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TOPBUY Alkaline Battery Recharger $29.95! Charges Ordinary & Rechargable AA AAA STEAL OFTHE DAY

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TOPBUY Alkaline Battery Recharger $29.95! Charges Ordinary & Rechargable AA AAA STEAL OFTHE DAY
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Store Repwatties436 on 10/11/2009 - 12:03 topbuy.com.au (513 clicks)
Last edited 11/11/2009 - 21:24 by 2 other users

Charges 4 Batteries in 4 hours.

How many batteries do you use? Rechargable Batteries Too Expensive?

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  • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2009 - 12:06

    wow, has anyone used one before? Does this work? How many times can you recharge an ordinary battery before it runs out of the juice?

    • anthony on 10/11/2009 - 12:10

      These sort of chargers are nothing new

      I would guess it charges the batteries very slowly to put some charge back into them.

      I doubt it will be as good as buying real rechargeable batteries and a charger for them.

      • ash2000 on 10/11/2009 - 13:23

        Agreed, I owned something similar to this over 10 years ago …. You could never acheive anything like a full charge on an alkaline, and every subsequent charge would be be only 50% of the former charge. Great idea in theory!

        What's with the $10 shipping for such a small/light item? Geeze.

  • [Deactivated] on 10/11/2009 - 12:07

    You have to put the price in the title.

    • BelLikesABarg on 10/11/2009 - 12:21

      agreed. i don't intend to click through if i dont know the price first.

  • rakeycakey on 10/11/2009 - 12:14

    Pretty sure that after first use, they will never be the same (duration wise) and will continue to have less and less power each charge.
    I read about someone making one of these on i-Hacked and it has something to do with the power running through the batteries and exciting the particles rather than just terminating the power inside.
    If i could remember anything from how batteries work in chemistry last year i'm sure i could explain it better :P

  • excite on 10/11/2009 - 12:15

    Is it safe to charge normal batteries?

    • chansthename on 10/11/2009 - 19:12

      I was wondering that, they always say do not charge. maybe it isn't a fire hazard with this charger

      • anthony on 10/11/2009 - 20:15

        It says do not charge because it is a hazard as they are not designed to be charged and charging them is not as good as replacing them

  • viperxz on 10/11/2009 - 12:17
    +1

    Not a bargain.

    Grandcell (named brand) has a NiMH 2 hour fast charger + 2 free AA NiMH batteries for $17.00 with $4.95 shipping Australia wide.

    http://shops1.bizarsoftware.com.au/lite/grandcell/catalogue/…

    • ozblogger on 10/11/2009 - 12:20
      +2

      yeah but this one "claims" to charge ordinary AA battery !!

    • atreius on 10/11/2009 - 12:41
      +1

      That Grandcell charger is completely different - charges different types of batteries in a different way, so it's not that helpful to simply compare these deals by price.

      Then again, I definitely agree it's not a bargain - normal alkaline batteries are pretty outdated in terms of storage capacity these days, and even though you'd expect this recharger to be safe, and avoid any buildup of hydrogen gas (a problem with bad alkaline battery rechargers), you're still only going to be getting a limited number of effective recharges (maybe ~15-30?)

    • n412io on 10/11/2009 - 12:46

      i agree cant compare rechargables with non rechargeables…

      if someone wanted to post cheap/bargain apples would u then say bananas are cheaper at another site?

      • viperxz on 10/11/2009 - 14:48

        Apologies, I read this as a charger for Rechargeable Alkaline/NiMH Batteries, I retract my comment.

  • ozblogger on 10/11/2009 - 12:18

    highly skeptical about this
    energy safe certificate on the website, but who knows how safe it is

  • Mikinoz on 10/11/2009 - 12:19
    +1

    http://www.ht.com.au/part/U0928-Energizer-CHDC-Battery-charg…

    i bought this instead even comes with free batteries

    or this if you can get it , its quick charge yeha

    http://www.ht.com.au/part/U6057-Energizer-Eveready-Battery-c…

    or this in WA

    http://www.ht.com.au/part/U6056-Energizer-Ultra-Fast-Charger…

    • viperxz on 10/11/2009 - 12:23

      Very good price, postage from HT is a bit steep though ($13.34 to North QLD).

    • hellrazorone on 10/11/2009 - 13:20

      Thanks for this info.
      I've ordered a couple of chargers from HT.

      • Mikinoz on 10/11/2009 - 15:45

        just be carefull stock mysterioulsy disappears after ordering and then confirming.

        All my chargers ordered today vanished after order so apologies for my bum steer

  • Crownie on 10/11/2009 - 12:22

    If you want a quality recharger (yet still made in China) get a ReZAP (http://www.rezap.com.au/)

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 11/11/2009 - 22:27

      Hi Crownie :)

      Do you have a Rezap? I've got an old one. It's never been able to put much charge into batteries. Probably related though, to them wanting to put charge into batteries before the battery goes flat.

      (So you have to recharge before you get a low battery indicator)

      The other thing I don't like, is that, despite all the circuitry, if a battery is left in my Rezap, after the battery has recharged, the battery becomes damaged. (Full charge light goes off and the amount of charge in the battery is even less)

      Is yours working okay?

      • SomeGuyOnOzB on 11/11/2009 - 22:28

        I see it's still about $79.95 too …
        (I ended up going with good rechargeable batteries and a battery charger later)

  • looseylu on 10/11/2009 - 12:24

    '4 batteries becomes 50 batteries'!

  • tsimop on 10/11/2009 - 12:29

    wow i can see that blowing up in your face

    i thought (from chemistry) that normal batteries are an irreversible process and theres not much u can do about it in terms of recharging…

    argh and no price in title! $29.95 + $9.95 Shipping/Any Qty

  • neil on 10/11/2009 - 12:40
    1. Please put the price in the title
    2. Please use your rep account
  • King Tightarse on 10/11/2009 - 12:52

    Yep, remember this from the 80's.
    Long story short: you will never get anything approaching new performance from a recharged regular battery AND you run the risk of chemical leaks/explosions no matter what they say in the blurb.
    Just buy regular good quality rechargeables and be done with the idea.
    They are so cheap these days,

  • scrimshaw on 10/11/2009 - 13:14

    agreed. you can buy 4 sanyo eneloop batteries for 12 bucks, they cost the same as regular rechargables but have the low self discharge properties of alkaline batteries. Also in woolies you can get 4 hour Varta chargers that do the job fine. Also costs 30 but it comes with 2 batteries

    • slowmo on 10/11/2009 - 13:25

      the eneloop batteries come pre-charged.. thats what i like! where did you get yours for 12 bucks?

    • FloatingPoint on 10/11/2009 - 13:31

      Where did you get the 4xEneloop for $12?

      • anthony on 10/11/2009 - 13:44

        I would be guessing DX
        http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6807

        • FloatingPoint on 10/11/2009 - 17:15

          Read the comments…
          Those Eneloop from DX is probably FAKE.

          • anthony on 10/11/2009 - 18:29
            +1

            @FloatingPoint: People are worried about them being fake however i have noticed that when DX puts a comment saying they are genuine then the product is genuine.
            If it is not genuine then they sell it under a different name or just dont use the brand name of the item it is copying.

            it is the only place i know where you could get them for $12 which is why i posted the link.

  • slowmo on 10/11/2009 - 13:24

    is it really that difficult to invest in decent rechargeable batteries?

    • anthony on 10/11/2009 - 13:46

      I guess some people would rather spend $40 on something which will slightly revive their crappy batteries than spend $30 on decent batteries and a charger.

      • TimeOrMoney on 10/11/2009 - 17:04

        Non-rechargable Alkaline batteries, for a long time, had the benefit of low self-discharge compared to Ni-CD and Ni-MH, and were favoured for devices with low consumption such as torches, calculators and remote controls. The [relatively] new Eneloops and other such rechargables with low self-discharge negate this factor, but is significantly more costly.

        However, many people will still have many non-rechargables lying around, especially from them being included with devices (I've yet to see rechargables being included with anything other than chargers). Your assessment of "some people" may be correct, but there are also some who would prefer to extend the life of the non-rechargables they do have as to reduce landfill.

        • slowmo on 14/11/2009 - 01:00

          The landfill argument is kind of pointless… it's like saying keeping a 20 year old engine running just because you want to save it from the scrap heap despite the amount of (fossil) fuel it chews through.

          Granted we can say we keep a car as a hobby, but I doubt we can say the same for a battery.

          most alkalines leak after a while, which is hazardous for the device and human. I don't see any saving in carbon footprint in that aspect.

  • devz on 10/11/2009 - 13:25

    alkaline rechargers attempt to 'recharge' the cell with higher current (4hr recharge will be for Ni-Cd). The results of charging non-rechargables vary from brand to brand of type of cell & compound.

    Caution should be taken when charging compounds not intended for recharging, cells can overheat, expand, spill poisonous chemicals & even ignite. Definately not something you would leave on when you left the house.

    Best advice, stay clear, buy rechargables for recharging, alkalines for high drain devices - theres a reason for their different compounds & voltages. Recharging cells has the best result (charge retaining & least memory effect) the lower the current used to charge them.

  • davidl2 on 10/11/2009 - 14:04

    how many hours of electricity gonna use in recharging for this device?
    and how many hours of electricity gonna use in normal recharging device? (Ni-MH and Ni-Cd Batteries only!)

  • seb on 10/11/2009 - 17:42

    Have used the Rezap charger that claims to charge ordinary alkalines. It works - sort of. Batteries have wildly varying charge capacity after charging and really only good for a small number of recharges. Waste of time and money compared to a proper charger and NiMH batteries - especially the Ready2Use type (Eneloop, Varta, Hybrio etc).

  • AMLagonda on 10/11/2009 - 18:50

    We have a battery charger that can charge alkalines, I gave up as you could never get a good charge and that they must not be dead flat to charge them, it was called the regenerator, had it for about 10 years.

  • freddy on 11/11/2009 - 00:12

    Recharging standard batteries has always been a bad idea.
    Beware leaking chemicals.
    NiMH are so cheap now anyway.

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