Sanyo SEC TDR02N Eneloop Travel Charger Review

Great travel charger. About 5 hours of charging Eneloops at 2100 mAh. Nice and compact, good lynch pins, works on 50-60Hz/110-240V systems. I use it to charge my GPSr batteries at night when traveling. Fast enough that you can pop in the batteries at the last minute before bed and they'll be ready before you wake up (or pop them in when you get up in the morning and they'll be ready for dinner). I usually travel with a couple of spare AA batteries and I have a couple of devices (GPSr and…

I have a digital camera that uses 2 AA batteries. I hate how quickly my camera batteries die, so I wanted rechargeable batteries and I've heard good things about Sanyo. Since batteries are used in pairs, I figured a charger that charges in pairs would work well. The charger only charges AA NiMH batteries. The two batteries supplied are of the second generation type. I was surprised that there are actually two batteries sitting in the charger and making contact with the metal terminals. The…

I bought this charger from Revain. It was broadcast by Adorama Camera. The picture and description matched the Sanyo NC-MDR02NU 2 cell charger and I was very surprised when I received the SEC-TDN02N. These two chargers are very different. MDR02 can charge AA and AAA while TDN02 can only charge AA. About half the batteries I use are AAA, so the TDN02 charger is a waste of money to me. I went to the Sanyo website to check if the TDN02 is a smart charger and again I was surprised because this…