Depending on where you buy your batteries, you can often get more bang for the buck from lower-rated cells, which may sell for significantly lower prices. (Note too, that there are some cheap brands of cells that just aren't worth it regardless. (IMHO) - For instance, the Powerizer 1800s tested worse than Sanyo industrial 1600 cells from RipVan100.) Bottom line, battery cost isn't terribly relevant for digicam usage
Originally posted by: quincy2002
EDiT and niuniu6 - I use the Maha/Powerex MH-C204F. It's really good. Charges the batteries in about 3 hours. It has a deep discharge cycle that you can use periodically. I've had several batteries that wouldn't hold a charge very long after some use. I put them through the discharge cycle, recharged them and they're like new. Very nice charger. Maha also makes a newer model of this charger, model MH-C401FS. It supposed to be better than mine. Newegg has these chargers. You can also find them at SunnBattery.com and Thomasdistributing.com among others.
Originally posted by: ewise
Is it a must to have a maha charger with discharge feature? it seems NiMH has no memory effect and can be charged any time
Originally posted by: EDiT
Based on everyone's comments, I am pretty sure I will get this charger for the following reasons:
- Says it can charge singles or groups, as you have all indicated is good
- Says it can discharge, which you also say is good
- Can charge 10 at a time
- Is cheaper than the maha and comes with 10 batteries (1800s tho)
- I don't care about speed of charge, since I charge overnight and will have many more batteries than I need so I can keep some ready to go when I need them.
Anyone see any flaws with my reasoning? I really want a low-maintenance solution, so I like the idea of being able to charge 10 at once for when I run out and need to recharge them all at the same time.
Originally posted by: semitool
Nice find. like it too.. by the way, its description mentioned they are 10 pack 2000mah rather than 1800