Rayovac 1 Hour NiMH Charger $19.99 BA Fry's

[DubSlick]

Comes with either 2 1600mah AA batteries or 12V car adapter. Price good through Tuesday 11/26.

 

[finalpendragon]

how much are these usually?

 

[DubSlick]

MSRP is around $32.99 I think

 

[stevesid]

WalMart sells this configuration for $29.99, KMart for $32.99, and I just saw it at BestBuy B&M for $32 without the battery or charger...

 

[gwlam12]

lenmar 2hr charger with 4 1800mAH batteries at frys for 29.95

 

[fatbaby]

how many aaa batteries can it charge simultaneously?

 

[ronton888]

It can charge at most 4 batteries at a time. Any combo of 3AA+1AAA, 4AAA, 4AA, or 2AA+2AAA. It can even charge one at a time unlike some chargers that require pairs of batteries. Hehe, charging up 2AAA right now for my pda.

 

[AMDBOY]

Yes this is pretty hot for this item. It will charge multiple batteries, and mine does 4 AA's in about 40min. They last forever in 1 of my digital camera's, and even make the HP318 worth keeping. That POS HP318 takes ok pics, but eats batteries for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! There may be better/ faster/ cheaper chargers out there, but I think a full charge in 40min. -1hr. is xlnt for the price. IMHO.

 

[dc]

only valid in bay area? or also socal? anyone know?

 

[Coolgreany]

Originally posted by: stevesid
.......and I just saw it at BestBuy B&M for $32 without the battery or charger...

Without battery or charger? So what was left - the packaging?

 

[dakata24]

does that charger have a condition/discharge feature like the maha c204f quick charger?

 

[DubSlick]

Last day. Don't know if has the condition setting like the maha.

 

[dpopiz]

get one of these things now! they're amazing, takes less than 1 hour for full charge, compared to my old RS that took 18hrs

 

[flavio]

This one seems like a better deal to me, but I could be wrong.

 

[DistantHorizon]

Your batteries are the "hot" part of this deal - as in the charger charges 'em way too quick, drastically shortening battery life. Out of probably 40-50 new/almost new AA's & AAA's I've charged, 2 have vented (not Rayovac; nevertheless, good quality cells). After the first 20 batteries or so, I started running a 12" Patton commercial-industrial fan to cool the works; batteries don't get very warm but there's just too much chemical reaction taking place in too small an enclosure over too little time. IMHO, it'd be better to spend $40-60 on a slower charger that peaks each individual cell.

No animals were harmed in the testing of this product was developed, but a couple of engineers should've been taken out behind the barn and shot.

 

[bentwookie]

here's good review, just picked one up at kmart..no frys near me...$30 at kmart ...wish they them at od

review 1

review 2

from review
"The Rayovac 1-Hour Charger employs "smart charger" technology, which allows it to detect the amount of charge in each battery and charge each individually to maximum capacity, without over-charging. The charger will also charge a 9V NiMH battery in two-three hours and can charge Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) in addition to NiMH."

 

[qo23]

It's on sale at fry's again for $19.99 for BA Fry's.

 

[TheDon]

Originally posted by: DistantHorizon
Your batteries are the "hot" part of this deal - as in the charger charges 'em way too quick, drastically shortening battery life. Out of probably 40-50 new/almost new AA's & AAA's I've charged, 2 have vented (not Rayovac; nevertheless, good quality cells). After the first 20 batteries or so, I started running a 12" Patton commercial-industrial fan to cool the works; batteries don't get very warm but there's just too much chemical reaction taking place in too small an enclosure over too little time. IMHO, it'd be better to spend $40-60 on a slower charger that peaks each individual cell.

No animals were harmed in the testing of this product was developed, but a couple of engineers should've been taken out behind the barn and shot.

A few summers ago, I bought a 4" desk fan from Big Lots for $5.99 and it seems to keep the batteries cool while charging. I use it for all of my chargers, even the slow ones. The consciences from battery manufactures seems to be that you should not let the batteries exceed 133 F while charging.
From Steve's Digicams "My theory for what happened is that the original batch of GP 1800s were exposed to the Rayovac 1-hour charger and the high temperatures it subjects batteries to. I'd observed decreases in battery capacity from some other cells when run through this charger, so suspect that this is what happened to the original GPs."