Brian, I have the exact universal charger you linked to, and I find it a decent unit although setting up the contact pins to meet the battery's terminals can be fiddly and the grip of the connection can be a bit tenuous. The Inca charger has just two pins, +ve and -ve, while the OEM units may or may not (brand dependent) use the extra pins to read out the condition of the battery. Polarity doesn't matter so you can connect the battery whichever way way fits best, but you need to be able to identify which of the (usually) four terminals are the battery poles. The charger has a car adapter that seems handy, but I suspect that its tenuous grip on the battery could cause the battery to disconnect with the bumps and jostles of driving. Although it can charge all your camera batteries it can only handle one at a time, so you may find yourself with a queue if it's your one and only charger. On the plus side, you get to see the approximate charge level, in 25% increments, unlike the OEM chargers that just tell you a battery is charging or is full. And it can also charge two AA or AAA cells, although not at the same time as a camera battery, and it has a 0.5A USB outlet. So... some pros and some cons.
regards, Anthony On 26 April 2017 at 16:14, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > G'day all > > Does anyone have any experience with universal battery chargers such as > this: > > https://www.jbhifi.com.au/cameras/camera-accessories/ > inca/inca-universal-charger/601162/ > > Somehow I've managed to accumulate 4 cameras all of which use different > batteries. While I don't travel with all of them, I would always have > two (and occasionally three) on some trips and it would make life easier > if I didn't have to cart around separate chargers. > > Any experiences to report? > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > -- > -- > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
