Welcome to a Cordless Drill Battery specialist of the Black Decker Battery
Nowadays, cordless drills come with multiple speeds and adjustable clutches, and while these are good things if you know how to properly set them, most folks have no idea what to do. To help simplify things and make your project turn out better, the Black and Decker SS18SB-2 SmartSelect 18V drill driver makes it so that you don’t have to guess what settings to use. Whether you are trying to drive a tiny screw or drill a 1″ whole with a spade bit, the settings on this drill are super easy to set for just the task you have at hand.
Our Black and Decker SS18SB-2 SmartSelect 18V drill driver with battery such as Black Decker HPD1200 Battery, Black Decker HP12K Battery, Black Decker HPB18 Battery, Black Decker FSB18 Battery, Black Decker FS180BX Battery, Black Decker NST2018 Battery, Black Decker GLC2500 Battery, Black Decker NHT518 Battery, Black Decker PS18K2 Battery, Black Decker CP12K Battery, Black Decker CP122K Battery, Black Decker SX3000 Battery arrived in a retail package box with a cloth zippered storage case inside. Also included with the drill were two NiCad batteries (model HPB18), a charger and a double sided screwdriver bit. The drill has a decent feel to it and once a battery is slipped on to the base of the drill, it feels pretty well balanced. With the more compact lithium-ion battery based cordless products on the market now, this drill does feel a little on the heavy and bulky side. With that said, we suspect Black and Decker opted for the NiCad as a cost saving measure since we think the target audience for this tool are homeowners and DIY types that are often driven by budget verses features. Along with the batteries, there is a very basic charger that simply slips over the terminals on the battery. There is a single red LED light on the charger that indicates when the power is on. The charger gives no indication of when the battery is charged. This charger does leave a lot to be desired since it is so basic, with a very thin power cord and no real indicator lights to let you know what is going on and it takes any where from 6 to 12 hours to fully charge a battery. Good thing they give you two batteries with this kit.
The good news is that this drill has some pretty cool features. The main body of the drill is constructed of the familiar orange color of many B&D tools with plenty of soft black rubber overmold for added grip. The overmold also helps to keep any hard edges of the tool from coming in contact with your work surface if you set it down on its side. At the base of the handle is a battery charge indicator that, when you press the button, has small LED lights indicating the amount of charge left in the battery. This is a feature we wish every cordless tool manufacture would start implementing since it makes so much sense. Speaking of LED, however, the Black and Decker SS18SB-2 SmartSelect 18V drill doesn’t feature an LED worklight – something we’re seeing more and more of on consumer and prosumer level cordless tools.
For our favorite feature of this drill, we have the SmartSelect dial behind the chuck. This dial works pretty much like any other adjustable clutch on a drill except that this one actually makes sense. Rather than just numbers that don’t necessarily have any meaning, this drill actually has small images of the proper use for the torque setting. At first, as you turn the dial, the images of the screws get bigger and bigger. Then it moves into drill bits and, as you turn it to larger drill bits, it automatically changes the speed of the drill from 1 to 2. As you continue to turn the dial until it stops, it ultimately sets the torque dial to the maximum setting with the transmission in high speed. The SmartSelect system is simple, functional and practical.
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