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Ryobi ONE+ battery for drill: kit, body, and amp-hours

Updated: 2026-10-23

The body-only price looks like the saving until you open the cupboard and there is no pack on the charger. A Ryobi ONE+ battery for drill is an 18 V lithium pack that pushes into the same foot as a Ryobi mower or trimmer, and a bare drill still needs that pack and a ONE+ charger. This page, dated 22 October 2026, maps 1.3 Ah, 1.5 Ah and battery excluded onto the five amazon.co.uk listings in this set. It is not a lab test. A qualifying Amazon purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The whole table is the [Ryobi cordless drill comparison](/hub/drilling-and-accessories/ryobi-cordless-drill).

The body-only price looks like the saving until you open the cupboard and there is no pack on the charger.

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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ two-pack kit

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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ two-pack kit
9.4/10about £97.80
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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-113G one-pack kit

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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-113G one-pack kit
9.4/10about £84.99
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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-0 percussion body

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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-0 percussion body
9.2/10about £55
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On this page
  1. 1.Body only means you supply the pack
  2. 2.What the kits include
  3. 3.What a larger pack changes
  4. 4.Chargers

Body only means you supply the pack

Three titles leave the battery out. The R18DD3-0 is saved at £54, the R18PD3-0 at £55, and the RPD18BL2-0 at £89.99. Each title is a body. Compatibility on the pages is Ryobi 18 V ONE+ batteries and chargers. If a garden tool in the shed is already ONE+, that pack is the one the body-only buyers were using. If the shed has no Ryobi pack, the £54 figure is the start of a bill, not the end of it. Ryobi UK describes ONE+ as one 18 V lithium family. A 12 V pack, or another brand's slide, is not this foot. The two-pack bullet says the batteries work with over 100 other ONE+ tools. Keep the listing's over 100. The driver lists 5 Ah, 16 A and 600 W, the brushless body lists 5 Ah, and the percussion body lists 1.5 Ah, all on body-only titles. None of those cells is a pack in the carton.

What the kits include

Two listings put a battery in the title. The R18PD3-215GZ, saved at £97.80, includes two 1.5 Ah ONE+ packs, a ONE+ charger and a double-ended bit. A later view showed £78.99. Treat that as a movement you must recheck, not as a second kit. UK reviews say those 1.5 Ah packs run out on longer jobs. A battery that failed on arrival, or died after about four months, is in that file. They are still small packs. The R18PD3-113G at £84.99 has one 1.3 Ah battery in the title. The bullets name a charger. The included-components cell says only drill, so check the live line. UK texts call the 1.3 Ah pack light for hard work. The R18PD3 instructions list compatible packs from RB18L13 through RB18L50. That list is not the kit box.
Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ two-pack kit

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Ryobi Ryobi R18PD3-215GZ two-pack kit
9.4/10about £97.80
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What a larger pack changes

Amp-hours are runtime and weight. Ryobi UK says larger packs, about 5.0 Ah and up, are for runtime, and compact packs suit lighter jobs. A bigger pack does not raise the printed 50 Nm or 95 Nm, and it does not turn a drill driver into a hammer. Reviewers add a 4 Ah or 5 Ah pack because the included pack stops. That heavier pack is not in these boxes. There is no screws-per-charge number for these kits in the files. Brick versus concrete stays on the Ryobi drill for brick page.

Chargers

A ONE+ lithium charger charges ONE+ lithium packs, and Ryobi UK says they do not all charge at the same rate. Named examples include the RC18115 at 1.5 A, the RC18120 at 2.0 A and the RC18150 at 5.0 A. These kit files do not name the charger model, so the rate is not in the capture. The two-pack kit's bullets include a ONE+ charger. The 1.3 Ah kit's bullets include one, and the components cell does not. The three bodies include none. A body plus a pack still needs a charger if you do not own one, which is how the £55 body stops being cheaper than the £97.80 kit. A charger you already own from a mower will run the drill. A slow charger stays slow. The 5 Ah cell on a bare page is not a pack in the box.

Common questions

Do I need a battery if the title says body only?
Yes. You supply a Ryobi 18 V ONE+ pack and a ONE+ charger. In this set that is the R18DD3-0, the R18PD3-0 and the RPD18BL2-0. The price on the page is the body. A 1.5 Ah or 5 Ah figure in the technical cells is not a battery wrapped in the carton.
Will my garden-tool ONE+ pack fit the drill?
A Ryobi ONE+ 18 V pack from a mower, strimmer or hedge trimmer fits these drills. That is the pack body-only reviewers were already using. Another brand's battery, or an older Ryobi voltage that is not ONE+, does not. The R18PD3 manual's compatible list runs from the RB18L13 through to the RB18L50.
Is 1.5 Ah enough?
For short jobs, the kit exists because people use it that way. UK reviews of the two-pack R18PD3 say the 1.5 Ah packs run out on longer jobs, and some buyers add a 4 Ah or 5 Ah pack. There is no screws-per-charge figure for this kit in the file. Treat 1.5 Ah as runtime you may outgrow, not as a fault in the drill's stated torque.
Is 1.3 Ah the same as 1.5 Ah?
No. The R18PD3-113G title has one 1.3 Ah pack. The R18PD3-215GZ has two 1.5 Ah packs. Both are compact packs. Reviews call 1.3 Ah light for hard work and 1.5 Ah short on longer jobs. Neither figure is a 5.0 Ah pack, and buying the 1.3 Ah kit does not include a second battery.
Does a bigger pack make the drill more powerful?
No. Amp-hours are how long the pack runs, and a larger pack weighs more. The 50 Nm and 95 Nm figures stay the figures printed on the tool listing. A 5.0 Ah pack that a reviewer bought separately lasted longer and made the drill heavier. It did not change the model number.

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Sources

Public sources listed in the research digest, plus the amazon.co.uk listings stored for this comparison. Page updated 22 October 2026.

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  2. Ryobi UK, how to choose batteries and chargers (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  3. Ryobi UK, does the charger matter (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  4. Ryobi UK, product registration and warranty (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  5. Ryobi UK, different types of drills (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  6. R18PD3 instructions (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  7. GOV.UK, Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  8. HSE, hand-arm vibration regulations (retrieved 22 October 2026)