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Great charger, lousy batteries
While the charger itself is fine, the 2700mah batteries are a nuisance in that they completey discharge when idle for only a few days. Unless you use your camera every day and always return the batteries to the charger at night, it's easy to get caught with dead batteries. Even sitting in the charger for a couple of days after they are done charging, you'll have dead batteries.
For example, on Tuesday I took about 20 pictures, put the camera (Canon S3-IS) back in the case, thinking ...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/24/2006
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A Great CHarger
Was looking for a charger for a trip to New Zealand, wanted a dual voltage charger. Discovered this charger after some research and ordered it. Was thoroughly pleased with this choice, it fully charges the batteries in about 4 hours ( I know, not too fast but well worth the wait) the batteries then lasted a full week with me taking pictures daily. These batteries are far superior to all the other batteries I have tried. There is a screen to see the charging process and this charger will first...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/23/2005
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Best charger I have tried
I manage rechargeable batteries for a company of 45+ people, and this charger is the best I've used -- and we've been through four vendors at this point. This charger allows for a "refresh" cycle (in other words, discharge any remaining bit of charge, then recharge from scratch) which I use all the time. This feature that isn't available on many other chargers, including others from Sony (see below for more on this topic). Almost as important, it has four INDEPENDENT charging circuits, which ...
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12/14/2007
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Better value than you might think
It's worth pointing out that the Amazon description is for the BCG-34HRMD4, which is replaced by this BCG-34HRMF4. So, the included batteries you get are actually 2700mAh instead of 2300.
When you take that in to consideration and subtract the value of the batteries, you're getting a VERY nice charger
with an LCD for about $13.
No, it isn't "super quick" by any comparison other than overnight trickle chargers. But again, for $13, that's less than a decent trickle cha...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/21/2006
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Best on the market.
This is the best battery charger out there. I threw away the various other chargers I had received with my digital camera, mp3 player, etc, and only use this one now. The charger has a "refresh" option that fully drains the batteries, before recharging them (eliminating any "memory"). The LCD display on the front graphically shows the state of discharge/charge. And it's very quick and easy to use.
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review by mphillipz can be read at buy.com]
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08/29/2004
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New Orleans, LA
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Nice! Nice!
I had purchased Energizer rechargeable batteries with a cute "automatic" charger included. The "automatic" part referred to an 8-hour timer built into it. You pop in the batteries, plug it in and whether the batteries wanted it or not they got a full 8-hour charge. The batteries gave outstanding performance compared to the pricey alkalines. But within six months the rechargeables lost probably half of their nominal 2400 mAh capacity.
My NiMH Energizers were advertised to be good for ...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/06/2006
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Very nice, but not "super quick."
Charges fully? Sleek and stylish? Rejuvenates aging NIMHs?
Handy display that shows power remaining and charge status?
YES YES YES and YES!
Super Quick?
HELL NO! (Hey Sony, 15-30mins=SuperQuick, 4 hours=NOT)
"Refreshing" 4 batteries can take 4-6 hours, THEN the charging
starts!! "Charging" then takes another 3-4 hours all on it's own.
(you don't HAVE TO refresh, it is a seperate button on the top)
BUT.......
If you need quality, fe...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/09/2006
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Best battery charger you can buy
The Sony Super Quick Charger with LCD is just fantastic. The LCD display is the best feature ever. (I don't know why other rechargers don't have it!) You get the status of each battery at just a glance. And I really recommend Sony batteries. Their safety orange color means you won't accidentally throw them away (Both Energizer and Rayovac look too similar to their regular batteries).
THE GOOD: Sleek design, LCD Display, no AC adaptor power brick, somewhat fast 4 hour recharge, refre...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/16/2006
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Excellent.
I've found this to be an excellent charger, as long as you only need to charge AA and AAA batteries. The charge cycle is quite fast, the design is good-looking and functional, and the refresh feature has restored quite a bit of lost capacity to some of my older batteries.
By the way, to answer an issue raised in a previous review, you know that a battery is fully charged when the LCD display stops flashing for that battery.
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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10/12/2004
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94%
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Best on Amazon
Of what I saw when I was looking, this is the best charger and battery set on amazon right now. Best feature set and best batteries (2300mah) for the price. The refresh feature is a must and the LCD readout is very nice looking. Go for it.
UPDATE: Since I first wrote this review, the price gone up a bit, so it might not be the best for the price any more. I will say, however, and I am still completely satisfied with the performance of the unit and the batteries. The batteries do very ...
[Sony LCD Quick Charger with Four AA Batteries (BCG34HRMD4) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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02/07/2005
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90%
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