Another nimh smartcharger deal

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RSOV50/ref=oss_product

$23 when I bought it today.

This is not the top of the line model but still has most of the smart functionality.

Keep an eye on the temperatures - the BC900 has cooked a lot of cells in its time. Other than that, the LaCrosse chargers are pretty good. Maha features but not Maha prices.

Hehe...looks like a BLF member also likes slickdeals

Supposely the 700 doesn't have the 900's problems, nor the 500's lack of features. I wish it could charge faster, but I posted that other charger deal (only $8) which claims to charge a single aa at 2A.

Hehe...looks like a BLF member also likes slickdeals

Slickdeals proves a corollary of the Jevons paradox. In this case, the more people save, the more they end up spending. :D

The 9009 series allegedly fixed the firmware problems
which caused the fire ,
but the 9009 is sold as a big kit with extras, so the shipping cost
make it Les desirable deal for outside the US.
however, there is an other charger, Don mentioned it before:
the China made AngelEyes
it is a nice smart charger:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-Analyzer-Charger-Discharger-4-channels-LCD-/260663437330?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb0c06812
33$ shipped.
that might be a bargain for some.

I got two of those for a lot less than a C9000 would have cost me. The C9000 is more flexible but at the time it was well over 3x the price by the time I got one here. I've never regretted buying two of the Angeleyes and not having bought a C9000. I have checked it against a C9000 and the numbers are comparable.

Brief review after using this for a couple days:

1. Build quality is pretty cheap. The duracell mobile charger I posted a while back is nicer.

2. Selectable charge rate is better than nothing, but kind of worthless since I can't imagine using anything other than max of 700ma

3. Charge/discharge test really slow, only 200ma on charge and 100ma on disharge. So assuming you start with a charged aa battery it takes over a day to test it out. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong.

4. The reason for buying this is the individual cell monitors. It shows charge rate/voltage/time/capacity(if in test mode). Much more convenient than sticking the multimeter in there.

3. Charge/discharge test really slow, only 200ma on charge and 100ma on disharge. So assuming you start with a charged aa battery it takes over a day to test it out. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong.

I was doing something wrong. I have to select the current first before selecting modes, and max current is the one started first, which is a bit confusing when testing 4 different batteries. Max charge discharge is 700/350ma, or about 6-12hrs (discharge only vs charge-discharge-charge) to test an AA depending on how you do it.

So, add a star to the review of however many imaginary points I gave it.