Product Description

Brain power. Mind energy. Electrifying thinking that generates new ideas and empowers people to search for advancements and refinements in today's high-tech energy sources. That's the kind of "revved-up" thinking behind Lenmar products. Whether it's batteries, camera and video accessories or cell phone batteries, binoculars or rechargers, Lenmar has a history of instilling each product with the power of performance.

Product Details

• Brand: Lenmar
• Model: Speed Charger
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 10.00" w x 8.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• Mach 1 Gamma 1 Hour Speed Charger Ni-MH AC/DC Kit with Neotherm Technology
• Neotherm Technology keeps Batteries Cool, Extends Battery Life and Internal Cooling Fan
• Charges One to Four AA and AAA Nickel Metal-Hydride Batteries
• Four LED Charge Status Indicator
• Includes four 2500mAh AA Nickel Metal-Hydride Batteries, Worldwide 100-240V AC Adapter and DC Car Cord

Customer Reviews

worked ok at first... now unusable
This product worked fine when I first bought it. Batteries charged in 1 hour, very convenient.
HOWEVER, after a few months I started having problems. I would charge the batteries for 1 hour, until the indicator lights indicated that they were fully charged. But when I tried to use the batteries in my camera, they depleted after only a few minutes of use. The batteries also depleted quite rapidly when not in use, they were dead after about one day unused.
I do not know whether the problem is with the batteries or with the charger, but this product is now unusable.

A nice charger + 2500 mAh batteries in 2007
I ordered this package directly from Vanns to get same price but free shipping in August. The included AA batteries were 2500mAh. (Amazon needs to update its product description.) Having owned a non-durable Kodak charger and a super dumb Energizer charger, I finally own a smart charger at a low price. If you use NiMh batteries often enough, to avoid hassles and lengthen battery life, I recommend you get a smart charger that can (1) charge batteries individually, (2) charge up quickly within 1-3 hours (but not too quickly like the 15 minutes chargers), (3) trickle charge. You can spend 20 dollars for this smart charger or about 60 for a smarter smart charger (like La Crosse or Maha chargers). To me this charger is good enough, and it also came with a car adapter cord. It has a small fan to ventilate air to cool batteries when charging, which is a cheap old but very effective approach to lengthening battery life. The fan may be noisy if the charger is put on a hard surface. I put the charger on a soft surface such as a bag to eliminate the fan noise.

For a 2500 mAh battery, it takes the charger about an hour 15 minutes to charge and then the red light is off and it switches to trickle charge. For good batteries like eneloop batteries and the ones that came with the charger, the voltage was about 1.25 after red light is off and they are ready to use. I often take the batteries off 1-2 hours after the light is off, just to top off.

Works as described
It works very good and charges batteries fast. Included Nickel Metal-Hydride Batteries batteries not so good as for example Sony 2500 mAh AA Rechargeable Nimh Batteries, 4-pack but also useful.