Charger Reviews

I bought two of these in the hopes of using them for an intercom. They come in pairs and share a charger, I'd have four and thought I'd buy two Radio Shack chargers to build a useable four room intercom. No such luck, and they aren't much use as grab and use walkie talkies either.

There's two big design flaws. First, when they're in the charger they switch off making them useless as an intercomm. That's disappointing but it gets worse. When you remove them from the charger all of the settings, including channel and subchannel are reset. This means that you have to spend time setting up the radios each time you use them, and it's real easy to get channels wrong and not be able to communicate at all. Of-course you could talk on channel 1, subchannel 0 (the default) but you'll quickly learn that many other people use those settings meaning you hear other people frequently and they alway hear you.

I regret buying them, my advice is to spend a few bucks more for a well thought out design. I've only touched on the problems with these radios.

These radios are great, and come with everything you need, including rechargable batteries, and charger. They have the codes that allow you to ignore other users on the same frequency, and a lock function that prevents you from accidentally changing frequency. They DO NOT revert back to the default setting when charged, and you CAN use them while they are in the charger, unlike what the previous reviewer said. The only thing I can think of is that they let the batteries drain completely, and then charged it, which would explain it losing the frequency setting and not being able to be used.

In short, a great product. These radios have a much further range than a 2.4 GHz cordless phone, in case you were curious. They are great for families to keep in touch while out at the mall or at the park.

I purchase the item described as "Belkin USB Sync Charger for iPAQ Pocket PC (F8Q1000". This lead me to believe that it meant what it said. However, this item is ONLY for certain iPAQ models. It did not fit the iPAQ 1935 that I purchased. I haven't even been able to find one of these type items to fit my model. Why would Amazon.com give such an incomplete description. The third party vendor offered to let me return this item, but I figured I would not get credit for the shipping, which cost more than the item. Plus me paying to ship it back. Amazon.com, you have done much better than this in the past.

This product relieves one from carrying the bulky and odd-shaped cradle that came with your ipaq. It also relieves you of carrying the bulking power adapter, since it charges the battery from the USB port of your laptop or other PC with a USB port.
That is all it does, and it works fine.

(However, I have discovered that the synch connector on the bottom of my ipaq is faulty, since neither the cradle nor this cable can make a reliable connection unless I hold it "just so".)

I have found this on the intrnet for $39.95

While now dated and surpassed by newer models, the Univolt drill kit was the first cordless tool to demonstrate that this drill and battery could be a serious tool.

On a darkening afternoon, it was possible to screw down seven or eight 4x8 sheets of plywood to complete a roof deck, before the storm hit!

The Univolt battery lasts for a mornings work and generally recharges during lunch for the afternoon session.

While the product line has changed with the upgrade to the Yellow Dewalt line, the consumer level Black and Decker units, especially the new Firestorm models should be given serious attention by the homeowner, or professional needing a less expensive but very servicable tool.

What good is an on-line store selling camcorder batteries if it doesn't list which camcorders the batteries will fit? Energizer obviously doesn't sell camcorders, so there's a necessary mapping of battery to camcorder and Sony for instance isn't going to list whic Energizer batteries support it's cameras.

This is one of the best batteries i have ever used. I recommend that you should buy it if you have the option. Will work for long time.

What is up with this cable, I exchanged TWO of these cables. It does NOT work with the Palm M125, you plug it in and nothing happends. There isn't even a SYNC button, the funny part is that the sticker on the cable says Palm M500/505 but not M125. However, the box does say M125!

The last reviewer said it doesn't sync. Well it doesn't say it is supposed to sync. It is a charger.

These are pure garbage! Ordered one and it arrived DOA. No power reached the charging unit either through the transformer or the car lighter adapter. Sent it back as a lemon, and ordered a replacement once again based on the previous review.

Guess what? The replacement also arrived DOA for exactly the same reasons as the first. If you like buying items from Amazon and then returning them to Amazon, this is the item for you. If not, try another charger!

For several weeks now, I have seen this Lenmar MSCAA model at work and it is a true 1-hour charger. I have used it at least 8 times; the charging-time averages to around 60 minutes for charging 4 AA-NIMH batteries (2000mAH). (I bought the Lenmar MSCAA charger-unit when I bought a Canon A60 digital camera.)

There are 4 independent charging slots so the unit can charge one or two or three or four AA or AAA batteries at a time. The MSC-AA has a microprocessor that monitors for negative delta voltage. When a battery is being charged, a drop in voltage indicates a fully-charged status. When the microprocessor detects a voltage drop for a charging slot, the main charge is shut off for that battery and a trickle-charge starts.

Batteries being charged always remain cool to the touch. The unit's microprocessor monitors battery temperature thus allowing the charger to provide an optimum charging level (and shorten the charging time). Preventing damage to batteries from overheating extends battery-life.

The Lenmar MSC-AA has international capability with 100-240 Volt AC range. The four AA-NIMH batteries provided with the unit are high-capacity (2000 maH). Also provided: a DC car-cord (plug into cigarette lighter). Do note the charger-unit is a bit bulky. The charging unit does not fit into a shirt-pocket. With the AC-adapter/transformer and the DC-car-cord, fitting into a coat pocket is difficult.

Lenmar states to use this MSCAA-model only on NIMH batteries; it is not to be used on rechargeable alkalines or even on NiCads.

Be warned if you have other types of NiMH batteries they may not work in Monster Chargers.

I bought this charger at Circit City and it came with 4 batteries. I went ahead and charged two of them so I can use them. It charged them in less than three hours but they did get very warm even hot which the charger says they should not be. After I charged them I saw that my camera batteries needed charger. I had Maxell NiMH rechargable batteries, I go and put them in the charger and nothing happens. The light does not go on. The unit makes no noise and acts like I have nothing in there. I have 10 of these Maxell NiMH rechargable total and none of them will work. I had to end up charging my camera batteries in my slow 9 hour charger.

I got this charger because it was quicker and I though it could charge any NiMH battery. I see that only the batteries that have those little plastic holes on the top will charge and the Duracell Accu AAA worked. I ended up returing the charger and bought from www.nimhbattery.com the MAHA POWEREX MH-C401FS charger. I put those Maxell NiMH in the Powerex and it worked like it suppose too and it lets you charge them either fast 100 minutes or slow 5 hours which makes the batteries not get hot. A charger that suppose to charge NiMH batteris suppose to charge any NiMH batteries no matter what the make is.

I love these batteries! Since they are 2000 mAh (mind where 2100 mAh, don't know why) these batteries last a long time. They last even longer than my one time use alkaline batteries per charge. That's right per charge. I'm not talking about lasting longer in the life time of the batteries because that's obvious since they are rechargable. I'm talking about fully charging these batteries only one time and they still out last Durecell one time use alkaline batteries. Finally rechargable batteries that perform better then one time use batteries.

Alkaline batteries are yesterday's technology meaning they are not good enough for today's high powered electronics. Either buy one time use Lithium batteries or get these. These batteries are more cost effective since they are rechargable. My digital camera used to eat through alkaline batteries within a few hours but with these batteries I can last days on only one charge. Now that's a huge increase.

This advice is very important...to get the best performance out of these batteries and any rechargable batteries you have to fully charge and discharge the batteries at least 3 times. If not then you might get poor performance. This is just a good rule to remember because it's true for all rechargable batteries no matter what kind they are.

The recharger itself isn't that bad. I only roughly timed it but it takes about 3 hours to fully charge. It's well worth the wait for the stamina it gives you in battery life. One minor problem I did notice is that the top two connectors charge faster than the bottom two. Not a problem if you are only charging 2 batteries at a time. When you are charging 4 batteries just move the bottom 2 batteries to the top when the top 2 are done. Other than that it's a great charger.

It seems like a cheap china made Brand.
It works OK. But only lasts for 5-10 min or so.

I returned it & got a sony. expensive but great !!!

After a couple bad experiences with DigiPower and their battery chargers they sent me the DPS-3000+ as a replacement for my older DPS-1000 unit. This item came with four (4) 2300 mAh AA NiMH batteries. A nice break from their older chargers this one comes with an adapter and a nice long power cable so you no longer need to find a free wall outlet to completely cover with your charger. The unit will charge either AA or AAA batteries and either two (2) or four (4) at a time. It also features an automatic trickle charge feature so batteries remain 'topped off' with no danger of over charging. It's relatively speedy at charging batteries. It is compact enough to fit on the corner of your desk or anywhere convenient. And it doesn't get all that hot like their older chargers used to. I keep two batteries 'fresh' in the charger and two batteries in my camera at all times and it seems to work well for me. All in all it's a good charger for the money. Although DigiPower's customer support leaves something to be desired (long contact delays, misread emails, etc.) they're willing to back their products fully.

This product claims to work with the canon NB-1L battery but it only fits the canon NB-2L battery. Otherwise a good product and value if it fits your type of battery. Not mine.