AA Battery chargers any recommendations?

[Billspider]

Thinking of buying the Duracell 15 minute charger

 

[af0h]

I've been very happy with the Powerex MH-C9000 Battery Charger/Analyzer/Tester. It does everything from Charging to Breaking-In new cells. The Discharge and Cycle features are nice to have as well. One charger does it all.

I don't recommend the fast chargers, as it's harder on the cells. Of course you can crank up the charge current on the C9000 if you really do want a fast charge.

 

[passive101]

I have bc700

 

[StorminMatt]

If you have LOTS AND LOTS of AA batteries, then there's always this:

If you feel like you need a fast charger because you have more than four batteries at a time you have to charge, this would be a MUCH better idea than a fast charger.

 

[Wrend]

Yeah, don't get one of the 15 minute chargers.

I use Eneloops and also have a couple of the mentioned MH-C9000 chargers. I leave extra sets of cells charged up and ready to use, so I never have to wait for them to charge. Works great.

 

[Viking]

Thinking of buying the Duracell 15 minute charger

Stay away from that one.

 

[Billspider]

I have bc700

How do you like it, any complaints.
My second choice is the Sony AA battery charger

 

[AFearlessBirdOfParadise]

What's your budget? People can recommend you the best one based on that. Otherwise you'll be recommended the C9000 or BC700 which are both well regarded and have a lot of added features.

 

[roadkill1109]

The BC-700 and MH-C9000 are the two best you can ever find/use. Subject to debate which one is better, so on and so forth.

 

[march.brown]

The BC-700 and MH-C9000 are the two best you can ever find/use. Subject to debate which one is better, so on and so forth.

Over many years , I have bought lots of chargers for AA and AAA batteries ... I have wasted lots of money by getting chargers "that would do" instead of getting a proper one initially ... As I got "better" chargers , I gave my cheaper ones to relatives and friends (along with my non-LSD batteries) ... If only I had bought one of the best ones , I would have saved a lot of money.

Eventually , I did go for a more xpensive charger and I am delighted with it ... I bought a C9000.

If I had bought a C9000 when they first came out , I would have had more cash to spend on other things ... Great shame.

If you can afford (or justify) a C9000 , I can highly recommend it even if you don't need to use all its facilities initially ... I bought mine from Amazon.
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[Billspider]

Thank you, everyone who responded.
I think I will go for the BC 700. Amazon has it for less than $40.

 

[lwien]

Thank you, everyone who responded.
I think I will go for the BC 700. Amazon has it for less than $40.

Good choice. I have a BC700 as well and it has charged my Eneloops flawlessly for years. Highly recommended.

 

[Groovy]

I just used this pic in another post. This is the BC 1000, comes with bag 4 AAA and 4 AA and 2 D & 2 C cell adapters. I got this last year on sale on amazon as a combo deal with 2 4pk of eneloops the first or second week of Dec. Great charger it ended up costing less than the BC 700. If your not in a hurry they may go on sale before Xmas again this year.

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[Billspider]

Hi all,
I changed my mind after going to utube and watching some of the reviews on chargers.
I ordered a Powerex MH-C9000 Battery Charger/Analyzer/Tester from Thomas Distributing.
They threw in 4 Maha Imedion AA 2400mAh Batteries.
Thanks again for all the help.

 

[mccririck]

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[af0h]

I ordered a Powerex MH-C9000 Battery Charger/Analyzer/Tester from Thomas Distributing.
They threw in 4 Maha Imedion AA 2400mAh Batteries.

A fine choice, Sir. Those batteries are pretty dang good too, at least they have been for me.

 

[Verndog]

mccririck,

Have you been using this charger? I read a bunch of reviews on this and they all seemed favorable. Even 2 guys that came from dead Maha 9000's had good things to say. And for $29.99 it seems like a great value. Other then a few limitation of independly charging and testing ect at the same time, I see no real reason to spend over double the $$.

 

[Billspider]

The Maha C9000 came in the mail today with 4 Imedion batteries.
Plugged it in and started the new batteries on the break-in mode.
Results to follow in approx 40 hours.

 

[Billspider]

I ran a break-in on 4 new Eneloop 2000 AA batteries from the 10 pack from Costco the final result on a Powerex Maha C9000 was

1 1993 mah 1.45 volt

2 2021 mah 1.45 volt

3 1991 mah 1.45 volt

4 2024 mah 1.45 volt

I'm happy with the results but a little surprised at the mah spread although within specs.