Sony 15 Minute Battery Charger with 4 AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries
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Customer Review: Excellent Purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
The charger is performing it's best. I am really happy with amazon. ThanksCustomer Review: Sony 15 minute battery charger
Summary: 5 Stars
Again Sony has made another great product. Batteries recharge quickly.Customer Review: sony 15 min. charger
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best items on the market for rechargeable batteriesCustomer Review: One of the Best Super-Quick Chargers for 100-120v Usage!
Summary: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Super fast (it took 15min to charge 4 AA Sony 2500 mAh batteries); Charges 4 AA or 4 AAA at a time; Includes free 4 AA Sony 2500 mAh batteries; In-built fan; Extra-long power cord - 6 feet (I measured it); Automatic shut-off function.
WEAKNESSES: Does NOT support worldwide voltage; Input AC 100-120v only; Charges only NiMh batteries (Nickel Metal Hydrate); Exterior grey paint scratches and comes off easily with your nail; why was it painted anyway?!
CONCLUSION: Overall it is a great charger for a fairly decent price. I wish it had worldwide voltage support and made exclusively in Japan (...). Unlike most people I do care about where products are made. This charger is made in China, which hopefully doesn't affect its quality.
My another complaint is that it is layered with grey paint over its black plastic body. And paint comes off with your fingernail and reveals its black plastic body! Is it myopia of product designers or just Chinese workmanship? Thanks for attention.
P.S. I've noticed that included Sony 2500 Mah Nimh batteries do NOT hold charge! I don't know what's the problem but I followed all precautions. After they got charged fully in Sony 15 minute charger the didn't last more then a few minutes in Sony CD player model D-NE306CK.
Then I tried to fully discharge them in Mini MagLite flashlight and recharged Sony batteries in Duracell 1-hour charger. I put them in Sony CD player and put it away. Then when I wanted to listen to music 2-3 days later still the same problem they showed LOW CHARGE. Batteries do not hold charge, and they almost like new because in total they were probably charged less than 5 times. I don't know whether the batteries are defective but I'm not buying anymore Sony rechargeable batteries. They suck, at least mine although I bought them brand new directly from Amazon.
I had much better with experience with Kodak AA 2300 Mah Nimh rechargeable batteries supplied with their 1-hour charger. They hold charge very good and last very long. By brother uses them for his Sony CD player and they keep working for about 1 week!
I hope this warning P.S. is helpul.
Customer Review: Need + 12 minutes, sometimes the led will blink (in a new bat)
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, since I've bought this device, I became enchanted by the ability to recharge for only 15 minutes, however my batteries became 75% of a full capacity ones. After you recharge your batteries, you need to let them 'rest' (remove the plug from the outlet) for ~12 minutes.
For AAA batteries, some will BLINK (like they were broken), so you need to turn it off (pushing from the outlet), remove the batteries and start over again. 2 of my 8 AA batteries also showed this behavior, so I use a normal '6 hour' recharger for them, as this Sony recharger is not 'so friendly' sometimes.
The duration of the recharged battery is awesome. In my camera, normal '6 hour' recharger let them useable for 20 minutes of movie recording. With 15 (that is, 27 minutes) it lasted 18 minutes, almost the same for me.
Well, after using the recarger, they became hot after using it, so be careful, before inserting them into your camera or whatever.
I could use two different kind of batteries and types. 3 (GP) AA ones with 1 (Sony) AAA....however the BLINKING effect occurs often that way. You have to be patience in these cases.