A recommendable device ...

The XC-3000 from Ansmann is a recommendable device, despite its not low price. Before buying I obviously read the reviews of the other reviewers who have disturbed at some properties. Some have criticized the excessively loud fan noise. My desktop computer has four fans and makes significantly more noise than the charger. The XC-3000 turns the fan on when charging is complete - only the round cells - from. I'm also not sure if the fan is temperature dependent perhaps even regulated. When charging Li-Ion batteries, the fan remains off. As for the Adapter for Li-Ion batteries, so my machine has the new version. I use Block battery of Canon and Sony. The battery is thereby easily clamped into the holder, so you have a in the adapter contained, removable pin, the similarity with a toothpick of a Swiss army knife, the resilient contacts of the adapter may slide under the battery terminals. Thereafter, one loosens somewhat the spring tension of the retainer on the battery and presses it to the contacts. Then the load can begin. I have certainly no problem. The criticized imprecision in the battery and battery tests I think not so important. When I test a fully charged battery, the unit displays at multiple measurement on 100%. If I measure a battery that has not been used for a while, he seems at first to be in a kind of hibernation. With multiple measurements in which a current must flow, it starts up again and the capacity shown increases. Even though the machine time for a battery 30% and then 40%, what does this mean in practice? Actually only that the charge state between 30 and 40% moved, and that the battery is relatively empty and perhaps should be charged. What still irritates me are the really stiff operation buttons. I can declare that the company is planning to complicate unintentional faulty operation this only.

The size and weight of the device is quite amazing. I wondered several times how to stow my XC-3000 in my luggage when I want to take a plane trip. Actually, there is no alternative.

At the Refreshingprozess is to say that it takes three cycles in 20 hours. One should choose for a period, in which the device is not urgently needed.

The loading as well as the review of the capacity and the refreshing of the battery is of course a stunner. I do not use so few Ni-MH batteries, which I have previously loaded with a normal charger with -Delta-U technology. These batteries, which were partially, ie with high discharge currents, used in a flash when taking pictures, I could see a relatively quick fatigue process that I have attributed to the quite strong warming of batteries during charging. I always had the feeling that they were too hot. Since I use the XC-3000 and that she had "treated" with the refreshing program, their loading capacity has returned to normal by measurement again. Subjectively make the batteries since again a clear performance fähigern impression. What the Li-Ion battery As well, this offers the same picture. I have an eight-year old camera battery, which has countless charging cycles behind him, and I wanted to throw it away because he limp after a few recordings made in the camera and with the original charger no longer charge properly made. After I had repeatedly charged him properly with the XC-3000, he not only creates 30 - 40, but maybe 150-200 shots. Well, he has not regained its full capacity. But you can still expect at such an old battery? If only because of these benefits during charging and restore batteries the XC-3000, despite the described Macken deserves full credit, especially since it with appropriate expertise a complete review of the batteries allows not only the battery but also the alkaline-manganese and button cells. This makes good business sense.