Hi, Its not often that I rave about such humble devices as battery chargers but then again perhaps I should talk more about battery chargers given the ever increasing reliance on rechargeable batteries. I have found a Battery Charger that ticks all the boxes a battery charger should in my view except for the fact that the unit does not have alligator clips to charge those non-standard types of batteries we may see such as later types which are still commonly used. The ansmann charger can charge 6 D or C cells, 12 AA or AA cells, 2 nine volt batteries and has 2 USB ports for the charging of phones etc so as you can see the charger has plenty to boast about. Furthermore each cell is independently tested and charged so you can be assured that all batteries will be fully optimised and charged at the end of each charging cycle. The charger has a series of light to indicate the charging status of each cell. No, not particularly useful when you can’t see the changing colours however I have found a way of knowing when the charging cycle has completed. The ansmann charger generates a little heat whilst in charging mode whereas when the charger is cool the cycle has completed and your batteries ready. Charging can take some time depending on the load. I regularly charge 4 ansmann 8000MAH size D batteries at a time and that takes 12 hours so higher capacity batteries will take longer. Still 12 hours charging time is incredibly quick when you compare to the 72 hours the batteries would take to charge in one of my radio sets. So this brings us to the obvious question, why would anyone want an external charger when a rechargeable radio could be purchased with an internal battery charger. I’ve described how much quicker the Asmann is at bringing batteries to full charge and in an optimised condition. The other advantage the Asmann charger has is the ability to check the condition of each cell, something most chargers in radio sets etc cannot do as all the batteries are connected in series and are taking a current supplied by the radio. You can find the ansmann charger at Amazon
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