Energizer 15-Minute Battery Charger Kit With Car Adapter by Energizer Batteries
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Digital camera reviews of Energizer 15-Minute Battery Charger Kit With Car Adapter
Digital camera Review: Read These Reviews Carefully
Summary: 1 Stars
I have this 15 minute charger and it has appeared to have killed not only older NMH Engergizer NEW batteries but also does not charge older ones that should still have life left in them. If you read the reviews carefully you will see that the glowing reports come from people who have only charged their batteries several times and yes, that was my experience too. However, over the long haul my experience has been exactly the same as all of the others who report dead cells that will charge on other slow chargers or not at all. We all want a quick charge but that may be a technical impossibility. I will certainly never buy one of these 15 minute chargers again and I really urge new buyers to beware.Digital camera Review: Real Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
I received this unit as a gift. Rechargeable batteries work well for my portable electronics and I thought this 15-minute charger would be a huge improvement over the overnight charger I own. It wasn't. Like others leaving comments here, I found that this charger rejects many batteries I put in it with its annoying flashing red light -- including brand new NiMh batteries. All of my batteries rejected by this charger worked just find in my overnight charger.
I threw this charger in the trash where it belongs.
Digital camera Review: Too Fast without Pause to Think
Summary: 4 Stars
A fast charger is an ideal way to work with NiMH cells. Fast charging doesn't seem to impractically shorten cell life but I think the 15 minute charger rejects too many good cells. The price of NiMH cells has dropped considerably, while capacity has increased. 4 AA Energizer 2300mAH cells run for under $7, and quality no name brands for half that. So, even if cell life has been reduced from its high of 500 charges, its reasonable to replace cells sooner, to insure high performance were NiMH cells are used. The 15-minute charger is also apt to reject marginally bad cells than slower chargers, further fueling a consumer to buy more batteries.
The fan is an excellent addition, because the charged cells are cooler to touch than the older model 30-minute charger, suggesting they are stressed less despite the faster charge. Alas, it has only one LED indicator, and when it flashes that a cell is defective, one cannot instantly detect which of the 4 charging cells it is: you need to test each one individually to see which one triggered the error light. Further, one has to cell swap to insure its not the charging chamber that is defective. If Energizer dedicated one LED per charge chamber, it would help troubleshoot and identify status of each battery much better.
Digital camera Review: Ultra-Fast Charger with great batteries
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this charger and 3 more packs of rechargeable batteries so I could quit spending so much money on regular batteries. I have 18 total Energizer batteries and they work great! This is truly a 15 minute charger as I find batteries take 15 minutes or LESS to recharge. Ignore the bad reviews about this product because as long you are useing a good rechargeable battery, it will stay charged a long time. After over 300 recharge and discarge cycles, you will need to replace the battery. Also, for all of the other reviews, this charger will charge ANY NiMH battery regardless of mAh rating. However, don't recharge Ni-Cd in this charger since these batteries contain dangerous cadium. This is a NiMH charger, not a Ni-Cd charger. For Ni-Cd batteries, buy a Ni-Cd charger and DON'T use this one. Other than that, this is a sweet charger and LONG-LASTING batteries. ALSO- The batteries get hot while in the charger so there is a fan. It sounds like a quieter desktop computer while running. They get hot in all of the fast chargers because the energy is forced into the battery creating a lot of heat. THIS IS A GREAT PRODUCT!Digital camera Review: Very fast
Summary: 5 Stars
This charger is amazing! , it is ready in 15 minutes and the batteries last too long in my digital camera.
The cooler works very good keeping the batteries cool not so hot,it is not noisy ,in other works a good item .
Easy buy it now !