Rayovac 1-hour charger $24.99 at Walgreens

[sontakke]

I tried Rayovac website but could not locate the free carrying case deal. Would provide the URL?

Thanks,
- Vikas

 

[Salvador]

I was out this evening and when I was driving by the local Walgreen's, I decided to stop in and see if they had the charger and if it was on sale. Sure enough, right up front near the register they had the charger marked for $24.99, so I bought it. Good deal!! Much better than paying tax, plus $5 shipping on walgreens.com.

I'd be interested in the carry case link as well if someone has it.

Thanks again. This will make a nice replacement for my Olympus branded "AA" charger.

Sal

 

[Johnbear007]

I bought this charger for 29$ and it is great.

Batteres take about 45 minutes to charge, they get slightly warm, and they last as long as alkalines in my wireless intellimouse explorer.


for those of you that talk about rechargeables being expensive, you are high. good alkalines these days are almost 8$ or more for a 6 or 8 pack... 4 aa rechargeables that can be recharged 1000 times each cost 10$

so you can get 6 batteries for 8$

or you cant get 4000 for 10$

I wonder which deal is better?

 

[Salvador]

For those of you who purchased the PS-4. Rayovac is offering a free carrying case for this unit ($1.99 S&H) here

The offer says $1.99 with any Rayovac battery purchase. It says nothing about the PS-4 on the online form. Do you know an offer that does?

Thanks again.

Sal

 

[speeddragon]

Originally posted by: GetReal
Also Rayovac just started another promotion this week were you can get the PS-4 car adapter free ($2.99 S&H) . The form for the free car adapter is not on their website yet, but it is shipping on the new PS-4 packages. Check one of the high volume retailers such as Best Buy or Wal-Mart and you should nbe able to get the form off one of the new packages. If you don't want to wait, you can still purchase a generic 12V cigarette adapter from Radio Shack for $3.95 that will work just as well.

Went to Target and Wal-Mart but didn't see any new packages that have the car adapter form.

Has anyone used the Energizer CH1HR 1-hour charger? I saw a package deal at Sam's the other day that included 4 1850 mAh AA's and car adapter for ~$28 (probably $28.52). It is a true 1-hour for 1850 mAh AA charger (not 1600 mAh 1-hour like the Rayovac) except it doesn't work with NiCd. $28.52 is a better deal if you don't need NiCd considering 4 1850 mAh AA's and car adapter.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
I bought this charger for 29$ and it is great. Batteres take about 45 minutes to charge, they get slightly warm, and they last as long as alkalines in my wireless intellimouse explorer. for those of you that talk about rechargeables being expensive, you are high. good alkalines these days are almost 8$ or more for a 6 or 8 pack... 4 aa rechargeables that can be recharged 1000 times each cost 10$ so you can get 6 batteries for 8$ or you cant get 4000 for 10$ I wonder which deal is better?

you can get deals on alkalines tho. Frys has 40 aa's on sale for $5 ar.

 

[cmv]

The rayovac free carrying case offer is pretty hot. It says you can buy any pack of Rayovac batteries and get the case for $1.99 shipped. I already have a bunch of Rayovac NiMH batteries so I'm going to look for a pack of regular batteries at the local stores. The free cord deal sounds even better even if it is only $1 off the RatShack price.

 

[JameyF]

Alkalines aren't too expensive. I can order duracell procells for less than $.50 ea. That's the commercial grade. When compared to rechargables, it's no comparison for value. I use Alkalines in things that aren't high drain...clocks, most remotes, etc. In my touch screen remote and wireless mouse, I use NIMH. I will use NIMH in even more devices if I get a faster charger.

On the topic of these chargers, I have read in a few place most of the 1 hour chargers shorten the life of the batteries. I use a rayovac 5 hour charger that actually takes more like 6-7 hours. The MAHA is generally considered the most popular and it charges in about 3 hours I think. Duration isn't as important as not overheating and getting a complete charge. Some of the quicker chargers have gotten quite good reviews, but the slower chargers tend to give the most recharge/discharge cycles. Pick your poison. Speed in charging or more cycles. As cheap as these things have gotten, I would probably cautiously choose speed.

 

[Squalish2357]

Nice deal.

Just to preclude anyone from making comments on memory effect.

 

[JameyF]

That's nice to know. I still feel better about completely draining the NIMH batteries and slightly overcharging them rarely. According to the article, it's completely unneccesary and maybe harmful. I still feel comforted.

 

[HKSturboKID]

Funny thing, I was in both Walmart and Target looking for a good deal on rechargable batteries and charger. Both Walmart and Target have the rayovac 1hour charger for $29.99. But on the rayovac package at target, it states that save $3 instantly if you purchase the charger with a pack of Rayovac AA nimh batteries(1850mah) ($11.99). Well you figure $29.99 + $11.99 = $41.98 - $3 = $39.98 + tax. Well I didn't have enough money. So I went to another Walmart and by the register there were a bunch for PINPOCHE Smart Charger w/ 4 1800mah nimh batteries. Knowing Walmart, they when they have stuff lying on the counter it usually on clearance. I bring it to the price check machine and its $9.99. Eventhough it said on the package that it takes 14-16 hr to charge the nimh batteries. I didn't worry and I have the Maha CF204 charger at home and really needed the batteries but don't mine if it comes with an extra charger for spare. The Walmart that I went to is at Phillysburg, NJ. Good luck.

 

[qo23]

You can also get this charger at Fry's for $24.99 too. The Palo Alto one has both models, either the free batteries or the car adapter. They also have the 40pk Maxell AA batteries for $5 AR. BTW, I also saw that they have the new Panasonic NiMh 1950maH batteries in stock too. Not sure how good they are compared to the other "high capacity" ones though. Haven't seen any reviews about it yet.

 

[Salvador]

Where can we find a deal on the car charger adapter?

Sal

 

[speeddragon]

Originally posted by: Salvador
Where can we find a deal on the car charger adapter?

Sal

What is the part number for the Radio Shack $3.95 general car adapter?

Does anyone know when the Rayovac free ($2.99 s&h) adapter offer expires? I still need to go find a new package somewhere. Where is this charger being sold? I know about Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and Target.