battery, chargerI have a radio that takes 3 AAA batteries, yet my charger will only charge in pairs. Most battery chargers I have owned will only charge AA or AAA in pairs.
One interesting thing about Apple's new battery charger is that it can charge either one or two batteries at a time (though it's only AA size I think). Seems like an obvious capability to have.
Are there other chargers that can charge an odd number of batteries? Any that do AAA and AA?
La Crosse BC-900 does it. It also has a lot of useful capabilities like discharge and fast charge modes. It does AA and AAA, and deals fine with mixed lots.
The Maha MH-C401FS has 4 discrete charging circuits so it can independently charge any combination of AA and AAA batteries to their individual full capacity.
The Maha MH-C801D is like the one above, but it has 8 independent charging circuits. It also has a fancy digital display which shows you how full (approx) each battery is.
I own both of these chargers and they're both fantastic.
Maha also makes a model that's called the MH-C9000 -- I don't own one, but I'm convinced they made it just to compete with the fancy LaCrosse BC-900 charger (which Michael mentioned.) I hear the LaCrosse charger is also a good model.
Maha also manufactures some of the finest AA and AAA NiMH batteries on the market, so their knowledge of battery charging is second to none, IMHO.
ThinkGeek sells a La Crosse BC-9009 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/b7fd/ for only $40 that'll do it. We have one and it works great.
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