Which Maha charger?

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Clay34

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I've been reading this forum and others about chargers and reviews. I'm down to basically two chargers and a couple of battery styles. The Eneloops are it for batteries. Looks like I will get more cycles out of the 2000 mah ones than the 2500 mah units.

On chargers themselves I keep coming back to two Maha chargers. The MH C9000 which is not only a charger but also an analyzer or the MH C800S. I like the longer life of the batteries with the C800S vs the faster charging of the C801.

I think that I would just buy a C9000 that has 8 bays but it doesn't look like they make one. If you are charging batteries for a unit that takes 10 cells that means 3 cycles with the 4 bay unit or two cycles with an 8 bay unit. So do you choose the unit that has more features but less capacity or go for the larger capacity 8 bay unit?

Thanks for your advice in advance.
 
Can't say as I have both. If I think I'm having a problem with one or a few cells, it's nice to be able to check it with the analyzer. To my knowledge, even the bigger unit has a fast charge and a "soft" charge mode that is slower and easier on the batteries.
 
That's usually the answer isn't it? BUY BOTH! Made me smile, then made a lot of sense. The 8 unit for quicker turn around and C9000 to analyze and condition and even first time charge your batteries.

If I wanted to "start" with one at this time, which one?

The call was ordered on the 30th and arrived today on the 3rd. Ordered late on Saturday night and arrived on Tuesday - wowza fast! Need charger now because alkalines aren't going to cut it. Would like to order one tonight, should have ordered one yesterday or before. Maybe missed out on some cyber Monday deals, but when I was searching Maha chargers they seem to be a similar price most places. Any of our sponsors sell these things?

Thanks again.
 
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I'd start with the large unit to "get the job done" With new batteries hopefully you wouldn't have any duds. Possible, but not probable. Get the analyzer unit later. I have bought from Thomas Distributing and their service has been excellent. Prices were similar most places.
 
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Originally Posted By: cmatera I'd start with the large unit to "get the job done" With new batteries hopefully you wouldn't have any duds. Possible, but not probable. Get the analyzer unit later. I have bought from Thomas Distributing and their service has been excellent. Prices were similar most places.

Seriously, thanks for you help with the little nudge in the right direction. Much appreciated.
 
Again, I'm not very fast. More research and a phone call to Thomas made me pull the trigger. I actually ended up with the MAHA PowerEX MH-C801D for the charger and 20 of the Panasonic / Sanyo XX Eneloops. Hopefully I made a good decision since I didn't buy either one of the original short list chargers.

Now have to quit worrying about hardware and spend time in the field and put down fur.
 
Too late for you, but I was gonna say get the analyzer version, that is what I have. It takes some more time due to fewer slots, but usually that isn't a problem for charging unless you are calling back to back days and doing a lot of it. But then again I have an 8 slot charger as well for when I need a lot fast too. As stated, both is best. I really like the 9000 though and prefer to use it when I have a choice, you can set the charge rate as low as you want (pretty much) to really take care of your batteries good. I love the recondition option.
 
As I type this I am running a recondition cycle on new XX Eneloop batteries. On the MH- C801D you can do a fast charge if you want, but you don't have to. I first hit the "soft" charge button then immediately hit the "recondition" button. This runs a recondition charge with the soft recharge option.
First time running these batteries through the machine and it said if the batteries haven't been charged in a long time this was a good option. This charge cycle took about 30 hours to complete a single cycle. That was an initial charge, then discharge then soft charge cycle. My second set of 8 have been in the charger about 10 hours so far.

My first outing with the Shockwave it ate through 20 alkaline batteries in a day. Looking forward to a new power source.

Will probably end up with a 9000 too, then can charge 12 at a time.
 
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