I no longer buy anything B&D. Haven’t in many years. Junk products overall. There are far too many other brands that make competitively priced good products.
B&D has become the Harbor Freight Tools for quality. Just enough to tantalize with the shiny raccoon effect and low price to get the unsuspecting to buy it.
Since 1960 B&D has owned DeWalt. Almost all of my tools are DeWalt. They are not the very best in any category, but they are more than "good enough".
Out here on the West Coast if you go to any job site DeWalt is the most common tool brand. While I don't personally do a lot of construction work any more, I hire people to do it for me.
Almost every time some doofus shows up and then can't get to work, because his battery isn't charged, or he left his whatsit home. Of course he still wants to be paid for his time. I can just hand him my battery, tool, or whatever he left and tell him to get started. It works every time, and he can't complain about tool quality because all of his buddies use the same one.