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Hi all,
I'm currently looking at purchasing the Energizer Ultra Fast Battery Charger, that comes with 4 x 2500mah batteries.

Does anyone have one of these chargers and, if so, are you happy with it ?

Can anyone suggest any better alternatives, or is the difference between brands negligable ??

Onyx, is the expert but he suggested a pulse charger, tops the batteries to more of their potential. He suggested the Maha unit, I found it difficult to get in Aus. Went to Jaycar and bought their pulse unit for $99, seems much better than the basic unit I had before. The batteries seem to last longer, used to get 4 weeks in my mouse, now 5-6 weeks, though that is a low load device so don't know the difference on a high drain device.

I am using the Maha ones, they are great. You can get them from a NZ company.
http://www.nznature.co.nz/mshop/spi//2_tpt

Vince, when I had a look they had a special on but were two models behind the ones in the states. Still could be ahead of the Jaycar ones though.

Vince
Contact Birddog.He has some great units and they work very well. The batts are 2500 Ah and the price is right.

Thanks matt, I am not looking for one...I got 2 maha ones already last year

I think aussie dave might be interested in Birddogs specials

Your batteries' capacity will only ever be optimised by a good charger. No point spending up on 2500mAh cells (or 2800mAh as I saw the other day) if you skimp on your charger.

"Nickel-metal-hydride should be rapid charged rather than slow charged."
According to The Experts.

But then the caveat: "Lower-priced chargers may not apply a fully saturated charge. Some will indicate full-charge immediately after a voltage or temperature peak is reached. These chargers are commonly sold on the merit of short charge time and moderate price."