Re: MAHA MH-C801D or La Crosse BC-900 charger ?

camera man wrote:

LA CROSSE BC-900

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/la_crosse_bc-900_battery_charger.php

Note that the BC-900 is more than $13 cheaper at Amazon, see "http://tinyurl.com/naw9z";, when you factor in the free shipping.

Maha MH-C801D

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha-mh-c801d-battery-charger.htm

Unless you really need to charge eight batteries at once, the LaCrosse would appear to be a much better choice, at $34.99 including shipping, from Amazon.

Neither can use a 12 volt car outlet for charging, except with an inverter.

Personally, I don't think that all the bells and whistles on the LaCrosse are worth it for most people, unless you have a lot of NiMH batteries that you want to try to rejuvenate.

The Sanyo NC-MQH01 is an extremely sophisticated charger, with individual charging control, timer control, peak voltage control, minus delta voltage detection, temperature control/protection, alkaline battery detection, short circuited cells detection, and an accurate level test function, and sells for $20 with eight Sanyo batteries (six 2500 mAH AA cells, and two 900 mAH AAA cells). No cord or bulky AC-DC converter either, it has a flip out plug.

Steve
http://nordicgroup.us/chargers/
http://batterydata.com/
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