Panasonic BQ-CC55SBA Advanced eneloop Individual Rechargeable Battery 3 Hour Quick Charger with 4 LED Color Charge Indicator Lights

This Panasonic battery charger exceeded my expectations in both build quality and performance. It feels solid and well-constructed, with a compact design that’s perfect for travel or desk use.Charging is fast and efficient – it fully recharged my AA and AAA NiMH batteries in a few hours. What I really appreciate is the individual charging channels, so I can charge 1, 2, 3, or 4 batteries at a time without any issues. Each slot has its own indicator light, making it easy to monitor charging status.There’s also built-in safety protection to prevent overcharging or overheating, which gives me peace of mind during overnight charges. It runs quietly and doesn’t heat up much.If you use a lot of rechargeable batteries (for remotes, cameras, game controllers, etc.), this Panasonic charger is a smart investment – reliable, safe, and convenient.

The media could not be loaded. This charger become my go-to for keeping my devices powered up. This charger is well-built and extremely user-friendly. What I appreciate most is the individual charging slots. Each battery charges independently, so I can charge any combination of AA or AAA batteries without needing pairs.The 4 LED color indicators are a fantastic touch. They clearly show the charging status and indicate when a battery is fully charged, which gives a lot of peace of mind (red-yellow-green). It’s fast just about three hours for a full charge, so I’m not waiting around for long.This charger is compact and fits easily in my travel bag, making it convenient for trips too. With its high quality and reliability, this charger has been a game-charger (you see what I did here) for keeping my rechargeable batteries ready to go. Highly recommended for anyone needing a quick, efficient and straightforward battery charger. Great vale for money spend!

TLDR; Perhaps the Amazon Basics batteries are okay, but the charger is horrible incorrectly detecting batteries as "bad", and it can only handle charging in pairs. Get a Panasonic/Enerloop charger and bring your Amazon zombies back from the dead.I've read and noticed differences in the longevity and lifespan of Amazon batteries. I rationalized buying them over single-use batteries since I could get multiple uses out of them. But so many times the Amazon charger would flash red meaning the batteries "were bad" supposedly after only a couple uses. And since you have to charge two at a time, you never knew which was "bad". I'd end up swapping pairs and driving myself mad in permutations of combinations in a pile of dead batteries.After much frustration and research I decided to switch to Enerloop batteries, the ones made in Japan (some are made in China). After receiving the batteries and quick charger, I decided to try and charge some of my old Amazon batteries that were being recognized as "bad". Miraculously they came back to life, being spared from the garbage bin. Not only that, but ones that were showing as fully charged in the Amazon charger were able to be even further charged for more power.I understand that the Amazon batteries are rechargeable and cheaper than alternatives, but if you only get a couple uses before they show as "bad" and they never get a full charge then they aren't much of an upgrade from single use which are far cheaper.

I like cool techy things, this is one of them it's a solid little battery charger I like that each battery slot has its own LED so it will show the charge level of each battery separately, now there are 2 different designs of this and they look almost identical one just doesn't have the lit up LED color above the battery but that's half the reason I picked this one overall good product, no complaints would buy again

If you want faster charging or slightly more informative charging of your AA and AAA NiMH (nickel-metal hydride) cells ("batteries") and don't need a full battery analyzer, then the Panasonic BQ-CC55 may be for you.Size: The BQ-CC55 is more than 1/2" taller and slightly wider than its slower, less informative sibling, the BQ-CC17, so if you want a smaller charger for tightly-packed travel use, you can weigh whether to give up some features to save space.Lights: Status lighting is larger and brighter on the BQ-CC55 than on the BQ-CC17. Whether that's an advantage or a (sleep) disturbance is up to you. Choose wisely.Status lighting is also more informative on the BQ-CC55, adding charge progress indication (red for early, yellow for amid, and green for late in the charging process) and suspect-cell indication (flashing yellow after charge completion instead of dark) to the charging (lit), done (dark after having been lit), and failed (flashing) indications of the BQ-CC17 (failed is flashing red on the BQ-CC55).Fun: On powerup with some cell(s) present or on detection of a cell insertion, the BQ-CC55 briefly sweeps the status lights ("Cylon" effect for "Battlestar Galactica" fans or "K.I.T.T." effect for "Knight Rider" fans).Mystery: I notice the Amazon pages append SBA to the charger models I've mentioned. In contrast, the pamphlet with my BQ-CC55 calls it BQ-CC55A. I don't know what the suffixes mean and so hope they don't matter (much?).Shopping Hint: Panasonic also offers various bundles of charger and cells ("batteries") from small 4-cell bundles through "power pack" and "super power pack" bundles with more cells and sometimes with adapters to let you use your smaller rechargeables in place of C or D size cells. Be sure to check whether one of the bundles or separate purchase of charger and your favorite cells best suits your intended use(s) and budget.Hints to Come: I'll dispute the instructions and maintain how you insert a cell depends on which size cell.AAA's should be inserted bottom (negative) first, just as the instructions say, yet still require a hint.Hint: When seating a AAA, push somewhat _below_ _center_ to suit the angled, _partial_ AAA backrests.Hint: You can remove a AAA by pressing in near its top: the angled, partial backrest will lever the bottom (negative) end out for you, freeing the cell.Hint: AA's should be inserted top (positive) first, opposite what the instructions say. On the BQ-CC55 this may prove unimportant because the cell bay openings are a little taller, but on the BQ-CC17 this is the only way to insert some larger AA cells without undue force, so maintaining the habit may prove useful.If you examine the flange around the charger's upper terminals and the ramped shape of the AA bottom (negative) terminals, you can discern the physical design directly implies top-first AA loading. The AAA bottom terminals are not ramped and the angled positioning of AAA's minimizes flange interference at the upper terminals, hence the opposite loading technique (bottom first) for AAA's.Hot Swaps: Yes, you can remove, insert, and swap cells with the BQ-CC55 powered up and operating. I don't know whether that's _recommended_, but I do it routinely and so far without apparent trouble.Noise: My BQ-CC55 emits faint beeps while charging. I assume they're subharmonics from some part of the power conversion circuitry. So far, even in quiet conditions I've only noticed them while within arm's length of the charger and so have found them nonbothersome. If you, on the other hand, need some "serious quiet" they might be a concern.Suspect Cell Indication: At first, I was only able to find cells the BQ-CC55 approved (my usual in-use bunch) or promptly failed (my "rogues gallery" of worn-out, seriously ailing cells). Finally, though, I remembered a well-aged (if not aging well?) pair of Duracell 2 A*h (or 2,000 mA*h, for the "big numbers sound impressive" crowd) cells. Aha! One cell finished charging somewhat sooner and got flagged suspect (flashing yellow light) while the other simply finished charging (status light went dark) after a somewhat longer wait.I waited a day and then popped the cells into my IQ-338XL battery analyzer to see whether it might detect some difference. Well, only a little. Both cells exhibited suitably low impedances (27 and 31 milliohms) and both delivered just over 1.7 A*h. There was only a small difference in recharge behavior. The suspect cell again finished sooner, accepting just over 1.9 A*h while the "good" cell again took longer, accepting almost 2.2 A*h. I've taped a note to the suspect cell in hope of learning whether it may fail first and in what way. So I haven't yet learned what to think of the BQ-CC55's suspect cell indication, but I like the idea of possibly having some warning instead of just suddenly finding a cell unchargeable some day.