Hmmā¦ how about the Sanyo NC-TGU01 āuniversalā charger? Changes from AAA to D sizes. I have one, it appears to be individual channels. The slots are basically like the MDU01 USB chargerā¦ flip up or down for the appropriate cell type. Just like the MDU01, it will charge faster with 1 cell in a bank. You can also cheat by putting AAs into the C cell banks. It appears to do smart termination and is far more capable than what the new Panasonic BQ-CC25 can do (except for the fact that it canāt charge 9Vā¦ not that it matters to me).
Itās available on amazon.com, but itās not cheapā¦ You might have some luck finding it within EU too as it was available in Europe as well as Asia (not just Japan). I donāt know about you, but this charger is certainly a keeper for me, based on its claimed capabilities (old Sanyo catalog states it is a fully smart charger, as opposed to the BQ-CC25 in the current catalog)
good pics can be found on the Thai Charger site
Cant wait to see the Klarus CH4S review. I recently bought a VC4 and Iām pleased with that although I regret not waiting for the CH4S review to see if that was a better choice. HKJ thanks for all of your reviews I find them very imformative and honest. Keep up the great work.
The NC-TGU01ās replacement is the BQ-CC25, but it does not have the same capabilities as the NC-TGU01ā¦ slower, not as fastā¦ no āquick modeā
The current catalog is a little confusing: it doesnāt list it as a smart charger, but it does list it have charge termination controlsā¦ overall, it made me weary of getting the BQ-CC25 (relatively easy to get), so I found a NC-TGU01 (for a good price) and havenāt regretted it since
I donāt think Panasonic will bring the NC-TGU01 back, the way this charger is built appears to be a lot more expensive than what the BQ-CC25 costsā¦ the flip up terminals like the NC-MDU01, dual color individual bank LEDs, full control logics, etc doesnāt appear to be too cheapā¦.
The BQ-CC25 appears to just be a BQ-CC15 with updated firmware to officially support Eneloops. Both of these instead has simple spring loaded terminals (not fixed like all the Sanyo Eneloop chargers), has only 2 charging banks, making it incapable of charging more than 4 cellsā¦ the only thing thatās better about it is its official Evolta support (which can simply be done with any new Panasonic charger, because there isnāt any C and D Evolta cells, only Eneloop) and 9V charging (no charge termination controls)ā¦ the 9V battery is not an Eneloop, not Evolta, and expensive (MSRP about $20 USD)ā¦ so itās not something to be missed
Anyhow, the NC-TGU01 can be found relatively easily used in Japan, but not so much in other countries due to far lower sales volumesā¦. maybe ChibiM can help you with this?
I hope that they are as good as the Miller ones but can charge protected batteries.
Looks way nicer and is a bit cheaper. Looks like a good travel-charger to me.
i looked it up, looks very impressive. basically it is a hobby charger from what i can tell. it is impossible to fully test/review a hobby charger because of the numerous settings ymmv