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Hitachi EB1214S 12-Volt NiCad 1-2/5 Ah Battery
Hitachi EB1214S 12-Volt NiCad 1-2/5 Ah Battery
- 12-Volt Battery
- Ni-Cd
- 1.4Ah
- compatible with the UC24YJ, UC24YFA, ET18DM, UC14YFA, UC18YG, UC12YE Chargers
Product Description
EB1214S, 12V, 1.4 AH, Nickel Cadmium Battery.
We recently found out that two of our main drill batteries were dying. After researching prices, we selected this product from Amazon’s listings. After receiving the batteries and giving them their initial charge, we tested them and so far have had no problems with them. We are VERY happy with this purchase!
Rating: 5 / 5
These batteries last me for a good long while. They’re not lithium ion, obviously, so you don’t want to charge them up without first discharging them fully. If you don’t have but one battery for your hitachi drill, for example, you’re going to want to buy two so you can alternate batteries. I bought my drill kit when they were doing a send-coupon-in-for-free-battery promotion, so those batteries lasted me quite a few years of moderate usage.
If you are an intense DIY’er, I would put the money towards a lithium-ion drill and extra batteries instead. NiCad just isn’t going to cut it for anything besides occasional use/ projects, but in the context that they are supposed to be used, I think these batteries perform better than many other regular-batteries I’ve used. They don’t discharge real quick while you leave them sitting around either, so that’s pretty nice. You can charge them up, leave them in the drill, and 3 weeks later still be able to put up that gutter or put together a table, or both, without having to charge again.
Bottom line, they’re good batteries for what they are.
Rating: 3 / 5