Published on03/25/08
Battery chargers are dime a dozen, and I personally love rocking to my Eneloops. The La Crosse Alpha Power Battery Charger is different though, as the charger itself comes with an LCD display to show you various details like the charge mode. It is set to 200mA at default, taking a whole lot longer to charge a quartet of batteries but will ultimately prolong your rechargeables' battery life, but the more impatient can always choose from 500, 700, 1000, 1500 or 1800mA to speed up charging times. Once the battery is fully juiced up, the Alpha Power is smart enough to switche to a trickle charge mode automatically to ensure maximum battery capacity. It retails for $39.99 and is compatible with all NiCd and NiMH AA and AAA rechargeable batteries.