Customer Reviews

Sony BCT-RM InfoLithium M Series Portable Charger

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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This charger takes up minimal space. The prongs for plugging into the wall fold in preventing snags. Excellent design. It also charges your spare battery in minimal time.
Highly recommend.

I like this charger, very small and portable. Sony shoud sell a extra battery / charger combo. I sure recommend it for taking vacations.

Forget the "brick" and the AC cord! Just get one of these compact chargers and an extra battery and your DSC-R1 will never be out of power. I carry a charged battery in my gear bag attached to the little charger and swap and recharge as needed.

The charger is small and portable, convenient too. I find that I get a better charge on the battery by plugging the power pack right to the camera - 4 hours of battery! The charger only gave me approx. 2-2 1/2 hours. The charger is not any quicker, still 4 hours. It's just an alternate way.

This is a well-designed Sony charger for Sony's "M Series InfoLITHIUM" batteries. If you own a Sony camcorder or digital camera with one of these batteries, you know that one of the advantages of the design is the ability for the device to read the charge level of the battery and provide a fairly accurate display on the device's LCD monitor of how much energy (in minutes) remains on the battery. As with all things Sony (but, to be fair, for most major digital camera/camcorder manufacturers), you will pay far more for each battery than you should, and secondary battery chargers are also overpriced. The benefit, however, is that you generally receive good, reliable performance. Both are true of this Sony device when used with Sony batteries.

This charger is not much larger than an NP-FP50 battery itself, and because the charger only weights 70 grams, it is almost transparent in the travel bag. Compare this with the Sony ACSQ950D AC/DC AC Adapter/Quick Charger for MiniDV Camcorders high speed charger, which easily weighs seven or eight times as much and has a form factor that is six times as large. But make your choice carefully: this charger (the BC-TRM) is NOT a high speed charger like the AC-SQ950, and may take as long as four hours to fully charge a NP-FP50 battery (the AC-SQ950 can do it in far less than half the time, and will do two in sequence).

What this charger offers is very small form factor in an extremely light package, and with universal voltage (you can plug this unit into most any European power outlet with a simple plug adapter without any type of transformer. A bonus is the folding plug design which tucks the protruding electrical plug back into the unit when not in use (all chargers should have this feature). If you require frequent, multi-charging on a daily basis, you might consider stepping up to the AC-SQ950, but it it much larger and heavier, which is the price you pay for its outstanding performance.

Both of these units should operate well if they are not abused, and any can be made to work on vacations where luggage space/weight is at an increasing premium. Everyone has their own preferences, but for me, when it comes to digital cameras, I prefer to use the manufacturer's own equipment (batteries and chargers). If you carefully shop around, you should be able to find a generally reasonable price. I downgrade this unit to a four-star only because of the length of time to fully charge a battery. The quality, size, weight and design are excellent. Happy shooting!

After traveling a good amount with my Alpha cameras (previously A100, now A700), I was tired of lugging around the battery charger with the long cords it requires. I bit the bullet and bought this charger.

SO GLAD I DID!!! Seriously, it is extremely compact, and the prongs fold flat into the unit making it that much smaller and safer to store with other gear. No cords = no snags or knots or jumbles. I can leave this charger in even my smallest camera bags without compromising space for other equipment like filters or cleaning supplies.

Bottomline: If you travel with your camera, particularly when space is a premium, this charger should be on your very short list. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The size is perfect and it works as advertised. A 'must have' item.

I purchase this charger with Sony NP-QM71D battery. Both work fairly well & as per my expectations.

Quickly charge the battery and very compact in size. A very good product for home & professional camcorder users.

I was hesitant to buy this charger without being able to ensure it was the correct one for my camera. Turns out it was. It has a great design- very compact and easy to carry with on trips.

This unit is perfect for charging the spare battery for my Alpha 200 DSLR while on the go. The OEM unit that comes in the box is more than twice as big, and has a long power cord too. This unit charges the battery just as fast and takes up minimal room in the camera bag. Fold away prongs are a plus, although this unit will only charge the battery, it will not power the camera body remotely. For the space savings alone it is worth the money to me, and I think it should have been what shipped in the box to begin with.