I would rather pay for an original, even though I might, initially, be tempted by the cheaper snide version. Additionally, if something goes wrong, hopefully, I have a right of recourse against the manufacturer.

 

[Elsa TLC]

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[Elsa TLC]

The milwaukee 12 volts have been good . Not so much the 18 volts. They are a bit to bulky .... but they work

 

[foxhole]

Makita copies were good Dewalt crap, terminals broke, shatter when dropped, the couple I have are held together with super glue and gaffer tape.

 

[Deluks]

I think these 'Waitley' ones have fair reviews on Youtube, my mate has a couple of the DeWalt 18v ones and reckons they're ok.

 

[robinbanks]

I wouldn't buy from ebay as returning is far too much hassle compared to Amazon.

That's a nonsense; ebay's "declare faulty, eBay sends a postage label, print, stick, take to post office" returns process is a doddle compared to Amazon's "declare faulty, buy your own postage then have to argue with the seller to get the postage refunded too" inanity

the originals are very pricey.

Buy cheap, pay dear / buy cheap buy twice / do not confuse cost with value

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Rubbish

 

[morqthana]

That's a nonsense; ebay's "declare faulty, eBay sends a postage label, print, stick, take to post office" returns process is a doddle compared to Amazon's "declare faulty, buy your own postage then have to argue with the seller to get the postage refunded too" inanity

I think you've got those reversed. My experience of Amazon returns is that you take the item to a post office, or other drop off, show them a QR code on your phone and they take the item. You don't need to label it, you don't even need to wrap it. And if you're going for a replacement rather than a refund Amazon'll usually ship out the replacement as soon as you request an exchange, and give you a month or so to actually return the faulty item.

The last item I returned there was even an option to have postie come to my house and pick it up.

 

[morqthana]

Anyway - I bought some 3rd-party Bosch 18V NiMH batteries once. They were a bit lighter than the originals, but promised higher capacity.

They've been fine.

 

[flameport]

The difference Amazon/ebay is that the vast bulk of what's offered on Amazon is either sold and shipped by Amazon, or sold by a third party and shipped by Amazon from an Amazon warehouse.
Therefore you are very likely to actually receive what you purchased in a timely fashion, returns are wholly done by Amazon, and are sent back to Amazon for Amazon to deal with.

Ebay is an unregulated car boot sale, where nothing is sold or shipped by ebay, it's all done by third party vendors. Ebay neither sees, handles or cares about what is sold on its platform.
If you are lucky you might get what you paid for eventually and in theory it might even have some amount of of packaging and not be entirely destroyed because the seller is a moron and though that wrapping it in a used bin bag was appropriate.
When things go wrong - good luck with that.

Amazon does have a small number of items both sold and shipped by third party vendors, but why anyone would go to Amazon and buy one of them is a mystery.

 

[robinbanks]

I think you've got those reversed

No, I really haven't.

My experience of Amazon..

Perhaps you can explain then why I've just paid for my own postage to return a third item to an Amazon seller; a gaming chair that is faulty, and the the Amazon returns process said "here's your shipping label" - an address in the middle of the page, with a box about the size of a stamp in the top right that invites me to affix my own postage

Stoked that returns work for you, but my experience is that they're cack compared to eBay, where even private sellers don't have a choice but to accept faulty items back and pay for the shipping; you declare it faulty, ebay give you a prepaid royal mail label with the tracking all wired up already, you take your phone and the boxed item to the PO, they scan the QR and take the item

Perhaps your ebay knowledge is a few years out of date; it wasn't always this easy, it's true

When things go wrong - good luck with that.

Things have gone wrong with my eBay purchases too, but I've never felt out of pocket; I've always been able to get an adequate resolution, usually refund, sometimes replacement, occasionally partial refund