What is the best battery for this charger? I need about 6 or 8 AA's and 4 AAA's? Thanks
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The OPUS C2000 will be happy with any NiMH 1.2V rechargeable cells. To select rechargeable batteries look at your application for those batteries. If you will use them immediately after charging then the old standard NiMH cells will give you slightly better performance. In those kinds of cells I would choose PowerEx as one of the best. If your application is something that requires long shelf life or is must intermittent use then the LSD "Low Self Discharge" type cells will be much better. Those are usually called precharged and are brands like Eneloop, Imedion, Acculoop and many many others. You can not go wrong by choosing Sanyo Eneloop batteries. They will serve you will in all applications. The OPUS C2000 will be happy with any NiMH 1.2V rechargeable cells. To select rechargeable batteries look at your application for those batteries. If you will use them immediately after charging then the old standard NiMH cells will give you slightly better performance. In those kinds of cells I would choose PowerEx as one of the best. If your application is something that requires long shelf life or is must intermittent use then the LSD "Low Self Discharge" type cells will be much better. Those are usually called precharged and are brands like Eneloop, Imedion, Acculoop and many... » Read More The OPUS C2000 will be happy with any NiMH 1.2V rechargeable cells. To select rechargeable batteries look at your application for those batteries. If you will use them immediately after charging then the old standard NiMH cells will give you slightly better performance. In those kinds of cells I would choose PowerEx as one of the best. If your application is something that requires long shelf life or is must intermittent use then the LSD "Low Self Discharge" type cells will be much better. Those are usually called precharged and are brands like Eneloop, Imedion, Acculoop and many many others. You can not go wrong by choosing Sanyo Eneloop batteries. They will serve you will in all applications. « Show Less
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The OPUS C2000 will be happy with any NiMH 1.2V rechargeable cells. To select rechargeable batteries look at your application for those batteries. If you will use them immediately after charging then the old standard NiMH cells will give you slightly better performance. In those kinds of cells I would choose PowerEx as one of the best. If your application is something that requires long shelf life or is must intermittent use then the LSD "Low Self Discharge" type cells will be much better. Those are usually called precharged and are brands like Eneloop, Imedion, Acculoop and many many others. You can not go wrong by choosing Sanyo Eneloop batteries. They will serve you will in all applications.
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Which battery is best depends on the intended use. High demand devices require high capacity batteries, like the Eneloop Pro. Most devices, like flashlights or radios, do well with regular Eneloop batteries. The higher capacity batteries cost more and can be recharged fewer times. For my uses, my last purchase was of the Panasonic branded (4th generation) Eneloop batteries. They were less expensive than the Sanyo (3rd generation) batteries. There are also Eneloop clones that can be good buys. Notice I didn't mention regular nicad rechargeable batteries. I just think Eneloop batteries are better options for my purposes. Which battery is best depends on the intended use. High demand devices require high capacity batteries, like the Eneloop Pro. Most devices, like flashlights or radios, do well with regular Eneloop batteries. The higher capacity batteries cost more and can be recharged fewer times. For my uses, my last purchase was of the Panasonic branded (4th generation) Eneloop batteries. They were less expensive than the Sanyo (3rd generation) batteries. There are also Eneloop clones that can be good buys. Notice I didn't mention regular nicad rechargeable batteries. I just think Eneloop... » Read More Which battery is best depends on the intended use. High demand devices require high capacity batteries, like the Eneloop Pro. Most devices, like flashlights or radios, do well with regular Eneloop batteries. The higher capacity batteries cost more and can be recharged fewer times. For my uses, my last purchase was of the Panasonic branded (4th generation) Eneloop batteries. They were less expensive than the Sanyo (3rd generation) batteries. There are also Eneloop clones that can be good buys. Notice I didn't mention regular nicad rechargeable batteries. I just think Eneloop batteries are better options for my purposes. « Show Less
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Yes this charger works with 8 AA batteries and it works great! Speeds up recycle time tremendously and lasts all day. Trust me, I purchased 3 so far and put them through some intense wedding work and they kept me shooting all day and night. I will caution, the cord entering the plastic case has shorted on one of my units but that's my fault for toss and go treatment. (I do a lot of multi location stuff). But that was after my first year of owning it so it has long since paid for itself many times over. So i'd say GET ONE for every 580exii's you have if you can. Oh... also some older models, the battery leads would suppress over time and the batteries wouldn't make contact until I gently re-bent them out. Ultimately, I took heat glue and put a glob behind each lead so it wouldn't do that any longer. But when I purchased my two newer ones, they re worked that differently so I don't have that problem either. So again... Get it :) Todd E. www.Toddemedia.com
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I don't think you can charge these batteries properly with the regular chargers. You can use the Tenergy TN270 that was recommended. I use the SYSMAX Intellicharge i4 JETBeam. It cost about $25 and will charge 4 batteries. It's universal and can also charge: AA, AAA, C type batteries too. I'm able to charge more batteries and other types without having to have other charges.I recently bought their button top type for my Nitecore MT40 Flashlight. I'm happy with Tenergy so-far.
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No this charger will only hold 2 batteries at a time. It will not charge AAA batteries.
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Regular 6 or 7 cell battery (cant remember) and charger. Get seperate lipo batteries and better charger if u dont want to wait 8 hrs to charge a battery.
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Mine holds up to 4 aa or aaa batteries. Must charge a minimum of 2 at a time.
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MHM,Instead of paying ~$63 for an 8-cell charger, I suggest buying two 4-cell chargers, namely:- La Crosse Technology BC-700 Alpha Power Battery Charger, and- Sony Cycle Energy BCG34HRE4KN Quick with Refresh Charger and 4 Pre-Charged 2000 mAh AA BatteriesYour total cost is lower (~$53) and you get 4 LSD cells for 'free'. You also have greater flexibility with two chargers - use one mainly for home and one for travel, for example.
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Sorry I can't answer you question concerning the AA posed in this question. I bought rechargeable AAA batteries, HR03/DX2400/NiMH/1.2V/800mAh. Perhaps this may help you.
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Uses six AAA. I opted for rechargeables. Needs fresh ones every 3 months of heavy use.
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The charger is able to charge 4 AA, AAA, C, or D batteries plus 2 9-volt batteries at a time. It can only handle 4 of each of the aforementioned batteries at a time however. Hope that makes sense.
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An 8 port AAA / AA battery charger is on Amazon for under $10, Amazon "Basic" series recharable batteries come in different pack sizes and prices vary...but if you want these on all the time, the charger and rechargable batteries pay for themselves within 3 battery change outs if you use alkiline batteries.
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Here is what I use , you will need a charger for these batteries, each will last for 9 hrs , you can bring the 12Amp and it will last for 6 hourshttp://www.amazon.com/12-volt-18-Rechargeable-Battery/dp/B000RAVT58/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid;=1417545071&sr;=8-1&keywords;=12v+18ah+batteryYUASA BATTERY NP18-12B 12V 17.2AH BATTERY - This is an AJC Brand&#174; Replacement
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Thanks for posting this question. I just purchased my 1st set of AAA batteries and planned to use them with this charger. I thought they wouldn't fit, started searching online for the solution, found this. I've yet to try it out, but will this evening. Thanks!
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6 AA batteries but really you should be using it with 2 Canon batteries. Everything else that needs AA I just use Sanyo Eneloops.
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Patrick the best battery that I have found to use is the Orbtronic 18650 3100mAh all others I have tried have failed after a couple recharges, I have recharged these batteries 14 times and they still charge up to 4.2 V and maintain brightness down to about 2.7 v. I use the light everyday and I swap batteries about once a week. Hope this helps
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It takes 8 AA batteries. It will work with 4 but the run time is greatly reduced. I use the black Sanyo NiMH rechargeables and am happy with the runtime with 8 installed.
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hi I use the charger that came with the 4 batteries I got with the set.. works fine for me...