I got the "quick ripper" cheap on ebay and it has a replaceable AA battery.
Did you see if yours has a door to push open to replace the battery?
Originally Posted by
quiltingcandy
It is a great little tool - mine just died though and so I think I will replace it with the trimmer mentioned above. It didn't live very long - so that was disappointing but I had heard that was a concern. Maybe it is one of those things that needs to be used on a regular basis, i would go months without turning it on since I only used it for longer seams.