Review by Kevin Foster for Schumacher SSC-1500A Ship ‘N’ Shore Speed Charge Charger
Rating:
As my title states, this charger handles all four main types of large batteries: Lead Acid Auto Starter batteries, Deep Cycle Marine, AGM and Gel Cell. You select battery type and size and it takes care of the rest. When you first hook up the clips to the battery and plug in the charger, selecting battery type, it tests the battery and gives you the volts available as well as the percentage that battery is currently charged! Many times I’ve wanted to know that. You then select battery size and it starts charging. If you select 15 or 10 amps, when the battery is fully charged it goes into a maintenance mode automatically! You can leave the charger running forever – and it won’t over charge the battery. Also – if your battery is damaged by sulfide build up, it detects that and runs a cycle to clean the battery and give it life again if it can. Wow. I wonder how many batteries I’ve replaced that could have been revived or kept alive by this charger?! This is going to save me a lot of money.

I purchased a new 850 cc amp deep cycle battery to use as an emergency power source for my amateur radio equipment (I’m a net control storm spotter for the National Weather Service Skywarn network). This brand new battery tested at 95% charged – so I fully charged it (while using the radio) and it worked fine. Charged up to 100% and went into maintenance mode automatically. Took the charger to the farm and connected it to a dead tractor battery. Showed 11% charged and began building the charge immediately. Was up to 15% in about 7 minutes when I had to leave. I’ll have to update this review later to let you know if it was able to salvage that poor battery.

I know of no other chargers that test the battery, charge all types of batteries and can safely be left on to maintain them as well. Go check out the cost of Gel Cell battery chargers – and you’ll find this is a deal.

BTW, if you forget to turn it from ‘test’ to ‘charge’, after 10 minutes or so this charger will automatically charge up the battery and keep it maintained for you! How easy is that?

Review by J. Noll for Schumacher SSC-1500A Ship ‘N’ Shore Speed Charge Charger
Rating:
Having bought this used online for a good price might have been not such a good idea. The product seems to have some issues with keeping the accurate reading for percent battery is charged. I need to unplug it and plug it in again to get it to read correctly.

Also, a short while after I got it, it started making a sound like the fan was out of whack. I noticed when I lay it on its back it helps but now and then I have to smack it to get it to stop.

Wish I new if there was a fix to this.

Otherwise it seems to charge just fine.

Cheers,

Joe

Review by Larry Fasnacht for Schumacher SSC-1500A Ship ‘N’ Shore Speed Charge Charger
Rating:
I thought this item was a bit pricey for a charger. I was pretty sure that it wouldn’t live up to the hype. I was wrong. In particular I was skeptical that it would charge batteries that other chargers said were already charged.

The first battery I tried this charger on had recently been charged by another charger. This charger indicated an 85% charge and proceeded to bring that up to 100%. I have several of the Jump-N-Carry units, which have internal chargers. This charger does a much better job of charging the units and will not over charge the batteries.

I have been very pleased with this purchase.

Review by Jerry P. Danzig for Energizer Rechargeable 15 Minute Charger
Rating:
I wish I could give this quick charger a five-star review, but I’ve experienced some problems with mine. First, it gives off a significant amount of TV interference — more than any other device in my house except perhaps the microwave oven or vacuum. You will NOT want to use the charger while you are watching a movie! Second, it seems to reject a lot of batteries that still work and that my other chargers have no problems recharging. This is especially true for AAA batteries for some reason. (I have subsequently discovered that the charger rejects batteries that are close to fully charged rather than indicate that they are fully charged. This means that the charger MAY charge the rejected batteries again later, after they have been further depleted.) So — if you only want one charger in the house, I can’t recommend this one. I can however recommend it as a supplemental charger, when it chooses not to be tempermental. On the positive side, I like the fact that this unit has four independent channels, allowing you to charge any number of batteries, from one to four. (You don’t have to pair up batteries.) It also has a built-in fan that cools batteries down (quick charging can make them get pretty hot to the touch).

Review by SortaTired for Energizer Rechargeable 15 Minute Charger
Rating:
I bought this charger after tiring of having to constantly replace my camera’s AA batteries, and it is tremendous. When I am in the middle of taking photos and my batteries give out, it only takes 15 minutes to recharge and I am back in business. Whether or not I actively use the camera, the charge lasts for at least a month and hundreds of photos. Though the unit was a bit expensive, as are the batteries, I know I am saving a LOT of $$$ in the long run.

After 8 months of bliss with this unit, I bought a second for another room and the AAA batteries in a snowglobe. So far the first charge has lasted almost a month of non-stop use.

I can’t help but wonder if the reviewers having all the problems with this unit are using other than the Energizer batteries that come with it or not following simple directions. I only charge the batteries when they are depleted, so I don’t get any flashing red lights, or rejected batteries, and it doesn’t affect my TV, either.