Lenmar Introduces Fast Battery Charger

At the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, Lenmar Enterprises introduced a charger that recharges camcorder and digital camera batteries in less than 30 minutes.

Lenmar said its Mach 1 SpeedCharger line, which uses microprocessor control to deliver a rapid charge, charges camcorder and digital cameras three times faster than traditional chargers.

The Mach 1 chargers can fully charge the battery without overcharging, unlike competitive products that only partially charge the battery in the rapid charge cycle or overcharge the battery.

Lenmar’s Mach 1 Gamma is supplied with four 2300mAh AA batteries and has four charging slots that allow any combination of up to a total of four AA and AAA NiMH batteries to be fully charged at one time in about one hour.

The company said all models have LED status indicators, international voltage support (100-240V AC), a car cigarette lighter adapter (12 VDC) that lets the user fully charge batteries on the road, and a three-year warranty.

Its Mach 1 “Delta” SpeedCharger was recognized for CES Innovations and Design Award for 2004, the third year in a row that Lenmar’s chargers won the award.