Replaced a Craftsman Drill battery with 6Ah lithium-ion battery
Posted By RichC on February 25, 2025
Back to a favorite topic of mine: Tools. Unfortunately the replacing of cordless tool batteries is not … I repeat … NOT a favorite topic. I’m not sure how many years that I’ve been complaining about the relatively short life of pre-Lithium batteries for cordless tools but now it is about the “still short life” of lithium batteries — it has been decades.
I’ve owned Craftsman cordless drills and a cordless Impact Wrench that use the same 19.2 volt batteries for a long time. In the earlier years, there was a Sears Tool store nearby and although it was close, I struggled with buying a new battery … they were always close to $50. It was common to then look at the nearly always on Sears sale running for a NEW battery drill kit with TWO new batteries and a charger — just a few dollars more. So I ended up with yet another drill. I now own 3 of them … so decided to take the one with the original lithium-ion battery to Florida … in the belief it would last longer that the NiMH batteries.
This year the XCP Lithiom-Ion above died a quick death and had previously told myself that I would NOT be buying another Craftsman battery or tool since I committed my cordless tools to the Ridged Tools … with their LSA that includes batteries. Of course buying yet another Ridgid Drill for the simple project seemed ridiculous so instead I went to Amazon and purchased a “no-name” ARyee Chinese-made replacement battery … actually 2 – 6000mAh batteries since the price was better (I know, stop buying stuff from China). We shall see how they last, but once again … I’m not buying any more batteries for cordless tools! 
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