Angeleyes Pro DCD AA/AAA Charger

[x2x3x2]

https://www.kaidomain.com/WEBUI/ProductDetail.aspx?TranID=2447

Here're the specs as listed, could be a good buy for $35 I supposed?

- Most advanced AA/AAA battery charging ever
- Get the most of your AA/AAA NiMH battery
- Refresh(recover), charge, discharge functions
- Must have for flashlight, RC toy, camera enthusiasts and professionals
- Auto determine the optimal charging rate for individual battery
- Battery capacity reporting feature in mAh unit
- Real time reports individual battery information regarding current, voltage, capacity or time
- Smart discharge and battery recovery feature for maximum battery life
- Includes charging protection circuit
- LCD with backlight
- Quick ~2 hours two 2700mAh AA batteries charging time
- Charge 99% of Ni-MH batteries, except for the defective or poorly made cells
- Travel weight and compact size
- One year limited warranty

 

[coppertrail]

Do you own this charger? I'm curious to hear from someone who has one.

 

[barkingmad]

https://www.kaidomain.com/WEBUI/ProductDetail.aspx?TranID=2447

Here're the specs as listed, could be a good buy for $35 I supposed?

- Most advanced AA/AAA battery charging ever
- Get the most of your AA/AAA NiMH battery
- Refresh(recover), charge, discharge functions
- Must have for flashlight, RC toy, camera enthusiasts and professionals
- Auto determine the optimal charging rate for individual battery
- Battery capacity reporting feature in mAh unit
- Real time reports individual battery information regarding current, voltage, capacity or time
- Smart discharge and battery recovery feature for maximum battery life
- Includes charging protection circuit
- LCD with backlight
- Quick ~2 hours two 2700mAh AA batteries charging time
- Charge 99% of Ni-MH batteries, except for the defective or poorly made cells
- Travel weight and compact size
- One year limited warranty

Looks ok (not used it personally) but also consider the Maha MH-C9000 Charger for about US$60-65?

 

[coppertrail]

Looks ok (not used it personally) but also consider the Maha MH-C9000 Charger for about US$60-65?

+1

 

[koala]

Here, 109 posts regarding the charger
DCD charger with LCD capacity indicator_Designed and made in china

 

[x2x3x2]

Wow thanks, sorry should have searched that. I don't own it, just appeared on Kai's page today. Thanks koala!

Btw, i read there were some problems with the C-9000 charger which are mentioned in the thread below, should temperature sensor be used as a charging trigger? I find that a little wierd, which is why i'm still undecided yet.

 

[dulridge]

Do you own this charger? I'm curious to hear from someone who has one.

I have one. Delivered in the UK it was a quarter of the price of the Maha delivered here which decided me on it. It works, it charges batteries, it tells you how much charge went into them, how much it got out of them.

It discharges to 1.0V instead of 0.9V but since that is a 2-3% difference this is no big deal. It identifies dud cells better than anything else I've got.

I get marginally more charge by topping the cells off in a Vanson BC1-HU afterwards, but not enough to be worth worrying about for the extra 24hr to completely fill - or overfill my cells.

Me, I'm happy with it and have made up some adaptors to charge C and D cells with it. Since its maximum charge current is 1A instead of 2A with the Maha, this might be an issue. I prefer not to burn up my cells - and anyway am not prepared to spend the $140-150 a Maha costs here.

HTH

 

[koala]

Wow thanks, sorry should have searched that. I don't own it, just appeared on Kai's page today. Thanks koala!

Btw, i read there were some problems with the C-9000 charger which are mentioned in the thread below, should temperature sensor be used as a charging trigger? I find that a little wierd, which is why i'm still undecided yet.

Nothing to be sorry about, it's good to share, not everyone will post these stuff like you do. And the search, well it works but there's really too much to go through, I happen to have it bookmarked.

Yo dulridge - do you have another charger that you can compare with the Angeleyes, about the accuracy of the discharge capacity? Would be really helpful.

 

[dulridge]

Yo dulridge - do you have another charger that you can compare with the Angeleyes, about the accuracy of the discharge capacity? Would be really helpful.

Sorry - it is the only such device I have. That is why I bought it.

The ability to charge cells was almost incidental for me. I can fire an Excel spreadsheet at you containing the data (repeated runs) for pretty much all of my my cells if you want. I'd be happy enough to post a couple of cells from this dataset to you so you can compare them with whatever you have. A passaround of a couple of cells on various devices would be interesting - anyone interested who has a non-AngelEyes device that will tell them the capacity, let me know. PM me with details if that is of interest to you but remember I'm in the UK so it may take a while for the cells to get to you.

Not owning any sort of datalogging device, i can't check them against anything else - and the idea of sitting over a multimeter for a few hours while the cells discharge appeals not at all. I used to do that sort of thing 25 years ago when i worked in a lab and have exactly no wish to do it again...

 

[koala]

Hi dulridge,

PM received. It's gonna be quite exciting to do this. But before that, anyone in the EU got the MahaC9000? dulridge wants to send you some cells for testing the accuracy of the Angeleyes.

I am pretty sure some member does! If no one in the EU volunteers then I will do it. I have a Duratrax ICE, C9000 and a X-Peak3/Swallow Advanced.

 

[barkingmad]

I am in the EU (UK) and have a C9000 and CBA-II.

 

[koala]

Looks like we have a tester :thumbsup: can't wait to see the results.

 

[x2x3x2]

Nice! Looking forward to these tests with the C9000 too

 

[dulridge]

I am in the EU (UK) and have a C9000 and CBA-II.

PM or email me an address and I'll put a couple of cells in the post along with their measurements on the AngelEyes - I'll be interested to see what other devices make of them. I'll run a fresh set of capacity tests on them just now and bung them in the post next week.

 

[koala]

Hey any news? Updates? Very interested.

 

[barkingmad]

Nothing arrived yet - but Royal Mail are not the fastest / most reliable - they were on strike about a week ago and apparently another strike soon so not surprising.

Hope it was not the package they stopped because the postage was 6p (about US 12c) too low - got a card from them to say I have to pay £1.06 to get it - how petty! Sent the payment but it's not been redelivered yet... (but of course that may not be it).

 

[koala]

Very nice thanks for the update. Any idea what sort of cells did dulridge sent?

 

[dulridge]

Very nice thanks for the update. Any idea what sort of cells did dulridge sent?

Looks like they may have gone missing in the post - I posted them last Monday. They are (or were) 2 1300mAh AA cells and two AAA cells that did seven years' service in a cordless phone - 200mAh on a good day.

To my surprise this lot got posted for the price of a first-class stamp - thought it would cost more than that.

Here's hoping they make their way to the south though I'd guess that after a week they won't.

Can easily dig out some more cells.

 

[barkingmad]

Looks like they may have gone missing in the post - I posted them last Monday. They are (or were) 2 1300mAh AA cells and two AAA cells that did seven years' service in a cordless phone - 200mAh on a good day.

To my surprise this lot got posted for the price of a first-class stamp - thought it would cost more than that.

Here's hoping they make their way to the south though I'd guess that after a week they won't.

Can easily dig out some more cells.

First Class stamp... sounds a little 'light' (if you pardon the pun) for a few batteries - think it's about 45-60g maximum for a 1st class stamp and more if it's a package rather than a letter.

Got a feeling it might be your packet that caused the excess charge - oh well will find out in the next day or two when the decide to actually deliver it.

 

[dulridge]

Got a feeling it might be your packet that caused the excess charge - oh well will find out in the next day or two when the decide to actually deliver it.

Could be - but as far as I remember, I put them in a DL or C5 envelope then weighed them on the office postal machine, I was surprised too - expecting it to cost more. I think it was a heavily taped DL envelope which would hardly qualify as a packet.

I'd guess the office postal machine is pretty accurate - we spend over £1500 a week on postage so we'd soon hear if we weren't.