With having a cordless mouse and a mp3 player and numerous remote controls I was spending an average of £3 plus a week on batteries that would last much longer than a couple of days in my appliances. So, I ultimately had to come to the decision that buying some rechargeable batteries and a battery charger would save me a lot of money in the long run.
When it arrived on my doorstep I initially had to charge the batteries for twelve hours.
The charger itself is a small grey box which plugs into your sockets for charging, it has the ability to charge either 4 AA batteries, 4 AAA batteries or 2 9 volt batteries which was brilliant as I used both AA and AAA batteries all the time.
The charger also has the ability to charge both nickel-cadmium and nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries with a switch that is present on the charger, but you cannot charge both types at the same time.
Once the batteries have charged the red light that is present on the charger when you first put the batteries on to charge turns green, so you know that the batteries are fully charged which I also found was extremely useful.
The life of the batteries themselves once charged obviously depends on what appliance they are being used in and how often, for example when used in my mp3 player they would last for about 4 hours of continuous playback but for several weeks within the remote controls for the tv and radio and for my cordless mouse.
I would recommend buying some other batteries for the charger as you only get AA ones free and I also needed AAA ones and I found them for about £4 for four on ebay so I must have been lucky but check the internet out for cheaper prices rather than the shops.
Also, when charging the batteries themselves wait until all the power has been drained from the batteries before charging them as it can make the batteries less powerful and they will not last as long in your appliances.
Overall the durability of this charger and the batteries that you use with it are brilliant and end up saving you a lot of money in the long run, so if like me you are a battery abuser I would thoroughly recommend buying a battery charger and some rechargeable batteries as I will save you a lot of money in the long which you can ultimately buy some more gadgets with!
Thanks For Reading, xx
G Brunt Copyright 2006
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