Finally, I have a good charger

[pae77]

Well thanks to this forum, I finally decided to get a decent charger and chose a C9000. It arrived a few days ago and I'm having a lot of fun gradually (very gradually, as discharge + break-in takes seemingly forever) doing some sorely needed maintenance on my collection of Eneloops.

I just wanted to say I really like the charger. Even if it's not quite perfect in every respect, it seems very well thought out and seems that it will do pretty much everything I need. I also love the way it is so gentle on my batts. So I'm very pleased with purchase and only wish I had not waited so long and gotten one sooner. (It looks cool too.)

 

[clintb]

Congrats on the charger; it is arguably the best AAA / AA charger on the market. Hopefully you didn't go through the monetarily painful experience of buying junk chargers previous to the C9000.

I have two of them, and only wish for a few refinements:
1. Better AAA slots.
2. All stats displayed at once. (the LCD is big enough!)
3. Refresh mode like the LaCrosse BC-900 (discharge > charge until no further improvement).

Minor quibbles, really.

 

[pae77]

No, I was using an old but fairly decent Sanyo charger that I got included with a bunch of pre eneloop batteries in one of those Costco packs several years ago. This charger had 4 independent slots which made it better than many. But nowhere near as good as the C9000 of course. It just feels great to finally have something really good and finally I can see how my batteries are doing.

 

[Zenster]

Well thanks to this forum, I finally decided to get a decent charger and chose a C9000.

It's nice to get one of the best so you don't have to waste money on trying out the stuff that doesn't work. You've saved a ton of money by starting out with the best.

I've had my C9000 for over a year and it's been a great charger.
However, what's happened during that year is that I found that I don't need the "special" features of the C-9000 as often as I thought I would. Just using it's standard charging function is how I use it 95% of the time.

I also realized how damn many AA and AAA batteries I have and use, so when it came time for more charging capacity, I added the Maha C801D charger to the mix.

I now have a perfect setup for volume battery users; the C9000 for break-in and sophisticated conditioning plus standard charging, and also the C801D for 8-cell capacity in basic conditioning, and more often, standard charging.

Put that C9000 to work. It'll serve you well.

 

[coppertrail]

Yes, congrats on a good purchase. I have the last 2 revisions of the C9000. I use the older rev when I want to put more juice into my cells. Great charger, you won't be disappointed.

 

[alfreddajero]

I also tip my hat off to you.......