La Crosse Technology BC700 Alpha Power Battery Charger

Great charger. Allows you to see the status of your batteries and then choose a charging routine accordingly. Allows you to select a charging method for each battery individually. Keeps batteries "topped up" while they sit in the charger, instead of slowly losing their charge like they while sitting in most other "dumb" chargers.

This is what every charger should be. The 4 independent charging circuits and battery capacity test functions are invaluable features. In just a few days of battery testing I managed to find all my weak nimh cells and managed to rearrange my 2-cell and 4-cell packs in order to put batteries of roughly similar capacities together. Highly recommended.

I don't see the BC-700's slightly lower charging current of 700ma instead of the 1000ma of its big brother the BC-900 to be a big deal. 700ma is already more than I'd like to use to charge AA's.

This uber charger works - very well. Upon receiving the unit, I refreshed several old pairs of NiMH batteries and recovered some capacity in most of them. I also found a couple of impaired batteries.
Well built, versatile, and well designed. Excellent purchase.

Great charger and tester. Have tested many NiCad and NiMh cells. Results as expected. Charger performs as claimed. Will charge 1-4 cells, not restricted to pairs.

My only suggestion, I wish it would run from a 12v supply.

Tom, K8ERV

This charger replaces two Rayovac chargers (models PS1 and PS4)that didn't work well and couldn't exercise the batteries. A NIMH battery that wouldn't charge on the Rayovacs was brought back from the dead by the BC700 using the discharge/recharge cycle. Charging speed is not an issue, since I use multiple sets of NIMH AA and AAA batteries. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase and recommend it without reservation.