Energizer Family Battery Charger
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Customer Review: Works as advertised
Summary: 4 Stars
I use 'D' and 'C' batteries in flashlights. I've been very happy with the rechargeable AAA and AA batteries, but I wanted to use the same technology to power simple flashlights.
I purchased the charger and several C and D batteries. They charged up and run fine. The longevity seems OK; I guess I will see if it holds up over time.
The only problem I've had is with the sliding, adjustable negative contacts on the battery. It slides so the charger will handle different sizes of batteries; the physical sizes vary. However, I found it difficult to get the D batteries in, and I apparently bent one of the sliders (the sliders are in the shape of an 'L'). I bent it back and it seems to work, but I worry about how long it's going to work, putting batteries in and taking them out. I would suggest a slightly wider slider, so it won't bend in the first place.
Recommended. It seems to do its job, and in a decent fashion.
Customer Review: Nice charger, but a bit finicky
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this battery charger because I wanted one that can handle size D batteries, also one that can charge 8 AA batteries at a time. Also, this charger has a LCD readout which shows the charge progress of each battery which is a nice touch. A unique feature of this charger is that the batteries don't start charging until the lid is closed. That is how the contacts are made on the positive/negative areas of the batteries. This feature is both good and bad. It is good as a safety measure (I assume, since it's called a family charger, the audience includes children). Yet, because the contacts aren't spring loaded, with AA and AAA batteries, sometimes after closing the lid, the contacts don't seem to touch properly (more on this later) and I found that I had to shuffle the batteries around and get them to work by trial and error.
When charging AA or AAA batteries, one can choose to charge up to 8 batteries at at time. This is possible because the contact point which touches the base of the battery has three possible contact areas in each of four chambers. The middle for charging only one battery, or the two edges for charging two in a chamber. Unfortunately, when using the outer contacts, the contacts don't always touch properly and because of that, the shuffling of batteries is required. (The shuffling isn't required when using the middle contact point). In otherwords, one can flawlessly charge 4 batteries using only the middle contact points. However, attempting to charge more than one battery in a chamber may require shuffling the batteries to get the charger to work right.
What I like:
- charges sizes besides AAA and AA
- charges up to 8 AAA and AA batteries at a time
- LCD display showing individual battery status
What I dislike:
- AA and AAA batteries needed some reshuffling to get it to charge
- hibernate feature doesn't seem to work. After the charge is done, if left idle the charger hibernates. However
I've had the batteries hibernate in the charger for several weeks, but when testing them, some already seem
discharging.
Overall, a nice charger, if you understand the limitations. The battery charger recharges batteries well, but charging more than four AA/AAA batteries at a time requires some fiddling around.
Customer Review: not really sure if it fully works!
Summary: 3 Stars
This system definitely does charge, the question is, does it FULLY charge. When our son's favorite toy died we put 3 AA batteries in it that were rechargeable. The batteries eventually needed a charge, so we popped them out of the toy and placed them in this charger and charged them all night. The next day we put them back into his toy (which is the singing seahorse ... kind of like the glowworm...) and when we turned it on the songs sounded funky, almost like the batteries were dying again! I'm pretty sure that this is not a battery thing because I put the batteries in a different charger and they seemed to charge just fine! I'm not saying it doesn't work at all, I'm just wondering if it stops charging before the battery is fully charged...?Customer Review: All But 1 Pair of Charge Bays Died
Summary: 2 Stars
I lost use of three of the four charge bay pairs in about a year. I thought it was maybe because I had it plugged directly into what was a bad outlet at my church, but it was the only thing that was damaged on that outlet. Plus, I am seeing many similar experiences on Amazon. Even when it was working, I didn't like that it only charged AAA and AAA batteres in pairs, but I could have lived with that if the thing just worked at all! If you need an 8-bay charger, I would definitely not recommend this one. Not because of its lack of higher end features such as individual battery charging circuits, slow-charging options, and rejuvenating circuitry, because it is priced accurately enough to not include those features and is not marketed as a "professional" model. I wouldn't recommend it because it is likely to fail, based on my experience. You have been warned!Customer Review: Not a great product
Summary: 2 Stars
this product does not work as it should. you would need to fumble with it several times to get it to work. new batteries, right out of the package, were inserted to be charged and the device states it was bad batteries. readjusted it and it was ok. but it still took a while to have it working by readjusting the batteries so it could charge. you still need to check on it constantly so it could charge properly.