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expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Mar 12, 2025
Mar 12, 2025 8:28 PM
Amazon Basics 4-Bay Battery Charger + 4 AA 2000mAh Rechargeable NiMH Batteries
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For reference = I've tried Bonai, Mupoer, Duracell, EBL Rayovak, Tenergy. Rayovaks were probably the worst.
The only thing I've seen that's pretty universal is that this 2000mah size is better than the 2400mah "high capacity" one.
My personal results have been positive, but many many others aren't.
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I got mine today and the charger is giving false readings all over the place. Says its charging an already fully-charged battery…
I still can't believe we scooped this deal; truly it must have been an error, since opening that link in Incognito window, I don't see it that low anymore with all those offers.
Worst case scenario it gives you too many headaches, you can just return it within 30 days. I probably wouldn't even bother as long as I get the same usage as I would the regular disposable batteries, if all else fails I can chuck it in the trash as well.
I still can't believe we scooped this deal; truly it must have been an error, since opening that link in Incognito window, I don't see it that low anymore with all those offers.
Worst case scenario it gives you too many headaches, you can just return it within 30 days. I probably wouldn't even bother as long as I get the same usage as I would the regular disposable batteries, if all else fails I can chuck it in the trash as well.
The entire point of rechargeable batteries is to not have to throw anything in the trash
On another note: deals like that happen all the time. Theyre just not posted here. Amazon is always offering bottom-of-the-barrel pricing to move old stock or excess inventory. Lightning deals often also have stackable coupons at times making things super low too.
If you have the free time to fight with Amazon on whether rechargeable batteries don't have the advertised mAh rating or whatever other reason, be my guest. I value my time more than you.
If you have the free time to fight with Amazon on whether rechargeable batteries don't have the advertised mAh rating or whatever other reason, be my guest. I value my time more than you.
Take it easy, I wasn't making a remark at you. I also wasn't advocating fighting with Amazon over advertised capacity. I haven't tried the batteries yet, only the charger.
Nope the batteries were drained. Thought it was just those maybe. Changed out with 3 more fresh off a full charge. Same thing.
The batteries that had Chinese writing on them and looked to be about 2¢ a piece that came with the unit lasted a few weeks. Sooo…
Yeah. These are trash. They were newly bought too, not 1,000 cycles deep or anything.
Save your time and money and buy something like LADDA batteries from IKEA which are cheap but are still high quality. Or something more generic sounding like PowerOwl which I've heard are actually quite good for something that sounds like it was made in some dude's basement in the Philippines.
No offense to that guy, he makes a hell of a battery. Amazon, on the other hand….
They are rechargeable yeah- you'll get plenty of practice.
If you want something that works and will last for years spend the extra on Eneloops or as said, at least some LADDA's. They'll pay for themselves by time you've bought the Amazon rechargeable ones 6-7 times in the same time period.
I had like 100 of these Amazon ones and I just gave them to my stepson cause he wanted some rechargeable ones. He came back a day or two later and asked me what was wrong with them because he had to keep changing them out every few hours in his game controllers, at least the ones that he could get to charge at all. Then he asked me if I could buy him some different ones.
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For reference = I've tried Bonai, Mupoer, Duracell, EBL Rayovak, Tenergy. Rayovaks were probably the worst.
As far as consumer-friendly chargers go... old slow Eneloop charger for 4 AA/AAA batteries is the only one that ALWAYS just worked.
Old cheap Rayovac charger was junk. Old LaCrosse charger that used to be gold standard 15 years ago worked great, until one day when charging Eneloops it failed to detect Negative Delta V and basically melted covers off the batteries and itself overheated and got discolored... it is a wonder it did not catch on fire. Venerable Maha charger has failing display that makes it impossible to use any fancy functionality in it (discharge, soft charge and cycle-charge) but still works as 'default mode only' charger.
The only 'fancy' charger that kept reliably working for me for close to two decades is iCharger 106B+ - but that one requires user to REALLY know what they are doing and charges only one battery at a time.
Not what normal people would want.
Anyway... TLDR is that while PowerOwl charger might be pretty good, for NiMh batteries 'trickle charging to extend life' is totally a gimmick.
I have some EBL but haven't thoroughly used them - many have tested them and it appears they absolutely are not the claimed 2800mah but the cost per mAh is still a great value.
I may return and get IKEA Ladda for their reliability
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