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landfill. Hope the batteries work.
At first I thought it was the external flash that I was using these for, but then I tried some alkaline batteries and the flash worked. This came as a bundle with some camera stuff I bought.
My order was botched up between Amazon and Adarama so without going into detail I'm screwed. Other reviewers except the one good one (hmmm) say basically the charger sucks.
I'm trying to salvage the batteries with another charger. This charger is headed to a U.S.
Thanks for another Chinese made quality item.
I purchased a current model, the Power 2000 XP-333.Several hours after inserting the batteries properly and plugging the unit in, I noticed a burning electrical smell. My first one worked for a while, then suddenly the batteries would not hold a charge. The Power 2000 line of chargers have been woefully awful in my experience. When I traced the odor back to the new charger, I of course unplugged it and nearly burnt myself on the batteries, which were scorchingly hot. This was already a bad sign, since NiMH batteris are supposed to be long-life. Because I liked its compact size for travel, I decided to give this charger one more try. I fear they might have burst or started a fire had I left them in the charger any longer.There are too many other dependable charger makers -- why take a chance on this unreliable, dangerous product. This product should be rated zero stars -- it's earned a skull & crossbones warning in my opinion.
I bought the charger, extra AAs and extra AAAs and NEVER used any of them. The batteries NEVER held a charge. Heck, yesterday, before I ditched it all, I had charged the AAAs for a good 24 hours and the flashlight I put them in barely registered a microwatt of power. And the girth of the AAs was too wide to fit any of the devices I tried putting them in.
Now, the red lights on the charger flash and turn off after a few minutes. I've had the 555 unit for about a year. At first it worked well, but now the charger does not charge the batteries fully and can take 1 or 2 pictures and get the "change battery" message from the camera. Even bought new rechargeable batteries, but it won't charge them either.Unable to find any support for this unit. Should last longer than 1 year.
After more than 12 hours, this "rapid" charger did not charge the batteries that came with it. The charger was also very hot to the touch when it was trying to charge the batteries.
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