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This rechargeable batteries was well built with stylish. However, the charge time not fast at all. The batteries seems to loss electricity if not use for a long time, however not happened in other rechargeable batteries. I am still watch over it.

The Sony BCG 34HRMF 4 battery charger is a real must if you own a Gramin GolfLogix GPS unit. The charger guarantees you will always have battery power provided you are smart enough to remember to put your used batteries into the unit for a recharge or a refresh! It is a good thing to always be ready for that next round of golf, the Sony Battery Charger is a real asset.

don’t get this unit thinking, “o cool it comes with batteries.” although i don’t have any complaints as far as the charger yet (only 1 month in), i’m sure there’s a charger equally as good for less somewhere. I chose not to go with the La Crosse Technology BC-900 because of comments that said sometimes it can’t read batteries that are still ok because of its sensing feature for bad batteries. This one supposedly does everything it can do for cheaper automatically without the need to set paramenters like on the La Cross.

My suggestion would be to get the sanyo eneloops batteries with a sanyo charger and get the la cross too. the cheap sanyo charger can charge the batteries the la cross rejects and the la cross will be able to refresh your batteries, giving them a great boost in capacity and increasing the overall life of the battery. Plus, it comes with converters to turn your AA into C or D. there’s no beating those eneloop batteries though. they’re a must have.

I like the idea of the LCD display as it gives me a much better idea of what is happening. Then there is the setting for only partially discharged batteries. I find this unit a good buy.

Don’t know how many rechargeable batteries I’ve retired over the last few years because of memory effect.. this solves that issue brilliantly with the ‘refresh’ function, as well as not overcharging once the batteries are fully charged (the heat generated from overcharging can also damage rechargeable batteries). Purchased the Sony BCG-34HRMF4 battery charger specifically for the Canon SX10IS camera I recently purchased, but this is great for any Ni-MH rechargeable, both AA and AAA size, and I’m now replacing all the batteries in the house accordingly, particularly the TV and video remotes.

The 4 batteries supplied with the charger are Sony 2700mAh rated AA rechargeable Ni-MH batteries, which is actually better than I expected!

Bought this item with 2700aMh batteries in December ’08. Like others before me, the batteries last AT BEST only 10 days whether used or sitting idle. Sony Support suggested plugging the charger into another ac recepticle. Not the level of support I expected from Sony. Forget the Sony battery link of http://www.sony.com/battery; they do not respond. One would think Sony would be cutting edge..not this time. In 2 years they have either not figured out the problem with their battery technology or haven’t tried and are unloading a poor product. Buyer beware…spend your money on another product.

Had this charger and batteries for over a year now–no complaints. Very intelligent, fast, charger.

This is a real nice charger. Well made and works great. The refresh function is the best feature of this item. The LCD display is also pretty nice.I recommend this charger, it well worth the money.

Pros: Light weight and sleek enough to carry. I hate those bulky things that you need to hang over the wall. It comes with a cable so you can keep this unit on a table, or on the floor. I haven’t tested the refresh function yet, but I hear it works great. The indicators work as intended.

Cons: Only thing i wish is that it had some mechanism to retract the cord and store it.

I’m very disappointed with this purchase. The charger is incredibly slow, only usable for overnight charging, and the batteries won’t hold a charge for any decent length of time. If I put freshly charged batteries in my camera, I can take a good number of pictures, but if I leave the batteries idle for any length of time, say a week, they’re dead the next time I want to use them.

The display is nice, but this charger is an overall disappointment. The short cord makes it more portable but harder to use. It must be plugged in with the batteries already installed, a bit inflexible and you can’t put in one battery while another is charging. It will happily recharge a battery it’s just fully charged, indicating that it is not nearly as smart as the leading “smart charger.” On the lighter side, unlike most chargers, it will indeed charge batteries individually, with a mix of AAA and AAs, no need to have two at a time. It will recharge batteries that are completely dead, too. The progress display is nice though not especially informative; it tells you roughly how far the charge is progressing, and is lit up while charging and dark when done. Overall it’s better than the average “dumb” charger but not nearly as good as the LaCrosse BC-900. Safer, apparently, though, than the BC-900′s prior firmware versions.

Used it for a year or two, found it suits my needs since I only use AA or AAA batteries mostly. Unit supports universal voltage (100V-240V) so I can bring it along my travels (but you may want a smaller power cable, for the bundled one is so long and bulky). The individual battery LED is nice. Refresh function… don’t need to use it most of the time, and I used it on almost empty batteries so it takes only a short while instead of hours to have the refreshed recharge cycle start. Only use it occasionally on old NiMH batteries will be good enough. Charging speed may be a concern to some, but that’s depending on your batteries’ capacity. The unit can do 1050mA for AAx2 or 640mA for AAAx2 (/2 for x4). So, say I want to charge the 4 empty 2700mAh AA batteries bundled with my charger (you may get different capacity now), it will take at most 2700/525 = 5 hours 9 minutes. No idea if you max charging though (e.g. charge AAx2 and AAAx2 at the same time)

If you’re buying a battery charger to use with an xbox 360, you may have a problem fitting rechargeable batteries in the wireless controller. Rechargeable batteries are fatter than standard AA. I was able to “modify” my controller so the batteries fit. Which is a good thing because xbox eats batteries like candy. This Sony charger works great.

Works great. I like that you can charge any number of batteries at a time. Not timed either; it actually figures out when the battery is charged. Refresh function is great idea and seems to work.

Almost threw some batteries away because they wouldn’t hold a charge,now they are as good as new because of the refreshing aspect. No problems, no complaints.

This was my first experience with rechargeable “everyday” batteries, and I was very surprised and disappointed with the lack of battery life in the Sony batteries. I put them into my tv remotes and they lasted about one day before I had to recharge them. After a few frustrating rounds of this, I gave up and bought disposable batteries for my remotes. Since then, I have purchased some Energizer batteries, but I haven’t used them yet because I still have fresh disposable batteries in the devices. Hopefully they will last much longer than the Sonys.

bought it to power my flash units, i heard a lot of good things about this charger, so far it’s doing a great job for me =)

Item does as it states. Charged AA batteries within 2 hours, they were 2700 nimh ones. Very happy with this item.