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Enter the Hahnel procube.
http://www.hahnel.ie/li-ion-battery-chargers
Not only does it charge two batteries at the same time, it handles different makes of battery, charges your iPad and has indicators of charge state. There was one model that billed itself as the combined Fuji/ Panasonic model...perfect match!!
It's expensive for a charger but the idea of it handling both our batteries at the same time was too good to be true. Well it was.
Having got it home, the notion you can charge the two types of battery at the same time went out the window. I suppose I should have read the advert better because it doesn't say "1 battery of each sort at the same time".
The unit has interchangeable cradles with two slots....one cradle for each battery type. So it means charging 2x Fuji first then swoping over to Panasonic. Ok a bit of a shame but still workable.
Well it would be if it was less fiddly to change over the cradles.
Insert a paper clip into a small hole ( reminiscent of reset buttons on many small electrical devices) to release the cradle. Well not exactly...its got a micro mini plug you have to undo underneath.
It's now gone from a great idea to a fiddly process that with time, will no doubt, wear out the little connector.
Why in this day and age couldn't the cradle just locate on a connector...like the very batteries in it's charging slots? Why the old fashioned plug and cables?
So what turned out to be an expensive but versatile accessory in my mind, is really not that bright. if your intention is to swop between camera battery types regularly.
Oh it does 4x AA batteries as well....but I threw my rechargeable AAs away some time ago.
Last edited on Sat Mar 25th, 2017 04:57 by Eric
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