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 - Another Sony product bites the dust...I must have a Sony curse or something... everything I buy from them breaks right after the warranty expires... 2 camcorders, 2 discmans, my PS2... This worked great for a while, but then started rejecting batteries left and right. I had to re-insert them about 10 times to get the charge to begin. Ironically, it won't charge the included Sony batteries at all, but still kind of works with my energizers... Rating:  - Battery's recharging life too shortPros: Fast recharge Cons: Batteries' life is seriously reduce. I think I only recharges these batteries for about 100 times and now they can't no longer be recharged by the charger. I think this is because the charger recharges the batteries too fast. I have to recharge the batteries with my other Ni-MH chargers because the Sony chargers refuses to charge it for me. Get the 1 hour sony charger instead of this 15 minutes one. Note batteries gets extremely hot after recharges Rating:  - Great, speedy battery charger.I have been using this battery charger for approximatley one year, and I couldn't be more pleased with it. While on vacation this past month, I wore out all my camera batteries. I plugged in my battery charger (which I fortunately had the foresight to bring with me) and in a half hour, I had four fresh batteries in my camera and a set of four spare batteries in my case. The batteries are long lasting, and the charger works quickly as advertised. Rating: - Nice Little Charger!Literature claims this unit can charge any combination of AA and AAA batteries - nice! This means if you have a battery with a bad cell (indicated by a blinking light), you can just try one at a time until you find the bad one. It also means you can charge anywhere from 1 - 4 batteries at a time. And with a 15-25 minute charge time, you can't beat it. Glad I chose this one over the other brands! Rating: - Could be better. Pick something else.I purchased this battery charger combo less than a year ago with less than 200 charge cycles and while it worked ok (not great), it's performance has steadily gotten worse over time. The batteries only hold a charge for 2-3 days at best and from what I can tell, they are never fully charged (as checked with a multimeter). I've tried other brand batteries (Rayovac, Duracell, etc...) and the charger refuses to charge them. The status light just blinks. I should have spent a bit more for a better charger. I'm going to sell this unit to someone else and get the charger that I should have gotten in the first place.
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