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It's a good product with great features. I would recommend getting the
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better BC-9000(with BC-9009 charger & batteries) if you can get for it $40
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You have to be smarter than the BC-700 to use it effectively. It's easy to
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overcharge certain batteries(ie. Duracell AA or RayoVac AAA) if you leave it
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on default charge rate of 200mA. Most La Crosse chargers and some similar
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chargers are not able to terminate (or stop charging) with low charge rates
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and will overcharge certain batteries. So you need to monitor the
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mAh(capacity)Display and/or Total charging time with new batteries or those
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that have known issues with overcharging at low charge rates. Even though
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you can set it to the its highest charge rate of 700mA to help it terminate
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properly, you'll need to a press 2 buttons a couple of times within the 8
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FYI, if you overcharge your batteries, you will shorten its life or even
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ruin them permanently.
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Most Battery manufacturers recommend between .5C to 1C for the preferred
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charging rate. Setting it to 500mA takes 1-2 steps. The 500mA charge rate is
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above .5C for most AAA batteries.
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Let's say that you're charging four 2000mAh AA batteries. Using the max
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charge rate of 700mA, you will be charging at .35C(Or 35% of the batteries'
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2000mAh Capacity). If you use a BC-9009 or BC-900, you can charge at 1000mA
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which is .5C or 50% of max capacity. That's more likely for the charger to
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terminate the charging process for each 2000mAh battery.
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+Sophisticated Charger that Refreshes your older batteries.
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+Individual Circuits for each battery.
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+Price is right when you get it for $25 or less.
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-Need 1000mA Max charge rate since most new AA's are a least 2000mA.
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Charging at 1000mA will alleviate overcharging issues.
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-Not Non-Techie friendly, [Wish they gave a video tutorial.]
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-No Fail-Safe for Overcharging. Want the ability set Max mAh Allowed. (ie.
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to the max capacity of your highest battery) For AA's I would set to 2600.
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My BC-700 allows charging over the 3000mAh Capacity even though you're not
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supposed to use 3000mAh batteries.
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-Needs an easy option to jump start really weak batteries which end up
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-You can't change to a higher charging rate for additional batteries placed
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in the empty slots since it restricts the Max Rate to the initial charging
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rate you set for your first battery. The only way to reset the mA charging
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limit is to remove all the batteries or unplug the charger.
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If the BC-700 had defaulted to the 500mA charge rate instead of 200mA, I
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would have given it 4 stars.
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Plus if it had the Max Charge Rate of 1000mA, I would've given it 5 stars.
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I hope La Crosse will make updated models with a toggle switch to set higher
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Mostly recommended charger:
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http://www.amazon.com/Powerex-MH-C9000-PowerEx-WizardOne-Charger-Analyzer/dp/B000NLUSLM?tag=s601000020-20
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