a highly rated NiMH or nicad battery charger for 12.99 from the 12th of Nov. supposed to have inners equivilant to a £40 maha charger.
has lots of features such as discrete slots for each battery, meaning each battery is properly monitored, rather than summarising across 2 batteries.
I for one will be trying to grab 2 first thing, alongside 4 packs each of Aa and Aaa batteries which I've just posted, to keep my kids toys running over Xmas!
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Waldolf
6 Nov 153#5
This charger still fast-charges the batteries, so is not as good for maximising their life. The batteries do get hot and will stay warm even if left on trickle charge.
It also will not charge batteries that are too exhausted. I normally have to charge exhausted batteries in another charger.
It's OK for the price though.
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Thetrout
6 Nov 151#1
I've been using one of these for a couple of years in conjunction with the newer type Rechargeable Duracells, this is a great charger, well worth the money. The initial outlay for charger / Batteries is quite high, but if you use a lot of high power batteries then it soon pays for itself. This takes all the normal sizes from AAA - D's and even the old PP9's (No idea what they are called now)
Wolfsbane2k to Thetrout
6 Nov 15#2
Yep - i've been on the lookout for it to re-appear for a few months!
I've managed to recover a few poor batteries that were charged in shared slot chargers in one i borrowed for a few weeks, so will be glad to own my own, especially with 6 slots each charger. the discharging cycle takes a while, so with a few batteries to do, the extra slots are very useful.
stuellis
6 Nov 15#3
Great charger, been using one for a couple of years. When it comes to reachable batteries its worth investing in the low self discharge ones like eneloop.
rodman
6 Nov 15#4
will be buying for sure!!
Waldolf
6 Nov 153#5
This charger still fast-charges the batteries, so is not as good for maximising their life. The batteries do get hot and will stay warm even if left on trickle charge.
It also will not charge batteries that are too exhausted. I normally have to charge exhausted batteries in another charger.
It's OK for the price though.
Wolfsbane2k to Waldolf
6 Nov 15#7
Hmm, it appears that there are slight variations on this charger over the years, some allow you to choose the the charge and discharge rate, some don't. The batteries heating is likely a statement on your batteries, rather than the charger itself, but if the charger allows you to change the charging rate ( some variants do, some don't), then this is better.
ukstud1
6 Nov 15#6
Have the previous Tronic charger, very good, use it nearly every day
Waldolf
6 Nov 15#8
It's any battery from many different manufacturers.
I've not seen any of these Tronic chargers that allow you to alter the charge rate - including this one
COMARANTZ
7 Nov 15#9
This charger has useful additional features, USB socket for charging external devices and voltage adjustment for international use.
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has lots of features such as discrete slots for each battery, meaning each battery is properly monitored, rather than summarising across 2 batteries.
I for one will be trying to grab 2 first thing, alongside 4 packs each of Aa and Aaa batteries which I've just posted, to keep my kids toys running over Xmas!
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It also will not charge batteries that are too exhausted. I normally have to charge exhausted batteries in another charger.
It's OK for the price though.
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I've managed to recover a few poor batteries that were charged in shared slot chargers in one i borrowed for a few weeks, so will be glad to own my own, especially with 6 slots each charger. the discharging cycle takes a while, so with a few batteries to do, the extra slots are very useful.
It also will not charge batteries that are too exhausted. I normally have to charge exhausted batteries in another charger.
It's OK for the price though.
I've not seen any of these Tronic chargers that allow you to alter the charge rate - including this one