Next Thursday Aldi has a rapid battery charger on sale for £15. Has anyone tried one of these models? Can you recommend?
A couple of years ago I did have a rapid battery charger from either Lidl or Aldi [?], a different model to this, but it was useless. Charged batteries would run down very quickly. Presumably it wasn't topping them the right up.
On a related note, they are also selling D cell batteries, low discharge, 4500 mAh. £2.99 a pair. Bargain.
Lidl or Aldi, I mean c'mon which is it...heheh
Oops. Easy mistake.
Yes, they seem to be reasonably able to handle and maintain nimh.
They can tell duff batteries, revive mistreated ones and charge flat ones in various modes.
I have an earlier version works well enough, doesn't cook batteries and they are fully charged. B-)
Thanks for the heads up on the batteries I could do with some more AAA's. Pity the local Lidl's are out of the way for my normal trips.
I have the earlier model, which tends to heat the batteries, so avoid using it too much. Rapid is as rapid does - cooks them. I prefer using an old, small set of plug-in chargers with fixed mA rates, giving a full charge in x hours.
I agree about their RTU batteries - so far, my Lidl AA and AAA haven't let me down.
How odd mine is fine. It's quick (flat 2.8AHr AA in just under 3 hours, wihich fits with its quoted 1A charge rate for AA). Batteries do get warm during charge but with the delta V detection don't get cooked once charged like a time based rapid charger would.
It's a Tronic KH980:
I've got one that has gone open circuit, must get around to giving it a blast with a higher voltage/current.
batteries up, then more started to do it. It still charges fine, but it's become an over-charger, so I keep an eye on it if I have to use it. I try to use it only for the older non-LSD ones - I don't really give a crap about those.
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