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Lacrosse Technology BC-900 Alpha Battery Charger

Lacrosse Technology BC-900 Alpha Battery Charger
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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #267828 in Kitchen & Housewares
  • Brand: La Crosse
  • Model: BC-900

Customer Reviews

It's like playing "Whack-A-Mole"...3
This game is getting old - yet another duplicate listing for the same product popped up. The item shown here ("Lacrosse Technology BC-900 Alpha Battery Charger") is exactly the same as the one listed under "La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower Battery Charger". So you really should check out the original entry for product reviews and get a better deal.

Once again, the vendor ("UnbeatableSale, Inc.") listed a much higher shipping weight of 7 pounds, even though the actual package weighs less than 2 pounds. As a result, you have to pay $12 in shipping cost. I hate it when a vendor uses this kind of cheap trick to rip off unsuspecting customers!

The charger itself deserves 5 stars. The lower rating here is for the vendor.

real insight into battery recharge4
My first battery charger came with the set of batteries, but I quickly found out that it provides almost NO insight into what's happening with the charge cycle. This BC-900 delivers, allowing me to see what's happening on a cell-by-cell basis (and even monitor the *discharge* of a cell if needed). For those of us who want more than a red/green light, this is THE charger to own. I stuffed my other chargers in a drawer, awaiting the next garage sale.

I read some reviews of this charger online, and noticed some people saying that it could overheat, but I have seen NONE of that behavior. I suspect Lacrosse updated the guts (does this thing have firmware? probably) and it's nice to recharge both AAA and AA at the same time. I haven't tried the (somewhat funky) C/D adapter yet, but as I convert my entire home to rechargeable batteries (and I use a LOT of batteries) odds are I'll give it a whirl sometime.

My only negative comment regards the size of Lacrosse' travel case, for those of us who need to get on a plane. There are smaller travel chargers available but it's nice to come home to my Lacross BC-900, where I can see what's going on.