I've bought some cheap rechargeable batteries in the past and have never been too happy with the performance. Can anyone suggest any good brands. I mostly use AA for the remotes, mouse, keyboard, flashlight and such.
Thanks Larry
Thanks Larry
BeGreen said:I have a Maha, which I gave to my son. It is a good charger. Now I am using a La Crosse BC 900 which provides more options for the charge, more data on the battery state and can charge individual batteries independently.
This review is from: La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger (Kitchen)
I bought this unit over a different product because it had batteries included Unfortunately some of the batteries arrived unable to be charged by the charger. The reason being if a rechargeable battery drops below .9volt then this charger can't sense it to begin charging it.
I contacted Lacrosse tech support which requires you to first wait on hold, then finally give the "agent" your phone and email for a tech to contact you at their convenience. The Tech's email response was what I mentioned above. My reply was that I shouldn't have to buy another charger to charge the batteries to work with the charger I just bought from them! I never got a response to this reply for nearly 2 weeks.
I finally called customer support and requested to talk to someone verbally that day. They re-iterated that the batteries weren't defective but just couldn't be sensed by the charger if they were under .9volts. They did however offer to send 2 replacement AA batteries though which is why I kept the unit and didn't return it.
So, in the end it appears LaCrosse is trying to resolve the problem. But BUYER BEWARE. If your rechargeables are under .9v then you must use a different charger to charge them to that voltage before this charger can "sense" the battery and charge it fully.
jeromehdmc said:I mostly use AA for the remotes, mouse, keyboard, flashlight and such.
Thanks Larry