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La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger |
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Our Price - $42.54
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La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger
Be charged and ready to go with La Crosse Technology?s BC9009 portable battery charger. Optimum simultaneous charging of AA & AAA batteries with separate cell display. Automatically defaults to 200ma charge and won?t overcharge, as the LCD displays voltage, charging current, charging percentage, and cumulative capacity for each cell compartment. Also, detects a defective battery from charging and works with all NiCd & NiMH AA and AAA rechargeable batteries. The previous version of this battery charger had known issues with the adaptor. This version comes with the new upgraded adaptor featuring overheat detection to protect against overcharging.
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La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger Reviews
This is an excellent smart battery charger. I've owned it now for almost 8 months and it has worked great (had to have the power cord/supply replaced via the recall, but it was not a problem).
I've found that I really only charge my batteries using 200mA or 500mA settings, so for me a BC-700 probably would have been fine.
Some things to note: If you are buying this product because it comes with 8 batteries and a battery carrying bag, you might want to save your money unless you know these are the types of batteries you are planning to use. If you're buying it for the additional charging options then I expect this would be a good choice.
The LaCrosse batteries that come with this purchase are OK, I use them in my Wii remotes and they work fine, but I've found I really use Low Self Discharge (LSD) batteries far more (i.e. Eneloop, Duracell Pre-Charged, Rayovac Hybrid, PowerEx Imedion, etc...) because they hold their charge when not is use much longer. The batteries that come with the BC-9009 are like Energizer rechargeable batteries, not great, but OK (i.e. don't hold their charge as long when idle).
The BC-9009 does a great job with both LSD and regular NiMH batteries and I feel I'm getting the most out of all the batteries I own. That said the BC-700 can do everything I'm doing as well, just a little cheaper.
This is flat out a very nice product!
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.
Had I known this, I would have bought a different product.
Don't really know why reviews for a battery charger have to be so long. It does its job. Easy to understand how it works, seems well made, was sold at a fair price.
Well, based on the reviews, I really wanted a good battery charger as my old one was just not charging fast or well enough. This charger is great as it has different settings and tells you how much charge is going in. It also allows you to discharge and recharge to rejuvenate batteries. I haven't done this, but I expect the same results. It's a little confusing as the directions aren't for the non-savy. So far, I really love this charger.
...that this charger (La Crosse Technology BC-9009) will not charge if batteries are depleted below 0.9V. Found this out when I tried to recharged a set of AAA which had been "all used up" and the charger display showed "null". The solution, according to the user manual, is to buy a cheaper charger and use it to get the batteries kick-started above 0.9V and then use the BC-9009 to complete the charging. Much upset about this. Was there something in the description on Amazon about this undervoltage limit that I missed? So, buyer beware!
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