AA/AAA Battery Charger Review
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- A round up of 10 different AA and AAA battery chargers.
Serious contenders are the Powerex Maha MH-C9000 WizardOne Charger-Analyser, the Technoline BL700, Accupower IQ-328, Voltcraft BC-300. - Věda a technologie
I liked the efficient, fast and focused explanation. Good old days!
On the powerex you don't have to wait for info. Press slot and use the arrow and it will bring you to the slot you want. As for the default just press the arrow down to 200 et voilà....Work with it or check the instruction you will see all what you can do with that charger.
Richard
Thanks a lot !
I was on a quest to the best price vs quality charger and I came across a lot of reviews. But none were as detailed and pertinent as yours !
a trick : watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.
@Finnegan Yahir Definitely, I have been using flixzone for since november myself :)
What a proper review! Excellent...not many people would be able to execute a review in that perfect manner. Bows in buckets!
Thanks Graham, very kind of you to say so.
@Julian Ilett What do you think about the Nitecore Digicharger D4? It is a bit cheaper than the other chargers you use on a daily basis but it seems to have the same functions if not more.
Excellent review. I appreciate your well thought out comments on the various features.
hi,nice little overview,on your recommendation i got the Technoline BL700,is there anyway of just putting a battery on and finding out what the MAH of the battery is?now when i plug one in,it shows a very low MAH reading,even though the battery is a 1900 mah,i thought it would just be able to show me the capacity, confusing.
Great review. Very in-depth. Thank you!!!
very informative video, thank you - pretty much all of the questions i've been wondering about with rechargeables have been answered in this. :)
i'm just moving into rechargeable battery useage as i'm starting working more and more doing sound for films and most of our wireless systems drain AAs in a matter of hours
i bought 12 eneloops and the accupower iq328 from amazon reviews but i've just ordered another 12 because so much of our equipment uses them and it's begging for something to go flat in the middle of a day's work
what I was going to ask was, are there any chargers with a higher numbers of bays that you recommend as on par with the quality of the higher models here ?
i will be carrying it around so nothing the size of the powerex... but something with voltage reading, variable current and 12/16 bays ?
many thanks
ash
It takes me one week of reading boring reviews and until yours I was lost...THANK YOU :)
I have a Ray-O-Vac PS13 and it charges at 160 MA rate. It takes 17 hours for AA batteries to fully charge. They have lasted me over 2 years already. The slower the charge the longer the battery life. thank you for this very informative video.
Your review is amazing. Thank you very much for sharing it with us!
Cheers. I'm starting to collect eneloops - like a stamp collection. There are lots of limited edition sets. Sounds crazy, but actually it's handy to tell them all apart.
I only use alkalines for clocks now.
is a 7w or 12w solar panel enouth to power the Accupower IQ-328 or Voltcraft BC-300 ?
Many thanks. The BL-700 is still the charger I use most.
Good, exhaustive review, Julian. I've been using the BL700 for a few years now and also with Eneloops. Super little charger and the batteries are excellent. I've probably got 5 or 6 sets of four knocking around and wouldn't consider buying a disposable. The batteries are still as good as new. Must've saved £100s on the regular throw-aways.
All the best
Cheers Martin. Which charger did you go for? Or would you rather not say!!
Yes, both maintain after charging.
I mostly charge my AAs overnight so I tend to use the Technoline. If I need quick charges during the day, I use the Powerex.
They don't appear to have any with a voltage display. I couldn't now use a charger without one.
I've recently purchased an Unicross UCQ001 charger which looks similar to your Techo-line. Being a retired Tech, I decided to test the charger current from each port and was somewhat supprised with the results. Irresective of the charge current I selected from the charger my multimeter showed each battery was receiving a short burst of 1.04A. It looks like each battery in turn is receiving this burst of current and the length of the burst varies with the charge current selected. I wonder if you have undertaken similar tests and are able to share your findings.
The technoline BL700 (called the Lacrosse BC700 in the US) is the only charger you will need. It will charge at 200ma (default) or you can set it to 500 or 700ma charge. It has four modes; charge, discharge/charge, refresh, and test. It will not overheat the batteries. It is an excellent charger.
Could you recommend a universal charger that has the same functions as the Techno Line BL-700 as I have some 2500mah C & D batteries and my current universal charger (Tronic KH980) charges them at a fixed current rate of 1000mAh which I personally think is to high as the batteries get very warm and I don't think this does them any good ! I would ideally like to have the option of charging them at 200/500/700mAh like the Techno Line BL-700 does with AAA/AA batteries... what universal charger would you recommend ?
Hi Julian, thanks for the review as I needed a quality smart charger and the Technoline BL700 fits the bill, without me going through the expense. I got the Voltcraft version labled as IPC-1L, but exactly the same and slightly cheaper from europe to UK. Great charger and does the job, though after reading about eneloops on Candlepowerforums I tend to go with 500/700mah charging which is easily done,as you know. As you pointed out the gripe of the 3V supply, you referenced a 12v cable of sorts? Basically I want to somehow charge my batteries from the car 12 aux socket. Any ideas on how. I'm not one with electronics. Thx
Le Harj There is also the Voltcraft IPC-1, without the L designation. It is more expensive but it can charge 4 AA's at 1000mA or 2 AA's at 1800mA.
Although I like the features of the intelligent chargers I find that they often terminate the charge early on older cells due to their higher resistance. I have a LaCrosse one like your techno-line, but its supply connector failed and the stiffness of the supply wire meant that when I soldered it on directly it tended to break off. The cell selection was also rather quirky and there's a horrible software lag in detecting button presses making it seem like they haven't registered.
I favour the dumb cheapo plug-in chargers that basically trickle charge at 120mA. You can usually tell when the battery is charged by feeling the slight warmth from it, and the chargers will just charge even the oldest battery. One thing I did find though is that many cells make bad contact with the negative terminals on battery chargers because the heatshrink sleeve holds them just clear of the contact. If you take a stanley knife and slit the little ring of heatshrink sleeve off base it works fine.
These days I don't think a 1A charge shortens the life of batteries too much. I think it may actually make it easier for the charger to detect end of charge too.
Certainly agree with the last bit - the 200mA charge rate can lead to failures to terminate. Not sure I'd want to put my eneloops in a cheapo dumb charger though.
I ended up with the La Crosse BC-700 (Technoline BL700) based on the information you shared. Thanks also for the tip about the eneloop batteries.
Jocylin
thank you for the great review. Is there any major downside in using the 500mA or even 700mA charge setting on the BL700 (with sanyo enaloop AAA batteries, 750mAh)? What setting do you normally set it to? 200mA? Is that a lot slower?
Nice review. At Powerex you say, that the BL700 doesn't do discharge and conditioning, but it does. It is also manufactured with the brand name Voltcraft. I have that for years now. Only trouble with it is when I put batteries that run pretty low, it doesn't sense them and just writes "null" on the display.
the most accurate review ever!
i have some questions thow because if you analyse everything it would be one hour video.
I am between powerex and technoline and i want to know if they both have maintain mode after charge?What do you mean by more functions for powerex than everyday charge for technoline?If there was not the display issue at powerex would you use that one all the time?
I've not had any heat issues with the BL-700. It has always run cool.
Hi all! one thing i dont understand about this charger is that it has two temp sensors to 4 batterys,hows that work,how does it know witch battery to end charge on if its sharing the same tempreture probe! ????
nice review... for aggressiveness why do you think it will damage the battery when you charge at 1A because eneloop itself got 2A capacity and imo and what i'm doing i'm charge at half of it capacity
Great review Julian. Wish I'd seen this last week before I bought an AA/AAA charger from EBay! My requirements were mains & 12v, individual battery charging etc. The one I bought is OK - cheap but not ideal. Anyway, very in depth and understandable vid. Thanks.j
Great review!
BRAVO!! GREAT! I am planning on buying a new charger, and your video help me in a HUGE way! Thanks!
One more thing, have you ever come a cross a brand of battery and charger named
"POWERBASE"? what is your feedback if any?
Wow! Excellent review & information. Many thanks.
hi
i'm french and don't real known what to choose
it 'a a great video and help me
just one little thing i note by looking in the net that the technoline is the same charger than the lacross rs900 and voltcraft ipc 1l only the name change so.. where is it build and is it a real good one ???
i looking beetwen the maha and him
And it's important that the charger terminates properly when the batteries are fully charged. Both the Technoline and the Powerex are very good at this.
The Opus BT-C3100 is the best charger I've ever owned. It can charge AA/AAA and just about every size of Lithium. It has the same testing features, internal resistance, capacity etc, but you can select the charge current from 100mA up to 2A.
Thank you for this information!!! Very interesting. I just got the AccuPower IQ-328, (after umm and ahhing over that and the Technoline BL-700). with a set of AA (HR-3UTGA) and AAA (HR-4UTGB)) Sony Eneloops. Hopefully it will also charge some of the 'bottom of the drawer dusty old forgotten batteries' too. Fingers crossed that it all goes well. Cheers!!
The AccuPower is almost as good as the Technoline - it's a good choice. And you can't go wrong with eneloops!
Julian Ilett But of course, how smart you are... eneloops are the best! :))))) The "ONLY" batteries! No other batteries exist, I bet you also have an iPhone :)))))))))))))))))))))) :))))))))))))))))) :))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Ever heard of VARTA you dumb sheep?
+freedomapplied
Have never had Eneloops ,for my daily usage find to expensive.
But if you want the best low drain that also have an actual rating that's guaranteed and can afford them they are the best.
On the IQ 328 Accu charger, will it tell me if my battery is coming towards the end of its life?
No. The IQ328 doesn't measure internal resistance at all.
The Duracell 110v/12v smart charger/usb out that you showed is still in production, but its not sold locally in the US, you can get at amazon an imported version (search for Duracell CEF23DX). Good review!
I claim (basing at my experience) that the actually maximum healthy charging current is 1/4C. So, for Eneloop 2Ah is 500mA.
im trying to get a simple charger that takes eneloops and doesnt charge quickly like an overnight charge. any suggestions?
The Accupower IQ328 is a good choice
Julian Ilett Accupower is a Austria company who is one of our customer, we made some battery chargers for them too !
Or does it cut both off leaving one undercharged! ?????
Accupower IQ-328 loads cheaper than the Technoline BL700 at the mo so Accupower here I come! Thanks for the great advice!
It's just a pity the BL-700 loses the front buttons too quickly. I'm on number 6 by now, over the years.
I also use the BC-500, which is easy but too strict declaring cells as "defect".
Very well presented. Thank you
I'm a Technoline fan too, best charger I ever bought.
Hope one day, your will be the fan of Power Stations chargers!
Food for thought. Thank you.
Great review Julian! Perhaps you may want to get hold of a unbranded BM110 that looks like the exact clone of the AccuPower. Specs and appearance identical, less the AccuPower label.
There are also 1 or 2 8slot unbranded smart chargers that have almost the similar functions to the Maha C800S.
Thanks Austin. The BM100 looks OK, but the C800S doesn't have a voltage display - just those crude 3-stage indicators. I've yet to see an 8-way charger with voltage indicator.
Quite an old video now but I stumbled upon it and thought I would ask, is this the same charger ( Technoline BL700 @9:18 ) as this one on Condrad? www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/201101/VOLTCRAFT-IPC-1L-AA-AAA-Intelligent-Battery-Charger
More or less of course.. different name perhaps ;)
Also, could you recommend a 9V battery charger? ie, charging 9V not taking 9V ;) hehe
Thanks in advance!
Thanks Peter
There is now a Uniross Ultimate Intelligent AAA/AA charger out that claims to be more powerful that the La Crosse and had a lot of features. Going on eBay for £36. Default charge rate is 200mAh.
i see.. yeah i don't believe such charger better to have a spare battery than to use rapid charger anyway i hear that lacrosse or technoline got heat issue problem how bout yours?? because before buying i got these two maha powerex c9000 or lacrosse BC 900 but after that issue i choose powerex
Batteries get warmer when charged at 500 or 700mA so energy is lost. I always use 200mA simply because you don't have to set it - 200mA is the default. I leave them to charge overnight.
Many thanks
Great review, If only the Lacrosse was built like the Maha
So I have learned something again, and I'm grateful for that. I have severeal sets of batteries (a few GP 2700, GP ReCyko 2050 and a pair of Sanyo Twicell 1600) and I was convinced that next set would Eneloop - Sanyo again. I convinced myself that the GP batteries are inferior, because not only they lose their capacity very fast but they died very quickly also, and my charging unit couldn't revive them, only indicate which one is dead. I thought, hell, I have 12 year old batteries (the Sanyo ones) and they are as good as new and the GP ones died after pretty much a half a year of using and a half a year of not using (they drained themselves to death). WTF.
And then I saw a video recomending buying a better charger then the one you buy with the set of batteries and I realised that the whole time I was actually continually damaging my batteries. And don't mind the GPs but the Sanyos. Hell, they lasted for 12 years and I gave them (probably) boombastic 2,3 A current in return for the long service they gave me.
Anyway I am still going to buy some Eneloops, again, I have very very good experience with Sanyo batteries, and a new charger. Thank you for the review.
A new boy in town, Youshiko YC4000 intelligent battery charger, A update to the Technoine BL-700 or BC-700, Batteries fit better, buttons have a better feel, Also extra features, can charge at 1000ma , USB port and also has 12V input option, a handy option for out doors , I have many batteries, After about two week of charging and re-charging batteries , even batteries I thought were dead this charger have made them alive again. There’s nothing complicated about it - and you won't regret it!
T Banks Ha Ha. I get it now! T Banks (aka Ian Davis) (aka Kate Collier)
do you work for Youshiko?? Please don't waste our time hijacking this
discusion with your advert/posts.
11:20 "Wait almost a minute?" I guess you could, if you had nothing better to do.
Or you could just press SLOT to manually cycle through each battery's info screen :)
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I love the C9000. Even with that stupidly bright display.
Works fine off an SLA 12V battery. Been using it for years and it's a winner. If only it did 9Vs too.
I've also got a Turnigy Accucel 6 for odd batteries and LiPos. Well worth checking out for the price. Lots of tweakability, and will charge just about everything.
La Crosse / Technoline BC1000 is good and the default of 200mah charge can be change to 1000mah for individual slot. 7dayshop now sells the same model at £21 in UK so grab a bargain. It has its own site and also sells on amazon. Its own site is cheaper on certain items as Amazon has up its free delivery to min. £20 so worth a visit to 7dayshop.
Actually you're right - a 1 amp charge isn't particularly aggressive - it's a 2 hour charge. The batteries will get warmer though, so if you're charging from solar power, some energy will be lost. There used to be 15-minute chargers available (probably still are) - that's aggressive and will kill the batteries pretty quickly.
You won't regret it - it's still my favourite charger
That's funny, I used to have the Voltcraft with adjustable voltage (the one called La Crosse, only sold under different name in my country) and then got the Maha. I'd say Maha is a bit better, about cycling, all you need to do is press "slot" button to get the info you need from particular slot. Charge rate can be adjusted quite easily, but it does take time and 7 clicks (I think the best current for LSDs are 0.2*Capacity).
7:47 - 10:40
The first charger showed in this section does 200ma, 500 and 700 whereas the second (cheaper) one actually does 200, 500, 700, 1000, 1500 and 1800! Just thought I'd point that out as it's certainly something worth mentioning that you forgot. Note that it only does 1500 and 1800ma on a maximum of two batteries at a time in slots 1 and 4.
Not sure where it's made - the other language on the underside is German. All I can say is that I use the Technoline more than I use the Powerex.
The La Crosse BC700 has up to a 700mA charge (200/500/700), the BC900/1000 have the same features, but charge up to 1000mA charge rate for 4 cells. I have used the MHC9000, the BC700 and BC900 extensively for RC racing with AAA sized cells. Each charger has its own strengths and weaknesses. The La Crosse chargers tend to have a more aggressive charge at the same amperage level. And peak higher than the Maha does. This means a little more capacity, and more power out of the battery.
The Maha I find works better as an analyzer than a charger. Its discharge to rest function is more effective to analyze the capacity of the cell than the La Crosses discharge to charge function, where if you miss the flip to charge, you don't know how much capacity the cell had. You can see what the charge capacity is afterwards, but that is not nearly as important as the discharge capacity.
If I were to design a charger, I would have the discharge to hold function, with a programmable cutoff voltage. Since it is more effective to choose batteries that have a higher capacity down to 1.2v than to .9v, since that is more usable power. If the cell is a 1000mAh cell, and instantly drops down to 1.1v after 50mAh discharge, but continues to discharge 800mAh more until it gets down to the .9v cutoff that both of the chargers use, you would think that the cell is still good since reading the 850mAh capacity would lead one to believe that it is. But, the cell is not good, since it is giving a lower amount of power for a longer amount of time. Granted, for most flashlight users this would be fine, but for higher drain uses, this would be more of an issue. Like in an RC car, where the car would just be slow.
In general, I do prefer the La Crosse chargers to the Maha, but both are very good quality chargers. On AAA cells for completely discharged cells, 500mA should be the highest current used. 700mA+ will overheat the cells, and they will pause to cool as they charge. On AA 1000mA is a good charge on the La Crosse, although you can do higher by only using the outside terminals if two are charge. I think 1500/1800mA rates are available on the BC1000 if only the outside are used.
I mistakenly plugged my Maha power adapters into my BC900 chargers a few years back, and instantly blew the La Crosse chargers (12v plug into 3v chargers). So the warning that Julian gave in his review is well warranted! This is my biggest gripe with the La Crosse chargers. I replaced the BC900's with BC700's because I only used 700mA to re-peak my AAA cells, and 500mA to base charge them when fully depleted. To get similar performance out of the Maha, I would have to charge them fully to the point that they were full, and then re-peak them at 1000mA or higher.
I have used 15min and 30min Duracell chargers in the past, but they charge at a much more aggressive charge rate, and would hurt the cells. Even though they had a fan to cool the cells, to prevent them from overheating on the outside of the cell, they were still getting too hot inside of the cell and losing capacity. I would avoid these fast chargers as much as you can, especially because they have an early peak detection followed by a long trickle charge to finish the charge of the cell. They claim a 30min charge, but there is also a ~1hr trickle required to finish the charge, which is something that they don't advertise. So, in reality, a charger with a lower charge rate with a more accurate peak detection is a faster charger. The La Crosse has the best peak detection of any slot charger that I have used. Only more advanced hobby grade chargers that have programmable peak detection are more accurate.
I personally prefer the Maha's 1A default to the La Crosse 200mA default. Especially because the Maha's menu system requires so many buttons to be pressed to start the charge. If it defaulted to 200mA, I simply would never use it since then I would have to press too many buttons to get to 700mA/1A...
I am planning to get the Accupower charger soon test.
I'm also starting to lose faith in the 200mA charge rate - I've had quite a few failures to terminate recently. Those 15/30 minute chargers sound like a right con - I didn't realise they did that trickle charge finish thing. Thanks for your excellent comment. Have you seen this? czcams.com/video/IA-MZZD7HEQ/video.html
I saw the BT-c3100 a few days ago while doing some research. It does interest me because I would like the capability to charge AAA size lithium based cells, as well as NiMH... however, I have mixed feelings about it. I am on the market for a new charger to add to my two BC700, and I plan to get the BT-C2000, so the C3100 appealed to me.
What concerned me was the sliders. Yes, they make the charger operational with an assortment of sizes, but like you mentioned in your video about the charger you have with sliders, is the inconsistency of the contact with the cells, and the increased resistance that they will add to the circuit.
What I like the most about the BT-C2000 is the internal resistance test, which is something that I have seen in tests with the BT-C3100 have very poor results between slots and between installation of the batteries. This means that you will not have accurate measurements of the cells resistance/voltages as the cell is charging, and could overcharge the cell if the contact is a little loose. If I were to use that charger, I may modify it to have an adjustable screw with a rubber tip that could be tightened down on the bottom of the cell to increase the tension of the clip. But even with the contact improvement, you still have the weak link of the slide mechanism adding resistance to the circuit.
I would say, great idea, poor implementation. Needs refinement before I would consider it. I also saw that the two outside slots don't charge lithium cells as well as the inside slots. If you absolutely must have a charger to charge induvidual off sized lithium cells, then this is an option. But at the only source that I have seen it, it costs about $65, which is steep for a charger that I would modify the contacts for AAA/AA only use. In the meantime, I am just going to use a charge tray and wire it as a 4S balance pack to charge 4xAAA on a hobby charger.
Eugene Uyterlinde Yeah, those slider things are horrible - you could cut up some pencil erasers and use them to wedge the sliders against the -ve side of the cell. I want a way to measure the capacity of my 18650 lithiums so I can compare the Ultrafires with more expensive cells. $65 is a bit pricy and the unit looks a bit like a pre-production prototype - it's not very professional looking. Also, the fan looks like an afterthought. Still tempted though!
Hi Eunege, your are so professional in battery charger and familiar with the MOST popular smart chargers in the market.We are the battery and battery charger manufacturer, actually hope one day we can hear something comments about our smart charger PS-NC1000(Http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/PS-NC1000-12V-LCD-Intelligent-Smart_1927332405.html) and other latest new smart chargers.) it is better than the La-crosse BC700 a lots, your can have a try!
BTW, are your battery charger engineer ?
Zhou Jeff I like the 12v input - that's much better than the silly 3v input.
Battery Logic should have the 3v PSU
My weapons of choice are BL700, Ultra Max (For the Li-Ion 18650 & PP3) and for the stubborn old batteries my old faithful Lloytron Dumb Charger :D
Cheers
Great Video! You are worse then me - you have even more chargers :)
I saw a MAHA C9000 at a friends place yesterday - HUUGE! Perhaps they are the BEST CHARGERS, but if you want to run Analyze or Descharge you have to select it for each channel and ending pressing many keys!
I too prefare the BC700 as it gives the information for all 4 channels at once.
So wondering if I go for a BM100/BM110 on ebay for $27.
Perhaps the SKYRC NC2500 is a new star - but they cost 4x more :(
BTW charging is recomanded at at least 1/5 C so the delta-Peak detection will work proberly! Thats why I charge AA at 500mAh.
The SKYRC with its Bluetooth does look pretty awesome, but now there's this: czcams.com/video/IA-MZZD7HEQ/video.html
Time for review on Opus 3400. You did review on single cell. Time for the four cell.
Love the way you moan about every product,nothing is perfect ever
3:14 2.3A is 575mA across 4 batteries. Not really "enormously high" which is how Julian described it.
I had an old (7 years old) mains/12 volt 'rapid' charger that would only charge 2 or 4 batteries and I suspect that it has now ruined my AAA's that go in my LED Lenser torch. I bought an 'Extreme' 1 hour fast charger (although it will only charge low capacity batteries in an hour) as it has an LCD display with individual monitoring of each cell, runs from 12v, USB or mains. Stated output is 2:1000Ma or 4:500Ma. The LCD display is awful - very bad viewing angles - thought it was broken at first!
I also found the Uniross Globetrotter a pain. Very flimsy and a tiny little spring came out of one of the metal contacts you pulled out in the video.Had to bin it. Shame as nice charger in other respects.
I have 2 Ansmann Powerline 4's (one old and another a 'Zerowatt'), an Energizer 'Quattro', plus a Technoline. I find the Techoline 900 excellent.
Some smart chargers are so smart that they don't recognise batteries that have dropped below a certain voltage, One of those 'dumb' chargers is useful. 10 mins or so, will put enough charge into a 'dud' battery, so the 'smart' (not that smart really), will recognise and charge it.
Great comment, finally someone with brain! Those good old "dumb" chargers seem to always remain the best after all. Those so-called smart chargers have "bad cell detection" and they refuse to charge batteries which are in perfect condition that those good old dumb chargers get the job done!!!!!! But the sheep only sees maha+eneloop, typical....
That's the problem with this charger. It doesn't tell you when they are fully charged and doe snot have a trickle charge when they are done. I just picked up the Lacrosse BC-700 today. This is by far a much superior charger.
I can't use chargers with red/green indicators anymore - I just don't trust them. Cheaper chargers don't terminate reliably. The Technoline and Powerex terminate with almost complete reliability.
Hi Julian. Just bought a Uniross Charger from amazon (www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00T157CB0). It appears to be a clone of the BL700 but with slightly higher charge rate (1000mAh). But more interestingly for you, it has a 12V input. £21.99 was not a bad price too.
I work in Lab, We charge lot of batteries every day , to run our wireless scientific gadgets, Have many different chargers , Youshiko YC4000 intelligent battery charger, found be very good, Looks like Technoline upgrade version, with few extra features like very handy USB port and 1000mA charge, it works very well, well made and good quality, this charger have put life in to our old dead batteries which other chargers declared dead., best value of money
Ha Ha. I get it now!
Kate Collier (aka T Banks) (aka Ian Davis) do you work for Youshiko?? Please don't waste our time hijacking this discusion with your advert/posts.
The Wizard One is the Bad-Ass of the Bull pit
By any chance was your fathers name Eric ??
Yes it was - did you know him?
No I did not know him, unfortunately. I assume he was the Eric Ilet that worked at the BBC ?
fluke Nine Yes, mainly on The Sky at Night. He worked with Patrick Moore for many years.
they are called double A and triple A not aa and aaa
could be the reason some chargers are burning the batterys out and melting the charger!!
laptop charger manufacture
just to let the world know new battery tybatt i bought 24 on amazon 8 pack 19.99 for 2800mah and the highest is unreal 3053mah yes these are the longest lasting batterys in the world now at amazon in canada 19.99 for 8 i own all amazon batterys have enoloops but nothing last longer ebl are the worse they say 2800mah the highest 2400mah and tybatt are rohs certified so the min is 2800mah they sell 2000mah and 1700mah and aaa 1000 and 1100mah all on amazon you wont regreat
Why do you have so many shitty chargers? Why not just throw them out?
Many thanks