Weightly 56V 5Ah Battery Review: A Budget-Friendly Second Battery for EGO Tools

Introduction

Electric outdoor power equipment has come a long way, and for many people EGO sits at the top of the list. The catch is familiar to anyone in that ecosystem: official batteries, especially the high-capacity ones, can get seriously expensive. That is where third-party options like the Weightly 56V 5Ah battery come in. It is a compact, claimed 5 amp hour pack priced at roughly a quarter of EGO’s large 12Ah ARC Lithium battery, and it promises to handle lighter-duty work without draining your wallet.

To see whether that promise holds up, this battery was run in EGO’s top-of-the-line 765 CFM blower, a machine often described as a hurricane in your hand, and compared against the giant 12Ah EGO pack. The results are revealing.

Who This Product Is For

The Weightly battery is best understood as a second-string battery rather than a replacement for the official pack in every tool. It suits owners of EGO equipment who already own one or two official batteries for the heavy jobs and want a cheap, light spare for everything else.

That distinction matters. In a power-hungry, torque-heavy machine, the official battery still makes sense. But for tools that prioritize speed over sustained torque, lugging around a massive, heavy battery is wasted effort.

Main Strengths

The most obvious strength is price. The Weightly 5Ah sits at around $97 at its regular listing, and at the time of testing it was on sale near $79, one of the lowest prices it had reached in almost a year. Compare that with the roughly $221 cost of an official EGO 5Ah battery and the saving is substantial.

The second strength is weight and balance. Handheld tools like blowers, string trimmers and hedge trimmers are noticeably easier to use with a smaller, lighter pack. Swapping back to the 12Ah EGO battery after a session with the Weightly is a jolt; the big pack is heavy, expensive at around $600, and simply not designed for handheld use.

In real-world testing with the 765 CFM blower, the Weightly moved debris convincingly at full turbo, and the blower felt well balanced and easy to handle with the smaller pack installed. Its charge indicator shows five light bars that turn green when checked, which is a modest but functional battery meter.

Things to Consider Before Buying

This was never a fair fight, and it is worth being honest about the limits. The comparison battery was EGO’s 12Ah ARC Lithium pack, more than double the capacity. Normalized for amp hours, the official EGO battery delivered roughly two and a half times the runtime, which tracks neatly with the fact that it costs about two and a half times as much per amp hour.

Feedback from long-term users is broadly positive, with many reporting years of satisfied use, though occasional reports of disappointment exist, as with any third-party battery. Long-term charge-cycle longevity for a newer third-party brand is simply less proven than for the official packs. If your priority is maximum runtime per charge in a high-drain machine, the official battery still wins.

Buying Advice

The value equation here comes down to performance divided by cost, and the Weightly does very well on that math for the right tools. Where it makes sense: blowers, string trimmers, hedge trimmers, edgers, pole saws for small limbs, and lighter-duty chainsaws. In all of those, a lighter battery genuinely improves handling, and you avoid burning charge cycles on your expensive official packs.

Where it does not: torque-hungry machines like mowers and especially snow blowers, where maximum sustained power is the whole point. Keep the official batteries as your first string for those jobs, and let the Weightly handle the lighter rotation.

Conclusion

The Weightly 56V 5Ah battery is not a miracle product, but it does not need to be. It delivers credible performance in lighter-duty EGO tools at a fraction of the official battery’s price, with the weight advantage often making handheld tools more pleasant to use. If you already own official EGO batteries for the heavy jobs, adding this as a second-string pack is an easy recommendation, particularly while it sits near its lowest recent price.