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Bought 2 of these devices.Both just went dead in 7 months.Save your money and look elsewhere.
(Especially for me, since I usually don't take alot of pictures). I bought one of these for me and one for my sister when I got digital cameras for the both of us. And, this device + batteries were cheaper or similarly-priced to some lower quality items available. I have had my charger and batteries for well over a year now, and I love this thing. It charges quickly, its light and portable, the batteries are durable, and the charge lasts quite a while. When you consider the cost of having to continually buy alkaline batteries (either the regular ones or the ones formulated for electronic equipment), this is a great "investment". You will certainly end up saving $$, especially if you take a lot of pics and tend to go through quite a few disposable batteries.
Ten or fifteen photos in, especially if you used flash, and they'd be ready for a change; even the so-called "Heavy Duty" or those marketed as "Digital Camera" didn't make a difference.Well, both of those terms should be reserved for these power cells; they really are less like a battery and more like a power pack. Lower resolution may result in more photos. I purchased this because, like everyone else, normal batteries just did not last. First, let me cover the most important point: Does it work. When holding the unit in your hand, with the Monster logo at the top and the LED at the bottom, the door flips open to the right. **Note: These power cells will likely last much longer than 3h47m.
I stopped then, sure that I had not overpaid.
On my first charge up, which took only 3 hours and 6 minutes - I timed it - I wanted to actually test how many photos one could get.On my smaller camera, a 3MP Fujifilm Finepix S3100, I got 52 photos, some with flash, most without.
Seems to charge sets of batteries best; this may have been an issue with another reviewer who reported issues with using one battery at a time.- Black (body back), silver (body front) and blue (door) looks nice.I have one complaint, though perhaps it's only one founded in pure puzzlement.
Yes.The praise that most users express for this item is well merited.
These numbers simply represent an unscientific but strenuous personal test to see what the product would do.Other notes about the product:- All parts except for door are made of hard, impact resistant plastic.- Fold away plug in back makes charger easier to store.- Red and Green LEDs are very bright, no mistake between charge and full mode.- Has two "channels", A and B.
Not random snaps to see how many it could record, but actually taking the time to frame them, select composition, etc.The camera stayed on the entire time using the full LCD rather than viewfinder, took all photos on highest-resolution setting, transferred between auto, manual, and situational modes, charged full flash about 8 times, and went into preview mode.
Three hours, 47 minutes later, I got a "low battery" warning - not depleted - low.
The door flips open.to the right.
My guess is that this decision was made so that the door didn't close on your hand when loading, because most people will tilt it in their left hand so that it's facing away from them at about 45 degrees; I know I do.My final review: 5 out of 5.
Only one very small drawback: unless you have small pointy fingers, the first battery is a little hard to remove. Monster is a little pricey, as everyone knows, but it's good stuff. This unit is attractive, works well and is nicely designed. I use a little plastic relay tool to lever it out, which I store right in the charger. But I stayed with 5 stars for this one.
The charger unit or the batteries (or both) don't work right: I use the batteries one at a time, in rotation to power my Zen MP3 player. This morning 3 batteries show fully charged, I take one out, it is discharged. Sometimes I put discharged batteries in the charger, plug it in, the light blinks red, then goes off. Only supposed to show either red (discharged, charging) or green (fully charged). All these problems happened with a first unit, I returned it to Monster and after they took their sweet time, got a replacement which works just as erratically. Monster's stuff looks good, but it is the last time I am going to buy their brand.
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