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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
included batteries arrived doa:
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... more info
Doing its job at fair price:
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.
La Crosse Technology BC-9000 AlphaPower Charger:
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.
Would not have bought...had i known....:
...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... more info
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