Have let me mislead by the good name and my camera instead of the previously used "no-name" 2300 the 2600 donated (equal to 8 pieces.) Use for charging at a high-quality battery manager of Conrad electronics with an approximate charging time of 3 -4 hours 800 - 1000 mA. In my camera (Canon PowerShot S2), the batteries were but the total defaulters !! The freshly charged battery did not last as long as the cheaper 2300 counterparts, but on the contrary by almost a third to a half less! Really bad when fully charged will be your spare battery in the camera bag on their hard work. That too was my old batteries to date at all never had a problem, unlike the Ansmann colleagues here: After inserting the battery pack into the camera, it was enough just for a single photo! (Even without flash) Then the terse message came: Please change the battery ...... !! National Lampoon, because as I said were the replacement batteries !! After me that's already happened for the umpteenth time, and a friend of me like Selbstentladeverhalten reported at 2600ern have no alternative but as always recharge the batteries only just before use or to go back to the old 2300 no-names to me. I am immeasurably angry and disappointed at the same time on such a shoddy and can only advise the zuzulegen. Wants to save an injured the other this anger .... !!