La Crosse Technology BC-700 Alpha Power Battery Charger

Battery charger for NiCad and NiMH AA and AAA rechargeable batteries
Features 4 modes: charge, discharge, refresh, and test
Charges both AA & AAA rechargeable batteries simultaneously
4 separate LCD displays for simultaneous readouts
Overheat-detection to prevent over-charging

Product Description
The La Crosse Technology BC700 Alpha Power Battery Charger has four modes and charges all NiCd and NiMH AA and AAA rechargeable batteries. The four modes include charge, discharge (discharges the batteries and then recharges them), recharge (discharges and recharges up to 20 times to bring old batteries back to life) and test (displays the battery capacity). BC-700 Battery Charger " Features: • All modes automatically default to 200 mA charge on the BC-700 B... More >>

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J. Schwartz says:

December 8, 2009 at 9:33 am

This is not the same Charger that is $45. No batteries included and lower quality

BC900 comes with 4 AA and 4 AAA batteries, a case and 4C and 4D converter holders… plus the BC900 is a better charger. In my opinion the best battey charger ever made. This is a weak imitation
Rating: 1 / 5

teala silverre says:

December 8, 2009 at 11:48 am

while the shipping was much faster than expected the item does not fit AA size when it was expressly written it did so in the ad.

am unsure if it is a product probelm with assembly or shipping problem or just what.
Rating: 3 / 5

Joseph P. Siebenmann says:

December 8, 2009 at 1:34 pm

First off, on mine, all the buttons and metal battery tabs

looked fine, and it takes AA and AAA batteries with no problem,

you just have to put them in right.

But when I tried to use the “Current” button to set how fast it changed,

at first it didn’t seem to do anything, but later, I was able to get it

to cycle through choices of “100″, “250″ and “350″. The directions say

it should have said “200″, “500″ and “700″.

So fortunately Amazon let me return it, with no shipping

changes. I’ll try to order another one later, and hope that

it’ll work right.

The instructions need a LOT of work, hard to understand.

It’ll easily take you

several times of trying to read them to figure out how the buttons

work, putting batteries in and trying it, then going back to the

instructions again, but eventually you’ll figure it out.

It seems to do an excellent job though. I put in four AAA on

“Refresh” mode, and it took about a Day and a half for all

four to finish.

UPDATE:

I ordered another one.. and the same thing happens, you get half the values they say you should see, when you try to use the Current

button.

But, other than that, it seems to “work” fine, so I’m not going to return it. I put a AAA in on Discharge, and it was done it no time.
Rating: 3 / 5

Madhav Lavu says:

December 8, 2009 at 2:28 pm

I bought this product though it is an older version.But it works pretty good.I havent gotten to understand its advanced features.But I will.I think it gives you total control over getting rid of memory in the batteries and then recharging them.IT CAME ON TIME AND IT WORKS
Rating: 4 / 5

David Frias says:

December 8, 2009 at 2:41 pm

now I KOWN WHEN THE BATTERYS ARE READY.ON MY OLD BATTERY CHARGER I HAD TO GUEST WHEN THE WERE READY.
Rating: 5 / 5