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La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower Battery Charger | 
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| Brand: La Crosse Technology
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $69.95
Buy New: $39.99
You Save: $29.96 (43%)
New (3) from $39.95
Rating:  384 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Color: Blue
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 1.5 x 5.1 x 3
MPN: BC-900
Model: BC-900
UPC: 757456993836
EAN: 0757456993430
ASIN: B00077AA5Q
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Battery charger; charges AA and AAA batteries simultaneously | | • | 4 separate LCD displays; 4 modes; heat monitor prevents overcharging | | • | Comes with 4 AA and 4 AAA rechargeable batteries | | • | Also includes 4 C- and 4 D-size battery adapters and durable travel bag | | • | Measures 5.1 by 3 by 1.5 inches |
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Product Description
PRODUCT FEATURES:All modes automatically default to 200 mA charge;Charge both AA and AAA rechargeable batteries simultaneously;Overheat detection to protect over-charging.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 379 more reviews...
 Disgraceful Customer Service from Lacrosse Technology October 14, 2008
Customer S. (Washington, DC United States)
Lacrosse gets ZERO stars for its appalling and insulting customer service. Unless you like headaches, avoid Lacrosse and its products.
When I received the BC-900 charger, one of the batteries included was dead, and would not take a charge. Not a major problem, and easy to resolve- right? Wrong!
When I notified Lacrosse Technologies, I was informed that the battery had probably dropped below a minimum charge level, and that since the BC-900 could not charge it, I needed to purchase another charger (from a different company) to get it up to the required minimum charge in order that the BC-900 I purchased would work!
I suggested that since they supplied a defective product (the battery), they should either replace it or supply me with the required charger at their expense. Their customer support refused to provide the third-party charger, and informed me that their one year warranty only covered their charger, not the batteries supplied with it. When I pointed out that this was both awful customer service, not to mention a pretty crummy advertisement for their product, they agreed to repair or replace the battery, but just this once, since they were not obliged to, and really just doing me a favor.
Let's go over this again- Lacrosse sold me a charger that they admitted could not charge one of the batteries included with it, told me to purchase a charger from another company to charge the battery they sold me, then refused to replace or charge the battery since it was not covered by their warranty. They weren't even ashamed to put all this in writing! What a way to run a company.
 Best battery charger October 11, 2008
Mariano Filippa (Louisville, KY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got about 20 batteries, both AA and AAA Duracell brand. I bought the charger with the batteries. Problems with original charger:
- Charges two or four batteries at a time only
- Can't mix AA and AAA batteries
- Seems to charge batteries uneven
- Overheat batteries, decrease their life
- Can't monitor health of battery
This charger solved all my problems
- Charge one, two, three or four, AA or AAA, any combination, any time, any order, any charge current !!
- Monitor voltage when battery inserted, can check how deeply discharged the battery was.
- Voltage function also can also be monitor of battery health. For example, one device that takes two batteries in series, both should discharge evenly if they are same capacity and show the same voltage when inserted in charger. Found some end-of-life batteries that were deeply discharged while the other was holding significant charge.
- Monitor battery health with charge time: same idea, take two batteries from same device, if one takes twice or more time to charge, it means that battery might have a problem.
The capability of checking battery life was worth every $ of this charger. My mp3, flashlights, toothbrush and any other battery operated devices run with fully charged healthy batteries all the time. No guessing, no cursing at mp3 dying at midday, no throwing away good batteries. Highly recommended product!
If you use rechargeable batteries then you need this! October 11, 2008
Zulfiqar Ali Naushad (Saudi Arabia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Truly a splendid product!
First off the bundle is quite generous. It comes with various adapters, 4 batteries and a handy carrying pouch.
I use a lot of different types of batteries with this charger and you can mix and match since each battery slot has it's own power rail and is controlled independently from the others.
So you could be charging a AAA in one, a high capacity in another, and refreshing 2 other batteries all at the same time.
The device is easy to use, but does require you to read the manual to understand the wealth of features it has.
Very highly recommended!
CAT Scan for your batteries October 10, 2008
J. Blackburn
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A battery is a pretty inscrutable item. It's got power or it doesn't. But there are stages of discharge and potential rates of charge and maximum levels of charge which can be realized if the battery is prepared correctly. This charger tells you all sorts of interesting things about your batteries. And one of the best things is that out of four identical batteries, it will tell you which one(s) are null/dead. That is great. It's a drag to put batteries through a charging cycle and think that they are ready for some work and then they last 15 minutes because one is dead. But which one? The BC-900 tells you the moment you put the batteries in to charge or whatever process you choose.
It definitely pays to read the informative instruction book with this item. I was a little put off at first as I didn't want to think that much about charging batteries. But it pays to understand what it will do. This is a battery charger that has a variety of modes and using the Discharge and Refresh modes is important for reaching the potential of your batteries. And the variety of current charge rates means you don't have to fry the batteries to get them charged. Slow and cool is the way to go.
I've had mine for about two months and I wish I'd had it much sooner. I tossed three chargers and at least as much $$ as I spent on this one. Plus I bought some more batteries thinking the ones I had were pooped out but they weren't at all. They were fine. They just needed to be "refreshed" which can take a few days if you do it slow but the process really pumps them back up. I'm just using mine for AA batteries for my camera and flash.
If you're going to spend the day taking pictures in the boonies, it's very nice to have some confidence that you're not hauling around dead weight. The BC-900 will make that as possible as a battery charger can.
I like it.
The charger really DOES make a difference! October 6, 2008
M. Berman (New York, NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, what a difference a charger makes. I use eneloup batteries for my off camera flash units --the Nikon SB 800 and Nikon SB 600 -- both really eat up battery energy. Since switching from my cheaper charger to this one, the battery life is really notably extended. Much less aggravation than with the old, cheap charger. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for
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