10 bay AA/AAA NiMH smart charger $14.99

Don’t claim be be an expert but this seems to be a good value. This seller rocks! US only $14.99 delivered
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TENERGY-T-6988-COMPUTER-CONTROLLED-Ni-CD-Ni-MH-SMART-CHARGER-1-10-AA-AAA-NEW?item=350546043345&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7046815454808439191

Looks like a rebadged Vanson to me. But great if you want to (slowly) charge 10AAs at a time. At that price when you need to charge a lot of AAs it sounds like a decent deal. One of my favourite chargers is a Vanson -- the BC1-HU which is rebadged by a lot of people.

Yeah that looks pretty good. However, it might not be a bad idea to get a Universal charger instead. This adds C/D/9V battery capability. Turns out lots of kid toys use Ds... :-)

I thought that too, hence the recommendation for the BC1-HU

But if you need to charge a lot of AAs at once, your choices are more limited. At least in chargers that are worth having. There are still a huge number of junk timer-controlled chargers out there.

Should be fine. I have an 8 bay Tenergy and it has worked flawlessly for 4 years.

One Amazon reviewer mentioned something about a 12-hour safety cut-off and insists this won't always charge a battery completely. Really? It would require 12 hours? He seems pretty fired up about it.

I think I'm still going with the C Crane QC2 because it's reliable and charges up to D size batteries. An 8+ bay charger would be nice but they seem to be limited to AA and AAA sized batteries.

There is the Maha C808M and C8808S - but they are hardly budget devices. I have an 808M and use it a lot. At least twice a week.

AFAIK all the Tenergy chargers are rebadged Vansons - but as long as they only rebadge the good ones this is not a problem.

Vanson make a lot of different chargers.

I also have the BC1-HU purchased about 4 months ago from this Ebay seller at an excellent price. Bought the ten bay for my Motorola two way radios.

Seems like someone always rebadges something. I never know who really makes the stuff any more. Maybe it really doesn’t matter if it works.

Agreed 100%. As long as it works, what does it matter who made it?