Ridgid has announced two new 18V cordless power tool battery chargers – a 6-port sequential charger and a dual-port simultaneous charger. While there’s nothing especially significant about either release, they’re welcome additions to Ridgid’s 18V lineup.
As with Ridgid’s other 18V tools and accessories, both chargers will be exclusively available at Home Depot.
Ridgid 18V 6-Port Sequential Charger (AC86096)
Ridgid has a new 18V 6-port sequential charger, meaning it will charge up to 6 connected batteries one at a time.
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Ridgid says that their new 6-port charger can charge an 18V 2.0Ah Li-ion battery in just 30 minutes, which is 2X faster than their R86093 charger.
The charger features a carrying handle, LED indicators, and a pass-through AC plug.
A battery port selector button allows users to choose which battery is actively charging.
There’s also an energy-saver mode, which lowers power consumption, maintains battery charge, and maximize battery life.
Price: $139
ETA: April 2022
Ridgid 18V Dual-Port Simultaneous Charger (AC86095)
Ridgid has also come out with a new 18V dual-port simultaneous charger. It can recharge a 2.0Ah battery – or two of them – in 30 minutes.
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The charger has a pass-through AC plug, and also keyhole slots on the back for wall-mounting.
Price: $109
ETA: April 2022
Existing Ridgid 18V Dual-Port Charger
Ridgid has an existing 18V dual-port charger in their lineup, model AC840094, which launched in late 2016. This is a sequential charger, meaning it can only charge batteries one at a time.
The dual-port sequential charger features (2) pass-through 2-pront outlets, as well as (2) USB charging ports.
Price: $79
Ridgid 18V Batteries and Chargers
Here’s an updated list of Ridgid 18V batteries and chargers, as of February 2022.
- 18V USB Portable Power Source with Activate Button – AC86072B
- 18V Lithium-Ion Charger – AC86093N
- 18V Dual Chemistry Rapid Charger – AC840095
- 18V Dual Port Dual Chemistry Sequential Charger – AC840094
- 18V Dual Port Simultaneous Charger – AC86095
- 18V 6-Port Sequential Charger – AC86096
- 18V 1.5 Ah Lithium-Ion Battery – AC870015N
- 18V 2.0 Ah Lithium-Ion Battery – AC8400802
- 18V 4.0 Ah Lithium-Ion Battery – AC87004
- 18V 2.0 Ah Lithium-Ion Battery Starter Kit – AC9302
- 18V 2.0 Ah MAX Output Lithium-Ion Battery – AC840020
- 18V 4.0 Ah MAX Output Lithium-Ion Battery – AC840040
- 18V 4.0 Ah MAX Output Lithium-Ion Battery Starter Kit – AC9540
- 18V 6.0 Ah MAX Output Lithium-Ion Battery – AC840060
PETE
Did ridgid not have a 6-bay charger? I’ve had the ryobi one for years now.
Stuart
Not that I know of or could find.
Andrew
Only other one I was aware of was Milwaukee’s. It was ok, but not really the best for am “on the job, keep spitting out charged batteries all day” charging duty. I did like it because I could clunk 6 batteries into it and carry them all quite easily back to the hotel room at night to charge over night, but the next day I’d use up 2 of the 6 and then the charger just can’t keep up. Adding a second person using the same bank wouldn’t be possible doing what I do.
Jared
Do any of Ridgid’s current batteries operate Octane tools at “Octane” performance levels?
E.g. Can you still buy a battery that gets the peak performance level from Octane tools?
Stuart
Ridgid says Max Output are their “longest running and most powerful batteries.” “Will power through the most demanding applications on the jobsite.”
So… maybe?
I have not seen any definitive answers on this, and to be frank I don’t think we’re ever going to get one..
Ridgid was also supposed to come out with an 8Ah battery a year ago, but it seems to have been cancelled or significantly delayed.
Jared
Thanks! I couldn’t find a conclusive answer either. I presumed that might mean it was an answer I wouldn’t like.
Derek
I have a 9ah ridgid battery, got it a couple years ago, still works great. Did they stop making those?
Sparky
I own 2 9ah batteries bought at h.d. is there a reason you want 8 and not 9
Stuart
I don’t have an opinion on Ridgid 18V 8Ah vs. 9Ah.
They *used* to have a 9Ah, but they don’t anymore. They announced an 8Ah but it hasn’t launched (yet?).
XRH07
2P (P = parallel, or added amp hours and amp output) configurations of 21700s handily beat a 3P configuration of 18650s.
Milwaukee also ditched the 9.0 HD (high demand) battery and replaced it with 8.0 HO (high output) in all the kits the 9.0s used to ship with.
Max Output is basically the Ridgid equivalent to High Output from Milwaukee.
9.0s would really only be better in tools where the higher discharge currents make no meaningful difference to the tool. So like in lights where the pack might see all of ~5A current draw and runtime is the only thing that matters rather than peak amperage.
Peter
Kinda ironic that in the picture of the 6 bay charger is a smart phone laying there that is hooked up to its own charger instead of one of the many usb ports at the rigid charger that should have had.
Since we are looking at bigger charger I would also think they could also incorporate some cradles for phones.
Stuart
While perhaps not the best example, it shows the pass-thru nature of the AC plug.
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It would be nice if they bundled the more expensive chargers. Most of the bundles include the base model charger.
Joe H
I wish Ridgid would release a cordless chainsaw in the U.S. I understand they don’t want to have a full line of outdoor equipment, but a chainsaw is useful for construction too. I have a big gas chainsaw but I’d like a small one for camping and small stuff.
Jason
And a string trimmer and a hedge trimmer! Huge missed opportunity in OPE
They’ve already got them overseas as AEG…
Robert
Bad for all of us, Ridgid company don’t care about customers feedback at all, if they care than they bring some tools from other international market like battery operated dual power table saw,dual powered chop saw ,some garden equipment and skip some useless and miss-design tools from current portfolio
BH
Rumor is this has nothing to do with Ridgid and everything to do with Home Depot not wanting to dilute their higher margin OPE brands. I think the LSA may be a factor as well. Yes, the tools already exist under the AEG brand overseas, but we can’t get them here.
razl
An aside…
I’ve got a wall mount in my garage with chargers on it from most brands and recently went to recharge a Ridgid battery and the charger just crumbled as I tried to insert the battery. The entire plastic housing just splintered into pieces.
Now, I do live in hot Florida, and have experience with other plastics succumbing to FL heat over many seasons in the attic. I had a pair of rollerblades that did the same thing – turned fragile and just fell apart into pieces – after being up there for 7+ years. But this is in my detached garage which, while it has no AC, is heavily shaded by an oak and remains at a reasonable temperature with fan circulated air. Also, where they are mounted is in the shadiest, most away from the sun side.
I say all that because it really surprised me that one, and only one, of the rechargers had this happen to it even though all are mounted in essentially the same place. All the other brands seem just fine. Worse, I think this one was only 3 years old where there are other chargers on there that are easily 5+.
Last point that really left a bad taste in my mouth – that was my only recharger and I couldn’t for the life of me find “just a recharger” to buy. Instead, I had to buy a combo pack of more batteries to get a new recharger, which got me further into a brand/platform that I’m now skeptical of the plastics.
Frank D
If it was included with a tool purchase and registered under LSA, Ridgid will send you a new charger.
Can you share the model of charger?
Over the years Ridgid has changed their shape and size a few times, while making them smaller … and probably cheaper plus perhaps less durable.
Was it exposed to sunlight? Directly / Indirectly?
I have seen UV damage and yellowing of plastics in rooms that only had a North facing window in FL.
Certainly a bit worrisome … grounds for a product safety recall?
razl
Good questions – unfortunately, it was not registered (my fault) and I didn’t bother to get the model info before collecting the pieces and throwing it out.
It was in a north east corner, mounted on the north side with nothing but -very- little indirect sunlight; there literally aren’t any windows that get direct sunlight into the garage, it’s all indirect ambient light.
Again, just to be clear, the thing that struck me the most is the number of other chargers mounted similarly in proximity (from just about every major vendor), many there for far longer, and none of them are exhibiting the same issue.
Also, while it’s always plugged in, it’s on a strip that I turn on/off only when needed for recharging. So it hasn’t been sitting there hot for years on end. In fact, Ridgid is the line I have the fewest batteries for so it rarely gets used.
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Update. Pump has up to 540 gallons per hour(9 gallons per minute). And up to 275 gallons on a single 4.0 m-12 battery- check listing for exact details.
Robert
If the 6 port AC86096 really “will charge up to 6 connected batteries one at a time” then is is not sequential, it should be named “simultaneous” charger. Otherwise, it’s a silly design.
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I assume they mean there is space for 6 batteries to be charged(6 batteries at one time). But the actual charging sequence is one battery at a time. That’s my take on it.
JD
You post says, “Ridgid has a new 18V 6-port sequential charger, meaning it will charge up to 6 connected batteries one at a time.”
You say this is a SEQUENTIAL charger, then say that it charges 6 at once (simultaneous? really? not sequentially?). But then later you mention another sequential charger and say, “Ridgid has an existing 18V dual-port charger in their lineup, model AC840094, which launched in late 2016. This is a sequential charger, meaning it can only charge batteries one at a time.”
I hope people aren’t making decisions based on your misinformation. Make up your mind, is the first one a sequential or simultaneous charger?
Stuart
Sequential = “one at a time.”
Simultaneous = “all at once.”
“One at a time” does NOT mean “six at once.”
The new dual-port charger is a simultaneous charger. The old one was sequential.
Exactly as described in the post, the 6-port charger is sequential.
I am not infallible, but in this case it seems you either misread the post, or misinterpreted the meaning of “one at a time.”