Advantages: Good value for money Disadvantages: Takes a long time to charge batteries
I had been intending to purchase a batterycharger for quite a while. In fact I had even dropped hints to certain family members around Christmas time, but to no avail. I was recently reminded of this missing piece of equipment in my life when I rediscovered the PC lead to my digital camera. Remembering that a pair of standard batteries lasted for only about 30 photos in this camera I decided that it was certainly time to invest in a batterycharger and some rechargeable batteries.
I purchased an Energizer CHDCW8 ? 4 batterycharger from Argos for just £9.99. This decision was based on several factors, the most important of which was the price and what I considered to be the best value for money. The design also played a part in my decision process, but in the end it was the price/value that were the strongest influencing factors ...
Advantages: Cheap, reliable, long lasting, reasonable price. Disadvantages: Still gets warm. Plastic plug = breakable?
charge them in the car if it's that urgent?
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Intelligent Delta V is at the end of the charge detection system, which lets you know when the batteries are fully charged, and another plus thing is that the batteries don't heat up, unlike the earlier models, which have green batteries, which get extremely hot during charge and need to be let to cool down. There is a built in safety timer, and a bad cell detection system, also it wont let you charge an odd number of batteries, like 1 or 3.
It's great for people that are on the go and like a quick charge. I'd say it does it in around 40 minutes, I have used older batteries like 1800, but they are not really meant for this charger, as I dont see the difference when they are charged in here.
With my model I also got an adaptor which plugs into the cigarette lighter in ...
Advantages: Charging time of 5 hours, Includes 4 AA batteries, Compact design Disadvantages: None
The Uniross x-press 300 is a good charger which supports a range of different battery sizes. I bought this charger last year because I bought a wireless mouse and keyboard so made more sense getting rechargeable batteries rather than spending money on normal batteries every few weeks. I went with Uniross as they make decent rechargeable batteries and are well known for it.
This x-press 300 charges AAA, AA & 9V size batteries. It lets you charge 2 or 4 AA/AAA and one 9V batteries of the same type at the same time. It's suitable for AA, AAA and 9V (PP3) NiCd and NiH batteries. To use AAA batteries you simply flip down a little holder within the charger and it will hold the AAA batteries to charge.
The plug in design makes it easy to use and the built in mains transformer means there are no leads or adaptors. You simply plug it in ...
