There is a guy on your tue who makes a good point:
To never buy a NIMH charger from a battery MFG. They have a vested intrest in you over charging and needing to buy more cells before you would have to if you got a proper charger. (their business is batteries and dont forget that).
As far as I can tell this jives with what HKJ reported also, (my paraphrase) “cheap chargers kill cells”
HKJ, thank you for that information! WRT charging current, from what I remember, it is recommended that the cell be charged with a current close the max current it is going to be used at, ie for higher drain devices, higher charge currents should be used. I can’t remember the technical details but, it may be related to the size of the crystals formed inside the cell.
I suggest you first try reading all his reviews and filling out your chart for yourself.
There are so many different features to consider that each person’s preferences will differ.
Also, you’ll want to revise that list every time he comes out with a new review.
We can’t expect him to take all our needs into account and give us personal service — our needs vary too much.
If I’m wrong about this, I have a little list of my own … (grin)
I do generally not make this type of list, it is way to much work to keep it updated and it will also depend on what the charger is used for.
The SkyRC MC3000 will probably be one of my favourite chargers, but it is way to technical for some people and not everybody needs all the functions in it, but for my charger testing it looks to be a perfect match.
HKJ, I would prefer that you continue exactly as you are now. While a list would make it easier, the way you do things encourages us to learn and understand not only what is good or bad, but why that is so and what it actually means to us.
And though it usually takes me several ‘reads’ to understand, it is part of the appeal of becoming a true “Flashaholic” :bigsmile: It would take me ages to find this stuff otherwise if I found it at all.
Thanks , but comme on man , I am new to BLF, I have read 90-99% of reviews by HKJ ( multiple/many times ), really useful , learnt so many things, which otherwise would have taken ages ……
But for understanding HKJ reviews u need to be technical ,
Any suggestions on a fast Ni-MH ( AA/AAA only ) charger , I mean really fast !
The MC3000 has been on presale for some time, but only from two shops. I got a review copy from one of the shops and are writing on the review at the current time.
Ya know, there’s a sure way to always, very quickly, have two charged batteries when you need them.
This is the way I do it: Buy six Eneloop batteries. Keep four of them in a good charger — the Maha MH-C9000 — all the time.
You know you can set the charging power level on that charger, right?
Try looking locally— put this into a Google search: Bangalore+India+“NiMH+charger”
Set the search tools to “verbatim” and a recent time span to improve the results.
You will find something close enough to what you want by looking close to where you live.
If India is not making a decent enough NiMH charger, there’s a business opportunity there.
But — seriously — instead of fast-charging your cells over and over, just buy four more cells and give them proper charging.
You will always have charged batteries handy that way.