Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The EBL 2800mAh batteries themselves are excellent for the money. They are NOT low self discharge and will lose their charge over time. They come in at around 2600mAh to 2700mAh according to my LaCrosse BC-9009 and work excellent as high power ni-mh batteries but I wouldn't put these into devices that may sit idle for weeks/months. The included battery cases are quite a nice thing to have, they are of very high quality and excellent at preventing the batteries from accidentally shorting out. The charger (EBL 807) itself is not what I would call a rapid charger. It's a four battery smart charger that has a large cut out down the middle to aid in cooling off the batteries, something that a rapid battery charger would need but the sticker on the back of the device tells me otherwise. It says the output is 800mAh for 4 battery bays with each receiving 180mAh. I guess this charger loses 20mAh in efficiency losses somewhere. Rapid chargers can do anywhere from 300 to 1000mAh charging rates, so this is much more of an overnight charger. The light starts off red when you put in a low powered cell, gradually turning orange and ends up green when done. The charger CAN charge individual batteries in any combination of 1, 2, 3 or 4 batteries total. This has been tested by placing an empty battery in an individual slot and checking it after the light turned green, I used my LaCrosse BC-9009 to verify a full charge and every slot can charge a single battery. Slow charging does make your batteries last longer in terms of cycles. Rapid chargers tend to reduce the amount of times a battery can be charged so for those who need the maximum amount of cycles, this charger isn't bad at all! The full battery detection is done by the negative delta V method which does make this a smart charger, it doesn't use a timer like cheaper chargers and is pretty good at figuring out when batteries are full. I so far haven't had one battery undercharged with the EBL 807, the batteries never really heat up due to the slow charging rate and so far it's a great cheap purchase. Overall for the money, it's an excellent purchase and I wouldn't hesitate to purchase it if you don't care about low self discharge or rapid charging.