We have a prior generation of this. The battery is worn out, so I took it apart on Saturday to see if it can be replaced.
It’s not at all designed to be serviceable. It’s destined to be e-waste in 2-3 years.
Maybe they improved this model’s design. Just something to potentially think about if it’s a consideration for you.
Same here. Had an older B&D vac also that wouldn’t hold a charge after several years & after opening it I did the Google thing for a fix. Same situation the bad batteries had to be pried off & the new ones soldered in. Too much to bother with that & didn’t want to risk a fire hazard. I am currently using a hand vac that was in a BOC. I do miss that old one, it had better attachments. They make stuff disposable now so you just buy another shorty 
Those look like 18650 cells? Can’t they be popped out of that holder and new ones put in? Then just use some electrical tape to reattach the terminals? Hard to see from the photo how much of an anti-service setup they’re using though.
They are, indeed, 18650 cells. I did consider:
Removing the adhesive foam stuff
Taking the plastic battery case apart
desoldering the chunky terminals
Placing new cells in
Connecting the terminals with a battery welder (I actually have one that I used to rebuild a laptop battery years ago)
Resoldering the chunky connectors
Closing and glueing the plastic battery case
It can be done, but these days I have to carefully choose which projects to get into because I can’t clone myself. It’s just not worth my time. I’ll remove and recycle the cells.
I was hoping I’d find a nice shrink wrapped battery pack with a connector. Wishful thinking, I guess.
I was surprised that they attached the PCB to the battery pack.
Hmm. So it 100% needs to be soldered? That sucks.
We really need legislation to force companies to make all of their batteries user-replaceable.
Yeah, definitely, it has to be soldered. I’ll admit that it’s doable with enough time on hand.
Yep. Same with Right to Repair.
I wonder if I could make a frankenvacuum by cutting out the battery pack and connecting a Milwaukee M12 socket…
Louis Rossman fan?
I have a house full of projects like this. I just can’t bring myself to throw anything away.
Usually. I agree with his take about 9 times out of 10.
Me, too, but at this point I’m making my peace with having to let go since there’s no way I can possibly fix all of it. It’s cluttering my home workshop and stressing me out.
Rossman’s an absolute asshat, but he makes very good points.
He gets a bit excited sometimes and goes overboard applying broad strokes, but that’s only on occasion. (For example, excoriating all of TTI because Milwaukee batteries have an internal diagnostic interface that isn’t exposed to the customer)
Next project just turned up in the mail. It’s for a paying customer so…
Lenovo Ideapad 5 (not flex). Could’ve got just the keyboard, but then it would’ve been a cost prohibitive fix. The keyboard is attached to the top cover by about 50 tiny plastic weld points, which have to be carefully cut off and then hot glued for the new keyboard. Not what I would call a professional repair.
My wife’s laptop has a gorgeous but very fragile display, and one of our kids knocked it off the table, shattering the screen.
It was a year old laptop, newer model, but parts were impossible to find. I bought a “for parts only” unit off eBay and married the lid from that one with the lower half of hers. You can’t even tell now. That was worthy time because substantial money was involved.
