Pros & Cons
Pros
The charger has a short usb lead (16cm) which folds into the charger itself. It's so handy just to put the batteries too charge, and leave my camera alone away. There is a short standard usb lead wired to the device and a lead to extend this is also s... Read More
Highlights
Quality
This little charger works perfectly to charge two third-party batteries at a time and of course it also works with genuine blx-1’s too.
This was small and works really well for charging 2 batteries at the same time.
There are two red leds on the top of the device which flash separately for each battery being charged to indicate 25/50/75% charge level.
Charging rate depends on the source - expect around 2-1/2 hours for a full charge.
Price
I have a few different ones of these to charge my camera batteries upperfect and at a excellent price to
I have ordered ann adapter to enable use with a usb-c socket for £2.
1 for the a (short for amperes) value).
Shipping
Received this on time and it charges my many olympus om1 batteries as it should
It arrived promptly and looks to be well made .
Competitiveness
The olympus device retails for over £100 (uk) so this version is very competitive compared to the original.
I knocked off a star because a usb-c lead would better match the olympus version.
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- This product had a total of 285 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 22 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i didn’t realize that this just has a usb cable and not a wall plug
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You’ll have to have a brick to use with it or a computer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Difficult to see how much it has charged due to the overly bright leds
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The people who complain about it only charging one battery are using a charger like the one that came with the camera that only supplies 5v at 1
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To charge two batteries you have to use a charger that says 5v2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I still wonder about the fact that it internally only charges one of the two internal cells at a time but that may not be a dealbreaker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have ordered ann adapter to enable use with a usbc socket for £2