Customer Reviews

Minolta Quest 1-3hr Q2 Charger With 12v110v Adapater & 4 AAA Batteries

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I bought this charger because it has 4 individual charging cells (each with its own LED) and trickle charge which are important for maximizing the batteries' effectiveness in items like digital cameras and PDA's. Plus, it's got an adaptor for the car. I was also considering the Rayovac 1 hr charger but have read reports about the batteries getting too hot after charging. So I went w/this Q2 charger and so far, I've been very satisfied w/this product.

Yes, it does charge in an hour or so, but...it doesn't fully charge the battery, even after leaving it in there for hours. I found this out after being unsatisfy with the life I was getting from my batteries. I decided to put the batteries in my "slow" charger one day and found that I was getting much longer life via my "slow" charger. What I do now is let this charger do most of the work then when it says it is done, I put the batteries in my slow charger to get a full charge. Also, you are better off buying some other rechargeable batteries than the ones that come with this unit. These are about as low rated (600mAh) as you can get. I get around 3 hours of playing time with these batteries in my mp3 player. My 800mAh Sony batteries last about 50% longer.

Charges batteries in about one hour and beeps each time a battery is fully charged. Batteries comes in 2 carrying cases which is useful to keep batteries apart and to store the discharged batteries until you get home. The only complain would be that the charger is not a Minolta brand as described but a Quest Charger made by Harding Energy Inc. It works fine but was expecting a different brand.