Looking for a good battery checker

[ultrapinball]

I'm looking for a good battery checker that has load testing and is easy to use.

I'm guessing the ZTS is a good checker due to the load testing capabilities.

Any suggestions for one that is better, or easier to ue.

Thanks for the advise

 

[DiverDn]

I'm not all that thechnical, but I have been using the ZTS for a while now and it works good for my needs.

What I have done is learned to see what it reads on a known dead batter and what it reads on a fresh or fully charged battery and from there I get a good idea of the "real" charge.

I use it mainly for AA's that go into my handheld GPS and my system works pretty well.

 

[labrat]

I'm looking for a good battery checker that has load testing and is easy to use.

I'm guessing the ZTS is a good checker due to the load testing capabilities.

Any suggestions for one that is better, or easier to use.

Thanks for the advise

Better?
I guess you really ask for cheaper?
And "easier to use"?
How much more easier can a battery checker be, than the ZTS battery checkers?
You really also need a MultiMeter, if you are to do dynamic checks during charge etc.
And the ZTS is no good checking Lithium primaries, so there you really need some experience and your MultiMeter.
For better capacity readings, and dynamic capacity checks on rechargeables, you need something like those programmable RC chargers that some use.
But they are neither cheaper nor easier to use!
I do assume you are looking for something to check your own batteries/cells?
And a variety of cells too?
There have been some custom made checkers spotted around in this site, just do a search.
But they seem generally to be very specialized, for one type of cells only usually.

 

[fishinfool]

I have a ZTS MBT-1 and it couldn't get any easier. :twothumbs

 

[Exit32]

My vote also goes for the ZTS MBT-1. Quick and easy to use, accurate enough for my needs, and it's built like a tank.

 

[LuxLuthor]

I use The Doggy.