Amazon Basics Battery Nickel Metal batteries Reviews Summary

Charging Performance

Pros:

• "It charges OK. Not real fast."
• "Does a good job of charging batteries. Can be used for both AA and AAA."
• "Ordered this charger and am very happy with it so far. It charged the batteries between 30-60 minutes."
• "So far, it has worked nicely with recharging my NI-MH AA & AAA batteries."
• "Quick charge - both AAA & AA rechargeable batteries."
• "Great little unit for the price. Quick charges and doesn't get hot."
• "Small, won't fall out of the socket it's plugged into, recharges four batteries in an hour."
• "Charge batteries? Check!"

Cons:

• "It doesn’t matter how long I leave the batteries to charge the light never turns green after 2.5 hours to alert that it’s charged."
• "Charger never charged that I can think of."
• "After the first charge or two, the unit began to emit a high pitched squealing sound."
• "Every time I've tried to charge these batteries it takes 9+ hours to charge and makes this weird high pitch sound the entire time."
• "The batteries worked perfectly! And lasted a few days before needing to be recharged, the charger it self how ever doesn't even work, the lights just flash red all day."
• "The batteries felt like they didn’t even fit in the charger and after a few days the charger just stopped working."
• "Half the slots can't hold a double A battery at all, and the other half pop them out constantly during recharge."
• "When used with the Amazon rechargeable batteries, it is comical how poorly they work together."

Design and Build Quality

Pros:

• "It's a basic serviceable charger that charges aa and aaa batteries without much drama."
• "It's designed nicely. Feels like a good build with solid and finished manufacturing."
• "The charger falls out of the outlet from its own weight. I’ve tried multiple wall outlets and the charger falls out just enough so it doesn’t charge."
• "The first and second time i used the charger it worked just fine. The third time it broke."
• "I have used this a total of 3 times.. on the third time two of the prongs broke."
• "Horrible. The prongs don’t stay up and there’s constant loose contact which causes the current to never flow."
• "Never worked tried to fix it multiple times through customer service and they just told me to keep inserting and re-inserting the batteries until they’re solid red but now right right side completely doesn’t work."
• "Using amazon rechargeable batteries. The ones that is suggested to purchase with this item. The charger barely charges the batteries."

Cons:

• "Main issue is the AA batteries don't seat very well in the charger due to the charger also wanting to accommodate shorter AAAs."
• "The negatives: -flip down plug is annoying and gets looser over time. It will also randomly fall out of the wall with batteries in it, and my outlet isn't particularly loose."
• "The aa battery holder is very hard to get batteries in and out."
• "It does feel a little cheap, the plug in could open a little smoother, and the battery holder could be a little bigger. The batteries are very easy to bump out."
• "Unfortunately my charger only works on one side, no matter what batteries I put in it, one side stays flashing red."
• "We purchased an Amazon Basics of a larger model and bought this one as a gift. The original one is now acting up and showing fully charged batteries but they're not."
• "Worked great for nearly 3 years but then it started randomly showing "bad cell" blinking red lights."
• "The Amazon Basics Battery Charger for AA & AAA Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries (Ni-MH) with USB Port initially seemed reliable for powering my batteries."