expired TOPBUY Alkaline Battery Recharger $29.95! Charges Ordinary & Rechargable AA AAA STEAL OFTHE DAY
This was posted 3 years 7 months 10 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Edited by neil, scotty 11/11/2009 - 20:24
Charges 4 Batteries in 4 hours.
How many batteries do you use? Rechargable Batteries Too Expensive?
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Agreed, I owned something similar to this over 10 years ago …. You could never acheive anything like a full charge on an alkaline, and every subsequent charge would be be only 50% of the former charge. Great idea in theory!
What's with the $10 shipping for such a small/light item? Geeze.
Pretty sure that after first use, they will never be the same (duration wise) and will continue to have less and less power each charge.
I read about someone making one of these on i-Hacked and it has something to do with the power running through the batteries and exciting the particles rather than just terminating the power inside.
If i could remember anything from how batteries work in chemistry last year i'm sure i could explain it better :P
chansthename on 10/11/2009 - 18:12 ¶I was wondering that, they always say do not charge. maybe it isn't a fire hazard with this charger
+1 voteNot a bargain.
Grandcell (named brand) has a NiMH 2 hour fast charger + 2 free AA NiMH batteries for $17.00 with $4.95 shipping Australia wide.
http://shops1.bizarsoftware.com.au/lite/grandcell/catalogue/...
+1 voteThat Grandcell charger is completely different - charges different types of batteries in a different way, so it's not that helpful to simply compare these deals by price.
Then again, I definitely agree it's not a bargain - normal alkaline batteries are pretty outdated in terms of storage capacity these days, and even though you'd expect this recharger to be safe, and avoid any buildup of hydrogen gas (a problem with bad alkaline battery rechargers), you're still only going to be getting a limited number of effective recharges (maybe ~15-30?)
+1 votehttp://www.ht.com.au/part/U0928-Energizer-CHDC-Battery-charg...
i bought this instead even comes with free batteries
or this if you can get it , its quick charge yeha
http://www.ht.com.au/part/U6057-Energizer-Eveready-Battery-c...
or this in WA
http://www.ht.com.au/part/U6056-Energizer-Ultra-Fast-Charger...
hellrazorone on 10/11/2009 - 12:20 ¶Thanks for this info.
I've ordered a couple of chargers from HT.
If you want a quality recharger (yet still made in China) get a ReZAP (http://www.rezap.com.au/)
Hi Crownie :)
Do you have a Rezap? I've got an old one. It's never been able to put much charge into batteries. Probably related though, to them wanting to put charge into batteries before the battery goes flat.
(So you have to recharge before you get a low battery indicator)
The other thing I don't like, is that, despite all the circuitry, if a battery is left in my Rezap, after the battery has recharged, the battery becomes damaged. (Full charge light goes off and the amount of charge in the battery is even less)
Is yours working okay?
King Tightarse on 10/11/2009 - 11:52 ¶Yep, remember this from the 80's.
Long story short: you will never get anything approaching new performance from a recharged regular battery AND you run the risk of chemical leaks/explosions no matter what they say in the blurb.
Just buy regular good quality rechargeables and be done with the idea.
They are so cheap these days,
agreed. you can buy 4 sanyo eneloop batteries for 12 bucks, they cost the same as regular rechargables but have the low self discharge properties of alkaline batteries. Also in woolies you can get 4 hour Varta chargers that do the job fine. Also costs 30 but it comes with 2 batteries
I would be guessing DX
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6807- +1 vote
People are worried about them being fake however i have noticed that when DX puts a comment saying they are genuine then the product is genuine.
If it is not genuine then they sell it under a different name or just dont use the brand name of the item it is copying.it is the only place i know where you could get them for $12 which is why i posted the link.
Non-rechargable Alkaline batteries, for a long time, had the benefit of low self-discharge compared to Ni-CD and Ni-MH, and were favoured for devices with low consumption such as torches, calculators and remote controls. The [relatively] new Eneloops and other such rechargables with low self-discharge negate this factor, but is significantly more costly.
However, many people will still have many non-rechargables lying around, especially from them being included with devices (I've yet to see rechargables being included with anything other than chargers). Your assessment of "some people" may be correct, but there are also some who would prefer to extend the life of the non-rechargables they do have as to reduce landfill.
The landfill argument is kind of pointless… it's like saying keeping a 20 year old engine running just because you want to save it from the scrap heap despite the amount of (fossil) fuel it chews through.
Granted we can say we keep a car as a hobby, but I doubt we can say the same for a battery.
most alkalines leak after a while, which is hazardous for the device and human. I don't see any saving in carbon footprint in that aspect.
alkaline rechargers attempt to 'recharge' the cell with higher current (4hr recharge will be for Ni-Cd). The results of charging non-rechargables vary from brand to brand of type of cell & compound.
Caution should be taken when charging compounds not intended for recharging, cells can overheat, expand, spill poisonous chemicals & even ignite. Definately not something you would leave on when you left the house.
Best advice, stay clear, buy rechargables for recharging, alkalines for high drain devices - theres a reason for their different compounds & voltages. Recharging cells has the best result (charge retaining & least memory effect) the lower the current used to charge them.
Have used the Rezap charger that claims to charge ordinary alkalines. It works - sort of. Batteries have wildly varying charge capacity after charging and really only good for a small number of recharges. Waste of time and money compared to a proper charger and NiMH batteries - especially the Ready2Use type (Eneloop, Varta, Hybrio etc).
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wow, has anyone used one before? Does this work? How many times can you recharge an ordinary battery before it runs out of the juice?