Energizer 15-Minute Battery Charger Kit With Car Adapter
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Customer Review: Don't use this charger
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this charger only to discover that it damages batteries. Initially I could get about a 100 shots from my Canon with 2 AA's. After only 3 or 4 charges on the included Energizer AA's,the batteries start to self discharge and fully discharged in only 24 hours without use. I have changed to Sanyo Eneloop batteries and the La Crosse BD900 charger. I get double the shots and the batteries can be left in the camera for a week without noticeable self discharge.
The Energizer batteries that came with this 15 minute charger are now damaged and don't respond to the reconditioning mode of my new charger and continue to self discharge.
I am very disappointed with Energizer and their charger.
Customer Review: Horrible Product
Summary: 1 Stars
Soon after using this product (Previously I had been using an energizer travel charger) it started with a blinking red light when I inserted batteries. I thought it simply wasn't charging my batteries, but they won't charge in my travel charger now either. Little did I know it was destroying the energizer brand batteries I was putting into it. I looked this up online after it happened and found that many other people have experienced this problem. So now I'm left with a charger that destroyed batteries and 12 or 16 useless energizer rechargeable batteries that are only a few months old - what a waste. I would definitely think twice about purchasing this product or at least look around a bit more.Customer Review: Read These Reviews Carefully
Summary: 1 Stars
I have this 15 minute charger and it has appeared to have killed not only older NMH Engergizer NEW batteries but also does not charge older ones that should still have life left in them. If you read the reviews carefully you will see that the glowing reports come from people who have only charged their batteries several times and yes, that was my experience too. However, over the long haul my experience has been exactly the same as all of the others who report dead cells that will charge on other slow chargers or not at all. We all want a quick charge but that may be a technical impossibility. I will certainly never buy one of these 15 minute chargers again and I really urge new buyers to beware.Customer Review: Battery killer
Summary: 1 Stars
This product worked well initially. After two year's ownership (with rather infrequent charging), most of my batteries are now id'd as defective (red blinking light on charger). After some research on the web, I believe the high charging rate reduces the life of the NiMHs because of overheating. Also, while it is optimized for energizer batteries, other NiMHs might not be optimally controlled and will result in significant overcharge and possibly accelerating irreversible damage on those batteries. Ultimately, you will have to decide if you want to trade a quick charge for battery life.Customer Review: Real Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
I received this unit as a gift. Rechargeable batteries work well for my portable electronics and I thought this 15-minute charger would be a huge improvement over the overnight charger I own. It wasn't. Like others leaving comments here, I found that this charger rejects many batteries I put in it with its annoying flashing red light -- including brand new NiMh batteries. All of my batteries rejected by this charger worked just find in my overnight charger.
I threw this charger in the trash where it belongs.